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5-0: Grind: Grind with just back truck grinding (Sktbd).

720: Two 360s forward or backward.

911: Backside raley with a twist.(Wkbd)

900: Two and a half 360s forward or backward ? not for mere mortals ? first landed by Tony Hawk at X Games V, San Francisco, 1999 (Sktbd)

Air: Whenever all wheels are off of the ground at the same time. (Agi-L; Sktbd; Bikes)

Air Raley: The rider hits the wake and allows his board and body to swing up over his head while he crosses the wake. Rider then swings the board and body down and lands on the opposite side of the wake (Wkbd)

Backside: When a turn or trick is executed in a direction that the back of the body is facing the ramp or obstacle. (Agi-L; Sktbd)

Backslide: A soul grind variation in which the skater has front foot grabbed, back foot on outside plate. (Agi-L)

Backside Roll: Rider approaches the wake carving the heelside edge of the board, then rolls the board up over his head and lands in the same direction he started. (Wkbd)

Backside Roll-to-Revert: Same as backside roll except rider lands his board in a fakie position.(Wkbd)

Barndoor: The result of a climber getting out of balance, causing the body to swing out away from the wall like a barn door opening. (SptCl)

Beta: Beta is the information on how a route should be climbed, what holds to look out for, what body position works best, etc. In climbing competitions, the competitors are not allowed to watch any climbers on the route before they have attempted to climb it themselves. Spectators are warned not to shout "beta" to the competitors. (SptCl)

Bonk: Rider approaches an obstacle and hits, or "bonks," the obstacle.(Wkbd)

Bouldering: Like free soloing, bouldering requires only shoes and a chalk bag. Unlike free soloing, bouldering is done much closer to the ground. Bouldering often consists of a series of extremely difficult and complicated moves that require repeated attempts to complete in one continuous effort. Since bouldering is done in relative close proximity to the ground, the individual moves are often more difficult than those encountered on roped climbs. (SptCl)

Bucket / Jug: A big hold, or one that is in-cut, that you can really get your hand into or around (SptCl)

Burly: A big trick. When a rider goes for something big. ex: John jumped a20-foot canyon -- now that was burly.

Butter Slide: Rider approaches the wake, then hops the board and lands on the edge of the wake with the board sideways (Perpendicular to the wake) and slides the board on top of the wake.(Wkbd)

Caballerial: While riding fakie (backwards), usually at the lip of a ramp, to complete a 360 in the air and head back down the ramp forwards. Named after Steve Caballero. (Agi-L; Sktbd)

Campus: Where a climber uses just the arms to move from hold to hold, letting the legs hang free. Comes from "Campus Board," a wooden training device with small ledges that are used to train finger strength and dynos. (SptCl)

Carve: To make a long, curving arc while skating (Agi-L; Sktbd)

Coping: A rounded lip at the top of a ramp or obstacle, usually made of metal, cement, or PVC pipe.

Cooking Fish Sticks: Something easy. ex: Table Tops are like cooking fish sticks.

Crow Mobe: A scarecrow with a full 360 turn. (Wkbd)

Crimper: A crimper is a small hold, just big enough for the fingertips, that you have to crimp your fingers to hold on to. A climb with lots of crimpers is "crimpy." (SptCl)

Curbed: When a rider has crashed hard; or when you're drunk; or how you feel after a hard day of work; or when a girl shoots you down.

Dialed: When a rider has a trick mastered. ex: John has made every McTwist he's tried, he's got them dialed.

Drop in: To enter the ramp or obstacle from the top. (Agi-L; Sktbd; Bikes)

Dyno: A lunge for a faraway hold. Different to a deadpoint as the feet can easily fly off. The opposite of a controlled, "static" move. Sometimes also called a lunge. (SptCl)

Fakie: To ride backwards. (Agi-L; Sktbd; Bikes; Wkbd)

Flat Spin: The trick that turned heads in 1997/98. A skater gets air, turns the axis of his body nearly horizontal to the ground or ramp, spins, rights himself and lands. (Agi-L)

Frontside: When a turn or trick is executed in a direction that the front of the body is facing the ramp or obstacle. A Frontside Grind is pretty much the beginner's grind in which the skater or rider grinds the rail with the front foot on the inside of the grindplate and the back foot on the inside of the grindplate. (Agi-L; Sktbd;Wkbd)

Frontside Roll: Rider approaches the wake carving on the toe-side of his board and rolls the board over his head and lands on the other side of wake. (Wkbd)

Frontside Roll-to-Revert: Same as the frontside roll except rider lands his board in fakie position.(Wkbd)

Fun Box: A four-sided box jump (ramp on every side) that is included in street courses.

