Freestyle skateboarding tricks

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A freestyle skateboarding trick is a trick done on a skateboard while freestyle skateboarding. Some of these tricks are done in a stationary position, unlike many other skateboarding tricks. The keys to a good freestyle contest run are variety, difficulty, fluidity, and creativity. It should also be noted that this is a partial list, and a full list would never be possible, because new tricks and new combinations are always being created.

[edit] Tricks

A note to all editors: Before adding a trick to the list, ask on the talk page to see if your trick is notable enough to add. Please keep all tricks in alphabetical order. This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

360 Flip

Like the original Non-Ollie Kickflip, but one foot is closer to the nose, and the other is closer to the tail. This is not to be confused with the Ollie 360 flip. The 360 flip is also known as a Butterfly.

360s

Now called a 360 pivot due to the invention of the aerial 360. '70s skate competitions would often have an event to see who could do the most consecutive 360s on a skateboard. The current official world record is 163 full rotations by Russ Howell^{[citation needed]}. Variations include Nose 360s (done by Rodney Mullen at the end of one of his many runs), One-footed 360s, etc.

50-50

This is a stance. It is similar to a Casper stance, with the board upside-down, but the back foot is standing on the back truck rather than the back tail. The 50-50 is done with a hand holding the nose of the board, or it can be done with the front foot holding up the nose with no hand holding the board up. In this case it is called a No-Handed 50-50. This trick's name collides with the common Streestyle skateboarding trick, the 50-50 grind. While this trick had the name first, Freestyle skateboarders like to use the name Truckstand to separate the two.

Anti-Casper

Contrary to popular belief, the Anti-Casper is not just a nose/switch Casper stance. It is not considered an Anti-Casper unless half of an impossible is performed into a nose/switch Casper stance. This is usually done by popping the tail, which would begin the half Impossible or half vertical flip, and jumping. Once the board flips end over end, it comes down into switch Casper, and is caught with the front foot on top of the nose and the back foot on the underside anywhere behind the nose of the board, with the top of the foot touching the griptape side.

Acid drops, Bomb drops

These are slightly different street tricks but more or less used in the same fashion. An Acid Drop is where the skater simply rides off an object (usually a drop or stairs) instead of ollieing. A Bomb Drop is when a person jumps off of an object holding the board in their hand and then placing it under their feet, mid jump. Vert variation: A roll-in on vert from riding on the platform somewhat parallel to the coping, then rolling over the coping and dropping in. Not to be confused with a disaster in. The middle of the board never touches the coping. Popularized by Duane Peters who did the trick with an even harder variation: rolling straight in - perpendicular to the coping! Vert Bomb Drop - A drop-in done from above or on the coping. Stand on the object (extension, railing, etc.), and grab the board (any grab) and jump off and into the ramp, pool while placing your feet on the board. In 2006, Danny Way set the world record for Bomb Drop height, when he jumped 28 feet off the Hard Rock Cafe guitar in Las Vegas into a 56 foot high ramp (82'3 total height).

Bean Plant

Like a boneless, but the skateboarder grabs the nose or grabs lien (heel-side of the nose) with the front hand.

Boneless One

This classic trick, invented by Gary Scott Davis, dates back to the freestyling era of skateboarding. Variations include rotations, varials, and hand flips. Basically the principle is where the skater grabs the skateboard while simultaneously stepping off the board and jumping with one foot. The skater then replaces the board under his/her feet and lands. It is commonly used to gain more height or performed down stair sets. Since the 1980s the Boneless has lost much of its popularity, however, there are still some cult skateboarders, such as Peter Vlad, Mike Vallely and Ali Boulala, that keep the trick alive. Originally, Gary Scott Davis thought this trick up. He didn't think it was possible though. His friend called him up one day to announce that he had done that trick and Gary came down to meet him. He realized how much easier it was to plant the front foot down and how much higher they can go. Contrary to popular belief, the name "Boneless One" has nothing to do with your legs or any part of the trick. It was a name given some time after the trick was done, and named after a puppet that one of his friends owned. The puppets name was Harry the Boneless One.

Businessman

Similar to the Caveman but instead the board is flipped similarly to a heelflip and then landed on in mid-air.

