Freestyle skateboarding tricks

A freestyle skateboarding trick is a trick done on a skateboard while freestyle skateboarding. Some of these tricks are done in a stationary position, unlike many other skateboarding tricks. The keys to a good freestyle contest run are variety, difficulty, fluidity, and creativity. It should also be noted that this is a partial list, and a full list would never be possible, because new tricks and new combinations are always being created.

360 Spin

Now called a 360 Spin or Pivot due to the invention of the aerial 360, although the aerial 360 is technically an Ollie 360. '70s skate competitions would often have an event to see who could do the most consecutive 360 spins on a skateboard. The current official world record is 163 full rotations by Russ Howell. Variations include Nose 360 Spins (done by Rodney Mullen at the end of one of his many runs), One-Footed 360 Spins, Hang-Ten 360 Spins, etc.

50-50

The 50-50 is the name of a stall/position/stance that is similar to a Casper (mentioned further down page), with the board upside-down, but the back foot is standing on the back truck rather than the back tail. The 50-50 is done with a hand holding the nose of the board, or it can be done with the front foot holding up the nose with no hand holding the board up. In this case it is called a No-Handed 50-50. The name of this stall/position/stance collides with the common Streetstyle skateboarding trick, the 50-50 Grind. While this stall/position/stance had the name first, other riders use the name Truckstand to distinguish between the two (From the Tony Hawks Pro Skater series).

Anti-Casper

Contrary to popular belief, the Anti-Casper is not just a Nose/Switch Casper. It is not considered an Anti-Casper unless half of an Ollie Impossible is performed into a nose/switch Casper. This is usually done by popping the tail, which would begin the half Impossible or half vertical flip, and jumping. Once the board flips half of an Ollie Impossible, it comes down into switch Casper, and is caught with the front foot on top of the nose and the back foot on the underside of the board in a Nose/Switch Casper.

Beanplant

Like a boneless, but the rider grabs the Nose or grabs Lien (Heelside of the Nose) with the front hand.

Boneless One, Boneless

This trick was originally conceived during a snowstorm in Cincinnati, Ohio back in the winter of 1979-1980. Desperate for any kind of skateboarding activity, Robert Hamrick and Garry Scott Davis were lying on the living room floor with their skateboards against the couch, pretending that the cushions were a lip. Garry came up with the idea of planting the front foot and grabbing with the trailing hand in order to catch air. About two months later, when the snow finally melted, Robert Hamrick and Mark Mounts were skating at a local skate spot called the D.O. when Robert remembered the “impossible” trick. Mark Mounts tried it, and found that it was incredibly simple. By the end of the day, all three were bouncing around the D.O. like disturbed pogo sticks. After much debate on what to name this incredibly easy and fun trick--it was simply called the front-footed frontside footplant at first--Mark suggested that it be named after one of Robert's childhood toys, a puppet named “Harry the Boneless One.”

Butterflip

This trick was invented by Keith Butterfield. To do the Butterflip, you stand in Heelside Railstand, and hop both feet to one side of the board. Both feet are side by side with no gap larger than an inch or two between them. The rider puts pressure onto the end of the board, using the foot that is not on the wheel. It pops the board up and you grab it with your hand on the same side of your body as the foot that was on the wheel. This trick is the method used to go from Heelside Railstand to a One Footed Pogo or 50-50. You can catch the board with your foot as well rather than your hand making it a Butterflip to No Handed 50-50.

Calf Wrap, Figure 4, Pretzelplant, Brain Surgeon

A trick where the skater using one foot wraps the board around their other leg which is planted on the ground, then unwraps it to land back in a riding position. This trick is called a Flamingo by the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Series as well as Professional Skateboarder Mike Vallely because it looks like a flamingo standing on one foot. The correct name of the trick is the Calf Wrap. Invented by Derek Belen, made popular by Rey Gregorio, then perfected by Dorian Tucker, and Kris Markovich.

