When your wheel touches the underside of your deck during a turn or landing, usually slamming your ride to a halt—and possibly your face to the pavement. In slang, it’s also used to describe an unexpected crash or wipeout.
1. A truck grind with most of the weight on the back truck, like doing a manual but while grinding on a ledge or coping.
2. Half of a 50-50 grind, therefore “50”, but sense some people call a 50-50 grind a “50” (fitty) for short, best to refer to this trick as a 5-O.
Examples:
I usually warm up with backside 5-Os before working on back tails.
When your wheel touches the underside of your deck during a turn or landing, usually slamming your ride to a halt—and possibly your face to the pavement. In slang, it’s also used to describe an unexpected crash or wipeout.
A chunk of rubbery material used to clean grip tape on your board. But in slang? It can also mean a rider who sticks to their board no matter what—someone with unreal board control.
Universal term but popular in Canadian and American skate scenes—means a trick was landed without sketch, smooth, solid.
Short for “Never Been Done.” Used when someone lands a trick that’s never been done before at a particular spot—or in general.
To pop the board up in the air and land again