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| Cab: A term for a fakie 360. Cabalerno: A backflip with a 180 in it. California Roll: See Med Spin. Camel: Another word for a toe-tap. Capped: When a rail has caps put on it that makes it impossible to grind. Caveman Rail: Rails that are really high and hard to get on. Cess Slide: Where you are doing a hockey stop with your skates. Ie- you slide sideways on both skates. Its usually done going down a slope or on a smooth surface. Christ: A backslide in which the heel of the non-grinding skate is resting on front of the sliding skate. Clicking in: Phrase used to describe the click you make when you jump up and lock in a rail for a grind. Coping: The metal bar going horizontally across the top of a ramp. This allows you to grind or stall easily. Corkscrew: A fakio bio 540. Cowboy Grind: Grind in which you do a frontside (or backside) on both outside edges. To do this your feet have to be close and your knees bowed out like you are a cowboy on a horse. Crab: Where you skate along sideways with your heels touching each other. Crossed: Term used to describe grabs in which you reach over (or cross) your body to do the grab. Ie- A crossed rocket is when you are in a rocket, and grab with one hand the skate on the opposite side. Crossed up: Similar to crossed. However in this one, your feet are what crosses up, and not your hands. Ie- A crossed up mute is a mute grab with one foot behind the other, a la crossed legs. Crosswalk: A Sidewalk grind in which the front foot is acid. Curb grind: A grind that is done on a curb. (See grind) |
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| Darkslide grind: A grind in which you are doing a 'double' royale. Your front foot is pointed in the opposite directions (acid). Deadfish grind: A grind in which the front foot is topside and the back foot is rolling on the front wheel. Demon grind: A grind in which you soul grind using the inside of your skate instead of the usual outside. Diana: A term for a farside alley-oop miszou. Dickey Grind: See Neighborhood grind. Disaster: Generally assosiated with grinding. You do a disaster grind when you jump high (possibly doing a grab), land, and grind. Double Ore-Ida: Vert trick in which you an alley-oop 720 |