Casper

The Casper is the name of a stall/position/stance that was invented by Bobby "CASPER" Boyden who had a pale complexion. It is commonly mistaken as being invented by Rodney Mullen who invented the Casper to 360 Flip and not the stall/position/stance itself. It shares the name casper with the casper disaster but the two tricks are not at all similar. In Casper, the board is griptape side down, with the back foot on top of the tail and the front foot under the board near the nose. The only point of contact between the board and the ground should be the tip of the tail. None of the feet can touch the ground during this stall/position/stance or else it isn't being done. Indeed the exclusion of any feet touching the ground makes any attempt at doing a trick out of this stall/position/stance challenging as it was meant to be. There are a many ways to get into Casper. One can immediately exit the Casper position by doing one of many tricks out. These include a 360 Half Flip out as created by Rodney Mullen, 180 Half Flip out, Half Impossible out, or replace the Half Flips in the tricks above with a Quarter Flip to go straight into Railstand or a full Flip to go back into Casper. The possibilities are very large and many tricks can be done into and out of this stall/position/stance.

Casper Disaster

Also invented by Bobby "CASPER" Boyden, this trick has nothing to do with the Casper stance you may be familiar with. While rolling Fakie, you enter a Heelside Railstand one footed. The foot that's not touching the wheel will point down and nudge the griptape side of the skateboard while the rider spins 180 degrees towards the direction the trucks of the skateboard are facing. After the board and rider have rotated 180 degrees, the feet work together to nudge the skateboard down into a rolling position.

Casper Spin

The skater gets into the Casper stall/position/stance, then spins around similar to 360 spins done on the back two wheels.

Cooper Flip

Devised by Lynn Cooper who participated in many competitions that existed during the heyday of Freestyle. A kind of Railstand Flip. Both feet hop to one side of the board identical to a Butterflip stance. The board is flipped by using the foot that is not on the wheel, also like you would do a Butterflip but rather than flipping the board in expectance to catch it in a 50-50 stall/position/stance of some variation, the rider flips the board to make it do flips and land on all four wheels. This is opposed to the Butterflip which is exclusively for transfer into the 50-50 stall/position/stance.

Daffywalk

This trick is done with two boards. First, the rider puts the front foot on the nose of one board, then puts the back foot on the tail of the other board. Both should balance on the front or back truck. The skateboarder then moves forward while balancing in this position. This trick was seen in the Girl Skateboards video Yeah Right! and the Lords of Dogtown movie. The Tony Hawk's Underground game series continues its habit of incorrectly naming tricks and calls this a "Yeah Right Manual".

End-Over

A series of 180 degree Pivots. Can be done both ways but both start on the nose (or on the tail when rolling Fakie). While rolling forward, pressure is placed on the nose just enough to lift the back wheels. Once the back wheels are lifted, the rider turns either Frontside or Backside 180 degrees with the nose acting as a pivot point. This is all done quickly, you do not stall on any part. When the 180 pivot is done, you quickly do another in reverse. If you originally did a 180 Frontside Pivot, you will now do a 180 Backside Pivot. When these 180 Pivots are done in consecutive lines, they are considered End-Overs (End Over End). It is not uncommon for Freestyle Skateboarders to throw in harder Pivots in to the mix of 180 Pivots. A rider may do a string of 180 Pivots where every two 180 Pivots he follows with one 360 Pivot.

Fingerflip

A Fingerflip can be considered an umbrella term for a series of tricks involving the use of the hand to flip the skateboard. The specific term Fingerflip refers to only one such kind of Fingerflip though. The rider rolls forward, grabs the nose of the board with his front hand and flips the board while simultaneously jumping up in the air. The rider will come down on the board or catch the board in mid-air after it has done one Full Flip. Many variations have been done including the Double Fingerflip where the rider flips harder to do two flips rather than one. Varial Fingerflip where the rider Flips the board and rotates it as well so the board flips while spinning a 180 Varial under the rider. 360 Fingerflip where the rider does the same as the Varial Fingerflip but rotates it an extra 180 degrees. Fakie versions of all the Fingerflips. 180 Fingerflip which is completely different compared to the Varial Fingerflip because the rider spins 180 with the skateboard like an Ollie 180. Backhanded Fingerflips and Fingerflips in directions limited only by the imagination. An Ollie Fingerflip is even possible and considered the hardest variations of a Fingerflip because thec rider must Ollie first before initiating the Fingerflip. Freestyle Professional Daryl Grogan is known for his Ollie 360 Fingerflip. Rodney Mullen is known to use an Ollie Varial Fingerflip in many of his runs and video footage.

