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ULTIMATE
SKIBOARD
TRICK GUIDE
This is the biggest collection
of skiboard tricks anywhere on the web. Over 70 of them and that does not
include the skiboarding terms. Enjoy them, and if you know of any I don't
email me so I can add them.
SPINS-
They are some of the easiest tricks you can do.
The faster you go off a jump the more rotations you can do while in the air.
All of the spins could be done either facing forward or backward. I do not
recommend trying any of the tricks in the right column until you mastered the
left one. 180, and 360 can easily be done on the ground without a jump.
180°-
Jump up into the air and complete half a
rotation. If you started facing forward you will land facing
back, and vice versa.
270°-
This is usually done in the half pipe or
quarter pipe. Start by moving almost parallel to the edge of the half
pipe and jump into the air landing perpendicular to the edge of the
half pipe. In the quarter pipe you would start by going strait
off the jump and land with the skiboards parallel to the edge of the
jump. If you rotate in natural direction up the slope its called
Alley-Oop 270.
360°-Jump
up into the air and complete a full rotation. If you started
facing forward you will land facing forward. If you start facing
back, you will land facing back, its called Fakie 360.
540°-Jump
up into the air and complete one and a half rotations. If you
started facing forward you will land facing back, and vice versa.
Fakie applies to this trick.
720°-Jump
up into the air and complete two full rotations. If you started
facing forward you will land facing forward. If you start facing
back, you will land facing back. Fakie applies to this trick.
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900°-Jump
up into the air and complete two and a half rotations. If you
started facing forward you will land facing back, and vice versa.
Fakie applies to this trick.
1080°-Jump
up into the air and complete three full rotations. If you
started facing forward you will land facing forward. If you
start facing back, you will land facing back. Fakie applies to this
trick.
1260°-Jump
up into the air and complete three and a half rotations. If you
started facing forward you will land facing back, and vice versa.
Fakie applies to this trick.
Flat
Spin-Jump up
into the air and begin doing a 360° and drop your back and shoulders
so that you are parallel to the ground. By this point you have
completed half a rotation. Twist your hips and bring your head
up to bring your feet down for the landing. If you started facing
forward you will land facing forward. If you start facing back,
you will land facing back. Fakie applies to this trick.
Flat
Spin 540°- Same
as above except hold the spin a little bit longer and add a half a
twist to land backwards. Fakie applies to this trick however is
very difficult. ( I can't do it)
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GRABS-
Generally they are easy. Some
may require bigger jumps. This is a very simple way to add a lot of style
to your riding. I recommend mastering one before learning another, but
that's just me. The following tricks are supposed to be done in the air.
All grabs can be done during a spin. My favorite is a Fakie-540-Fish
Brain.
Mute-
Once you are in the air, bend both knees and
lift them towards your chest. With right hand grab the middle outside
edge of the left skiboard and pull both skiboards to the right side.
Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
Method-
Once in the air, tuck legs in. Grab
the top of the left ski boot with right hand. For extra style
points stick out left arm into the air. Can be done opposite hand
opposite side.
Mute
Cross- Once you
are in the air, bend both knees and lift them towards your chest. With
right hand grab the middle outside edge of the left skiboard and pull
both skiboards to the right side. Cross skiboards while in the
air. Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
Safety-
This is the easiest and most common grab.
Bend both knees and lift them up towards chest. With your right
hand grab the right edge of the right skiboard. You can also
grab the left edge with the left hand or both edges with both hands.
If you do this grab during a spin it's called Bio-180, Bio-360...
Stiffy-
Once in the air, extend both legs forward,
and lock your knees. With right hand grab the outside of right
skiboard. Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
Cross
Stiffy- Once in
the air, extend both legs forward, and lock your knees. With
right hand grab the outside of left skiboard. Can be done opposite
hand opposite side.
Cross
Rocket- Once in
the air, extend both legs forward, and lock your knees. With the right
hand, grab the tip of the left skiboard. Can be done opposite hand
opposite side.
Flying
Fish- Once you
are in the air, bring both knees toward chest. Extend your right
leg and lock it. With right hand grab the right edge of the
right skiboard. Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
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Cross
Flying Fish- Once
you are in the air, bring both knees toward chest. Extend your
left leg and lock it. With right hand grab the right or left
edge in front of binding of the left skiboard. Can be done opposite
hand opposite side.
Fishbrain-
Once you are in the air, extend the right
leg strait in front, locking the knee. Bend your left leg, twist
it so its parallel to the ground, so that the left skiboard is
parallel with the right leg. With left hand grab the inside of
the right skiboard, looks better at the tip. With right hand
grab the bottom of left skiboard at binding, under your butt
Stale-
Once you are in the
air, extend the right leg strait in front, locking the knee. Tuck the
left leg under your butt. With right hand grab the middle of the
left skiboard. For extra style points, raise your left hand up.
Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
Japan-
Once you are in the air, Extend the right
leg to the right side. Tuck in the left leg, below the right
knee. With right hand, reach around right leg and grab the
bottom of the left skiboard. Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
Parallel-
This requires some good abs. Once in
the air, bend both knees towards chest. With right hand, reach
over left thigh and grab the outside edge of the left skiboard.
