Skateboarding

Skateboarding

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

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stalefish

Sports; Skateboarding

To perform this trick, the skateboarder first gets a lot of air. While in the air, the skater reaches down his or her back arm behind his or her back leg, and grabs the middle of the skateboard ...

stoked

Sports; Skateboarding

To like something or to be excited. I'm stoked I can land a tre-flip. The word comes from making a fire bigger - when you add fire to it, or fan the flames, you are "stoking" the fire.

street skating

Sports; Skateboarding

Skating on streets, curbs, benches, handrails and other elements of urban and suburban landscapes.

In skateboarding, switch refers to riding in the opposite direction than usual, in the opposite stance, and making it look normal. For example, a regular-foot skater riding goofy is riding switch, or ...

switch stance

Sports; Skateboarding

Riding the board with the opposite footing than usual, i.e., "goofyfoot" instead of "regular foot"

tail

Sports; Skateboarding

The tail is the area of your skateboard deck from the back last two screws to the back tip of the board. This area is also sometimes called the kick. The angle of the tail is often referred to as the ...