Skateboarding Tricks!
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SKATEBOARD FREESTYLE STUNTS!
Freestyle tricks
Freestyle skateboarding was pioneered by many skateboarders in the early days of
skateboarding back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The most notable of all
was Rodney Mullen, who invented many tricks commonly seen today, like the Ollie
Kickflip (originally called the Magic Flip). The aim for early freestyle was to
carry on a series of different tricks coordinating your skating around a
soundtrack, to choreograph your routine. Many tricks such as the Wheelie,
Casper, tic-tac or the Spacewalk were used to link tricks together. In
competitions points were awarded for style and variation of tricks choreographed
to music. Although not as popular today, a staple of most modern street tricks
have been derived from freestyle. Prominent freestyle skateboarders include
Rodney Mullen, Steve Rocco, Don Brown, Jim McCall, Bruce Walker, Reggie Barnes,
Joe Humeres, Lynn Cooper, Joachim "YoYo" Schulz, Guenter Mokulys, Per Welinder,
Primo Desiderio, AJ Kohn, Terry Synnott, Keith "Rennagade" Renna, Witter Cheng,
Tommy Harward, JJ O Donnell, Bob Schmelzer, John Lucero, Tommy Guerrero, Mark
Gonzales, Natas Kaupas and many many more.
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Casper
The Casper is the name of a stall/position invented by Bobby "Casper" Boyden. It
shares the name casper with the casper disaster but the two tricks are not at
all similar. In casper stance, the board is griptape side down, with the back
foot on top of the tail and the front foot under the board near the nose. The
only point of contact between the board and the ground should be the tip of the
tail. There are a many ways to get into Casper. The street skateboarder may want
to do half of an Ollie Kickflip and catch it in a Casper. The freestyle
skateboarder may want to be rolling fakie and just flip it over with his or her
back foot and catch it immediately. One can immediately exit the Casper position
by doing one of many tricks out. These include a 360 Flip out as created by
Rodney Mullen, or Varial Half Flip out, Half Impossible / 180 Hop out, or
replace the half flips in the tricks above with a quarter flip to go straight
into railstand, or some other transition into another stance (anti-casper or
50-50 for example).
Anti-Casper
Contrary to popular belief, the anti-casper is not just a nose/switch Casper
stance. It is not considered an anti-casper unless half of an impossible
(skateboarding trick) is performed into a nose/switch casper stance. This is
usually done by popping the tail, which would begin the half impossible or half
vertical flip, and jumping. Once the board flips end over end, it comes down
into switch casper, and is caught with the front foot on top of the nose and the
back foot on the underside anywhere behind the nose of the board, with the top
of the foot touching the griptape side.
Body Varial
A Body Varial is a trick where the skateboarder jumps up and rotates 180 degrees
and lands on his board riding in switch stance (or regular stance if the trick
started from switch stance). It is nowadays almost always combined with some
other trick, although it can be performed on its own with the skateboarder
jumping over an obstacle and letting the board roll under it which would be a
Body Varial High Jump. also known as a hippy twist when done over an object.
Power Slide
This trick is performed while moving quite fast, and is often used as a move to
lose speed if going too fast. With both feet braced firmly on the board, both
the skater and the board spin 180 (or more) with all 4 wheels on the ground.
This makes a characteristic scraping sound. This was popularized by Steve Rocco
(within freestyle circles), however it was frowned upon by judges and other
freestylers because it broke away from the choreographic element in 'formal'
freestyle. Rocco's 'break from the norm' in freestyle helped pave way back to
skateboarding's roots of fluidity and style. Up to this point, skateboarding was
being catagorized into different styles, Street, Freestyle, and Vertical. With
Rocco doing his own thing, he adopted from all styles. Loose trucks (a no no in
freestyle) for doing low pivotal carves like Jay Adams, borowing from vert,
Rocco did inverts on flat ground to introduce the world (of freestyle) to "Streetplants"
and of course Bertlemans and Powerslides.
Walk The Dog
A move where you put one foot in the middle of the board, step to the nose with
the back foot, and bring the nose to the back, spinning the board 180 around the
center foot. With practice this move can be done quite fast and many times in a
row. Although it's better to do it slower, maintain balance to create an
illusion of speed. As said by Bob Loftin.
Endover
A 180 degree pivot done off of the nose or tail.
