Amateurs and seasoned professional skateboarders alike will tell you that there are literally hundreds of skateboarding tricks that can be executed which all fall into five general categories. Fancy footwork is required to perform flips, slides, and grinds and can all be performed on either the ground or off an edge, like a ramp or a rail. Manoeuvres like aerials, that boost you nearly into the stratosphere, as well as handplants can be performed on ramps or in pools. And, for the creatively expressive, there are freestyle and old school tricks which can all be adapted to enhance the adrenaline rush.
Skateboarders tend to be naturally gifted at being able to regularly perform the seemingly impossible, while at the same time managing to create an endless combination of new moves. Skateboard parks are the usual domain of skaters, where they will find an assortment of obstacles, ramps, rails, and bowls with which to practice their craft.
Wearing adequate protection is of paramount importance since injuries are common, due to the amount of practice that is involved in order to successfully execute a stunt. The fact that any place that a skateboard can go is often a possible source for a trick may also be a contributing factor to injuries.
The ollie, which is a jumping technique that allows the skater to jump over obstacles, is one of the most famous trick and forms the basis for most other stunts. A variety of combinations are possible and can include flips, and spins. It can also be performed with only one foot, or landed on only the front or rear wheels.
Slides, grinds, and stalls are performed on a coping or a rail and can use any part of the board, most often the tail, a truck, or the nose. When a spin or an ollie is added to the routine, it’s possible to perform something really interesting like the backside boardside. Adding handplants or footplants will gain a favorable reaction from the crowd.
Dropping in from a ramp, bowl, or pool and pumping will provide the necessary speed to launch a rider high enough into the air to perform some of the most spectacular stunts. Combined with spins, acrobatics and various kicks, crowd pleasing stunts like the most coveted 900 degree, airwalk, and dangerous backflip can be performed.
Movements that are often performed on the lip, include an ollie as well as a spin. Stalling is a common technique on the lip and both the tail and the nose are used. Landing on one foot is called a footplant, and the similarly handplant can be combined in various ways while holding the board in the other hand to perform a move, like the well known invert.
Most of the thrills of skateboarding tricks comes from the enjoyment of practicing, rather than successfully executing stunts. Old school tricks, like 360 degree spins and the impossible, have produced many variations because of the pleasure of performing them. It can be asked who has more fun, the thrilled spectator or the adrenaline junkie rider?
Practice your skateboarding tricks online in these free skateboard games. There are many free skateboarding games that you can play.