Tail
Grab- Bend both
knees keeping skiboards parallel to the ground and grab the back tip
of the right skiboard with right hand. Can be done opposite hand
opposite side.
Lean-
Half pie or quarter pipe trick. Once in the
air, arch your back to the right side. With right hand grab the
outside edge of the right skiboard. Can be done opposite hand opposite
side.
Tail
Grab- Once you
are in the air, bend both knees and grab the back tip or the right
skiboard with the right hand. Can be done opposite hand opposite
side.
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GRINDS-
These are really fun to do but are not
very good on the skiboards. You can completely ruin your bases.
Grinds can be done on rails, tree branches or even flat surfaces like picnic
tables. Most grinds come strait from rollerblading, if I am missing a few, let
me know. PERSONALLY I HATE ALL THIS BULLSHIT WANNABE FRONTSIDE AND
BACKSIDE BULLSHIT WITH SKIBOARDS. I YOINKED THIS FROM SOME OTHER
SITE SO ITS NOT ME NAMING IT. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE NATURAL AND
UNNATURAL GRINDS OR RIGHT OR LEFT GRINDS BUT NOT FRONT OR BACK SIDE. WAY
TO STOLEN.
Frontside-
Jump onto the rail and slide facing in the
direction you are sliding.
Backside-Jump
onto the rail and slide with your back turned in the direction you are
sliding.
Rightside
- Grind with your right side
going forward.
Leftside
- Grind with your left
side going forward.
Naturalside
- Everybody has a natural side
to slide on generally speaking if your right handed then you prefer to
slide right side forward. You can find this out by telling a
person to stand up then look ahead and make sure they don't know that
your about to push them just a bit. When you do watch which foot
goes forward to stop the fall cause whichever does is their natural
foot. so it is this foot forward that makes a natural grind what
it is.
Unnatural
- The opposite foot of the above
deffinition.
Farside-
Jump onto the rail and land on the "far
side" of it and then start grinding. So you were in the air
over a part of the rail before you land on it.
H-Grind-
Slide on a rail sideways where only the
inside edges of the skiboards are touching the rail. The right
skiboard is leading and the left skiboard is dragging.
Makio-
Slide on right foot, and grab the left foot
with your left hand. Best grab is the safety, however a method will
add style points.
Fishbrain-Slide
on right foot. Stick out your left leg parallel to the ground
and grab it with the left hand. Can be done opposite hand opposite
side.
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Unity-
If anyone can do it I would like to see a
picture. Slide on the rail so that the skiboards are
perpendicular to the rail but are pointed in different directions.
The right foot is pointed to the right and the left foot is pointed to
the left.
Lowrider-
A simple grind where you crouch down bending
your knees, so that your butt almost touches the boots. Its more
difficult to do it on one foot, with the other sticking strait out.
Christ-
Slide on right skiboard. Where the
skiboard is parallel to the rail, and the front tip and the back tip
are both on the rail. Place the left skiboard on top of the right
skiboard, so its perpendicular to it, making an X.
Cowboy
(Cab Driver)- Best
done on something relatively wide. Grind with your boots on the
either side of the log so that only the insides of the boots are
touching the log.
Mistrial-
Slide on the rail on your right foot so it
is pointed forward. Place the left skiboard on the rail, behind
the right skiboard, so it is perpendicular to the rail.
Royale-
Slide on a rail sideways where the right
skiboard inside edge is touching the rail. And the left skiboard
outside edge is touching the rail. Bend knees slightly and lean
back to enjoy the ride. Can be done opposite hand opposite side.
Miszou-
Slide on the rail on your right foot so it
is pointed forward. Place the left skiboard on the rail, in
front of the right skiboard, so it is perpendicular to the rail.
Acid
Soul- Slide on
right foot. Where the skiboard is parallel to the rail, and the
front tip and the back tip are both on the rail. This does a lot
of damage to the skiboards since the whole bottom surface is in
contact with the rail.
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TRICKS-
If its not a spin, a grab or a grind,
or a combination of the two or three then it belongs in its own category, right
here. Flips are in here. Some tricks are extremely hard and even
dangerous, so go ahead and try them at your own risk, but don't blame me if you
land in the hospital instead of snow. I hope this is obvious, but the
tricks are supposed to be done in the air unless otherwise noted.
Liu-Kang-
Keep the right leg fully extended strait down.
Tuck your left leg in and grab it with the left arm. Can be done
opposite hand opposite side. This trick can also be done on the
ground while spinning, it wouldn't be called Lui-Kang but same idea.
Sollas-
Drop your right shoulder in front of you, and begin a 540° rotation.
As you rotate on the horizontal axis and moving in the forward
direction, gravity comes in and straitens you out for a landing on your
feet. While rotating extend your left leg and grab it
with your right hand. Tuck your right leg and grab it with your
left hand.