Gay Twist: While riding fakie (backwards), usually at the lip of a ramp, to complete a 360 in the air while grabbing, and head back down the ramp forwards. (Sktbd)

Goofy-foot: To ride with the right foot forward the opposite of Natural (Sktbd; Wkbd)

Grind: To slide on an obstacle or coping, on the skate frames between the Wheels, skate trucks or wheel bars. (Agi-L; Sktbd; Bikes)

Grind plate: A piece of metal or plastic that attaches to the frame and creates a better grind spot than the frame alone (Agi-L)

Hand plant: A type of trick where one hand grabs the skate while doing a one handed handstand on a ramp or obstacle. (Agi-L; Sktbd)

Hoochie Glide: An air raley with a heelside or front hand grab.(Wkbd)

Invert: Another name for Handplant. (Agi-L; Sktbd)

Kickflip: The same as a Heelflip except the toe pushes down to flip the board. (Sktbd)

Krypt: An air raley except the rider lands in a fakie position (see fakie).(Wkbd)

Lip: The top or upper edge of a ramp or obstacle.

Lipslide: To force the tail over the lip and slide on the surface before re-entry. (Sktbd)

McTwist: A 540 degree turn performed on a ramp. Named after Mike McGill (Agi-L; Sktbd).

Ollie: A no-handed air performed by tapping the tail of the board on the ground or ramp surface. Named after Alan Gelfand. (Sktbd)

Natural: The direction that the skater feels best performing a trick, right skate/foot forward or left skate/foot forward (Agi-L; Sktbd)

Nollie: An ollie performed by tapping the nose instead of the tail. (Sktbd)

Quarter Pipe: Used in street competitions. The quarter pipe is like a single wall of a vert ramp (or half-pipe). Called a quarter pipe because it is one-quarter of a full radius.

Rail slide: To grind on a handrail (Agi-L; Sktbd; Bikes)

Rock and roll: A trick where the underside of the board is tapped on the lip before a kickturn to reenter. (Sktbd)

Royale: Skater rides with front foot on inside plate, back foot on outside plate, toes pointed in. The Royale was the trick of 1995 according to Sequencemag.com, an online 'zine. Brooke Howard Smith was the founder of the Royale. He "royaled" the big rail in the first X Games, way ahead of his time? according to Sequencemag.com. (Agi-L)

Session: A period of skating/riding (Agi-L; Sktbd; Bikes)

Sloper: Any hold that slopes downward so that the climber's fingers can't wrap around. The climber's body position below the hold, how rigid they can keep their body and the friction between their hand and the hold are all very important. They are very hard to rest on. (SptCl)

Smear: Using the sole of the shoe to generate friction where there is otherwise no hold.(SptCl)

Soul grind: A grind where the leading skate is parallel with the rail or obstacle, and the rear skate is perpendicular to it. (Agi-L;)

Speedball: Two complete front flip rotations. Darin Shapiro is the only known rider to be able to complete this trick. It has been only done on the double-up maneuver.

Spine ramp: Two half pipes placed back to back creating a double "UU" shape.

Street: An event consisting of different types and styles of ramps positioned so that they can be approached in many different ways. Competitors plan out their runs through these ramps according to individual style, combining different tricks and ramps to create the most impressive runs possible. There are two categories of tricks in street: aerials and lip tricks.

Stoked: Describes athletes when they are pumped up and confident.

Tantrum: A back flip over the wake.(Wkbd)

Transition: The curved part of terrain between 0 and 90 degrees.

Tweaked: When a rider is all contorted doing a trick; or when the rider himself is being all weird.

Tufa: A baguette looking hold, where the climber will have to pinch with one or two of their hands. (SptCl)

Varial: An aerial where the board is spun from backwards to forwards beneath the feet. (Sktbd)

Vert: Short for vertical, meaning a 90-degree ramp, pool or wall. The half-pipe event. A half-pipe is like a big "U" with two transition areas at either end that extend to vertical stands, separated by the flat bottom in between. The half-pipe is entered from a platform which allows the rider to gain speed before leaving the other side. The smoother the rider, the higher he will be able to go. Riders have to be careful not to land on the lower part of the transition or the flat bottom or they will probably crash. There are two categories of tricks in vert: aerials and lip tricks.

Whirleybird: Tantrum with a full inverted 360 spin(Wkbd)

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