* Air -- Ride a skateboard into the air, land it, and continue on

* Bail -- An intentional fall to avoid a potential slam

* Backside -- The direction of a turn on an incline, meaning the backside of the body is facing the wall

* Coping -- The material on the lip of a ramp used to grind, slide or bump

* Fakie -- Going backwards

* Grind -- A trick done on any sharp lip where the truck comes in contact with the edge of the ramp

* Manual -- Balancing while riding a skateboard on two wheels

* Ollie -- The basis for most skateboard tricks. The back foot smacks the tail of the board against the ground while the front foot pulls the board up into the air

* Phat -- See "rad"

* Pivot -- A trick where the truck touches the top of the lip, or coping, for just a moment before re-entry

* Poser -- A pretender

* Rad -- Cool

* Ripper -- A really good and consistent skater

* Sick -- Cool

* Slam -- A bad unexpected fall, bruises are likely

* Sweet -- Cool

* Tight -- Cool