Street Skateboarding: Flip Tricks

by Goodfellow, Evan

• ISBN13: 9781884654244
• ISBN10: 188465424X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-28
• Publisher: Tracks Publishing

Summary

With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstonethe flip trickbenefits skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. A section devoted to the history of skateboarding is included with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this aspect unique to skateboarding.

Author Biography

Doug Werner is the coauthor of Street Skateboarding: Endless Grinds and Slides and author of Skateboarder''s Start Up, Skateboarding: Book of Tricks, and Skateboarding: New Levels. He lives in San Diego, California. Evan Goodfellow is a sponsored pro skater and skateboard instructor. He is the coauthor of Street Skateboarding: Endless Grinds and Slides. He has costarred in eight skateboarding videos in as many years. He lives in Glendora, California.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
Flip tricks	p. 29
Kickflip	p. 30
Switch kickflip	p. 34
Heelflip	p. 38
Switch heelflip	p. 42
Varial heelflip	p. 46
Switch varial heelflip	p. 50
360 flip	p. 54
Fakie 360 flip	p. 58
Backside half cab kickflip	p. 62
Frontside half cab kickflip	p. 66
Backside half cab heelflip	p. 70
Frontside half cab heelflip	p. 74
Nollie kickflip	p. 78
Fakie kickflip	p. 82
Frontside pop shuvit	p. 86
Backside pop shuvit	p. 90
Backside 180 kickflip	p. 94
Frontside 180 kickflip	p. 98
Varial kickflip	p. 102
Nollie half cab kickflip	p. 106
Nollie backside kickflip	p. 110
Frontside 180 heelflip	p. 114
Backside 180 heelflip	p. 118
Fakie big spin heelflip	p. 122
Nollie frontside 180 heelflip	p. 126
Nollie backside 180 heelflip	p. 130
Hardflip	p. 134
Nollie big spin	p. 138
Switch inward heelflip	p. 142
Fakie inward big spin heelflip	p. 146
Resources	p. 150
Index	p. 157
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