Butterflip

This trick was invented by Keith Butterfield^{[citation needed]}. To do the Butterflip, you stand in Heelside Railstand, and hop both feet to one side of the board, meaning one foot is on top of the wheel and the other foot is on top of the end of the board on the same side. You put pressure onto the end of the board, using the foot that's not on the wheel. It pops the board up and you grab it with your hand on the same side of your body as the foot that was on the wheel. This trick is the method used to go from Heelside Railstand to a One Footed Pogo or 50/50.

Casper

The Casper is the name of a stall/position that was invented by Bobby "CASPER" Boyden who had a pale complexion. It is commonly mistaken as being invented by Rodney Mullen. It shares the name casper with the casper disaster but the two tricks are not at all similar. In casper stance, the board is griptape side down, with the back foot on top of the tail and the front foot under the board near the nose. The only point of contact between the board and the ground should be the tip of the tail. There are a many ways to get into Casper. The street skateboarder may want to do half of an Ollie Kickflip and catch it in a Casper. The freestyle skateboarder may want to be rolling fakie and just flip it over with his or her back foot and catch it immediately. One can immediately exit the Casper position by doing one of many tricks out. These include a 360 Flip out as created by Rodney Mullen, or Varial Half Flip out, Half Impossible / 180 Hop out, or replace the half flips in the tricks above with a quarter flip to go straight into Railstand, or some other transition into another stance (Anti-Casper or 50-50 for example).

Casper Disaster

Also invented by Bobby "CASPER" Boyden, this trick has nothing to do with the Casper stance you may be familiar with. While riding fakie, you enter a Heelside Railstand one footed. The foot not on the wheel, the foot that's not closest to the direction you're riding, will be pointing down and touching the griptape while your other foot remains on the wheel. You will spin the board 180 degrees using your foot on the griptape to help. Immediately after spinning 180 degrees you will push the board down so you exit Heelside Railstand and land riding away. This is a great way to get out of fakie. Another version of this trick is the Frixion Flip.

Casper Spin

The same thing as a Casper, only you spin around while doing it.

Caveman

The skateboarder runs with the board, then throws it down to the ground, landing on it in the process, and skates away. The Caveman is mostly applied to grinds and slides in which the rider runs with board in leading front hand towards an obstacle such as a rail or ledge. The rider jumps and places the board under his/her feet, landing on the obstacle in the grind or slide he/she prefers in which he/she gets out normally with just the feet. Mark Gonzales used to Caveman Darkslide often.

Coffin

Similar to street luge. While skating at speed, the skateboarder moves to the front of the board. They sit down in the middle of the board, knees bent sharply, holding onto the sides of the board with both hands. They lean back until laying straight, and extend both feet ahead of the nose. Before the 1970s, this trick was performed like the early longboarders of the time, where the rider turns around and lays down backward/head first.

Cooper flip

Devised by Lynn Cooper who participated in many competitions that existed during the heyday of Freestyle. A kind of rail flip. You hop to one side of the board having one foot on the wheel and the other on the tail/nose next to it and then flip the board from this position. when this trick is landed into a 50-50 or pogo this is called a Butterflip.

Daffywalk

This trick is done with two boards. First, the skateboarder puts the front foot on the nose of one board, then puts the back foot on the tail of the other board. Both should balance on the front or back truck. The skateboarder then moves forward while balancing in this position. This trick was seen in the Girl Skateboards video Yeah Right! and the Lords of Dogtown movie. The Tony Hawk's Underground game series calls this a "Yeah Right Manual". ^[1]

End-Overs

A series of 180 degree pivots. Can be done both ways but both start on the nose (or on the tail when rolling fakie). While rolling forward, pressure is placed on the nose just enough to lift the back wheels. Once the back wheels are lifted, the rider turns either Frontside or Backside 180 degrees with the nose acting as a pivot point. This is all done quickly, you do not stall on any part. When the 180 pivot is done, you quickly do another in the direction that would make another 180 pivot leaving you rolling the same direction you started out in. Two 180 pivots basically break up a single 360 pivot into two. When these 180 pivots are done in consecutive lines, this is considered End-Overs (End Over End).

Fastplant

Late seventies backside vert trick. the fastplant is a footplant grabbing the back rail with the front hand (like a backside aerial) taking your back foot off the board and planting it on the coping and boosting upward off the planted foot, turn in the air and replace the back foot before reentry. Lance Mountain still does these.

