This is a rather big list of aggressive
skating terms . If im missing some or if one is wrong , feel free to enlighten
me . Some terms and names mean different things depending on where you
go and who you talk too, also note this page has hyper lniks that jump
to locations on this page. oh yeah and remember -
"Doesn't matter how you do it as long as you look good doing it" |
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Acid Drop | A large fall or gap you typically jump into or over. |
Acid Grind | A grind in which your soul foot is on the bar/curb normally, but instead of your front foot being perpendicular to the bar like normal, it points in the other direction. |
Air | Jumping off something nice and high or lauching off a ramp like object to get some space between yourself and the ground for a grab or 360 etc. |
Air Kedidi | Any time you catch air, and your legs start to bicycle as you lose control. It usually comes before a big fall or a near miss. |
Alley-oop | A move where you turn one way while rotating (to land the grind) another. Ie- you catch air on a ramp going right to left, yet you spin clockwise. When used in reference to grinding , it means doing the grind backwards. An example would be an alley-oop soul. This has the same stance as a soul grind yet the object soul foot first. |
Alley-oop Soul | A soul grind in which you have the normal soul grind stance, but slide soul foot first (or going backwards). |
Armor | Your pads , wear them you'l try more tricks with them on (or take more falls before you start to hurt). |
Anti-Rocker | A type of wheel setup where you have big wheels at 1 and 4 and small wheels in the middle 2-3 . This allows you to grind easier because of the bigger area between the wheels. |
AWOL | Soyale in which only the toe of the boot and not the whole soul is on the rail. |
Backside | A type of grind. If you are approaching a bar/rail on you right , and turn 90 degrees counterclockwise to get on it, you are doing a backside grind. |
Backslide | A grind using only the back foot , balancing carefully on the boot and frame usually the free foot is grabed. |
Bannana | Another term for switch (or unnatual). |
Bar | Common name for a grinding bar or rail. |
Bearings | The two round things in the center of your wheels that allows them to spin. |
Berani | a front flip with a 180 in it. |
Bio | Sideways spin (Preferably horizontal). |
Blindside | A trick where you turn away from the grinding object. Ie- if you lose site of the object sometime during the jump-to-grind. |
Boardwalk | A topside soul with the back foot rolling on its toe. |
Brainless | A back flip with a 540 done on a ramp. |
Buddah | Grind when you are on the outside edges of both skates . |
Budget Variation | A variation in which you only have to move one foot . This trick is much easier than two foot variations . |
Bullshit Grind | West coast term for tabernacle grind back foot is on like a frontside lead is acid. |
Bunny | A hopeless newbie skater who is allways holding onto things for support. |
Bump | A term for riding stairs . ie -"lets go bump some stairs". |
BFUB | Term used to discribe a fat chick pronounced Be Fub (big fat ugly bi#ch). |
Cab | A term for a fakie 360 |
Cabalerno | A backflip with a 180 in it. |
California Roll | See med spin |
Camel | Another word for toe-tap. |
Capped | When a rail has caps put on it that makes it impossible to grind. |
Caveman Rail | Rails that are really high and hard to get on. |
Cess Slide | Where you do a hockey stop with you skates . ie - you slide sideways on both skates . Its usually done going down a slope or on a smooth surface. |
Christ | A backslide in which the heel of the non-grinding skate is resting on the front of the sliding skate. |
Clicking In | Phrase used to discribe the click you make when you jump up and lock in a rail for a grind. |
Coping | The metal bar going horizontally across the top of a ramp. This allows you to grind or stall easily. |
Corkscrew | A fakio bio 540. |
Cowboy Grind | Grind in which you do a frontside (or backside) on both outside edges . To do this your feet have to be close together and you kneesbowed out like you are a cowboy on a horse. |
Crab | Where you skate along sideways with your heels touching each other. |
Crossed | Term used to discribe grabs in which you reach over (or cross) your body to do the grab. |
