sk8 lingo of yesteryear

[Free hat]

I take back my comment about “bussin” being the worst. Dank is a felony. Usually committed by people who have multicolor shoelaces and wear a lanyard from a music festival

[sfa]

do old trick names count?

does anyone know what a cabbage leaf is?

[Rasmus]

do old trick names count?

does anyone know what a cabbage leaf is?

I was thinking about this as well. Growing up in a small town, where nobody took skateboarding seriously (and it was around year 2000 so pre-online videos), me and my friend had to go to some very old books written in the 80s to learn how to skateboard.

I always remember that Judo meant the foot was going above the board, and frigid below (or something - having played tony hawk's pro skater, I was suprised to learn that a madonna had to be to tail). I never seen anyone call it a frigid air to my face (I also have never done anything besides flip tricks to fakie at maximum half a meter below the coping, so that might be part of the explanation as well).

[Billy Bitchcakes]

wait, we can't say steezy anymore?

wicked is pretty awful.

I randomly said wicked to an old man serving me in the post office. As I walked away I wondered where the hell that came from, I hadn't used that word in years

[TheDraught]

Not sure when this happened but at some point wheelies turned into manuals and nose wheelies into nose manuals.

When Danny Way started doing no handed Madonnas peoples called them "madollies".

[Chavo]

When I went to college, "jacked" confused most of my non-skating friends.

[BurgerCop]

Seems like I hardly ever hear people say "poser" anymore.

That was like the grandaddy of all insults back in the day.

[Gab]

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I still say smubba for small hubba and no one knows what I’m talking about. “Oh, you mean the down ledge?!”

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I believe there was a transworld article in the early 2000s that went over sk8 lingo and, "smubba," was one of the words they defined. That always stuck out to me, but I've never called a small hubba a smubba.

There was about a year period after Baker Has A Deathwish came out where the skaters from the next town over kept saying, "for Satan," before they tried anything the same way Lizard King did in that part. Man, that was annoying. We were around 18 and 19 years old.

Lol yeah it was called “skate slang” they had about 4-5 terms per issue for about a year.

Seems like I hardly ever hear people say "poser" anymore.

That was like the grandaddy of all insults back in the day.

Metal heads and people who gatekeep music still say it. The “name 5 songs” types

[Bupstop]

There was this jock kid at my high school around 1993 I think and he asked me if I could trolly Ollie and I still to this day have no idea what he meant.

[Heshrat]

Radical and cowabunga

[Heshrat]

wait, we can't say steezy anymore?

wicked is pretty awful.

Someone told me nobody outside of New England calls things wicked lol

[Heshrat]

Bitchin’
Holmes
Shralp

Hahaha I say bitching

[Style Police]

do old trick names count?

does anyone know what a cabbage leaf is?

My Dick
Chink Chink
Gay Twist
Chinese Ollie...... list goes on.

[fineslime]

since the use of hand gestures and other body language is protected as free speech in the states, I'm going to lump in the fact that people don't really bash their tails on coping at skateparks anymore after someone lands a, "fresh," trick. as a kid, I always thought the vert guys who did that during the contest at the x-games were so cool.

[dr.prestige]

I take back my comment about “bussin” being the worst. Dank is a felony. Usually committed by people who have multicolor shoelaces and wear a lanyard from a music festival

I think dank is pretty funny when used in a tongue-in-cheek fashion and can be acceptable when used sarcastically or to make fun of something, sincere usage of dank in any context outside of describing marijuana is pretty heinous though but I feel like I rarely hear it used that way.

Along the same lines, I hate when people say that something "slaps" when not referring to a song. Your sandwich does not slap, Mac Dre slaps! Damn kids, get off my lawn!

[Free hat]

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I take back my comment about “bussin” being the worst. Dank is a felony. Usually committed by people who have multicolor shoelaces and wear a lanyard from a music festival

[close]

I think dank is pretty funny when used in a tongue-in-cheek fashion and can be acceptable when used sarcastically or to make fun of something, sincere usage of dank in any context outside of describing marijuana is pretty heinous though but I feel like I rarely hear it used that way.

Along the same lines, I hate when people say that something "slaps" when not referring to a song. Your sandwich does not slap, Mac Dre slaps! Damn kids, get off my lawn!

