Skate Academy Quad

Trick Book

Ollie
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Fundamental trick involving jumping with the skateboard. Performed by popping the tail with the back foot and sliding th...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Frontside 180
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Performed by jumping with the board and spinning 180 degrees towards the front of your body. When landing, you should be...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Spin

Backside 180
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Performed by jumping with the board and spinning 180 degrees towards the back of your body. When landing, you should be ...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Spin

Backside Shuv It
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Spinning the board 180 degrees towards your back while your body remains in the same stance. At the end of the trick, th...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Backside Pop Shuv It
backside pop shuv itpreview image

Performed by spinning the board 180 degrees towards your back while your body remains in the same stance. At the end of ...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Kickflip
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Using your front foot to flick the back edge of the nose causing the board to flip. Performed similarly to an ollie exce...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flip

Heelflip
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Using your front foot to flick the front edge of the nose causing the board to flip. Performed similarly to an ollie exc...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flip

Varial Kickflip
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A combination of both the backside pop shuv it and kickflip. The board will perform a 180 degree rotation in the frontsi...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flip

Varial Heelflip
varial heelflippreview image

A combination of both the pop shuv it and kickflip. The board will perform a 180 degree rotation in the frontside direct...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flip

Hardflip
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A combination of both the frontside shuv it and kickflip. The board will perform a 180 degree rotation in the frontside ...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flip

Inward Heelflip
inward heelflippreview image

A combination of both the backside pop shuv it and heelflip. The board will perform a 180 degree rotation in the backsid...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flip

Frontside 180 Kickflip
frontside 180 kickflippreview image

A combination of a frontside 180 and a kickflip. Your body and board should rotate 180 degrees towards the front of your...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip, Spin

Backside 180 Kickflip
backside 180 kickflippreview image

A combination of a frontside 180 and a kickflip. Your body and board should rotate 180 degrees towards your back while a...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip, Spin

Frontside 180 Heelflip
frontside 180 heelflippreview image

A combination of a frontside 180 and a heelflip. Your body and board should rotate 180 degrees towards the front of your...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip, Spin

Backside 180 Heelflip
backside 180 heelflippreview image

A combination of a frontside 180 and a heelflip. Your body and board should rotate 180 degrees towards your back while a...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip, Spin

Backside 360 Pop Shuv It
backside 360 pop shuv itpreview image

Similar to a pop shuv it, but spinning the board a full 360 degrees towards your back while your body remains in the sam...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat

Frontside Big Spin
frontside big spinpreview image

Performed by doing a frontside shuv it or pop shuv it while also spinning your body 180 degrees towards the front of you...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flat, Spin

Backside Big Spin
backside big spinpreview image

Performed by doing a backside shuv it or pop shuv it while also spinning your body 180 degrees towards your back. At the...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat, Spin

360 Flip (treflip)
360 flip (treflip)preview image

A combination of a backside 360 pop shuv it and kickflip. The board spins a full 360 degree rotation towards your back w...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flip

Impossible
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Performed by doing an ollie then having the board wrap around the back foot. Using the back foot only, scoop your foot f...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip

Laser Flip
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A combination of a frontside 360 pop shuv it and a heelflip. The board spins a full 360 degree rotation towards your fro...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip

Casper Flip (hospital Flip)
casper flip (hospital flip)preview image

Performed by doing a half kickflip then pushing the board in a shuv it motion with the back foot to rotate it in mid-air...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flip

50-50 Grind
50-50 grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the trucks of the s...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Grind

5-0 Grind
5-0 grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with only the back truck...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Grind

Boardslide
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Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the deck of the ska...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Grind

Feeble Grind
feeble grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with only the back truck...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Grind

Smith Grind
smith grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with only the back truck...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Grind

Nosegrind Grind
nosegrind grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with only the front truc...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Grind

Noseslide
noseslidepreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the nose of your de...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Tailslide
tailslidepreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the tail of your de...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Crooked Grind
crooked grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with only the front truc...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Overcrook Grind
overcrook grindpreview image

Performed by doing an ollie over a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface and landing onto the obstacle with o...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Bluntslide
bluntslidepreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the tail of the dec...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Noseblunt Slide
noseblunt slidepreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the nose of the dec...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Lipslide
lipslidepreview image

Performed by doing an ollie and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the deck of the ska...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Grind

Darkslide
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Performed by doing a half kickflip and landing onto a rail, ledge, or other elevated edge of a surface with the griptape...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Grind

Nocomply
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Performed by stepping off of the board with your front foot, then popping the tail with your back foot. As soon at the b...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Boneless
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Performed by stepping off of the board with your front foot, grabbing the side of the board with your hand, and jumping ...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat, Transition

Caveman
cavemanpreview image

While holding the board in your hand, jump and put the board under you.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat, Transition

Rock To Fakie
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Done by getting the front wheels over the top of the ramp, tapping the wheelbase on the coping or deck, then rolling bac...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Transition

Rock-n-roll
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Done by getting the front wheels over the top of the ramp, tapping the wheelbase on the coping or deck, then doing a 180...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Transition

Nose Stall
nose stallpreview image

Landing on the nose of the skateboard and holding that position on the edge of an obstacle or coping on a ramp. These are best learned on curbs.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Transition