Flamingo, Brain Surgeon

A Flamingo is a flat ground slide trick where one pivots 180 degrees and balances on his/her front foot while moving Fakie and carving a slide while rolling Fakie. This trick is often confused with the Calf Wrap. The Flamingo was invented by Dorian Tucker. Then later popularized by Mike Vallely.

G-Turn

A Manual or Nose Manual done while carving. It gets its name from a Jamaican ginger cake and shape from a Giraffes forehead

Godzilla Flip

This trick involves standing on the board in Tailstop with just one foot and spinning the board in an Impossible around that foot with your lead or back hand. You can use either foot and either hand. The foot must not touch the ground. Basically a hand use one footed version of the Nose Hook Impossible.

Hand Casper

This is a Casper or Switch Casper stall/position/stance done using the hand to hold up the higher end of the board instead of the foot under the skateboard. This lets the rider do any type of Fingerflip or end over end Impossible style variation they want to get out of it.

Handstand

Basically doing a Handstand on a moving skateboard. Many variations evolved from this, including One Handed Handstands, Headstands, Frogstands, Handstand Wheelies, Handstand Pivots, Handstand Varial Flips, Handstand Double Flips, Handstand 360 Flips, Handstand Kickflips, Handstand Fingerflips, Handstand Dismount, etcetera. This Handstand idea was taken to the other stances too. Which introduced Railstand Handstands, with the Single, Double, Varial and 360 Flips out of them, also TV Stands which are Handstands done in 50-50(Truckstand) stall/position/stance.

Hang-Ten Nose Wheelie

A classic freestyle trick, this move involves putting both feet at the nose of the board and lifting the back wheels off the ground and balancing while moving. Other Wheelie tricks are One Footed Wheelies and One Wheel Wheelies, which are self explanatory but very difficult to pull off. You can do Shove-It's out of Hang-Ten Wheelies, do Hang-Ten Spacewalks (also known as Frontside Spacewalks), or even pull off 360 Spins while in a Hang-Ten.

Heelie

similar to the Hang Ten Nose Wheelie but instead of standing on the nose you stand on the tail.

Kickflip

Thought to be invented by Kurt Lindgren, not the Ollie Kickflip, but done standing with feet parallel in the middle of the skateboard, with the toes of the back foot hooked under and flipping the board as the skater jumps. This is notably different from the Ollie Kickflip in that it does not involve an Ollie. There exists many variations of the Kickflip including the Double Kickflip, M-80 Kickflip, Double M-80 Kickflip, Varial Kickflip, 360 Kickflip (Butterfly), 540 Kickflip and many more, and all of the variations with a One Foot landing or Cross Foot landing making the amount of variations absolutely staggering. When done, the rider will have a tendency to turn his body 90 degrees to line himself up with the board. The direction to which he turns, seems more natural if it's the direction opposite the foot he used to flip the board. This would result in a Fakie landing. It is also possible to flip and turn your body 90 degrees in the OTHER direction and land rolling forward rather than Fakie.

Manual

The term Wheelie is almost always mistakenly used when the maneuver being done is really a Manual. A Manual involves the rider bearing pressure on the tail with the back foot causing the nose to rise but the tail is not to touch the ground. This puts the rider in a difficult position where the rider must balance and ride at the same time. This is almost always mistakenly called a Wheelie.