Figure 4, Calf Wrap, Pretzel Plant, Brain Surgeon

This is an odd looking trick. The rider snaps the skateboard up scooping the back tail like an Ollie Impossible while the front foot slips off to the ground like a No Comply. At this moment the back foot should scoop up the board and pin it to the backside of the calf on the planted leg. The griptape should be touching the backfoot (and inner side of the back knee *originally*) and the graphic side of the board should be wrap the back of your calf of our front leg. With a fluid forward motion your board 'unwraps' your back calf and your board falls back into place. If done straight and fast It should look like a 'parking block no-comply off your front leg.' It is most commonly done backside on banks and mild transitions with a more exaggerated twist at the lower body and legs. Invented by Derek Belen, made popular by Rey Gregorio, then perfected by Dorian Tucker, and Kris Markovich.

Fingerflip

This trick involves reaching down with the front hand, jumping off the board, flipping the board on its axis, and landing back on it. Many variations have been done including Single, Double, Varial, 360 Varial and many more. The higher varial rotations can be done with the back hand rather than the front hand. The Varial and 360 Varial Fingerflips can be done with the back hand while rolling. Harder versions also include spinning the higher varial rotations in the unlikely directions. For example, rolling forward and flipping the board with your front hand, the rider will generally feel more comfortable flipping by throwing their leading front hand behind them resulting in varial rotations that spin Frontside. Although harder, they can be thrown leading hand forward resulting in varial rotations that spin Backside. The flips themselves can also be thrown in a Kickflip (flip towards you) manner rather than the traditional Heelflip (flips away from you) manner. This also applies to the back handed varial rotations of Fingerflips. Those start spinning Backside but you can do them Frontside which are considerably harder. Ollie variations also exist for most variations. All Ollie variations require you to Ollie before starting the Fingerflip in mid air post Ollie. Freestyle Professional Daryl Grogan is known for his Ollie 360 Varial Fingerflip. Rodney Mullen is known to use an Ollie Varial Fingerflip in many of his runs and video footage.

Firecracker

This trick should sound like a string of Chinese firecrackers igniting when done properly. The Firecracker was invented by Rey Gregorio. It's a variation of a few tricks. 1) A trick simply called an M-80, where the rider literally slaps the tail down onto the edge of the curb emanating a loud POP. 2) Another precedent is an old trick of simply riding down stairs on all four wheels. However, this trick was stumbled upon when Rey realized he couldn't ride down stairs while going fast using all four wheels (without Ollieing of course). Out of necessity he realized that you can actually manual down a set of stairs, and in doing so, creating a loud slapping noise with the tail each time it comes in contact down each step, like a succession of very loud M-80s going off.

Flamingo/Crane Slide

A Flamingo is a flatground slide trick where one pivots 180 and balances on his/her front foot while moving fakie and carving a slide while rolling fakie. This trick is often confused with the Calf Wrap due to the Pro Skater series and popular disinformation from the likes of people like Mike Vallely. The Flamingo was popularized by Pierre Andre and Natas Kaupas

French Maid

This Trick is an old pool trick. Basically a Big Backside carve *all four wheels* in a pool while grabbing your front rail of the board with both hands_no bend at the knees. Rendering yourself upside down while looking like a naughty housekeeper. Made popular by Jeff Grosso and Duane Peters.

G-Turn

A Nose Wheelie/Manual while carving. It gets its name from the path of the board when seen from above - shaped like a letter "G" due to the carve spiraling inward. Varitaions: One-wheeled, grabs

Godzilla Flip

This trick involves standing on the board in Tailstop with just one foot and spinning the board in an Impossible around that foot with your lead or back hand. You can use either foot and either hand. The foot must NOT touch the ground. Basically a hand use one footed version of the Nose Hook Impossible.

Hand Casper / Switch-Casper

This is Casper / Switch-Casper stall done using the hand to hold up the higher end of the board instead of the foot. This lets the skateboarder do any type of Fingerflip they want to get out of it.

Handstand

Basically doing a Handstand on a moving skateboard. Many variations evolved from this, including One-hand Handstands, Headstands, Frogstands, Handstand Wheelies, Handstand Pivots/Endovers, Handstand Varial Flips, Handstand Double Flips, Handstand 360 Flips, Handstand Flips, Handstand Dismount (No flip, just come down on your board riding) etc. This Handstand idea was taken to the other stances too. Which introduced Railstand Handstands, with the Single, Double, Varial and 360 Flips out of them, also TV Stands which are Handstands done in 50/50 or Truckstand stance.