Idk this website kinda slap tbh





I’m sorry

[offkilter]

Calling transition “tranny”

[Giocattoli Inutili]

gettin faded

[D10S]

SHALOM

[jakeumms]

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I still say smubba for small hubba and no one knows what I’m talking about. “Oh, you mean the down ledge?!”

[close]

I believe there was a transworld article in the early 2000s that went over sk8 lingo and, "smubba," was one of the words they defined. That always stuck out to me, but I've never called a small hubba a smubba.

There was about a year period after Baker Has A Deathwish came out where the skaters from the next town over kept saying, "for Satan," before they tried anything the same way Lizard King did in that part. Man, that was annoying. We were around 18 and 19 years old.

[close]

Lol yeah it was called “skate slang” they had about 4-5 terms per issue for about a year.

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Seems like I hardly ever hear people say "poser" anymore.

That was like the grandaddy of all insults back in the day.

[close]

Metal heads and people who gatekeep music still say it. The “name 5 songs” types

We gotta! Did you see how unreadable band logos just got ganked by fast fashion in general? They'll take it all if we let them.

In Texas, in the late 80s, we used Rougeish in the same way you would use Gnarly.

[bob george]

the first thing that comes to mind from "sk8 lingo of yesteryear" is railslide, followed quickly by k-grind.

glad to see a few others are uncomfortable with tre flip. i feel false if i say it. it's a 360 flip for me.

[JM]

I take back my comment about “bussin” being the worst. Dank is a felony. Usually committed by people who have multicolor shoelaces and wear a lanyard from a music festival

I’m gonna comment on every single one of your videos saying they are “mad dank, yo”

[JM]

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I still say smubba for small hubba and no one knows what I’m talking about. “Oh, you mean the down ledge?!”

[close]

I believe there was a transworld article in the early 2000s that went over sk8 lingo and, "smubba," was one of the words they defined. That always stuck out to me, but I've never called a small hubba a smubba.

There was about a year period after Baker Has A Deathwish came out where the skaters from the next town over kept saying, "for Satan," before they tried anything the same way Lizard King did in that part. Man, that was annoying. We were around 18 and 19 years old.

[close]

Lol yeah it was called “skate slang” they had about 4-5 terms per issue for about a year.

Expand Quote

Seems like I hardly ever hear people say "poser" anymore.

That was like the grandaddy of all insults back in the day.

[close]

Metal heads and people who gatekeep music still say it. The “name 5 songs” types

[close]

We gotta! Did you see how unreadable band logos just got ganked by fast fashion in general? They'll take it all if we let them.

In Texas, in the late 80s, we used Rougeish in the same way you would use Gnarly.

You just said “ganked” holy shit. Made my day. 

[Pintofguinness]

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I take back my comment about “bussin” being the worst. Dank is a felony. Usually committed by people who have multicolor shoelaces and wear a lanyard from a music festival

[close]

I think dank is pretty funny when used in a tongue-in-cheek fashion and can be acceptable when used sarcastically or to make fun of something, sincere usage of dank  in any context outside of describing marijuana is pretty heinous though but I feel like I rarely hear it used that way.

Along the same lines, I hate when people say that something "slaps" when not referring to a song. Your sandwich does not slap, Mac Dre slaps! Damn kids, get off my lawn!

Isn’t that a direct quote from e40 or dreggs one or something sheepman 

[Bread Harrity]

How am I going to say fake steeze if I can’t say steeze?

cap rizz

[SubCurban Commando]

Anyone else remember 360 flips being called sawblades for about 10 minutes in about 1997?

[work_lurker]

Active Erica to fakie

[Free hat]

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I take back my comment about “bussin” being the worst. Dank is a felony. Usually committed by people who have multicolor shoelaces and wear a lanyard from a music festival

[close]

I’m gonna comment on every single one of your videos saying they are “mad dank, yo”

Damn, full on juggalo Jesse Pinkman. I’m not ready

[JANUS]

Safe. Ill. Hella. Slick. Hammers.

Isn’t “bussin” just something Korean people say when they eat something tasty? I guess tasty is another one.

[Craig Lutzka]

Beast used to always make me cringe, with the exception of knowing it’s corny and spelling it BEAZT.