The Definitive Online Skate Dictionary

Here, you'll find lots of skater terms that you might not be familiar with. If you know of some that aren't listed here, then Contact me with them.

# 180° ollie 50/50 grind 900°	A aerial	B bail board bowl brands butthole tight	C Cab 6 by Vans chick clothing cool	D deck dude
E equipment	F fakie	G get it Godfather of Skate good'n goofy footed graffiti grind	H half pipe Hawk, Tony hella hook-up	I
J Jackass	K kick flip	L Lasek, Bucky longboard	M manual manufacturers messy mongo footed	N nollie shuv-it normal footed nose nose manual nose slide
O old school ollie	P pop shuv-it poser push off	Q	R railslide retailers rolling	S shuv-it sic skate skateboard sketchy slide sponser switch
T tail tailslide Think tight trick truck	U	V varial flip video games	W wheel wheelie	X X-Games
Y yo	Z zebra

# - A - B - C - D - E

180° ollie (wun-ay-tee ol-ly): n. an ollie while spinning, as to end up facing the other way but continue to go forward in a goofy footed stance
 

50/50 grind (fif-tee-fif-tee grynd): n. a basic grind in which the board slides on the center of both trucks
 

900° (niyn-hun-jrid): n. a term commonly refering to the 900° air that only Tony Hawk has done on camera
 

aerial (ayr-ee-ul): n. a trick performed in the air; v. doing a trick in the air; see also trick
 

bail (bayl): v. screwing up a trick; deboarding while in midtrick, usually when skater knows that the trick will not land; n. the monetary funds that a skater pays, when caught trespassing, in order to get out of jail
 

board (bord):  n. the object which a skater rides, consisting of a deck, four wheels (with bearings), and two trucks; a skateboarder's mode of transportation; see also nose, tail
 

bowl (bOl): n. a bowl-shaped stage for skaters to do tricks and grinds
 

butthole tight (but-houl tiyt): adj. extremely cool; the most supreme awesomeness; the best; see also tight
 

Cab 6 (kab six): n. the most comfortable skate shoe ever, by Vans
 

chick (chik): n. a female skater; a woman or girl; see also dude, yo
 

cool (kool): adj. good; pleasing; "Man, that was so cool!"; see also sic, tight
 

deck (dek): n. the top part, usually made of wood, on a skateboard; see also board, skateboard, wheels, truck
 

dude (dood): n. a common name for a skater; see also yo
 
 

F - G - H - I - J

fakie (fayk-ee):  v. going the opposite way on the board that you usually do while still in normal footed stance; facing forwards, going backwards
 

get it (git it): interj. a term used to express much enthusiasm in something, such as a product; often used alone, as in "Get it!"
 

gnarly (nar-lee): adj. a word that can be used to express both extreme coolness or extreme crappiness, depending on the situation
 

Godfather of Skate (gad-fa-thir uv sk8): n. Tony Hawk
 

good'n (gud'in): n. a nice person; a complaisant person
 

goofy footed (goo-fee fut-id): adj. also called "mondo footed"; an inverted stance to that of a normal footed stance; a backwards stance; see also normal footed
 

graffiti (gruh-fee-tee): n. the deformation of a skate park; v. the act of an obscene vandalizer
 

grind (grynd): v. riding a skateboard on or against a rail or similar object; see also railslide
 

half pipe (haff piyp): n. a stage shaped like a tube cut in half in which the skater can pull off tricks and grinds by rolling from one side of a pipe to another
 

hella (hel-uh): adv. extremely; "I hella suck."; adj. very much so; a lot; "I'm hella good."
 

hook-up (hOOk-up): v. setting two or more things together; setting up; "Do you want to hook-up afterwards?"; n. things that are together; "Get me the hook-up."
 

Jackass (jak-ass): n. a popular television show in which many spotlights are featured on how not to skate
 
 

K - L - M - N - O

kick flip (kik flip): n. a trick in which the board is kicked from under the skater, with the front foot, and flipped nose over tail
 

longboard (long bord): n. an extra long skateboard, on average about 40" long, generally made for people who prefer control over tricks; see also skateboard, trick
 

manual (man-U-ul): n. a trick by which the board is only rolling by the front two wheels
 

messy (mes-ee): adj. a word for when a skater barely lands a trick and it looks horrible; "Jeez, that was hella messy!"; see also sketchy
 

mongo footed (mon-gO fut-id): adj. see goofy footed
 

nollie (nolly): n. an ollie with the nose of you board, using your front foot 
 

normal footed (nor-mul fut-id): adj. the normal stance of a skater, in which the left foot is placed on the tail and the right foot is used to push off and is placed on the nose of the board when rolling
 

nose (nOwz): n. the front end of a skateboard
 

nose manual (nOwz man-U-ul): n. a trick by which the board is only rolling by the back two wheels
 

nose slide (nOwz slyd): n. a grind on the nose of a board, upon landing perpendicular to a rail or similar object
 

old school (Old skool): a name for tricks that were done back in the day (when skating first started getting popular)
 

ollie (olly): n. the basic trick, which consists of cracking the board's tail against the ground to essentially bounce into the air
 
