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Share your No Comply tricks here using Instagram and #nocomply A No Comply is an alternative way of getting air or propelling off the ground. Unlike an Ollie where both feet stay on the board, a No Comply involves your front coming off the board and pushing up off the ground. Your back foot does a stomping motion similar to that of an Ollie. The No Comply can be combined with other tricks and is also done on transitions.

Share your Fakie and Nollie tricks here using Instagram and #fakieollie #nollie Fakie Ollies are one of the first tricks skateboarders learn after the Ollie. A Fakie Ollie involves riding on the front end of the board and on the opposite side. You pop off the front of your board rather than the back end, but doing each motion with the same respective foot as you would normally. A Nollie also refers to popping off the front of your board rather than the back, but doing so in the opposite stance. It is essentially “Switch Fakie”. A Nollie is a…

Share your Ollie tricks here using Instagram and #bigollie Ollies are the first or one of the first tricks you learn when starting your skateboard journey. An Ollie is done by pushing your back foot down hard and simultaneously sliding your front foot up the deck. Ollies can be done on flat ground, across gaps, down stairs, on transition, and on all sorts of other obstacles and terrain. Most skateboarding tricks incorporate the Ollie.

Share your 540s here using Instagram and #fs540 #bs540 #mctwist or #rodeoflip The 540 is a difficult skateboarding spin trick, almost always done on transition. It involves your body and board spinning 540 degrees together. It is typically done with a grab trick, though several vert skaters can perform Ollie 540s. Mike McGill invented the McTwist, an inverted Backside 540. Tony Hawk came up with the Frontside 540 (called a Rodeo Flip if done “inverted” or “corked”) as well as many other variations of the 540.

Share your 360s here using Instagram and #fs360 #bs360 or #360ollie The 360 or 360 ollie, or Full Cab if done fakie, is a classic and popular skateboard spin trick. It’s done equally across street/park terrains and vert/transition. It’s done by ollieing or otherwise getting air, and rotating 360 degrees (board and body together). Advanced skaters often combine this trick with kickflips, heelflips, and grabs.

Share your 180s here using Instagram and #fs180 #bs180 or #180ollie The ollie 180 is one of the first tricks any skateboarder learns. It is one of the most versatile skateboard tricks (you can do it on, off or across virtually any terrain or obstacle). The Fakie 180, or Half-Cab, is also commonly learned very early on in a skateboarder’s journey. The 180 opens the door to many other tricks and also helps skaters get used to landing fakie.

Share your Other Slides here using Instagram and #darkslide or #crailslide Dark Slides are a difficult slide trick, most often done by freestyle skateboarders. It is done by doing half a kickflip and sliding like a boardslide on the opposite side of your board. Skaters often think of skateboard legend Rodney Mullen when they think of Darkslides. Crailslides are the combination of a tailslide and a nosegrab with the backhand. Most of the time, they are done in bowls and pools by proficient transition skaters.

Share your Bluntslides here using Instagram and #bluntslide Bluntslides and Nosebluntslides are a more complex skateboarding slide trick. They are done by ollieing, turning 90 degrees, getting your whole board onto the other side of the grinding and sliding either on the nose or tail. Doing any other tricks into or out of a Bluntslide is incredibly difficult.

Share your Lipslides here using Instagram and #lipslide Lipslides are a moderately difficult slide trick that involves ollieing, rotating 90 degrees and getting the back of the board on the other side of the grinding surface. The middle of the board should then land on the ledge/rail (similar to a boardslide). Lipslides are commonly done on the street, at the skatepark, and on transition.

Share your Tailslides here using Instagram and #tailslide The Tailslide is a moderately difficult slide trick. The Tailslide is performed by doing an ollie and turning 90 degrees away from the rail or ledge and then smacking the tail onto that surface. It’s generally considered a bit more difficult than a Noseslide, a similar trick done on the opposite end of the board. Proficient skaters often combine kickflips and heelflips into and out of Tailslides.