Types of Skateboarding Tricks
Types Of Skateboarding Tricks is a structured sports dataset with 17 entries. Its fields include Trick, Inventor, Year. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 17 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Trick, Inventor, Year, Discipline, Difficulty (1-10), and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year span
- 1977 to 2012
- Across 17 preview rows
- Difficulty (1-10) range
- 4 to 10
- Across 17 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Trick, Inventor, and Year across sports entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 17 downloadable records
Trick↕ | Inventor↕ | Year↕ | Discipline↕ | Difficulty (1-10)↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ollie | Alan 'Ollie' Gelfand | 1978 | Street / Vert | 4 | The foundation of all modern skateboarding, making the board jump without hands |
Kickflip (Magic Flip) | Rodney Mullen | 1983 | Street / Flatground | 5 | Flicked ollie that flips the board 360 along its length, Mullen's reinvention of flatland |
Heelflip | Rodney Mullen | 1984 | Street | 5 | Kickflip's mirror twin, flicked off the heel side instead |
360 Flip (Tre Flip) | Rodney Mullen | 1983 | Street | 7 | Kickflip plus 360 shove-it, the holy grail of street flip tricks |
Hardflip | Unknown (popularized late 80s) | 1988 | Street | 7 | Frontside pop shove-it combined with a kickflip, looks impossible first try |
Impossible | Rodney Mullen | 1982 | Street | 8 | Board wraps vertically around the back foot, Mullen's signature |
McTwist (540) | Mike McGill | 1984 | Vert | 9 | 540 degree aerial with a front flip, revolutionized vert skating |
900 | Tony Hawk | 1999 | Vert | 10 | Tony Hawk landed the first 900 at the X Games 1999, most famous trick in skate history |
1080 | Tom Schaar | 2012 | Mega Ramp / Vert | 10 | Three full rotations, Tom Schaar landed first at age 12, Mitchie Brusco first on mega ramp |
Caballerial | Steve Caballero | 1981 | Vert | 7 | Fakie 360 ollie, named after Bones Brigade legend Steve Caballero |
Nollie | Rodney Mullen / Jeff Phillips | 1980 | Street | 5 | Ollie popped off the nose instead of the tail, opens whole nollie trick vocabulary |
Boneless | Gary Scott Davis | 1983 | Vert / Street | 4 | Grab the board, step off, jump back on mid-air, a classic '80s move |
Madonna | Tony Hawk | 1985 | Vert | 7 | One-footed aerial grab with trailing leg stretched back like a ballet pose |
Handplant (Invert) | Bobby Valdez | 1978 | Vert / Pool | 8 | Handstand on the coping of a pool or ramp, pool skating staple |
Grind (50-50) | Alan Gelfand / pool era | 1977 | Street / Vert | 5 | Sliding both trucks along a rail or ledge, gateway grind trick |
Smith Grind | Mike Smith | 1982 | Street / Vert | 6 | Front truck hangs off the edge, back truck grinds, named after inventor Mike Smith |
Laser Flip | Rodney Mullen | 1989 | Street | 9 | Frontside 360 shove-it plus heelflip, one of the hardest flip tricks in existence |
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How is Types of Skateboarding Tricks organized?
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This dataset contains 17 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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