Skateboarding

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.

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grip tape

Sports; Skateboarding

Grip tape is the gritty, sand papery layer that's applied to the top of a skateboard deck, so that the skater's shoes can grip the board. Skaters often cut patterns into their grip tape before ...

half pipe

Sports; Skateboarding

A U-shaped ramp of any size, usually with a flat section in the middle. Half pipe is one of the most popular skateboarding facilities.

The hangar is a part of the trucks of a skateboard. The hangar is the triangular part in the middle that the axle and the kingpin run through, and the part that skaters grind on. They are shaped a ...

heel edge

Sports; Skateboarding

Heel edge refers to the edge of a skateboard, snowboard or surfboard in front of the rider's heels. When turning on a board, if the rider leans on the heel edge, or "digs in" on the heel edge, the ...

hoverboard

Sports; Skateboarding

As originally predicted by the 1989 film "Back to the Future Part II" that levitating "skyway flyers" would be a reality in 2015, the hoverboard is a skateboard that allows riders ...