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Skateboard Trick Names Make No Sense

Skatewives2 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2024 to 2026
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Ryan Herron of Skatewives explains why fakie grind names like fakie 5-0, fakie nosegrind and fakie front crook seem illogical, using Clearlake clips and linked sources from Thrasher and other videos.

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Linked in threads where skaters argue over how to name fakie grinds and slides. Description cites sources for each trick name.

“The way we’ve named some tricks make no sense. Even the logic is inconsistent”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/herronasaurus_rex2025 · 8 points

I think you'd call that a fakie front board. Fakie back lip is a little different, and kind of makes no sense logically, but the skate industry matches the name to the trick pretty consistently. Here's some examples: Berrics Trickipedia [VIDEO] Ride Channel Trick Tip [VIDEO] Jamie Foy on The Nine Club [VIDEO] Thrasher Cover [LINK] I got a bit lost in the sauce last summer and made a video [VIDEO] on why it is named t

u/ryan_herron2026 · 1 points

I actually tried to unpack this exact thing in a video [VIDEO] a year or two ago

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