Hang Ten Nosemanual / Two-foot Nosewheelie

A classic freestyle trick, this move involves putting both feet at the nose of the board and lifting the back wheels off the ground and balancing while moving. Other Wheelie tricks are One-Footed Wheelies and One-Wheel Wheelies, which are self explanatory but very difficult to pull off. You can do Shove-It's out of Hang Ten Wheelies, do Hang Ten Spacewalks (also known as Frontside Spacewalks), or even pull off 360s while in a Two-Footed nose stance.

Heel Flip

not and ollie heelflip. First you set up like a switch kickflip, you do your switch kickflip but land in your normal stance.

Heelie

similar to the Hang Ten Nose Wheelie but instead of standing on the nose you stand on the tail.

Hippy Jump

Basically is jumping on your board with your board leaving the ground, but is usually done over objects (or in some cases under). First ride at a reasonable speed then jump over the object while your board rolls under. Then land on it. For a bigger obstacle, lift your back foot up and push the board under with your front foot then walk on over the obsdtacle then lands on the board once it's done.

Kickflip

Invented by Kurt Lindgren, not the Ollie Kickflip, but done standing with feet parallel in the middle of the board, with the toes of the back foot hooked under and flipping the board as the skater jumps. This is notably different from the Ollie Kickflip in that it does not involve an ollie. There exists many variations of the Kickflip including the Double Kickflip, M-80 Kickflip, Double M-80 Kickflip, Varial Kickflip, 360 Varial Kickflip (also known as The Tre Flib or 360 Flip), 540 Varial Kickflip (Also known as the 540 flip) and many more, and all of the variations with a One Foot landing. When done, the skateboarder will have a tendency to turn his body 90 degrees to line himself up with the board. The direction to which he turns, seems more natural if it's the direction opposite the foot he used to flip the board. This would result in a fakie landing. It is also possible to flip and turn your body 90 degrees in the OTHER direction and land rolling forward rather than fakie.

M-80 Kickflip

As above, flip a Kickflip, but as soon as it's done flipping, instead of landing on the board with all 4 wheels touching down on the ground, land on it in a nose manual, and pivot on the nose. If you did the Kickflip above and landed in Fakie, you would pivot out to forward. If you did it out to forward, you would pivot into fakie. The M-80 Kickflip can be used as a compensator if you don't like the direction you end up in when you do Kickflips because you can only do them to fakie, or only do them to forward. Variations on this are flipping into a 360 pivot or mulitple 360s there after, another would be to Body Varial Backside and pivot Blindside (Frontside). Kevin Harris did some amazing variations based on the Kickflip and M-80 Kickflip. An example would be his popular Kickflip into multiple 360s on one foot.

Monster Walk

Another type of End-Over. Insteed of keeping all the rotations so two 180 pivots would make the rider spin a complete circle, each 180 pivot alternates so the rider continously rotates 180 degrees without ever completing a circle with his/her body. The normal variation has the skater always facing forward, and the fakie version the skateboarder is always twisting blind.

Natas Spin

A move first done by Natas Kaupas and popularized in Tony Hawk's Underground 4. It is done by Ollieing onto a low flat pointed or circled object so that the tip of the object facing skyward touches the middle of the underside your board both length wise and width wise. This allows the rider to spin Backside or Frontside with the tip of the object acting as a pivot point.

No-Comply, Step-Hop, No-Hand Boneless

The front foot slides off the side of the board. With the body weight on the back foot over the tail, the board 'snaps' up and can be guided with the back leg/knee. To ride away the skater jumps with his/her front foot back on. The No-Comply was commonly used by street skaters in the mid to late 80's, most commonly being done off parking blocks by bumping the tail off of them. This trick has many variations, including 180, 360, Varials, Flips, Fingerflips, Impossibles, pivots, etc as well as any combinations of all.

Nose Hook Impossible

A trick that flips in the same fashion as the Ollie Impossible but done with the assistance of the riders other foot. To do it, the skater starts with the board resting on the tail. Then hooks their front foot (or back foot if done from Cross Foot) under the nose of the board, and pulls up as they jump on the back foot. Causing the board to flip over their other foot. This can be done Cross Footed or even done out of Swedish Wheelies.

