Favorite 'non-trick' trick

[Frank and Fred]

What quirky little moves do you like to do mid-line or while cruising? Chinese ollie? Behind the board push? Manhole ollie to manual?

I love switch 180 power slides (frontside). Feels so satisfying. And I'm always on the lookout for good cracks in the sidewalk to bounce off.

[fs1/2cab]

I am not sure if it is still allowed to call them chinese ollies, but they are great and can also turn into a real trick with the right obstacle.

What's that move called, where you screech to the side only with your back truck? I love that.

[Frank and Fred]

You are likely right about that. I'm open to whatever its been renamed.

Yeah, also know what you mean with that little sideways scrub. TG special (not really called that but I think of Tommy Guerrero when I do them)

[CannerSpaghetti]

Backside 360 revert

[Craig Lutzka]

Trixie

[matty_c]

Going off a gutter parallel and you sort of 5-0 it
I saw a homeless person do it in a baker video and yeah it’s as fun as it looks

[Hevonen]

Like doing those bs nose wheelie powerslides. Also a shifty tail scrape Ollie thing over a manhole cover or something

[Hands down Hass out]

Love this thread. Here are a few:

The aforementioned nose wheelie power slide is sick

The trick where you "nollie" up/over something (curb, parking block, etc) by using the the nose to pop up. (Does that make sense? I think they're called "noseblock/bonk"? Someone is probably way better at explaining this)

Powerslide/speed-checks are fulfilling

No-comply revert

Tails scrape/nose grab with speed are a drunken go-to

Also:

What's that move called, where you screech to the side only with your back truck? I love that.

Yea man, instant memories.

[Gary Bucket]

Flip flop and it’s variations

That thing where you pop the board up no hands and balance it upright on top of your foot

When your tail is in front backside revert then jump back the way you came while minimally moving your torso so the nose is going forward

[pro club blanks]

Weird little bs powerslide shuv its where the wheels never leave the ground on slick surfaces

[Allez_Jambon]

Little weightless nollies into banks and I'd love figure out how to do KA's (I know...) cab-bs-powerslide-to-forward in Pretty Sweet.

[MadeYouLook]

Not sure what to call it... A back 180 pivot? revert? When you're riding forward and you do a back 180 but your back wheels stay on the ground. Very fun

[Lo-fi Explosion]

Bs no comply wallrides... Love those! Oh and great thread idea

[S.]

Pushing switch. (Making Rikkky Oyola proud!  )

[Madam, I'm Adam]

One-footed reverts, where I take my back foot off and kick it out while turning frontside with my front foot. It's a fun, dumb thing to do, especially in SKATE where kids don't know what's what.

[exlurker]

Sometimes I do a firmly gripped Kegel while rolling around. No one knows but me and you, SLAP

[Mantracker]

nollie front 180 "powerslide/revert" to get from regs to switch

same with the back 180 reverts

I like no comply front shuvs when you're waiting for your turn to go and just standing there with one foot on the ground and one foot on the board. You can just do front shuvs over and over and over again

also when skating parks going up banks and popping the board right up into your hand as you reach the apex

Running really fast and throwing down feels so good too

I think all this small stuff is why I love skating so much, nothing compares to it.

[scary]

Hitting your back wheel/truck on those reflective fuckers in the middle of the street

Early grabbing and putting your other hand down when you drop off stuff

mannying the blind people bumps at crosswalks

Mannying curb cut tables or if youre mobbing no pop hit it like a kicker and try clearing it

[I_Respect_Wood]

-I always loved that push behind the board, is that called Jazz push? Can anyone confirm?

-when after landing a trick, people kinda "nollie" down the curb, but without even popping.

In a down hill those quick tail hits on the ground, not popping either, sound and look pretty good (omar salazar comes to my mind.

 

[cky enthusiast]

power slides on sewer grates and those weird jump pushes i stole from brent atchley

[Cranberry Relish]

bluntslide power slides down hills, going from 7-plys to 3 with one simple trick

[Vomit Lust]

There’s a spot near my house with speed bumps on a pretty steep little hill. Blasting off those speed bumps is great (the aforementioned used to be called Chinese ollies. We need a new name for that shit).

Fake nollying off curbs/into banks is as awesome as everyone else seems to think too.

BS powerslides (is that an Oster slide) are sick too, but I’ve actually managed some amazing slams doing that shit.

[chomperz]

My go-to's are deck checks off ledges and the axel scrape at the base of ledges the Louie does in BoS

[LiterallyRyan]

tailblock 360's on small banks or flat

going off 2 or 3 stairs without popping

[ungzilla]

that thing taylor nawrocki did in a line where he kick shuved his board around with his pushing foot

[Urtripping]

The fakie Chinese/crack/bump ollie is a favorite of mine, I like to pivot around like a half cab with them too.

Kind of a trick hut not really, but I love doing fs no comply wallrides on anything and everything. Just plant the lead foot, send er up the wall and jump back on when the board magically levels out.

[Eric Dolphy]

Early grab everything. Early grabs down a euro gap, into back 5050 on curbs, early grab 180's off things or on flat. Partly because they're fun and low risk, partly because they annoy the shit out of one of my "cool" younger skate buddies.

[Jean-Ralphio Zaperstein]

short slappy bs smith, basically just a carve on the curb, low risk best feeling

[palelight]

Those lazy slappy/ride on 50 50's up curb cuts and then carving out before the concrete seam of death.

[cky enthusiast]

Those lazy slappy/ride on 50 50's up curb cuts and then carving out before the concrete seam of death.

on my last ny trip i was trying ride on fs 5050 skating  from place to place cause i love the metal curbs.

i’m glad slap can still have threads that remind us skating is fun instead of filled with pederasty, casual racism/sexism and dudes with stupid nicknames