Madonna (skateboarding trick)

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A madonna is an aerial skateboarding trick where the heel edge of the board is grabbed near the front wheel with the front hand and the front foot is kicked off the board behind the skateboarder. The trick was named by the inventors Tony Hawk and Lester Kasai who were trying to create a new trick in the 1990s. They thought that in order for a trick to become popular it needs a catchy name and thus chose Madonna as she is the most popular singer in the world. The original trick involved tapping the tail of the board on the lip of the ramp as it was landed, and was only called "'a madonna'" when performed frontside, but the definition has since then become more generic within the skateboarding world. The backside version of this trick was popularized by Mark "Gator" Rogowski. Mark referred to them as "Sean Penns".