Lip tricks

Lip tricks in skateboarding are performed on half-pipes, quarter-pipes and mini ramps. They are tricks that require different varieties of balance on the "lip" of the ramp. The first lip trick done was by Jay Adams.

Lip tricks

Andrecht Invert

a backside air (grabed with the leading hand on the heel side of the board) inverted by planting the trailing hand on the coping. created by Dave Andrecht.

Axle stall

An axle stall is a stall on both trucks of a skateboard. It is used commonly to regain composure before performing another trick or to "drop in" on a ramp. Essentially a stationary 50-50.

Blunt to Fakie

the back truck is placed over the lip of the ramp and the tail is placed on the lip, appearing like a stationary blunt slide, hence the name. As small ollie is then performed to come off the lip and ride back down the ramp in fakie. You can also do a small 180 ollie out, if you ollie out frontside you get a frontside blunt stall, and likewise for a backside 180. Originally, this trick was pulled back in with a variety of grabs. The "ollie blunt" as it was originally called was possibly invented by Tom Knox.

Disaster

This trick is where the skater rotates 180 degrees and lands in the center of his board with the front trucks facing towards the ramp and the back trucks over the lip. The skater then leans forwards to return back in the ramp. Essentially a stationary lipslide. A variation is the dark disaster, where the skater performs a half-flip into a position that resembles the disaster. As getting back out of this position is very tricky, this is considered a very advanced trick.

Egg Plant

This invert differs from others in that the front hand is on the coping, while the back hand is grabbing like an Indy.

Frontside Invert

Another Invert where the front hand is on the coping, rather than the back hand. The back hand grabs like a frontside air.

Good Buddy

A fakie invert. Popularized and possibly invented by Mike McGill.

Ho-Ho

An Invert to Egg Plant in. This is where both hands are on the coping at the same time at one point during the trick, enabling the person to walk on their hands if so desired. Possibly invented by Jeff Kendall. Popularized by Steve Schneer.

Inverts/Handplants

This is a complex lip trick where the skater grabs his board and plants a hand on the coping so that they are balancing upside down on the lip of the ramp. Many variations as to where the board is grabbed and how the legs are arranged make for a number of different tricks of this type. Examples are: Eggplant, Andrecht Invert, Gymnast Plant, Sadplant, and One Foot Invert.

New Deal

Invented by Neil Blender. Essentially a nosepick snapped off into a disaster. Can also be done while grinding, then sliding.

Nose blunt

Like the blunt to fakie, only a 180 degree turn is done at the top of the ramp so the nose is used in the same fashion as the blunt stall. A nollie is then done to come back into the ramp.

Nose pick

front truck axle stall. sometimes grabbed for re entry.

Nose stall

To perform this trick, skate at a moderate speed, do an ollie but keep your foot on the nose. Land the nose on an edge and you have now performed nose stall.

Pivot

An axle stall on only the back truck. Essentially a stationary 5-0. A pivot to fakie is performed when the skateboarder goes down the ramp backwards.

Pogo

Any air straight up and then landing in a rock and roll. Popularized by Craig Johnson, who would do them 5 feet or higher.

Rock and Roll

Similar to the Rock to Fakie only a quick 180 is done as you come off the lip so that you don't ride fakie. The frontside variation is much harder and is considered one of the most stylish lip tricks.

Rock to fakie

This is a quick, common and easy lip trick performed mostly to link tricks together on mini ramps. The front truck is placed over the lip of the ramp and then the board is "rocked" slightly before coming back down backwards (fakie).

Smithvert or Smith plant

An regular invert where the board is tweaked in a backside rotation so that the legs are almost crossed, with the toes of the back foot touching the tail. Named after and probably invented by Mike Smith.

Tail Stall

Similar to a nose stall only on the tail. Essentially a stationary tailslide. The most common form of dropping in on a ramp is to start off in tail stall. also used to curb backward momentum when coming to the lip fakie, without losing speed .

Staple Gun

A rider rides straight up and off the ramp while placing the back foot on the coping. The board is then stomped down onto the platform with the front foot and pulled back into the ramp toward the back ankle. Hopping of the back foot and back onto the board, the rider rides away fakie.

Stelmasky Plant

An invert where the front hand grabs the back rail in between the heels. Invented by Mike Stelmasky.

Sweeper

Similar to a lein-to-tail. A fronstide nose grab foot plant, where the back foot is taken off and rests on the coping. Variation: Creeper - a crail grab sweeper.

Tail Block

Usually done backside; grab the nose with the front hand while carving backside and stall parallel to the coping at the peak of the carve having only the edge of the tail resting on the coping.

Tuck-knee Invert

An invert that is grabbed like a Japan Air and tweaked severely, sometimes with the nose of the board hitting the helmet.

Woolly Mammoth

An unusual trick invented by Neil Blender. A fakie frontside invert to a noseblunt that is several inches behind the coping, while the back hand is still grabbing the board, and the front hand is still on the coping.