Ollie

Simply stand on the board with one foot on the tail and the other in the middle of the board. Then pop your tail and slide to the front of your board so your weight is on the nose of the board then land it and roll away.

Ollie Airwalk

You Ollie and then move your legs as though you were walking.

Penguin Tap

Similar to the tic-tac but instead of only one side of the board being pushed to the ground both are. The motion is like pulling a split second nose manual and then a manual and then back to the nose manual, etc. Feet are placed on the tail and nose. The result should look like a penguin waddling back and forth.

Pogo

Done with the board straight up and down, this move uses the skateboard as a pogo stick. One foot is on the bottom truck, and the other usually presses on the grip tape side of the board for grip. You can grab the nose of the board or not. If done wrong, any male skater will tell you it will be very painful.

Power Slide

This trick is performed while moving quite fast, and is often used as a move to lose speed if going too fast. With both feet braced firmly on the board, both the skater and the board spin 180 (or more) with all 4 wheels on the ground. This makes a characteristic squeak sound caused by the urethane of the wheels. This was popularized by Professional Freestyle skateboarder Steve Rocco, however it was frowned upon by judges and other freestylers because it broke away from the choreographic element in 'formal' freestyle. Rocco's 'break from the norm' in freestyle helped pave way back to skateboarding's roots of fluidity and style. Up to this point, skateboarding was being categorized into different styles, Street, Freestyle, and Vertical. With Rocco doing his own thing, he adopted from all styles. Loose trucks (a no no in freestyle) for doing low pivotal carves like Jay Adams, borowing from vert, Rocco did inverts on flat ground to introduce the world (of freestyle) to "Streetplants" and of course Bertlemans and Powerslides.

Powerslide 360

A powerslide 360 is consisting of a powerslide and a 360. All this trick actually is, is a regular powerslide except you keep spinning until you've reached a 360. This Trick might seem easier for a person that can do any regular powerslide. This Trick is most seen being used by Taz Brown.

Primo Slide / Primo

This is a Railstand but done while moving, so you slide along the ground on the side of your board. Named for its inventor, Primo Desiderio. For added style you can turn the board 90 degrees while sliding doing sort of a Primo Power Slide from there you can do any trick you want to get out of it, flips, spins etc. A Primo is not a Stationary Primo Slide. This is a mistake fueled by complete ignorance. A Primo is EXACTLY THE SAME AS A ROLLING PRIMO SLIDE. It is merely an abbreviation. Primo Slide and Primo are exactly the same. There is no Reemo Slide nor is there a Rusty Slide Manual. Both were made up for the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater line of games.

Railstand

A Railstand is when one edge of your board is on the ground and you are standing on the other, usually with your feet also on the wheels. From this position you can do many tricks, including flips, 180s, 360s and combinations of the above (landing into another railstand if you wish), landing into casper, into 50/50 / Truckstand etc. A Heelside Railstand is to stand on the board in railstand, with your griptape facing your back, and Toeside is the reverse. There are several ways to get into Heelside Railstand as opposed to the limited ways, if not just one way of getting into Toeside Railstand. A common variation of a railstand is a cooper stand, which is a rail stand with one foot on a wheel, and the other on the nose. While in Railstand, the limit to what you can do is almost non existent. You do not have to just flip. You can varial the board under you so it spins without flipping, you can stand on one wheel, on one foot and kick the board forward, backward so it spins around the one wheel. You can walk around on the board while it's in Railstand, etcetera.

Sal Flip

Invented by Salvador Lucas Barbier (Sal Barbier). in motion this trick mimics a Fingerflip and a 360 Pop Shove-It. While riding forward, the rider mildly hits the tail like a Backside Pop Shove-It. At about 45 degrees into the rotation with the leading hand, catch the nose with the palmside of the hand touching the grip tape (thumb underneath) with an ELBOW motion, flare the board forward and outward for the rest of the rotation (315 degrees) with the feet up and out of the way until the rotation is complete . depending on air time the feet may 'catch' the board in mid air or casing the trick at touchdown. On flat ground this trick may not 'flare' as much and may look similar to a (palmside) Fingerflip that 'pirouettes' vertically using more of a wrist motion as opposed to an elbow motion. The higher the rider goes the more exaggerated the movement can be, IE instead of a wrist or elbow rotation the rider can actually 'flare' the board with a shoulder motion.

