Skateboard Tricks

As skateboarders gather experience, they startsometimes both trucks onto an object that has a
attempting advanced tricks and maneuvers. Of these,distinct edge. The object may be a curb, railing, or pipe.
the most popular are the aerials. Ollie is one of theThe rider and skateboard are on the move, while the
most advanced and popular skateboard tricks. Legendmetal hanger scrapes along the edge. The grind is
has it that it was invented by Alan Ollie Gelfand. Bycompleted when the rider pops the trucks off the
using this technique the skateboarder jumps over, ontosurface and re-engages the wheels.
or up to an obstacle. Throughout the exercise theA half-pipe offers a stiff challenge to skateboarders.
board appears to stick to the skateboarder's feet. TheRiders propel themselves up and down the curves of
Ollie is the basic skateboard trick, from which othersthe trough while inside a half-pipe. In some of the half
can follow. But remember, it is not at all easy andpipes the walls are almost completely vertical, where
takes long hours of practice to learn!skateboarders can show difficult maneuvers, usually
The board flip is another maneuver that is verycalled vert skating (short form of vertical skating). In
popular. In a well-performed board flip, the skatervert skating, skateboarders propel their boards to the
completes a landing back onto the deck after thetop of either wall, perpendicular to the ground. They
board turns one or more time under the rider's feetperform skateboard tricks on each side while riding
while both are in the air. Board flips can be of variousback and forth. Skateboarders also perform other
types.moves such as hand plants, foot plants, inverts, and
Another common and popular trick is known as aflips. The McTwist is considered to be the most radical
grind. A grind is performed by directing one andof vert maneuvers.