In order for a Manual to be called a Wheelie, the Manual must be done up an obstacle with an Ollie and a Wheelie done all the way through the obstacle until the rider does a trick off or rolls off. This is called an Ollie Manual and if a trick is being done out instead of a simple roll off, this is called an Ollie Manual to X where X is the trick being done to get out. Another instance in which a Wheelie can be called a Manual applies to Vertical Skateboarding when the rider rides up the transition, all the way up and past the vert and either Ollies out onto the deck or just rides out on to the deck landing in Wheelie position. The rider does a Wheelie across the deck in a slight arc so the rider can meet the coping again further down the deck and drop in rolling forward.

The Wheelie usually refers to the standard back truck Wheelie in which the rider balances only on the back truck and two wheels but there are many variations of the Wheelie. Such as the Nose Wheelie, wherein the skateboard balances on the front two wheels. There is also the One Wheel Nose Wheelie, One Footed Wheelie, One Footed Nose Wheelie, Trans Wheelie (Wheelie on both sidewheels - in direction of motion backward) and Side Ride (Wheelie on both sidewheels - in direction of motion forward). Some Wheelie tricks are near Impossible to get into by Ollieing because they are part of Freestyle and were devised at a time when the Ollie was not known. This involves Wheelies where the feet are in a position which makes it impossible to Ollie into this position much less Ollie up a curb! An example of this includes two Wheelies, the Swedish Wheelie and Swedish Nose Wheelie. The Swedish Nose Wheelie is done by doing a regular One Footed Nose Wheelie, except your back foot has to be hooked under the tail as you're riding out the Wheelie. In a way, this makes the Wheelie much easier because you can pressure the board in between both feet. It must be tried to realize the advantage. The Swedish Wheelie is a One Footed Wheelie on the back foot, going forward, but the front foot must be hooked under the nose of the board. The opposite of the Swedish Nose Wheelie. From both variations, it is possible to do a Varial (Shove-It) or even a Nose Hook Impossible out as the Swedish Wheelie position is very similar to riding in the Nose Hook Impossible position.

M-80 Kickflip

As above, flip a Kickflip, but as soon as it's done flipping, instead of landing on the board with all 4 wheels touching down on the ground, land on it with more weight on the Nose for a split second Nose Wheelie before you Pivot on the Nose. If you did the Kickflip above and landed in Fakie, you would pivot out to forward. If you did it out to forward, you would pivot into Fakie. The M-80 Kickflip can be used as a compensator if you don't like the direction you end up in when you do Kickflips because you can only do them to fakie, or only do them to forward. Variations on this include flipping into a 360 Pivot or mulitple 360 Spins there after. Kevin Harris did some amazing variations based on the Kickflip and M-80 Kickflip. An example would be his popular Kickflip into multiple 360 Spins on one foot.

Monster Walk

Another type of End-Over. Rather than a rider doing a 180 Pivot on the nose Frontside and then doing one Backside or doing one Backside first and then Frontside after, the rider Pivots Backside and Backside or Frontside and Frontside giving the rider the appearance that he/she is taking very large steps forward or backward. The Frontside variation has the rider always facing forward, and the Fakie version the rider always twisting blind or Backside.

No-Comply, Step-Hop, No Handed Boneless

Ray Barbee is noted as the master of No-Comply variations to many who have watched the earlier Powell videos. In this trick the front foot slides off the side of the board. With the body weight on the back foot over the tail, the board 'snaps' up and can be guided with the back leg/knee. To ride away the rider jumps with his/her front foot back on. The No-Comply was commonly used by street skaters in the mid to late 80's, most commonly being done off parking blocks by bumping the tail off of them. This trick has many variations, including 180, 360, Varials, Flips, Fingerflips, Impossibles, Pivots when landing, hand assisted actions, etcetera. It's important to note that the rider must have jumped off of the planted foot before the board touches the ground. A scared rider may keep the planted foot on the ground and put the foot back on only when the board is all done with any kind of flipping or spinning it was doing. This is not considered a correct No-Comply and completely removes any kind of challenge associated with the trick. Also the foot must be slid off of the board which causes the tail to pop up immediately without the skateboarder having to make it pop up simply because the removal of the foot leaves the last foot as the only point of weight on the skateboard. Some skateboarders remove their foot by hopping it off and put all of their weight on their planted foot, then they pop the board down afterwards on their own with their other foot and jump back on the board after it has finished any actions. This is not considered a No-Comply! In order for it to be a No-Comply, the planting of a foot causes the board to immediately go airborne without even a split second delay.