Tail Stall
tail stallpreview image

Landing on the tail of the skateboard and holding that position on the edge of an obstacle or coping on a ramp. These are best learned on curbs.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Transition

Axle Stall
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Landing on both trucks of the skateboard and holding that position on the edge of an obstacle or coping on a ramp.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Transition

Disaster
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Done by doing a 180 then hitting the wheel base of the skateboard onto the coping or edge of an obstacle before continuing to ride off.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Manual
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Balancing only on the back wheels of the skateboard.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Nose Manual
nose manualpreview image

Balancing only on the front wheels of the skateboard.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Strawberry Milkshake
strawberry milkshakepreview image

Stepping off your the skateboard with your front foot while putting the skateboard in a primo position using your back f...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Nollie
nolliepreview image

Performing an ollie, but popping off of the nose of the board instead of the tail.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat

Half-cab
half-cabpreview image

Performing a 180 while doing a fakie ollie.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Full Cab (caballerial)
full cab (caballerial)preview image

Performing a 360 while doing a fakie ollie.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat

Sex Change (body Varial)
sex change (body varial)preview image

Doing a 180 rotation after popping an ollie.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Revert
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Doing a 180 with the board while the back wheels or all wheels are on the ground.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Slappy Grind
slappy grindpreview image

Performing a grind trick without popping the board. This type of trick is typically done on curbs.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Grind

Power Slide/spin
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While moving, turning 90 degrees and sliding all 4 wheels on the ground, before returning to your normal stance or doing...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Flamingo
flamingopreview image

Performed by stepping off of the skateboard with the front foot and popping the board with the back foot. Then use the b...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Nocomply 180
nocomply 180preview image

Done by stepping off of the skateboard with the front foot, rotating 180 degrees with the board, then hopping back onto it in the switch stance.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Double Kickflip
double kickflippreview image

Similar to a regular kickflip, but included an additional flip before landing.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat

Coconut Wheelie
coconut wheeliepreview image

Performed by rolling on two wheels on either side of the board, with the edge of the board close to the ground, but not touching.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat

Ghetto Bird
ghetto birdpreview image

This trick is the combination of a nollie hardflip with a late 180. The late 180 can also be considered a revert. The tr...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Stalefish
stalefishpreview image

While in the air, use your back hand to grab the side of the board behind your feet and tweak the board so that your you...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Roast Beef
roast beefpreview image

While in the air, reaching between yours legs with the front hand to grab the side of the board behind your feet.

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Russian Boneless
russian bonelesspreview image

After reaching the top of the ramp, pop the board and step off with your front foot behind your back foot, grabbing the ...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition, Flat

Judo
judopreview image

While in the air, grabbing the nose of the skateboard with your front hand then kicking out your front foot, straighteni...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Air Walk
air walkpreview image

While in the air, grabbing the nose of the skateboard with your front hand, and holding it in front of you, then making ...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Christ Air
christ airpreview image

While in the air, grabbing the skateboard with your back hand, then extending all your limbs in the "T" position, before...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Benihana
benihanapreview image

While in the air, extending your front leg out as much as possible, while still making contact with the skateboard, and ...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Nose Grab
nose grabpreview image

While in the air, using your front hand, grab and holding the nose of the skateboard with your front hand, while both feet are still on the board.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Tail Grab
tail grabpreview image

While in the air, using your back hand, grab and holding the tail of the skateboard with your back hand, while both feet are still on the board.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Indy Grab
indy grabpreview image

While in the air, using your back hand, grab the toe-side of the skateboard. This grab trick is only done backside.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Melon Grab
melon grabpreview image

While in the air, using your front hand, grab the heel-side of the skateboard, and put your legs in a karate kick positi...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Mute Grab
mute grabpreview image

While in the air, using your front hand, grab the toe-side of the skateboard.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Nosepick
nosepickpreview image

After reaching the top of the ramp, balancing the front trucks of the skateboard on the coping and crouching to grab the...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Invert (handplant)
invert (handplant)preview image

After reaching the top of the ramp, grabbing the side of the skateboard with your front hand in front of your feet, then...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Madonna
madonnapreview image

While in the air, grab the nose of the skateboard with your front hand. Then remove your front foot and extend it behind...

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Transition

Hurricane Grind
hurricane grindpreview image

While at the top of the ramp, put the back trucks onto the coping and roate the skateboard nearly 180 degrees frontside ...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Grind

Lien Air
lien airpreview image

While doing a frontside air, grab the heel-side corner of the nose with your front hand and bend your knees towards the ...

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Transition

Ollie North
ollie northpreview image

After popping into the air during an ollie, slightly lift off your front foot and extend it over the nose of the skatebo...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Merlin Twist (flip)
merlin twist (flip)preview image

This trick is a frontside 180 with a front-foot impossible during the spin. This trick is also referred to as a Merlin Flip.

Trick Difficulty:

Intermediate

Trick Type:

Flat

Hippy Jump
hippy jumppreview image

While rolling, jumping up and off the board with both feet, then landing back onto the board. Typically done by jumping ...

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Disco Flip
disco flippreview image

Performed by doing a heelflip then a 180 backside body varial before landing.

Trick Difficulty:

Beginner

Trick Type:

Flat

Nightmare Flip
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Performed by doing a varial kickflip that includes two flips instead of one.

Trick Difficulty:

Pro

Trick Type:

Flat