08/05/12

Skateboarding tricks in a historical nutshell

Since I’ve got skateboarding on the brain (and I hoping you do too), I thought I’d walk you through the brief but altogether excitingly bone-crushing history of skateboard tricks. (Quick note: These tricks are assembled chronologically, and I’ve yet to master most of them—and by most I mean at least 90 percent. I spend more time writing about skating than actually skating. Yeah… I don’t get out often.)  During the ‘60s, skateboards were still relatively primitive—usually just a 2-by-4 with clay wheels—so the tricks were also somewhat simple: Handstands, the daffy (it’s actually rather appropriately named) and 360-degree spins were the standard. Other tricks, such as walking the nose, were based off traditional...

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