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Fakie: Rolling backwards; the rider is in the normal stance, but rolling in the opposite direction. (Basically a switch nollie position) (Basically a switch nollie position) Frontside : A trick executed with the skater facing the ramp or obstacle, or a rotation of the rider/board where the front foot moves backward (e.g. a regular-footed skater ...
Rock to Fakie/Fakie Rock: This is a quick, common and easy lip trick performed mostly to link tricks together on mini ramps. The front truck is placed over the lip of the ramp and then the board is "rocked" slightly before coming back down backwards (fakie). Sally Rock: Ollie air straight up and then landing in a rock and roll to fakie.
The original trick is a fakie backside 360 ollie, or in BMX, a fakie 360. The Caballerial can also be done frontside (Frontside Cab etc.) The Caballerial was named after professional skateboarder Steve Caballero, who invented the trick in 1981, originally doing the trick backside. With input from Caballero and the skateboard community as a ...
When applied to slides involving obstacles, backside and frontside take on different meaning: the terms define how the obstacle is being approached. For example, when performing a frontside boardslide, "frontside" means that the obstacle (e.g. rail or ledge) is to the front (the toe-side) of the skateboarder.
A skateboarder practices at Place de la Concorde, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. Credit - Jeff Pachoud—AFP/Getty Images ... 18, when I ask for more skateboarding terms. No ...
An air where the rider and board spin one full rotation. Can be performed almost anywhere whether it be on vert or street. On vert, this is most commonly performed from fakie so that the rider completes the 360 facing forward. Jeff Phillips was one of the first skaters to perform this while landing fakie (usually doing a lien grab). 540
The men's park skateboarding prelims are scheduled to begin the next day at 6 a.m. ET on Aug. 7, with the finals starting at 11 a.m. ET. Why is skateboarding an Olympic sport?
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