Jaywalk
Set up with your stance foot, or your front foot, on the tail of the board, put
your back foot on the nose of the board. Two things will happen now, and both
must be done at the same time. Pressure is applied to the tail and you pivot 180
degrees on the tail to the side your front foot's heel was facing. Your front
foot is also removed prior to the 180 degree pivot and brought to where your
board will end up after the 180 degree pivot. It is an advanced version of the
Endover or 180 pivot on the nose or tail because your foot is detached from the
board.
Tic-Tacs and the Spacewalk
Tic-tacs are where the front wheels are lifted, brought 45 degrees to one side,
touched down, lifted again, brought 45 degrees to the other side and repeated,
making a tic-tac sound as the wheels touch down. Using momentum, a skater can
use this move to gain speed and even climb gentle hills. A space walk is exactly
the same but the front wheels do not touch the ground.
Handstand
Basically doing a handstand on a moving skateboard. Many variations evolved from
this, including One-hand Handstands, Headstands, Frogstands, Handstand Wheelies,
Handstand Pivots/Endovers, Handstand Varial Flips, Handstand Double Flips,
Handstand 360 Flips, Handstand Flips, Handstand Dismount (No flip, just come
down on your board riding) etc. This Handstand idea was taken to the other
stances too. Which introduced Railstand Handstands, with the single, double,
varial and 360 flips out of them, and TV Stands or Handstands done in 50/50 or
Truckstand stance.
Railstand
A Railstand is when one edge of your board is on the ground and you are standing
on the other, usually with your feet also on the wheels. From this position you
can do many tricks, including flips, 180s, 360s and combinations of the above
(landing into another railstand if you wish), caspers, etc. Primo and Reemo are
commonly mistaken for Heelside and Toeside Railstand. A railstand is only called
a Primo Slide if it is sliding. Read the definition of a Primo Slide below. Due
to the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series, people mistakenly call Heelside or Toeside
Railstand as Primo or Reemo. They are not. A Heelside Railstand is to stand on
the board in railstand, with your griptape facing your back, and Toeside is the
reverse.
Primo Slide
This is like a rail stand but done while moving, so you slide along the ground
on the side of you board. Named for its inventor, Primo Desiderio.
Butterflip
This trick was invented by Keith Butterfield. To do the Butterflip, you stand in
Heelside Railstand, and hop both feet to one side of the board. You put pressure
onto the tail using the foot that's not on the wheel. It pops the board up and
you grab it with your hand on the same side of your body as the foot that was on
the wheel. This trick is the method used to go from Heelside Railstand to a One
Footed Pogo or 50/50.
Casper Disaster
This trick has nothing to do with the Casper stance you may be familiar with.
They share the Casper name because they were both invented by the same person.
Bobby "Casper" Boyden. While riding fakie, you enter a Heelside Railstand one
footed. The foot not on the wheel, the foot that's not closest to the direction
you're riding, will be pointing down and touching the griptape while your other
foot remains on the wheel. You will spin the board 180 degrees using your foot
on the griptape to help. Immediately after spinning 180 degrees you will push
the board down so you exit Heelside Railstand and land riding away. This is a
great way to get out of fakie. Another version of this trick is the Frixion
Flip, which is the same as this except you don't turn your body 180 with the
board. You spin the board 180 and quarterflip back to riding only.
Fingerflip
A predecessor to the Ollie Kickflip, this trick involves reaching down with the
front hand, jumping off the board, flipping the board on its axis, and landing
back on it. Double- and triple-fingerflips have also been done, as well as 180
fingerflips, where the board is rotated 180 as well as flipped with the hand.
Kickflip
Invented by Kurt Lindgren, like the Ollie Kickflip, but done standing with feet
parallel in the middle of the board, with the toes of the back foot hooked under
and flipping the board as the skater jumps. This is notably different from the
Ollie Kickflip in that it does not involve an ollie. There exists many
variations of the Kickflip including the Double Kickflip, M-80 Kickflip, Double
M-80 Kickflip, 180 Kickflip, 360 Kickflip, 540 Kickflip and many more, and all
of the variations with a one foot landing.
M-80 Kickflip
Flip a Kickflip as you would but body varial 180 and catch it after the flip in
a pivot and pivot 180 degrees riding so you end up riding forward. Variations on
this are flipping into a 360 pivot or mulitple 360s there after, another would
be to body varial backside and pivot blindside.
360 Flip
Like the Kickflip, but one foot is closer to the nose, and the other is closer
to the tail. Note this is not an OLLIE 360 FLIP, once you learn the kickflip,
you can work on varial and 360 kickflips done the same non ollie way you do
Kickflips. Read Kickflip definition above. also known as a butterfly.
