We are opening new category called Wordbook for you. Everything what is in some way connected with fingerboarding you will find explained here by the time. From obstacles, equipment, tricks to riding styles and many more. In first article we take a look at most basic thing – tricks. Every rider should know names of tricks. It is not very difficult and in many time you can deduce it by yourself. Of course, everyone have favorite tricks but there are most basic rotation which should everyone start to learn at the beginning of fingerboard career. One trick you need the most. Tricks are described for right-handed riders.

Nose – Upper part of the deck. That part where is your forefinger.
Tail – Lower part of the deck. That part where is your middle finger.
Concave – Middle part of the deck where is whole shape of the deck.
Radius – Half part of a mini ramp.
Coping – Edge of a mini ramp on the top. Usually with a pipe.
Grind – Riding an obstacle on your trucks.
Slide – Riding an obstacle by some part of the deck – Tail, Nose, Board.

Basic tricks:
Switch (SS) – Change of your fingers. Tail become a Nose for you. SS Ollie is pulled by your middle finger and you are riding by Tail ahead in out of you way.
Nollie – Riding your fingerboard like on basic ollie but with changed fingers. Forefinger is on the Nose and middle finger is on the Tail. Nollie is pulled by your middle finger. Riding in way to you.
Fakie – Like on the Ollie but riding away from you. Pulled by your forefinger.
Revert – Additional deck rotation usually after landing a trick. 180° FS or BS.
Ollie – A jump with a fingerboard. Basic trick which must everyone learn at the beginning. Every other trick is connected with Ollie.
Frontside (FS) Ollie – Ollie with deck and fingers rotation in way to your nose. Counterclockwise.
Backside (BS) Ollie – The same trick like FS but rotated to opposite side. Clockwise.
Shoveit – Rotation of a deck around its shorter axis by 180°. By direction is divided to FS and BS Shoveit. Also by number of rotations – 270°, 360°, 540°.
Bigspin – Shoveit plus additional revert on the ground. Correctly landed in the air before landing.
most of these variations can be practised on Switch, Nollie, Fakie, Fronstside and Backside

Flip tricks:
Kickflip (Flip) – Basic trick. It is 360° rotation of a deck by its longest axis in way to you – rip first. Rotated once time lengthwise. Variations – Double, Triple, Varial and more.
Nollie Kickflip – Same like Kickflip but on Nollie stance.
Frontside Kickflip – Kickflip with Frontside rotation.
Heelflip – It is 360° rotation of a deck by its longest axis in way out of you – trucks first. Variations – Double, Triple, Varial, Lazer and more.
Varialflip – Kickflip and Shoveit at the same time. One rotation around longes axis and one rotation around shorter axis.
360 Kickflip – Kickflip plus 360 Shoveit.
Bigspin Heelflip – Heelflip with Bigspin rotation.
Hardflip – Kickflip plus Shoveit. Rotation of shoveit is kicked by middle finger.
Impossible – Rotation of the deck around your middle finger. Deck will fall down around your finger in clockwise ahead.
Frontfinger Impossible – Deck will rotate around your forefinger in counterclockwise. It will drop thru hole between your forefinger and middle finger.
Underflip – You will kick the Kickflip and before landing will give a back rotation (heelflip) to the deck.
Hospital Flip – Give a Kickflip rotation and when is the deck in trucks up position let the dock drop around your fore finger like a half impossible. Deck will drop thru a hole between your forefinger and middle finger.
most of these variations can be practised on Switch, Nollie, Fakie, Fronstside and Backside

Grind and Slide tricks:
50-50 – Ride an obstacle by both trucks at the same time.
Boardslide – Riding an obstacle by middle part of your deck.
Noseslide – Riding an edge of the obstacle by a Nose of your deck.
5-0 – Riding an obstacle by Tail truck.
Smith Grind – Riding an obstacle by Tail truck on the grind and with nose truck in front of obstacle and lower than an edge.
Bluntslide – Riding an obstacle on your wheels and other part of the deck is upright to the edge.
Nosegrind – Grinding on your Nose truck.
Feeble – Grinding on your Tail truck and your nose truck is behind you lower than an edge of the obstacle. Opposite to Smith Grind.
Tailslide – Sliding on your Tail.
most of these variations can be practised on Switch, Nollie, Fakie, Fronstside and Backside

Grab tricks:
Indy – Grab your deck in the middle of the board by your inch in the air.
Nose Grab – Grab your Nose in the air.
Tail Grab – Grab your Tail in the air.
grabs are not very useful tricks, they are too easy to practice but you can ride them in a miniramp

Lip tricks:
Tail Stall – After rolling up a radius just stay on your Tail for a while.
Nose Stall – After rolling up a radius just stay on your Nose for a while.
Rock to Fakie – After rolling up a radius stay in Board Slide position for a while, then roll back.
Axle Stall – After rolling up a radius stay in 50-50 position for a while, then roll back.
Blunt to Fakie – After rolling up a radius stay in Blunt Slide position for a while, then roll back.
most of these variations can be practised on Switch, Nollie, Fakie, Fronstside and Backside

Category will be actualized by the time and will be added videos of each trick.