The No-Comply is significantly harder than many tricks because of the right amount of pressure required and the challenging no handed movements that must be done which gives this trick kind of an underground status. If the rider puts too little pressure the board won't be airborne enough to maneuver. Too much and the board will rocket up into the air and possibly smash the rider in the face. Many people who being to learn this trick will either give up or discover the correct amount of pressure required. Foot position is also not as important with this trick provided the feet are in the generally correct area. One on the tail one farther up.

Nose Hook Impossible

A trick that flips in the same fashion as the Ollie Impossible but done with the assistance of the other foot. To do it, the rider starts with the board resting on the tail. Then hooks their front foot under the nose of the board, and pulls to the side as they jump on the back foot. Causing the board to flip over their other foot. This can be done Cross Footed or even done out of Swedish Wheelies.

Ollie

Considered the trick of all tricks, this trick was what allowed Flatland Skateboarding to reach a vertical height and gave rise to the merge of Freestyle to Street obstacles creating an entirely new style of skateboard. Streetstyle Skateboarding. Streetstyle Skateboarding became possible when Freestyle tricks were allowed to be done on Street obstacles and the Ollie was the trick that allowed this to become possible. The Flatland Ollie was developed by Rodney Mullen in one of his garage practice sessions when Rodney Mullen altered a piece of Freestyle Footwork.

The Footwork in question was one that the rider did to go from stationary into Switch Tailstop. While in stationary the rider pops the board down on the tail with the back foot and the front foot drags up the board all the way to the tip of the nose and all weight is put on the front foot as the rider comes down in Switch Tailstop with his front foot now on top of the Nose of the skateboard which is touching the ground. Rodney Mullen realized that by doing this action but dragging the front foot only half way or a bit more than half way instead of up to the tip of the Nose, he could get the board to go in the air but land on all four wheels instead of a Switch Tailstop.

The rider stands stationary or rolls forward and pops down hard on the tail with the back foot. When the nose of the skateboard starts to point up the rider drags the front foot up the skateboard which causes the skateboard to drag up and get higher. The rider lifts the back foot and eventually the rider stops the drag while the skateboard stops its vertical ascent and the back of the skateboard rises up to the same level as the other side of the skateboard is at with the back of the skateboard meeting the back foot. The skateboard has now "Leveled Out" and the rider braces for impact on all four wheels, rolling away. This trick can be done in staggering amounts of variations including all kinds of combinations of rotations, flips and body rotations combined which truly makes it the most versatile trick in the existence of skateboarding.

Ollie Airwalk

This trick involves the combination of an Ollie with an Airwalk. The rider initiates and Ollie and grabs the board with the front hand. While this is being done the rider kicks the front foot forward and kicks the back foot backwards.

Orthodox

A manueaver in which the rider makes one or more 360 pivots while holding the nose of the board.

Pogo

Done with the board straight up and down, this move uses the skateboard as a pogo stick. One foot is on the bottom truck, and the other usually presses on the grip tape side of the board for grip. You can grab the nose of the board or not.

Power Slide

This trick is performed while moving quite fast, and is often used as a move to lose speed if going too fast. With both feet braced firmly on the board, both the skater and the board spin 180 (or more) with all 4 wheels on the ground. This makes a characteristic squeak sound caused by the urethane of the wheels. This was popularized by Professional Freestyle skateboarder Steve Rocco, however it was frowned upon by judges and other freestylers because it broke away from the choreographic element in 'formal' freestyle. Rocco's 'break from the norm' in freestyle helped pave way back to the roots of skateboarding of fluidity and style. Up to this point, skateboarding was being categorized into different styles, Street, Freestyle, and Vertical. With Rocco doing his own thing, he adopted from all styles. Loose trucks (a no no in freestyle) for doing low pivotal carves like Jay Adams, borrowing from vert skating, Rocco did inverts on flat ground to introduce the world (of freestyle) to "Streetplants" and of course Bertlemans and Powerslides.

