List of grinds (inline skating)

• Soul: The back foot rests on the soulplate and the front foot slides on the h-block, pointing toward the obstacle.

• Acid: In a traditional soul grind, the front (non-soul) foot is pointing toward the obstacle. However, in acid soul position, the front foot is point away from the obstacle. Most people do not use the 'acid' modifier when referring to a trick. For example, a pornstar is an acid miszou while a miszou is an acid pornstar. A soul could technically be called an acid acid soul. Because of this redundancy, 'acid' or 'acid soul' only means grinding with the back foot resting on the soul plate and front foot sliding on the h-blocks, pointed away from the obstacle.

• Mizou: The soul foot is in front and the trailing foot rests on the h-block, pointing away from the obstacle.

• Pornstar: A pornstar is an acid miszou, or grind in which the soul foot is in front and the trailing foot is pointing toward the obstacle. In the past around these were done only backward but now it is common for pornstars to be done forward. Backward pornstars are either alley-oop or truespin pornstars.

• X-Grind: There are actually two variants of the X-grind. X-grinds are done on the souls of both skates. X can be done either with the regular foot topside, trailing the switch foot, or the regular foot trailing the topside switch foot. The trick gets its name from the X-shape both frames make when viewed head-on.

• Torque Soul: A forward Soyale. The torque soul combines the fahrvergnügen ('farv, or simply full-torque) and the soul grind. The trailing foot is placed on the soul while the leading foot is placed on the backslide plate. Both feet are nearly touching each other.

• Mistrial: The sister to the miszou is the mistrial. The basic stance is similar but in the mistrial position the back foot is resting on the backslide plate and not the h-block. Both feet should be close together to aid in balancing.

• Citric Acid: Wrapping the leading foot around the back of the soul foot and placing it in front in an acid position. This trick is very unnatural and has been found to be a little easier when done negative.
• Stub Soul: An X-Grind with one foot grinding the negative soul plate.
• Snub Soul: Grinding on the soul plates with both feet, with heels facing each other.
• Biscuit: Grinding on the soul plates with both feet, with toes facing each other.
• Sweatstance: Topside Mizou.
• Kind Grind: Alley-Oop Topside Mizou.
• Misfit: Alley-Oop Topside Mistrial.
• Fish(brain): Topside Makio.
• Soyale: Alley-Oop Torque Soul.
• Cloudy Night: Alley-Oop Topside Pornstar. Rarely called this.
• Cabbage: 270 Savannah. Not from fakie.
• Pretzel Wrap: 270 Unity. Not from fakie.
• The Dagger: Out-Spin Topside Mizou.
• The Sword: Out-Spin Topside Makio.
• Teakettle: Rough Pornstar.
• Duck Hunt: Rough and Tough X-Grind.
• Frankenfarhve: Parallel Grabbed Farhve.
• Ty-Fighter: Parallel Grabbed Royale.
• Tender Tear: Topside Biscuit.

• H-Block Grinds:
  • Frontside: One of two beginner grinds, the other being the soul; the frontside is a grind performed on the h-blocks. The skater spins 90° and lands in the space between the middle wheels, with both feet facing the obstacle.
  • Backside: The skater spins 90° and slides perpendicular to the obstacle with his/her back turned to the obstacle.
  • Royale: Like the Frontside, this grind is done with the skater's back foot resting on a special area called the 'backslide plate' or 'royale groove'. The skater bends his/her knees and shifts his/her weight backward whilst leaning forward to form the letter "C" with his/her body.
  • Fahrvergnügen, Farhve, Nugen, or Full-Torque: Like royales except they slide the opposite direction. The skater spins 90° and slides perpendicular to the obstacle, but the front foot is sliding on the backslide plate and has nearly all the weight placed on it. The skater leans his/her body backward while bending and pointing knees forward to form a backwards "C" with his/her body. The word 'Fahrvergnügen' is German for "driving pleasure" and stems from the fact that while it is such an unusual, and unnatural grind, it is also one of the most stylish grinds in aggressive skating. Also known as alley-oop/negative/reverse royale; even though h-block tricks have nothing to do with souls and cannot be done alley-oop, nor can they be done on the negative side of the soul plate.
  • Unity: Crossed legs on both backslide plates with the leading foot wrapped around the front.
  • Savannah: Crossed legs on both backslide plates with the leading foot wrapped around the back. Also called a Savage.
  • Cab Driver: Sliding a torque and backslide at the same time without crossing your legs. Also known as a Cowboy
  • U.F.O.: Bending inward with the knees drastically while doing a Frontside or Backside.
  • Bin Soul: Turning the soul foot on a Soul grind into a torque.
  • Tabernacle: Turning the soul foot on a Mizou into a backslide. Also known as a Bitch Slap or Nasty Grind.
  • Satan's Altar: Rotating the soul foot on a Citric Acid one step further in the difficult direction. It has only been seen done once by an anonymous rollerblader on YouTube. That's the only reason it's even listed on here.
  • Backslide: A one-footed royale. The skater slides with only his/her back foot resting on the edge of the boot on the backslide plate/royale groove.
  • Torque: A one-footed Full-torque/Fahrvergnügen. The skater slides with his/her front foot resting on the backslide plate.
  • Fastslide: The Torque without the foot resting on the backslide plate (straightened out ankle).
  • Pudslide: The Backslide with the ankle bent outwards instead of inwards.