 

P - Q - R- S

pop shuv-it (pahp-shu-vit): n. also callled "shuv-it"; a trick by which the board spins 180° under the skater's feet
 

poser (po-zer): n. a person who doesn't know how to skate but acts like he is better than all the real skaters
 

push off (push off): n. a kick to the ground, as to propell oneself forward
 

railslide (rayl-sliyd): n. also called "slide"; a trick by which the skater rides with only the deck touching the rail or ledge
 

rolling (roll-ing): v. allowing momentum and gravity to move a skateboard, either after or without pushing off; see also push off
 

shuv-it (shuv-it): n. see pop shuv-it
 

sic, also sick (sik): adj. a term used to describe how awesome a trick was; "Dude, that was sic!"; see also dude, tight
 

skate (sk8): v. the act of manual propulsion by means of a stand-on device, generally with four wheels
 

skateboard (sk8-bored): n. a board, on average about 26" long, which has four wheels held on by two trucks and secured with four bearings
 

sketchy (sketch-ee): adj. a word for when a skater barely lands a trick and it looks horrible; "Dude, that was hella sketchy!"; see also messy
 

slide (sliyd): n. see railslide
 

sponser (sponsir): n. a company that supports a skater by providing it's goods and services in exchange for advertising
 

switch (s-witch): v. going from normal foot to goofy foot, or vise versa
 
 

T - U - V - W - X - Y- Z

tail (tayl): n. the back end of a skateboard
 

tailslide (tayl-slyd): n. a grind, upon landing perpendicular to a rail or similar object, on the tail end of a board
 

tight (tiyt): adj. good, or pleasing; cool; "Yo, that was tight!"; see also butthole tight, cool, sic
 

trick (trik): n. an action performed in which the skater uses his board to do a stunt or otherwise radical manuever
 

truck (truhk): n. a piece of metal that holds the wheels onto a skateboard; there are always two trucks to a skateboard
 

varial flip (vayr-ee-ul flip): n. both a kickflip and a pop shuv-it, done at the same time, as one trick; see also pop shuv-it, kickflip
 

video games (vidy-O gaymz): n. the formal phrase for a skater's spare time
 

wheel (weel): n. what the hell do you think a wheel is?  generally between 52mm and 58mm in diameter on skateboards, and up to 62mm on longboards
 

wheelie (wee-lee): v. (in BMX) pulling the front tire of a bike up, as to ride solely on the back tire; the word that describes a manual for people who know nothing about skating; see also manual, nose manual
 

X-Games (eks-gaymz): n. the SuperBowl of skateboarding, BMX, motocross, and other "extreme" sports
 

yo (yO): n. common name for a skater; see also dude
 

zebra (zee-bruh): n. I like zebras.  They make me smile.
 
 

Skater Apparel
 

Anchor Blue (angker blew): a preppier, but still kick-ass, clothing store
 

Copeland Sports (kOp-lind sports): a good place for any kind of sport; sells clothes, boards, and equipment
 

Hot Topic (hot topik): a store for music that is common with skaters (i.e. Deftones, Operation Ivy, Metallica) that sells music and merchandise
 

Pacific Sunwear (puh-siffik sun-wayr): a store for skater and surfer clothes and jewelry
 

Zumiez (zoo-meez): a great resource for boards, clothes, equipment - anything skate
 
 

Brands and Manufacturers
 

ADIDAS (uh-dee-duz): clothing and shoes
 

Airwalk (ayr-walk): shoes
 

Alien Workshop (aylee-in wurk-shop): skateboards (decks, trucks, wheels, bearings) and clothing
 

Blind (blynd): clothing and boards
 

D*C* (dee-see): shoes and clothing
 

Element (L-uh-mint): boards and clothing
 

Independent (in-di-pen-dint): skateboards (decks, trucks, wheels, bearings) and clothing
 

Jnco (jing-ko): clothing and shoes
 

Kikwear (kik-wayr): clothing
 

Quicksilver (kwik-silvur): clothing
 

Shorty's (shor-teez): skateboards (decks, trucks, wheels, bearings) and clothing
 

Think (thingk): skateboards (decks, trucks, wheels, bearings) and clothing
 

Vans (vanz): shoes and clothing
 

World Industries (wurld in-di-streez): skateboards (decks, trucks, wheels, bearings) and clothing

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