How do skaters talk

Before I started skating i. But in the urban sport of skateboarding, deck means the skateboard itself. Here is a bunch of words skaters skateboarders use almost every time they go out skating with their buddies, but nobody else knows what the hell they are saying.

Gnarly- narlee. Skaters have the street smarts, but do they have the book smarts too? May 18, pm. May 22, am. May 19, pm. I remember reading some interview about that or something. May 23, pm. Complete : a skateboard with all its components: deck, trucks, wheels, bearings, and grip tape;. Coper : an old school covering that is installed in the truck's hanger to protect it against grinding;.

Crooked Grind : a grind performed where the deck is not directly over the obstacle;. Darkslide : a trick invented by Rodney Mullen in which the skater flips the board onto an obstacle, lands on it upside down with one foot on the nose and the other on the tail, and slides the area before landing on the flat ground;.

Delamination : a defect in the skateboard deck's plywood that results in the layers starting to come apart from each other;. Demo : a skateboarding event with riding and gear demonstrations usually held in skateparks and skate shops;. Double Set : a stairway with two sets of stairs connected by a flat section or platform;.

Downhill Skating : a skateboarding style in which the rider skates down steep roads at high speed;. Durometer : a measurement scale that identifies the resiliency, or hardness, of urethane wheels;.

Escalator : the part of the coping found in the quarter, mini and vert ramps, and bowls that slopes from one height to another and is not parallel to the ground;. Extension : the part of a ramp where the transition extends higher than the remaining area;. Face Plant : to fall off the board with the face on the ground before any other part of the body;.

Frontside : when a trick or turn is performed with the skater's front-facing the ramp coping or the obstacle;. Gap : the distance between two rideable objects, areas, or surfaces that are usually used by skaters to ollie over and perform other aerial tricks;. Grip Tape : sandpaper-like material fitted to the top of a deck to give riders more grip;. Halfpipe : a U-shaped ramp featuring a flat bottom section between the opposing concave transitions that lead to vertical areas on both sides;.

Handrail : the urban feature in which skaters perform several grinding and sliding tricks;. Heelflip : a trick in which the skater flips the board with his or her heel in the opposite direction of a kickflip;. Indy Grab : a trick in which the skater grabs the board mid-air with the back hand;. Kick Turn : to turn your board by shifting the weight to the tail of the board and twisting;.

Kickflip : a trick invented by Curt Lindgren and later modified by Rodney Mullen in which the skater flips the board around its lengthwise axis using his or her front foot;. Kingpin : the bolt that holds the hanger, cushions, and baseplate of a truck together;. Landing Bolts : to land a trick perfectly with the board secure and balanced under your feet;. So I gave up the exciting sport! I learned to go on skateboard when i was eleven but when I grow up i left this activity because I wasn't interested at it anymore.

Skateboarding is a sport that I tried only one time with a skateboard of one of my friends, I admit I fell down just a couple of times It is quite cool seeing all those tricks which experts do with their skateboards. However I think it's really dangerous and I'm not going to try it.

Furthermore I'm not brave at all. I've never tried skateboarding, and I'm not going do try it because I find it too dangerous, but i know some friends that really enjoy this sport and in their opinion that's a funny sport..! How nice the lives of these young people, who love the sport, are the maximum has a passion very large toward the skate are the maximum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a new member. I also need to improve my English.

So, we can speak E with each other. When I was younger, I loved skateboarding and I enjoyed it very much! I really wanted to take part in a competition, but my parents shrugged off the nonsense!! Now I sometimes enjoy watching Halfpipe onTV:. I would like to be able some day to practise skateboarding but for me is really hard so iceskating I wish to learn but I don't have time. If you afraid , you won't play with Skate. It is very interesting activity.

But I am very clumsy to it Log in Sign up Newsletter. Read an interview with two skateboarders from Los Angeles. Instructions Do the preparation exercise first and then read the article.