Powerslide 360

A powerslide 360 is consisting of a powerslide and a 360. All this trick actually is, is a regular powerslide except you keep spinning until you've reached a 360. This Trick might seem easier for a person that can do any regular powerslide. This trick is most seen being used by Taz Brown.

Primo Slide

This is a Railstand but done while moving, so you slide along the ground on the side of your board. Named for its inventor, Primo Desiderio. For added style you can turn the board 90 degrees while sliding doing sort of a Primo Power Slide from there you can do any trick you want to get out of it, flips, spins etc.

Railstand

A Railstand is when one edge of your board is on the ground and you are standing on the other, usually with your feet also on the wheels. From this position you can do many tricks, including flips, 180s, 360 Spins and combinations of the above (landing into another railstand if you wish), landing into casper, into 50/50 / Truckstand etc. A Heelside Railstand is to stand on the board in railstand, with your griptape facing your back, and Toeside is the reverse. There are several ways to get into Heelside Railstand as opposed to the limited ways, if not just one way of getting into Toeside Railstand. A common variation of a railstand is a cooper stand, which is a rail stand with one foot on a wheel, and the other on the nose. While in Railstand, the limit to what you can do is almost non existent. You do not have to just flip. You can varial the board under you so it spins without flipping, you can stand on one wheel, on one foot and kick the board forwards or backwards so it spins around the one wheel.

Sal Flip

Invented by Salvador Lucas Barbier (Sal Barbier). in motion this trick mimics a Fingerflip and a 360 Pop Shove-It. While riding forward, the rider mildly hits the tail like a Backside Pop Shove-It. At about 45 degrees into the rotation with the leading hand, catch the nose with the palmside of the hand touching the grip tape (thumb underneath) with an elbow motion, flare the board forward and outward for the rest of the rotation (315 degrees) with the feet up and out of the way until the rotation is complete . depending on air time the feet may 'catch' the board in mid air or casing the trick at touchdown. On flat ground this trick may not 'flare' as much and may look similar to a (palmside) Fingerflip that 'pirouettes' vertically using more of a wrist motion as opposed to an elbow motion. The higher the rider goes the more exaggerated the movement can be, IE instead of a wrist or elbow rotation the rider can actually 'flare' the board with a shoulder motion.

Saran Wrap / Wrap Around

This trick was invented by Rodney Mullen. Usually done from a Pogo or 50-50 stance, this trick involves the front leg tracing a circle around the end of the board not touching the ground when in Pogo or 50-50 stall/position/stance.

Shove-it

A Shove-it or Varial rotation is regarded as a 180 degree spin (instead of a flip) of the board. Which direction it spins is usually described in the name, such as Frontside or Backside. When called just a Shove-It, it is assumed it is only a Varial 180 degree Shove-It. If it is any higher in degrees, it is stated. For example, a 360 Shove-It must have the 360 stated or it should be assumed to only be 180 degrees of spin.

The Shove-it was always a Freestyle trick as was every other skateboarding trick used in Streetstyle skateboarding. It was done with the front foot facing forward towards the nose, on the nose of the board and your back foot would be used to throw the board. In today's modern Streetstyle skateboarding, the Shove-It is either done Frontside or Backside and the point of action originates from the tail of the board. Only when the rider pushes down and forward or down and backward can the board spin 180 degrees Frontside or Backside. The back foot begins the trick and the front foot either assists in the spin by influencing the board or just jumps if the back foot influenced it enough. In the Shove-It done off of the nose, this is done in reverse. The front foot assumes the role of the back foot in that it pushes down and initiates the action, and the back foot either jumps or assists in the spin. It can be done both Frontside and Backside from this way. This is considered the Freestyle and pre Streetstyle era Shove-It. Contrary to popular belief, Frontside or Backside of any kind of Shove-It is not harder than the other if you learn both at the same time. Learning one and not the other may give you the illusion that it is hard to do the other. This would not make sense because another skateboarder may find the harder version easier and your version harder provided he/she learned the opposite Shove-It first. This also applies to the Ollie Kickflip and the Ollie Heelflip. For one who has learned the Ollie Kickflip before the Ollie Heelflip, it may seem harder, same applies vice versa.

