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SKATEBOARDING TRICK TIP TERMS
5-0 grind: grinding on only the back truck.50-50 grind: grinding on both trucks equally.
Air: short for aerial, or having no wheels on the ground.
Backside: when a trick or turn is executed with the skater’s back facing the ramp or obstacle.
Caballerial: a 360-degree turn performed on a ramp while riding fakie (backwards), named after Steve Caballero.
Carve: to skate in a long (curving) arc.
Deck: the actual board (not wheels or trucks), usually laminated maple.
Durometer: the hardness of a skateboard wheel. Wheel hardness is measured by durometers, a number ranging from 0 to 100—soft wheels have a durometer of about 85, hard wheels have a durometer of 97 or higher.
Fakie: skating backwards—the skater is standing in his or her normal stance, but the board is moving backward (not to be confused with "switch stance").
Frontside: when a trick or turn is executed with the front of the skater’s body facing the ramp or obstacle.
Goofyfoot: riding with the right foot forward, the opposite of regular foot.
Grind: scraping one or both axles on a curb, rail, or any surface.
Grip tape: sandpaper affixed to the top of the deck with adhesive, used to increase the friction between the deck and the skater’s feet.
Half pipe: a U-shaped ramp of any size, usually with a flat section in the middle.
Kickflip: a variation on the ollie in which the skater kicks the board into a spin before landing back on it.
McTwist: a 540-degree turn performed on a ramp, named after Mike McGill.
Nollie: an ollie performed by tapping the nose of the board instead of the tail.
Nosegrind: grinding on only the front truck.
Noseslide: sliding the underside of the nose end of a board on a ledge or lip.
Ollie: a jump performed by tapping the tail of the board on the ground by which a rider becomes airborne. The key to most skating tricks.
Street skating: skating on streets, curbs, benches, handrails and other elements of urban landscapes.
Rail: the edge of the skateboard, in the past these were plastic strips attached to the bottom of the board.
Railslide: a trick in which the skater slides the underside of the deck along an object, such as a curb or handrail.
Regular foot: riding with the left foot forward, the opposite of goofyfoot.
Shove-it: a trick performed by spinning the board 180 degrees underneath the feet while traveling forward.
Switch stance: riding the board with the opposite footing than usual, such as goofyfoot instead of regular foot.
Tailslide: sliding the underside of the tail end of a board on a ledge or lip.
Tail: the rear of the skateboard.
Trucks: the front and rear axle assemblies that connect the wheels to the deck which provides the capability to turn.
Vert skating: skating on ramps and other vertical structures specifically designed for skateboarding.
Vert ramp: a half-pipe, (about 8 feet tall), with steep sides that are perfectly vertical near the top.
Wheels: usually made of polyurethane in which bearing are inserted into. Sizes range between 39 and 66 millimeters in diameter.
Wheelbase: the distance between the front and back wheels, measured between the two innermost truck holes.
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