Rob
Roy- Extend your
right leg horizontally in front of you. Tuck your left leg under
your but and grab it with your right hand. Stick out your left
hand for extra style points.
Disaster-
Doing any trick in the air and landing on the
rail. It should make sense.
Yoda-
Going to a cross-legged position in the air.
Add a couple of grabs for the best crowd pleasers.
Yoda
360°- Going
to a cross-legged position in the air while doing a 360° rotation.
Back
Flip- Tuck your
legs in and lean back. Arch your back, spot the landing and keep
your eyes on it until the skiboards touch the snow. This trick is
harder on the shorter or narrower skiboards.
Front
Flip- Pump
your arms up and forward in a semicircular motion and quickly tuck in
your legs, to increase the spin rotational speed. The landing is
blind. This trick is harder on the shorter or narrower skiboards.
Corkscrew-
Drop your right shoulder forward in front of
you and begin doing a front flip on a tilted axis with a 180° rotation
in the end to land backwards.
Late
360°- Doing a
trick in the second half of the jump, most likely on the way down.
In this case its a 360°. You can do another trick before you do
the late trick.
Misty
Flip- Drop your
right shoulder in front of you, and begin a 540° rotation. As you
rotate on the horizontal axis and moving in the forward direction,
gravity comes in and straitens you out for a landing on your feet. It
feels like you are always spinning, but from a side looks like you are
tumbling out of control.
Mr.
T- Go for a
really big jump. In the air right off the jump vertically stretch out,
but keep your hands to the sides. This may not sound like a trick
but trying to stay strait in the air is hard.
Nutcracker-
Stick your right foot out horizontally tin
front of you. Bend your left leg back behind your back, so it
looks like you are doing a split in the air. Grab one skiboard
with one hand and the other with the other hand. I like to grab
the right skiboard with the left hand and the left skiboard with the
right hand because I can get to the skiboard in the back quicker with my
right hand.
McUgly-
This can only be done in the half-pipe or
quarter-pipe. Approach the wall backwards. Kick you legs up
and do a 360° spin upside-down. Put your right hand on the edge of the
half-pipe, push of and do a 180° twist to straiten your body out for
the landing.
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Rim-Flip-
Take off the jump backwards and do a quick 180°
so you are facing forward. You should be slightly tilted back,
drop your right shoulder forward and do a 720°. When you finally
turn upside down (during the second twist) spot the landing, your body
will be in front of the landing and then rotate so your feet come down.
I strongly recommend not trying this unless you are in waist deep
powder, because you need a lot of speed or to do this successfully.
Rodeo
(Bio Flip)- Right
off the jump do a quick 90-180° rotation to the right. Drop your
right shoulder back to begin doing a back flip. Twist your body to
the right to get out of the Rodeo and land on your feet.
Superman-
The best place to do this trick is in the half
pipe, but it can also be done off jumps. Half-Pipe: Get
some speed and go up the wall so your skiboards are very close to
parallel to the top of the half-pipe before you pop out. Once you
pop out, quickly tuck your legs and arms in and as hard as you can pump
your legs back and lock them, and stretch your arms out forward, then
finally look down. To get out, quickly tuck your arms and legs in
and put the skiboards on the wall of the half-pipe. The momentum
will take you out. Jump: Jump up and stretch your body out
so it is parallel to the ground. Right when you start coming down
for a landing, tuck your legs and arms in, touch your chin to your chest
and go a front front flip.
Switchback-
Do in to a jump backwards.
Once in the air, do a back flip. The landing is easy to spot if
you arch your back and keep your eyes on it once you spot it.
Airwalk-
Walk in the air. Continuously move your
right and leg back and forth, so that when one is in front the other is
behind. Do a couple of steps, 2-3 with each leg.
Kickout-
Tuck your legs in and grab the
right skiboard with the right hand. Then before landing do two
pumps to the right side with both legs. Can be done opposite hand
opposite side.
Fakie
Zero Spin Rocket- Go
into a jump backwards. Extend both legs out in front of you, so
you are looking up the slope. Right before landing backwards look
over your shoulder to spot the landing.
Gumby
Air- Take both
legs as far back as they will go. Grab the right skiboard with the
right hand and grab the left skiboard with the left hand. keep
both skiboards together. With your hands, pull the skiboards back
and up.
Sock-Eyed
Salmon- With your
hands grab the front tips of the skiboards and do a twist. Your
body would be pointing to the left and the skiboard would be pointing a
little bit to the right of strait forward.
Carter
Flip-
Its basically a mix between a 360 misty flip
and a cartwheel. All you do
is go up to the jump with speed and throw your right shoulder down like
you're doing a cartwheel. Then
continue doing the cartwheel. The
thing you have to do though is turn your head and shoulders a little bit
to the left. This will
start you rotating and you'll land forward.
I suggest, unlike other jumps, to do a mute grab or a safety grab
the first time you do this so you get speed in the x, y, and z
directions easier. This
trick is a lot easier to do tucked.
If you mess this up the first time, you won't the second time
because you'll learn what you did wrong the first time. (Submitted
by unknown visitor)
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