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BEST TRICK NAMES
Names given to skateboard tricks go down in history. The rest of the
non-skating world will never understand the talk because they will
never do the walk. Here is a list of some of the best and a brief
explanation of how they came about.
I. IMPOSSIBLE
As the name suggests, when it was
thought up, it was just that.
Wrapping your deck around your
foot? Come on.
2. DISASTER
Ask anyone and they will tell you
that purposely hanging up is stupid
thus, its name.
3. BLUNT
All four wheels over an edge and
you are blunted.
4. GAY TWIST
360 air from fakie with a mute grab.
Bend over and grab your ass.
5. BODY JAR
Backside air to tail. Miss the tail and
you know why it's called a jar.
6. MY DICK
Fakie 360 shove it 180 body varial.
See below.
7. BIG SPIN
A real gamble here, kids. 36o shove
it 180 body varial.
2. JJ Rogers-Disaster
4. Andy Roy-Gay Twist
9. Jef Whithead - No Comply
8. SHIFTY
Traditional ollie with a sideways
body drift. Kinda sketchy, kinda rad.
9. NO COMPLY
No-handed boneless. Comprende?
10. AXE MURDERER
Jump ramp air where you fly
through the air with both hands on
the board over your head while
screaming at the top of your lungs.
And pull it.
II. DUMPTRUCK
Straddle the coping with both feet.
board in the middle, and go to fakie
Miss and we take out the trash.
12. HOSPITAL
Upside down drop into tranny. Fail
and guess where you're going?
13. METHOD
The way to bust a big air is called a
method because that's the way to do
it, stupid.
14. HAZARD
Footplant handplant. A good way to
break a leg and an arm.
15. SEX CHANGE
A handplant varial. One wrong move
and you're singing soprano.
WORD TO THE WISE: IF YOU EVER
"INVENT" SOMETHING NEW, DON'T FALL
PREY TO THE LACK OF CREATIVITY IN
NAMING TRICKS THESE DAYS.
(IF THE SHOE FITS...)
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