Talk:Skateboard
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While "typically made of wood" might have been true of skateboards at some point, I don't think it's been true since the 1980s. Almost all the ones I see are composites. --Lee Daniel Crocker
What's an "Ollie"? --the Epopt The foundation of all skateboarding tricks -- hard to describe in words, but basically the skater makes his board jump up into the air while he's riding it, up to several feet in the case of a particularly good skater.
Ollie: while riding forward, the rear foot presses firmly, sharply, suddenly, on the tail of the board, at the same time the rider 'unweights' the front leg, and in quick succession afterwards, unweights the rear as he pushes forward with the forward foot, all of which has the effect of causing the board board to first rotate upwards, front foremost, then rotate into a position roughly parallel with the riding surface. (this is what you are usually seeing if you see a skateboarder jump over a low obstacle on the rider's path)(I'm not a skater, I'm a juggler, but this is what it looks like to me when viewed in slow motion.)
Same/similar trick can be done riding backwards too. In combination with other 'moves' this is a core skateboarding skill on which higher order skills are based. nice article, guys, seems to becoming along, putting it on my watchlist.Pedant 21:40, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
How about approximate year ranges in the history? –Floorsheim 07:54, 13 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- seriously... this article needs {{attention}} or something... --Smooth Henry 03:59, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
The extrenal links were worthless. Tp 06:39, 10 May 2005 (UTC)