Flip tricks

A flip trick is a type of skateboarding trick in which the skateboard rotates around its horizontal or vertical axis, or both simultaneously. The very first flip trick called kickflip, originally called the "magic flip," was invented by professional skateboarder Rodney Mullen.

The following is a list of general skateboarding terms that will assist novice readers to better understand the descriptions of flip tricks contained in this article:

The concepts of frontside and backside originate from surfing, whereby the terms defined the position of the surfer in relation to the wave.

An abbreviated form of the title "nose ollie", a nollie is an ollie executed at the front of the board while the rider's stance remains the same. Professional skateboarders Paulo Diaz, Karl Watson, Shuriken Shannon, Tuukka Korhonen, Sean Malto and Tiago Lemos have been recognized for their ability to perform the nollie trick.

A stance that is opposite to one's natural stance—a "regular" skater's switch stance is "goofy", and vice versa.

First executed by Eddie Elguera during the 1970s, "fakie" is applied to skateboarding or skateboarding tricks that are executed while riding backwards.

The shuvit move was invented by professional skateboarder Eddy Dela Rosa. A "shuvit" involves rotating the skateboard in a 180-degree motion without flipping the board. It involves pushing (or "popping") the tail while also shoving the board under the rider's feet. If performed with a larger rotation, the trick is named according to the extent of the rotation: a 360-, 540-degree, etc. shuvit. Professional skateboarder Christophe "Willow" Wildgrube performed a frontside 360-degree pop shuvit for the "Trickipedia" section of The Berrics website.

For the execution of a grind, one makes moving contact with an object using the axles of either one or both trucks. Generally, no other part of the skateboard should be in contact with the object that is the subject of the grind. Numerous variations have been invented, whereby flip tricks are combined with grinds, such as the 'kickflip 50-50', 'nollie flip crooked grind', or 'crooked grind nollie flip out'.

In a slide, one makes contact with an object using any part of the wooden deck construction of the skateboard, including the griptape, and moves along the object. Numerous variations have been invented, whereby flip tricks are combined with slides, such as the "kickflip boardslide" and the "kickflip tailslide".

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