SKATE TERMS
Here is some of the terms that we use in the skate world. I know there are many more out there, so if you think there are any that should be added, e-mail me at VrtlPrince@aol.com. Well, hopefully this will help you out.
596: Another name for a darkslide.
ABEC: Annular Bearing Engineering Committee
Acid Drop: A large fall or gap that you typically jump into or over.
Air Kedidi: When you catch air and your legs begin to bicycle as you lose control.
Alley-oop Soul: A soul grind which you have a normal soul grind stance, but slide soul foot first.
Armor: Your pads.
Anti-Rocker: A type of wheel set up which you have small wheels in the middle of the skates, and the larger wheels on the outside. It allows you to grind easier because of the larger space between the middle wheels.
AWOL: Soyale in which only the toe of the boot and not the whole soul is on the rail.
Backside: A type of grind. If you approach a bar on your right and turn 90 degrees counterclockwise to get on it, that is a backside.
Bar: Name for a grinding bar or rail.
Bearings: The metal round objects that fit in the wheels. It determines how the skate rolls. Comes in semi-precision, ABEC1, 3, 5, and 7.
Berani: A font flip with a 180 in it.
Bio: Sideways spin.
Blindside: A trick in which you turn away from the grinding object to grind it.
Boardwalk: A topside soul with the back foot rolling on its toes.
Brainless: A back flip with a 540 done on a ramp.
Budget Variartion: A variation in which you only have to move on foot.
Bump: A term for riding stairs.
Cab: A term for a fakie 360.
Cabalerno: A backflip with a 180 in it.
Camel: Another word for a toe-tap.
Christ: A backslide in which the heel of the non-grinding skate is resting on front of the sliding skate.
Coping: The metal bar going horizontally across the top of a ramp.
Corkscrew: A fakie bio 540.
Cowboy Grind: Grind in which you grind on the outside edges of your skates and look like you are riding a horse.
Crossed: term used to describe when you reach over your body to do the grab.
Crossed Up: Same as crossed except your feet are crossed.
Crosswalk: A sidewalk grind in which the front foot is acid.
Curb grind: A grind done on a curb.
Darkslide Grind: A grind in which you are doing a double royale.Your feet are pointing in opposite directions.
Deadfish Grind: A grind in which the front foot is topside and the back foot in rolling on the front wheel.
Demon Grind: A grind in which you soul grind using the inside of your skate instead of the outside.
Diana: A term for a farside alley-oop miszou.
Double Ore-Ida: Vert trick in which you do an alley-oop 720.
Droping in: Whenever you enter a ramp from the top.
Duck Walk: Where you skate on the toe of one skate and the heel of the other.
Dumb Soul: Another name for an acid soul.(front foot turned the other way)
Egg Plant: Handplant in which you plant only the outside hand.
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