Crossed Up | Similar to crossed . But with this one your feet are what crosses up and not your hands. |
Crosswalk | A sidewalk grind in which the front foot is acid. |
Curb Grind | A grind that is done on a curb or planter. |
Darkslide Grind | A grind in which you are doing a 'double' royale. You front foot is pointed in the opposite direction (acid). |
Deadfish Grind | A grind in which the front foot is topside and the back foot is rolling on the front wheel. |
Demon Grind | A grind in whcih you soul grind using the inside of your skate instead of the usual outside. |
Diana | A term for farside alley-oop miszou. |
Dickey Grind | See Neighborhood grind. |
Disaster | Generally assosiated with grinding . You do a disaster when you jump high (possibly doing a grab) , land ,and grind. |
Double Ore-Ida | Vert trick in which you alley-oop 720. |
Droping In | Whenever you enter a ramp from the top of it. |
Duck Walk | Where you skate on the toe wheel of one skate and the heel wheel of the other. |
Dumb Soul | Another name for acid soul (front foot turned the other way) |
Egg Plant | Handplant in which you plant only the outside hand . ie - You go vertical by turning counterclockwise and you plant your right hand. |
Elbow | Where you have one mini-half pipe at an angle next to another one allowing you to transfer between them. |
Express Air | Air in which you grab the inside of the skate with the same side hand. ie - right hand right foot generally done with a stife other leg. |
Fakie | Anything done backwards. |
Face Plant | Comes just after a big fall assumed to have or looked like you landed on you face and slid a little way can hurt some what. |
Fahrverg
-nuegen |
An alley-oop royale grinding position. |
Farside | Any grind in which you go over the bar and land on the 'far side' to start grinding. |
Farslide | See suislide. |
Fast Slide | Where you do a grind (like frontside), but only use the front foot. |
Fishbone | A fishbrain with the non-grinding foot out straight and grabbed. |
Fishbrain | A topside makio grind. |
Flatlander | A skater who skates only street and no vert. |
Flat Rocket | A wheel setup in which all four wheels are touching the ground. The outside wheels are larger than the two middle wheels , but the middle two are rockered down so that all touch. |
Flip | Any move in which you rotate a full circle with you waist being the axia of rotation. |
Frank Sinatra | A shifty miszou. |
Frontside | A type of grind . If you are approaching a bar on your right and the turn clockwise 90 degrees to get onto it , you are doing a frontside grind. |
Fun Soul | A New York term for soul slides. |
Granny Smith | A New York term for alley-oop soul slide |
Gap | Term used to discribe a large fall or drop that you jump over or into. |
Grind | Where you jump onto somthing and slide down it on your skates. You usually go paralle to a curb , jump and turn 90 degrees , and slide sideways down it . |
Grind Plate | A piece of eiter plastic or metal that you put on the bottom of your skates (between the 2nd and 3rd wheel) to help you grind . |
Grommet | Term for a young skater. |
H Grind | A soul grind using both inside souls |
Half Cab | Going from skating backwards to skating forwards. |
Half Pipe | A type of ramp that is usually made out of wood and looks much like "half of a pipe" or a U. They can range from 3 feet high to over 12 feet in hieght. |
Han Solo | And alley-oop makio grind. |
Hand Plant | Also called and invert , it is when you go upside down on the ramp and do a handstand. It is usually done on the coping , but can be done bellow the coping as well. |
Hardcore | Term used to describe skaters that are not afraid to take risks. |
Hip | Section of a ramp that is perpendicular to another section. This allows for tricks going from one part to another. |
Hip-Hop | An invert in which you touch the coping with your hand twice. |
Hobo | A backslide with the back foot , and the front foot is rolling on the toe wheel (with foot facing towards you). |
Hop-up Kit | A set of axels and screws that goes between you bearings and gives you better speed and performance. |
Indi Grab | Where you do a reverse mute on the ramp. ie - if you spin counter clockwise , and grab your right skate mute with your left hand. |
Invert | When you go upside down on the ramp and do a handstand . Usually done on the coping but can be done bellow the coping. |
Japan Air | A grab in which you reach behind you to grab the opposite leg and the non-grabbed leg is bent. |
