Agressive in-line Trick & Talk

Acid: In street terms, this is when a skater has his front foot on outside of grindplate, with his back foot on soul.

Acid Rain: Skater has front foot on outside grind plate with toes turned out, back foot on inside of grind plate. In this trick, both feet are Royale.

Air: Whenever all wheels of both skates are off of the ground at the same time.

Alley-oop: When a trick is performed in the opposite direction of which the skater is moving.

Alley-oop Soul: A backwards soul grind in which the skater turns his body in the air while hopping on the rail.

Backside: When a turn or trick is executed in a direction that the back of the body is facing the ramp or obstacle.

Backslide: A soul grind variation in which the skater has front foot grabbed, back foot on outside plate.

Bank: Any sloped area under 90 degrees.

Bio Grab: To grab the outside of the skate with the hand of the same side.

Brainless: A backflip with a 540 degree turn on a ramp.

Budget Variation: A variation where only the position of one skate is changed during the trick.

Cab: Short for Caballerial.

Caballerial: While riding fakie (backwards), usually at the lip of a ramp, to complete a 360 in the air and head back down the ramp forwards. Named after Steve Caballero.

Camel: A toe-tap upon re-entry onto a ramp or obstacle.

Carve: To make a long, curving arc while skating.

Cowboy: Skater has front foot on outside plate, back foot on outside plate. Trick is also known as the Cab Driver and it resembles a mix of a Torque and a Backslide. The name Cowboy comes from the bowed shape of the legs when doing this trick.

Crossed: A grab with the opposite hand of the skate.

Crossed Up: When the skater's legs are crossed while performing a trick.

Curb Grind: A grind performed on a sidewalk curb.

Drop In: To enter the ramp or obstacle from the top.

Durometer: A measurement of the resiliency, or hardness of a urethane wheel.

Elbow Pad: A type of protective padding worn on the elbows.

Fakie: To ride backwards.

Farside: When a trick is performed on the outside or away edge of a ramp or obstacle.

Farfernugan: See Torque.

Fast Slide: A grind on one skate in which the skater rides the front foot on the inside of the grindplate and the back foot is grabbed.

Flat Spin: A skater gets air, turns the axis of his body nearly horizontal to the ground or ramp, spins, rights himself and lands.

Frame: The component that attaches to the base of the skate and holds the wheels.

Frontside: When a turn or trick is executed in a direction that the front of the body is facing the ramp or obstacle. A Frontside Grind is pretty much the beginner's grind in which the skater grinds the rail with the front foot on the inside of the grindplate and the back foot on the inside of the grindplate.

Grind: To slide on an obstacle or coping, on the skate frames between the wheels.

Grind Plate: A piece of metal or plastic that attaches to the frame and creates a better grind spot than the frame alone.

Half Cab: A 180 degree Cabballarial.

Half Pipe: A type of ramp that is shaped like a "U" and used for vert skating.

Hand Plant: A type of trick where one hand grabs the skate while doing a one handed handstand on a ramp or obstacle.

Hang Up: To catch one or both skates on the lip of a ramp or obstacle during re-entry.

Heel Out: A skater grinds with front foot on heel, back foot on outside footplate toes turned out. Known as the "Tom Fry trick" and can only be done backside. Somewhat like a Royale but front foot is on the heel.

Hip: The spot where a ramp or obstacle comes to a point. Tricks are done while flying over or off of it.

Invert: Another name for Handplant.

Jump Ramp: A small ramp used to give the skater some air to perform a trick.

Kneepad: A type of protective padding worn on the knees.

Knee slide: A way of controlling a fall by sliding on the plastic caps on kneepads.

Lip: The top or upper edge of a ramp or obstacle.

Late: When a trick is performed at the last minute before landing.

Makio: Skater rides with front foot soul, back foot grabbed. Created by a Japanese skater named Makio. The topside variation is called a Fishbrain, created in 1995 by Tom Fry.

McTwist: A 540 degree turn performed on a ramp. Named after Mike McGill.

Miller Flip: A backflip with a 360 degree turn.

Misty Flip: A move first popularized by Ryan Jacklone. The move involves a front somersault with a 540 spin.

Mistrial: A skater rides with front foot soul, back foot on outside plate with toes turning out. The topside variation is called an Overpuss for the exposure it gives to a skater's pelvic area. The reverse topside variation is called Misfit.

Miszou: A grind with the front skate in soul position, and the back skate perpendicular to the rail or obstacle. A few years ago, the Miszou was the trick of choice for transferring from one rail to another, usually to frontside. A topside Miszou is called Sweatstance and reverse topside is called Kind. Miszou means water in Japanese.

Mute: A crossed-grab air.

Natural: The direction that the skater feels best performing a trick, right skate forward or left skate forward.

Pornstar: Skater rides with front fool soul, back foot on outside of grindplate with toes pointing in. Sequencemag.com claims that this trick was named by Brooke Howard Smith and is probably the only trick that Brooke has not named after a Mortal Kombat character.

Rail Slide: To grind on a handrail.

Rewind: To perform a spin coming off of a grind or stall.

Royale: Skater rides with front foot on inside plate, back foot on outside plate, toes pointed in.

Session: A period of skating.

Soul Grind: A grind where the leading skate is parallel with the rail or obstacle, and the rear skate is perpendicular to it.

Spine Ramp: Two half pipes placed back-to-back creating a double "UU" shape.

Stale: Any trick in which the wheels are grabbed.

Stall: To land on a lip and stop for a second and then re-enter.

Torque: Skater rides with front foot on outside of grind plate, toes turned in, back foot on inside of grindplate. This trick is commonly called Farfernugen and could also be called a reverse Royale.

Torqueslide: Skater rides with front foot on outside of grind plate, back foot grabbed. This is one of the toughest grinds to master. Some people call it a Suislide because of its difficulty.

Transition: The curved part of terrain between 0 and 90 degrees.

Unity: Skater rides with front foot on outside of grind-plate and places foot in front of back foot which is on outside of its grindplate. When skaters perform a Unity, it looks as though they're sitting Indian style. A variation includes Savannahs in which the back foot is in front of the front foot.

Variation: To change from one type of grind or grab to another while doing a long trick such as a handrail.

Wall: Any bank that is at or above 90 degrees.

Wallride: To ride on a wall that has no transition.

Wax: The substance skaters spread on curbs and obstacles to make them more slippery.