Saran Wrap / Wrap Around

Usually done from a Pogo or 50/50 stance, this trick involves the front leg tracing a circle around the end of the board not touching the ground when in Pogo or 50/50 stance.

Sex Change

A Sex Change is a trick where the skateboarder jumps up and rotates 180 degrees and lands on his board riding in switch stance (or regular stance if the trick started from switch stance). It is usually almost always combined with some other trick, although it can be performed on its own with the skateboarder jumping over an obstacle and letting the board roll under it which would be a Sex Change High Jump. Also known as a Hippy Twist when done over an object.

Shove-it

A Shove-it or Varial rotation is regarded as a 180 degree spin (instead of a flip) of the board. Which direction it spins is usually described in the name, such as Frontside or Backside. When called just a Shove-It, it is assumed it is only a Varial 180 degree Shove-It. If it is any higher in degrees, it is stated. For example, a 360 Shove-It must have the 360 stated or it should be assumed to only be 180 degrees of spin.

The Shove-it was always a Freestyle trick as was every other skateboarding trick used in Streetstyle skateboarding. It was done with the front foot facing forward towards the nose, on the nose of the board and your back foot would be used to throw the board. In todays modern Streetstyle skateboarding, the Shove-It is either done Frontside or Backside and the point of action originates from the tail of the board. Only when the rider pushes down and forward or down and backward can the board spin 180 degrees Frontside or Backside. The back foot begins the trick and the front foot either assists in the spin by influencing the board or just jumps if the back foot influenced it enough. In the Shove-It done off of the nose, this is done in reverse. The front foot assumes the role of the back foot in that it pushes down and initiates the action, and the back foot either jumps or assists in the spin. It can be done both Frontside and Backside from this way. This is considered the Freestyle and pre Streetstyle era Shove-It. Contrary to popular belief, Frontside or Backside of any kind of Shove-It is not harder than the other if you learn both at the same time. Learning one and not the other may give you the illusion that it is hard to do the other. This would not make sense because another skateboarder may find the harder version easier and your version harder provided he/she learned the opposite Shove-It first. This also applies to the Ollie Kickflip and the Ollie Heelflip. For one who has learned the Ollie Kickflip before the Ollie Heelflip, it may seem harder, same applies vice versa.

The 540 Shove-it is a variation of the Shove-it.

Sidewinder

The trick is actually a type of transfer from a 50-50 to a Casper, where the back hand grabs the back truck (the one with the back foot on it), the front foot is placed on the nose of the board, and the weight is transferred to the front foot, while the back foot moves from the back truck to under the board, to the casper position. This can also be done to transfer into another 50-50.

Skitch

A trick in which the skater grabs on to the back, or bumper, of a car. It is seen in most of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series. It is more easy with a Nissan Maxima because they usually have a small arch on the back that a skater can grab on to. You can also skitch anything that's big and can roll downhill. It is NOT RECOMMENDED that you skitch due to a great chance of severe or fatal personal injury.

Smoothee aka Jaywalk

Set up with your stance foot, or your front foot, on the tail of the board, put your back foot on the nose of the board. Two things will happen now, and both must be done at the same time. Pressure is applied to the tail and you pivot 180 degrees on the tail to the side your front foot's heel was facing. Your front foot is also removed prior to the 180 degree pivot and brought to where your board will end up after the 180 degree pivot. It is an advanced version of the End-Over or 180 pivot on the nose or tail because your foot is detached from the board.

Spacewalk

Another kind of "walk" in Freestyle skateboarding. The rider enters a Wheelie on the back wheels and swings the nose of the board around. The wider the swing the better the Spacewalk looks. The front wheels cannot touch the ground while the Spacewalk is being done. Many variations exist including Nose Spacewalks, Hang Ten Nose Spacewalks and many more.

Streetplant

An old-school handplant trick in which one holds the board in one hand, gets a running start, does a One Handed Handstand, puts the board under the feet, then comes back down. It is used as a fancy way to get onto one's board. This is like an invert on vert but done on flatground.

Tail to Rail to Tail

As the name implies, the rider goes from Tailstop to Railstand and back into Tailstop looking identical to the way he/she started out. The rider stands in Tailstop and gets into Railstand by the method of "Tailstop to Railstand" with just his lead foot on the wheel and his back foot in the air. From here, the rider turns the board and flicks out with his/her lead foot so the board spins 360 degrees in Railstand, flips over a quarter flip and the rider lands in Tailstop.