Judo Air | Trick in which you reach around behind you with one hand and grab the skate of the opposite side. The ungrabed leg is straight. |
Kang | A Lui Kang thrown in the middle of a fakie 360. |
Kazoo | An alley-oop meow |
Kind Grind | Another term for a diana (or an alley-oop farside miszou). You have to lean WAY forward onto the soul foot so that your lead foot is almost sliding down on the boot. |
L.A Grind | Grind when you are on the outside edges of both skates with your legs crossed. |
Late Tricks | Usually describes a spinning trick. It is a trick that you do just befor you land . ie- You launch off of a ramp , and at the last second you turn backwards , thus doing a late 180. |
Lui Kang | A grab in which the non-grabbed leg kicks out as if you are doing a side kick. |
Look Back | When you do a shifty , and look behind you as far as you can. |
Lowrider Soul | A soul grind in which you are sitting down low on your soul skate. |
Magic Trick | Switchup going from royale to alley-oop soul without jumping. |
Makio | Another soul slide term. Done when you grab the non-souling foot with the hand closest to it. |
McTwist | One of the coolest looking tricks done on a vert - It is an inverted 540. |
Med Spin | An on the ground 360 in which you go from forward on two to rolling backwards on one foot to forwards on two feet. |
Meow Grind | A Miszou royale. |
Method air | When you are catching air , you reach down with your hand and grab the skate on the same side. |
Miller Flip | Back flip with one hand placed on the coping as you rotate over. |
Mistrial | A topside miszou royale . |
Miszou | A grind in which you lead with the soul of the skate and follow with you back foot perpendicular on the rail/curb. |
Misty Flip | A front flip that is performed sideways. |
Mono | When you skate backwards on one foot while grabing the other foot. |
Mute Air | It is when you reach down with the right hand across the front of your legs and grab your left foot . (or vice-versa) |
Nasty Grind | See Neighborhood. |
Natural | Term used to discribe doing grinds going in your better direction. |
Negative Royale | A Shifty grind in which you lead foot is on the outside edge. (also Noogan) |
Neighborhood | A frontside with the trailing foot acid (or pointed back at you). The back foot is grinding on the outside edge. |
Nifty | Negative shifty or an alley-oop royale type grind. |
Nollie | The term for an alley-oop 360. |
Noogan | An australian term for a royale and or negative royale depending on if its front foot on outside edge which which would be a negative noogan. |
Ore-Ida | The term for an alley-oop 360. |
Overmiszou | Where you do a farside miszou on a ramp or curb. |
Overacid | When you do a topside acid soul on a ramp or ledge. |
Oversoul | Term used to describe doing a farside soul on a ramp or curb. |
Phillips 66 | A fakie 360 handplant on a ramp. |
Pool | Can either be real or made of wood . It a good place to practice your ramp skills. |
Porn Star | The popular term for acid miszou. |
Pump | This is what you do to gain speed on a ramp. |
Rail Slide | A type of grind in which you slide down a hand rail. Usually interchangable with grind. |
Ramp | Generally assumed to be half pipe, but can be quarter pipe or a launch ramp. |
Rewind | When you come of a grind or stall , you do a 270 or as close to spin to get off this is a reasonable easy move to pull off and it looks great. |
Roach Clip | See darkside grind. |
Rockered Wheels | Another type of wheel setup in which the two middle wheels are lower than the outside ones . This allows greater mobility , but sacrifices stability. |
Rocket | A grab in which both legs are straight out in front of you and you reach to grab them. It is just like doing a pike dive. |
Rockio | A rocket makio grind. |
Roughneck | A 540 in which you grab around you to the same leg in the opposite direction you are rotating . ie- Spinning counter clockwise youi reach with you left arm around in front of you to grab you left skate. |
Royale | A grind in which you grind on the inside of the lead skate and the outside edge of the trailing skate. |
Running Man | When you are in the air and start flailing your arms and legs. Normally comes befor a big fall or near miss. |
Sad Plant | An invert in which only the insidehand is used. |
Session | When you go out skating. Like a skating session. |
