Mini Glossary

You might need these basics to get you up to speed?! Hey, you gotta start somewhere!

Goofy - To ride with your right foot forward and left foot back.

Regular – To ride with your left foot forward and right foot back.

Switch – To ride opposite to your normal stance… good for a challenge when you’re super good at certain tricks.

Mongo Foot – When you push with your front foot instead of your back foot… not great for style or respect!

Chicken Foot – Used to describe bailing on a trick over and over because you’re too scared and can’t commit.

Fakie – When you ride backwards. Often used in half-pipe trick names.

Frontside – Approaching an obstacle with it in front of you.

Backside – Approaching an obstacle with it behind you.

Grind – To slide down a rail, or along a ledge, on your trucks.

Carve – To turn in a long sweeping motion… more commonly heard in longboarding or bowl riding.

For more important lingo for all your skate speak needs, check the following great pages

www.skatetolive.com/lingo.html

Or watch Aaron Kyro teach a mom to talk skate!! Maybe not one to share with the ‘rents – could get weird.