Tic Tacs

Tic Tacs are commonly done to turn albeit slowly. It can also be used to gain speed if you Tic Tac while standing completely still on the board. The rider pushes down on the back wheels to raise the front wheels. Once the front wheels are up, the rider moves them left or right and plants the front wheels back on the ground. He/she quickly does it again and moves the front wheels opposite to the direction he/she moved them in the last time. This creates a "snake" like slithering effect. To turn, the rider will not alternate to the opposite direction the rider moved them in the last time. The Tic Tac was crucial in the heyday of Freestyle skateboarding when points were deducted from a rider in a contest run if the riders feet ever touched the floor. The rider would not be allowed to pedal and needed to Tic Tac to regain speed.

TV Stand

A variation of a 50-50. The rider starts in a regular 50-50 stance, puts their back hand on the bottom truck (where their foot is), then hops up, doing a handstand while the board is a similar position to a No Handed 50-50. If done with one hand on the top truck and the other on the nose it is called a Jawbreaker, which was invented by Primo Desiderio

Walk The Dog

Freestyle footwork in which you put one foot in the middle of the board, step to the nose with the back foot, and bring the nose to the back, spinning the board 180 around the center foot. With practice this move can be done quite fast and many times in a row. Although it's better to do it slower, maintain balance to create an illusion of speed as suggested by Bob Loftin.

Wall Plant

If the skater grabs the board and kicks against the wall with his/her foot it is known as a Wall Plant.

Wall Ride

This is a difficult, impressive trick where the skater places all four wheels onto a wall and rides along vertically until Ollieing or rolling off.

Wallie

This trick combines the polejam and the Wall Ride, however the skater normally does it off the end/side of a wall landing on the adjacent pavement. the skater would force down on his back wheels, slamming the skateboard vertically up against the wall and pushing it into the air from the gravity of the wall.

Wheelie (Also known as a manual)

The original definition of manual is often mixed with the Wheelie and very often a regular Wheelie is called a Manual. Most often a Manual is performed by doing an Ollie or another trick up onto an obstacle, rolling in a Wheelie all the way to the other side of the obstacle and then either dropping straight off the obstacle back onto all four wheels or performing a trick out of the Manual. A variation of the Wheelie is the Nose Wheelie, wherein the skateboard balances on the front two wheels. There is also the One Wheel Nose Wheelie, One Footed Wheelie, One Footed Nose Wheelie, Trans Wheelie (Wheelie on both sidewheels - in direction of motion backward) and Side Ride (Wheelie on both sidewheels - in direction of motion forward). Of course all of the tricks above are to have "Manual" substituted instead of Wheelie, if you got into the Wheelie trick by the way above that qualifies it as a "Manual". Some Wheelie tricks are near Impossible to get into by Ollieing because they are part of Freestyle and were derived without the care for an Ollie entrance in. An example of this includes two Wheelies, the Swedish Wheelie and Swedish Nose Wheelie. The Swedish Nose Wheelie is done by doing a regular One Footed Nose Wheelie, except your back foot has to be hooked under the tail as you're riding out the Wheelie. In a way, this makes the Wheelie much easier because you can pressure the board in between both feet. It must be tried to realize the advantage. The Swedish Wheelie is a One Footed Wheelie on the back foot, going forward, but the front foot must be hooked under the nose of the board. The opposite of the Swedish Nose Wheelie. From both variations, it is possible to do a Varial (Shove-It) or even an Impossible out as the Swedish Wheelie position is very similar to riding in the Nose Hook Impossible position.

YoHo Plant

Terry Synnott is most often seen doing this trick which is a cross between the YoYo Plant invented by Joachim "YoYo" Schulz and the HoHo Plant. The HoHo Plant involves a handstand with both hands, and only your feet in the air holding the board up as if you were upside down. The YoHo Plant combines both tricks. In essence, you ride fakie and get into the YoYo Plant with one hand on the ground and one on the board like usual, but once you get into the YoYo Plant, you bring your legs farther up in the air, lose grip with the board, and place your hand down with your other already planted hand. Placing you now in a HoHo plant.

YoYo Plant

A very difficult trick invented by Joachim "YoYo" Schulz. This is the same as the street plant but when you do a YoYo plant your feet don't touch the ground, making this trick very difficult. Usually done rolling fakie and with one hand planting on the ground as the other is grabbing the board.