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2. List of skateboarding terms - Wikipedia

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   Skateboarding on a ramp. Street skateboarding: Skating on streets, curbs, benches, handrails or other elements typically found in urban and suburban landscapes. Ramps, rails, boxes and other man-made obstacles, especially in competition, are also referred to as "street" because they simply emulate a perfect "street" environment.

3. Skatepark - Wikipedia

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   Foam Pit – A pile of foam pads to land safely into while learning tricks, usually found after a launch ramp. Flatbar – A rail set level with ground. Sloped rail – A rail set at an angle. Kinked rail – A rail with two flat sections, one higher than the other, and a sloped section in the middle connecting them. Stair – A simple staircase.

4. Aerial (skateboarding) - Wikipedia

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   A 540 is an aerial where the skater and board spin one and a half rotations in midair. They were first performed on vertical ramps and quickly became a staple of vertical skateboarding at the professional level, but they have also been performed on box jumps, pyramids, downstairs, and even on mini-halfpipes.

5. Funbox - Wikipedia

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   Ramps - To allow access to the table-top, a funbox will generally be surrounded (on two or more sides) by ramps or stairs to allow tricks or transitions on, off or over the table-top. Other elements - A funbox may also include a number of other elements including ledges, rails , spines, copings , angled ramps, wall sections to allow "wallrides ...

6. Grind (skateboarding) - Wikipedia

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   In skateboarding, grinds are tricks that involve the skateboarder sliding along a surface, making contact with the trucks of the skateboard. Grinds can be performed on any object narrow enough to fit between wheels and are performed on curbs, rails, the coping of a skate ramp, funboxes, ledges, and a variety of other surfaces. [1]

7. Skateboarding styles - Wikipedia

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   Park skateboarding encompasses a variety of sub-styles adopted by those who ride skateboards in purpose-built skate parks. Most skate parks combine halfpipes and quarterpipes with various other "vert" skateboarding features as well as "street" obstacles such as stairs, ledges, and rails. The integration of these elements produces a different ...