The 540 Shove-it is a variation of the Shove-it.

Sidewinder

The trick is actually a type of transfer from a 50-50 to a Casper, where the back hand grabs the back truck (the one with the back foot on it), the front foot is placed on the nose of the board, and the weight is transferred to the front foot, while the back foot moves from the back truck to under the board, to the casper position. This can also be done to transfer into another 50-50.

Smoothee aka Jaywalk

Set up with your stance foot, or your front foot, on the tail of the board, put your back foot on the nose of the board. Two things will happen now, and both must be done at the same time. Pressure is applied to the tail and you pivot 180 degrees on the tail to the side your front foot's heel was facing. Your front foot is also removed prior to the 180 degree pivot and brought to where your board will end up after the 180 degree pivot. It is an advanced version of the End-Over or 180 pivot on the nose or tail because your foot is detached from the board.

Spacewalk

Another kind of "walk" in Freestyle skateboarding. The rider enters a Wheelie on the back wheels and swings the nose of the board around. The wider the swing the better the Spacewalk looks. The front wheels cannot touch the ground while the Spacewalk is being done. Many variations exist including Nose Spacewalks, Hang Ten Nose Spacewalks and many more.

Streetplant

An old-school handplant trick in which one holds the board in one hand, gets a running start, does a One Handed Handstand, puts the board under the feet, then comes back down. It is used as a fancy way to get onto one's board. This is like an invert on vert, but done on flat ground.

Tic Tacs

Tic Tacs are commonly done to turn albeit slowly. It can also be used to gain speed if you Tic Tac while standing completely still on the board. The rider pushes down on the back wheels to raise the front wheels. Once the front wheels are up, the rider moves them left or right and plants the front wheels back on the ground. He/she quickly does it again and moves the front wheels opposite to the direction he/she moved them in the last time. This creates a "snake" like slithering effect. To turn, the rider will not alternate to the opposite direction the rider moved them in the last time. The Tic Tac was crucial in the heyday of Freestyle skateboarding when points were deducted from a rider in a contest run if the riders feet ever touched the floor. The rider would not be allowed to pedal and needed to Tic Tac to regain speed.

TV Stand

A variation of a 50-50. The rider starts in a regular 50-50 stance, puts their back hand on the bottom truck (where their foot is), then hops up, doing a handstand while the board is a similar position to a No Handed 50-50. If done with one hand on the top truck and the other on the nose it is called a Jawbreaker, which was invented by Primo Desiderio.

Walk The Dog

Freestyle Footwork in which you put one foot in the middle of the board, step to the nose with the back foot, and bring the nose to the back, spinning the board 180 around the center foot. With practice this move can be done quite fast and many times in a row. Although it's better to do it slower, maintain balance to create an illusion of speed as suggested by Bob Loftin.

YoYo Plant

A very difficult trick invented by Joachim "YoYo" Schulz. This is the same as the street plant but when you do a YoYo plant your feet don't touch the ground, making this trick very difficult. Usually done rolling fakie and with one hand planting on the ground as the other is grabbing the board.

YoHo Plant

Terry Synnott is seen doing this trick which is a cross between the YoYo Plant invented by Joachim "YoYo" Schulz and the HoHo Plant. The HoHo Plant involves a handstand with both hands, and only your feet in the air holding the board up as if you were upside down. The YoHo Plant combines both tricks. In essence, you ride fakie and get into the YoYo Plant with one hand on the ground and one on the board like usual, but once you get into the YoYo Plant, you bring your legs farther up in the air, lose grip with the board, and place your hand down with your other already planted hand. Placing you now in a HoHo plant. It looks stylish when the rider walks in a HoHo plant. When the rider wishes to land the trick, the rider lowers his knees and uses one of his/her planted hands to grab the board again and ease himself/herself down to the ground and land on all four wheels.