Skateboarding styles

A skateboard style is the preferred way a skateboarder rides. There are many skateboarding related styles besides the actual riding of the skateboard itself, some of which include (but are not limited to); clothing, music, etc. Skateboard styles referring to the actual riding of the skateboard can be split into two completely different categories: trick skateboarding and transportation skateboarding. Below are just some of the numerous forms of trick style skateboarding.

Styles

There are various styles of riding a skateboard and each and every one of those styles are unique and distinct from one another, involving different methods and techniques that a skateboarder incorporates into his skateboarding ability.

• Freestyle Skateboarding
• Vertical Skateboarding
• Transition Skateboarding

AKA, tranny skating. Normal mini ramp, bowl tricks. Lips from basic to tech, and airs as well. Transition to Vertical.

Most commonly known as "Vert" Skateboarding. Skateboarders usually set their boards up with 55mm or more sized wheels and wider boards for more stability.

• Street Skateboarding

Skateboarding involving the use of urban obstacles (e.g. handrails/stairs, planters, drainage ditches, park benches, etc.) on the "street" to perform tricks around, on, onto, or over. Skateboarders usually set their boards up with a 55mm or less sized wheel and narrower boards to make the board flip and spin faster to make tricks easier to do.

• Park Skateboarding

Skateboarding done primarily in designed parks. Most skateparks combine the pipes and transitions of vert skating with street obstacles such as stairs and rails to form an integrated experience that is different from skating either by themselves.

• Cruising

Skateboarding done with any type of skate board, and is basically riding as fast as possible on ramps/parks without tricks and riding as long as possible without stopping or touching surfaces.

• Technical Flatground Skateboarding

Technical Flatground Skateboarding is also referred to as: Tech Skateboarding, Flatlanding.

And one who skateboards in this style is referred to as a: Flatlander, Skateboarding Technician, Tech Skateboarder, Techie.

• Downhill Skateboarding

Riders often use longboards for races, but some people use regular skateboards when not in competitions.

• Big Air Skateboarding was invented when Danny Way and DC created the Mega Ramp. It is basically a giant roll in for speed, then a big launch ramp with about a fifty foot gap. When you land that you're faced with a nearly 25' quarterpipe. It has recently become popular enough to be an event in the X-games, and they are now adding other obstacles such as rails in the gap.

• Versatile skateboarders ride in multiple selected styles of their choice.