Why is Naming Skateboarding Tricks So Confusing?
Why is Naming Skateboarding Tricks So Confusing?Do you ever get confused about what to call a certain skateboarding trick? To be honest, it happens to everybody. It can get frustrating, and people can even get angry about it. So why is it so confusing?Answer: Skateboarding has its roots in surfing, and so a lot of skateboarding tricks borrow names from surfing – like “backside” and “frontside” turns. You ever get confused about which is which? But, as skateboarding began to evolve on its own, piles of skateboarding-specific trick names rolled around. Take the “Ollie” for example, named after Allen “Ollie” Gelfand who invented it. A lot of skateboarding tricks got named after the skater who invented them, like Christian Hosoi’s “Christ Air” or Steve Caballero’s “Caballerial”. The McTwist is after Mike McGill, who invented it. Other tricks were named for what they looked like, like a “Kickflip” or a “Pop Shuvit” (you pop the board then shove it around…). A Nollie is an Ollie off the No
