Crooked grind

A skateboarding trick where you ollie onto a rail, land your front truck on the rail, and grind the rail at about a 45 degree angle. Not a beginner trick.

Crooked's look neat.

Leap of Faith

A huge 2 story ledge next to a large double set that only one skater, Jamie Thomas, has ever landed.

The Leap of Faith is a sick spot, but I would only try it if I had a death wish.

48👍 57👎

Rock to Fakie

A skating trick where your front trucks, on a minipipe, go above the coping and you come back down fakie. See Rock and Roll also.

Rock to fakies are simple.

8👍 1👎

Almost Skateboards

A skateboarding company featuring:
Ryan Sheckler (The youngest pro)
Daewon Song
Rodney Mullen

and more

Almost is a pretty cool skateboard company.

9👍 3👎

Hardware

On a skateboard, the screws and bolts that hold the board together.

You can buy hardware cheap.

11👍 13👎

tre

Skateboarder abbreviation for 360 Flip. Also known as a tre flip.

In the May 2005 Transworld skateboarder magazine, a really cool guy did a tre down a huge double set.

164👍 168👎

skate poser

One who pretends to be a skateboarder. Most of these people are preps. These people can be recognized by their preppy status, and by their clothes. The brands most popular among posers are DC shoes, Element/Bam, and sometimes Circa.

Dude, Mary is such a poser. Yesterday, she was her normal preppy self, and now she is wearing DC.

173👍 76👎