Shake and Bake | Grind , when you do an alley-oop 360 to frontside on a ramp. |
Shift Kick | You do one of these when you are pulling a budget variation. When you switch stances , you jump up, act like you are going to pull a 180 by swiching your feet , then land back down normally. |
Shifty Grind | When you turn your upper body during a grind while looking forwards . Sometimes switched with the term royale. Also some call it a shift a royale that isnt on the boot. |
Shuffle | Another way to say cess slide. |
Sideswipe | A sidewalk with the front soul foot doing a royale instead of a soul. ie- Front foot is on the outside edge and the back foot is sliding on the outside of the boot or laces pointing the other direction to the front skate. |
Sidewalk | A porn star (acid miszou) with the back foot all the way down on its laces. |
Sit Down | Any grind done really low or sitting down. |
Sit In | When you dit down on the coping of a half pipe , and push youself in . Just make sure to push hard enuff so your feet get under you. |
Smith Grind | What New Yorkers call a soul grind. |
Snot Rocket | See tabernackle. |
Snub Soul | Where you soul like normal with the back foot, but the front foot grinds along the inside. |
Soul Grind | A type of grind in which the ront foot is perpendicular like normal frontside , but the back foot is on parallel to the rail/curb (or grinding on the sole). |
Solo | Used to discribe an alley-oop royale soul grind . You are doing a royale, but the front foot is in alley-oop soul position. |
Spin Cycle | Grind in which you pull at least 5 non-budget variations. |
Spine Ramp | A type of ramp in which two half pipes are placed back to back allowing transfers. |
Stair Bashing | Riding down stairs, either forwards or backwards or sideways. |
Stale | Term used to discribe any grab in which you grab the wheels of the skate. |
Stalefish Grab | When you reach behind you and grab the outside of the opposite skate. |
Stall | When you jump onto something (like a curb) , stop on it for a couple of seconds and jump off. Mainly used on ramps or for practicing landing a grind. |
Stand In | When you are standing on the coping or a ramp , lean forward and drop in. |
Stiffy | Any grab in which on leg is straight (or stiff). |
Stub Soul | A soul grind in whcih the front foot is grinding on the inside edge. ie- The front foot is really close to the back skate which is grinding on the soul. |
Sui-slide | A one footed grind in which you grind on the outside edge of the boot , but it is in front of you . ie - The foot that would normally be the lead is grinding and the back foot is free or being grabbed. |
Switch Stance | When you are grinding , you switch for frontside to a backside , or vise-versa. This is a 180 on the bar or curb. |
Super Man | Term used to discribe a near miss or a face plant after a grind griped and you left your skates on the planter or curb and ended up lieing down on you face. |
Tabernacle | A grind in which the trailing foot is on like a frontside but the lead foot is acid . |
Topside Grind | Also refered to as oversoul (or miszou), it is where you are doing a farside grind on a planter or the coping since you cant rest on the farside you are grinding on the frame. |
Torque Soul | A soul grind in which the front foot is in alley-oop royale position. |
Training Wheel | When you are doing a grind and the front foot is rolling along the heel wheel. Usually (and assumed) to be done with a topside soul. |
Torque Slide | See suislide. |
Transition | The part of a ramp that goes from horizontal to vertical. |
Unity Grind | Another term for L.A grind. |
Unnatural | Term used to discribe going the opposite direction to what you normally go. |
Variation | Frequently used term to discribe just about anything , change stance dueing a grind backside to frontside or frontside to royale or soul etc etc. |
Vert | Term used to discribe half pipe that goes vertical at the top normally 8 to 12 feet high. |
Vile | Term used to discribe a trick done sideways (usually a spin) . |
Wax(ing) | When you scrape wax onto a curb or rail to allow for easier grinding . Any type of wax for parafin wax to soap to candles works. |
Wheelbarrow | A backslide with the front foot rolling on the back wheel. |
X Grind | A grind in which you soul foot is on the bar like normal, it is souling the bar from the other side. |
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