Wheelie
A Wheelie is a balancing trick that can take many forms. The common Wheelie is
just having one foot on each side of the board and pressing down. Often
mistakenly called a Manual. It is not. A Manual is a Wheelie that you do when
you ride up a bank or ditch, and Wheelie the top and hold it in Wheelie until
re-entry into the bank or ditch. It can also be when you ollie onto a surface
and Wheelie on contact and hold the wheelie until you drop off or trick off.
Refer to definition above.
Hang Ten Wheelies
A classic freestyle trick, this move involves putting both feet at the nose of
the board and lifting the back wheels off the ground and balancing while moving.
Other wheelie tricks are one-footed wheelies and one-wheel wheelies, which are
self explanatory but very difficult to pull off. You can do shove-it's out of
Hang Ten Wheelies and even do Hang Ten Spacewalks.
50-50
This trick is similar to a casper, with the board upside-down, but the back foot
is standing on the back truck. The 50-50 is done with a hand holding the nose of
the board, or it can be done with the front foot holding up the nose. In this
case it is called a No-Hand 50-50.
Sidewinder
The trick is actually a type of transfer from a 50-50 to a casper, where the
back hand grabs the back truck (the one with the back foot on it), the front
foot is placed on the nose of the board, and the weight is transferred to the
front foot, while the back foot moves from the back truck to under the board, to
the casper position.
Hand Casper
This is the same as the Casper position, except you're foot under the board is
absent. Instead, the hand that's on the same side as the foot that's supposed to
be under there, is holding the board up in Casper. It is held by the hand on
either the truck on that side, or the tip of the board. A popular combo includes
entering 50/50, initiating a Sidewinder, and when the front foot is placed on
the nose in the Sidewinder and the weight is shifted, you can enter the Hand
Casper.
Pogo
Done with the board straight up and down, this move uses the skateboard as a
pogo stick. One foot is on the bottom truck, and the other usually presses on
the grip tape side of the board for grip. You can grab the nose of the board or
not.
Shove-it
A Shove-it or varial rotation is regarded as a 180 degree spin (instead of a
flip) of the board. Which direction it spins is usually described in the name,
such as Frontside or Backside.
The Shove-it was always a Freestyle trick before it was adopted into Street or
any style of skateboarding as a matter of fact. However, it was done with the
front foot facing forward towards the nose, on the nose of the board and your
back foot would be used to throw the board. It can be done both Frontside and
Backside from this way. The common Street skateboarder learns the Shove-it and
does the Shove-it different than the way above. Done with your back foot on the
tail and by pressing down and forward to do a Frontside Shove-it or down and
back to do a Backside Shove-it. Contrary to popular belief, one version is not
harder than the other if you learn both at the same time. Learning one and not
the other may give you the illusion that it is hard to do the other. This would
not make sense because another skateboarder may find the so called harder
version easier and your version harder.
The 540 Shove-it is a variation of the Shove-it.
TV Stand
This is basically a Pogo, 50/50 or Truckstand Handstand.
Saran Wrap
Usually done from a pogo or 50-50 position, this trick involves the front leg
tracing a circle around the nose of the board.
360s
'70s skate competitions would often have an event to see who could do the most
consecutive 360 spins on a skateboard. The current world record is 163 by Russ
Howell. Variations include Nose 360s, One-footed 360s, etc.
YoYo Plant
A very difficult trick invented by YoYo Schulz, it involves a simultaneous
indygrab and nollie while vaulting your body into an invert over your leading
hand firmly planted in front of you.
YoHo Plant
Terry Synnott is most often seen doing this trick which is a cross between
Joachim "YoYo" Schulz's YoYo Plant and the HoHoPlant. The HoHo Plant involves
you doing a handstand with both hands, and only your feet in the air holding the
board up as if you were riding upside down. The YoHo Plant combines both tricks.
In essence, you ride fakie and get into YoYo Plant with one hand on the ground
and one on the board like usual, but once you get into the YoYo Plant, you bring
your legs farther up in the air, lose grip with the board, and place your hand
down with your other already planted hand. Placing you now in a HoHo plant.
Fakin Walk
A series of 180 degree pivots to body-varials done in "Fakie" stance. Invented
by the legendary freestyle skater Kevin Fakin.
Many other freestyle tricks exist, perhaps too many to name here.
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