Shove-it

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Shove-it is a skateboarding trick where the skateboarder makes his board spin 180 degrees under his feet.

A shove-it is performed by standing on the board, jumping up a bit and pushing the tail down and to its side. Even though the tail should not touch the ground and the board should not lift off the ground more than about an inch the board should quickly spin 180 degrees. The skateboarder then catches the board with his feet after it has completed the 180 degree rotation and lands on it.

360 shove-it is a variation of shove-it where the board spins a full 360 degrees. Pop shove-it is a variation of both the ollie and the shove-it. A 360 shove-it combined with a body varial in the same direction is called big spin.

[edit] 540 Shove-it

A 540 Shove-it is a skateboarding trick which was first performed by freestyler Rodney Mullen. To perform this trick, a rider positions the front foot over the front truck and shifts weight onto the nose of the skateboard. The back foot is then hooked onto the front side of the tail to "shove" the tail of the board in a circular motion behind the rider, so that the board pivots around the front truck. The board remains mostly parallel to the ground during rotation. The board makes one and one half complete rotations, or through 540 degrees, hence the name "540 Shove-it".