[eunoia]

Ah don't forget the same variation of foolery that comes around if you 180 into a grind.

What most people would call a nose grind or 5-0 is inverted if you 180'd into it.

> And remember, never carry your board by your truck :)

I miss skateboarding :). My ankles don't though.

[scudd]

I always thought names like "180 nosegrind" made no sense. Why not "180 switch 5-0"? That seems so much more intuitive.

It made so much more sense when I learned a lot of these tricks were first invented in the 1980's, when most boards had an obvious nose versus tail difference. Like this one:

https://i.etsystatic.com/6865693/r/il/f51835/361296329/il_15...

So even though you we're grinding in a switch 5-0 looking position, you would be clearly grinding on the nose, hence "180 nosegrind".

[fokinsean]

Ah yes! and

One of my other favorites:

On circle rails there is "no such thing" as fs overcrook, just fs nosegrind, and there is no such thing as bs nosegrind, but there is bs overcrook.

At least that's how magazines seem to classify it.

[jwilber]

And these are just for street! Transition has its own set of weird names (losi, andrecht, g-pivot, etc.), including some slight street overlaps (varial, pivot, etc.).

I have a little passion project where we log pro’s tricks and interview them called 4ply[0]. The naming convention is something we always have to get right to make the logged data at all useable. I actually grew up skating with Erick Winkowski but can’t do an article on him because he does so esoteric transition tricks and we can’t name them all (or find someone who can).

[0] http://4plymag.com/

[magicink81]

Thanks for the link... Read about Skate After School and made a donation. Great interview! http://4plymag.com/SAS/

[fokinsean]

That's awesome! The site seems down for now but I'll check again later.

Also I'll go ahead and plug the site I'm helping rebuild.

https://skatevideo.site

[jwilber]

Yo! That’s awesome you’re working o skatevideosite! O just read your guys interview on Jenkem [0]. I used your old data years back for an article for The Pudding [1] years ago - invaluable resource. Growing up I would spend so much time on the site just finding music and skaters. If there’s an issue board or something please plug it, would love to contribute!

[0] https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/08/16/meet-minds-behind-... [1] https://pudding.cool/2018/06/skate-music/

[fokinsean]

Woah! That's so random, I recently came across your article a few months ago. Great work and small world :)

I have a private discord and github for the project I can add you too. I eventually plan to open up the discord for anyone once we get a little further in the rebuild.

Wish there was a good way to DM on HN, I can send you a discord invite. Or if you happen to be on slap let me know.

[axegon_]

Holy!!! That site still exists??!?!?!?!?!! I remember when this was filled with videos which were mostly hosted on what were google videos back in the day(and a small number on vimeo). Must have been 2006-7-8-ish...

[rbrtdrmpc-]

that invalidates my deep faith for the suski grind, this is unacceptable Lemongrab screaming

[fokinsean]

Haha Suskis are still valid. They've grown on me over the years, especially when pinched on a ledge.