Sliding Glossary |
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| Blunt slide | A stand-up slide where the board is tipped up onto either the nose or tail and the corresponding wheels.
Originated by Sergio Yuppie |
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| Cliff Coleman | See Coleman Slide
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| Coleman Slide | Named for Cliff Coleman, the proponent of the slide bearing his name.
"This slide technique was developed by the legendary Cliff Coleman in the 1970’s out of his determination to safely ride and bomb the hills in and around Berkeley, California. Cliff is currently in his 50’s and is still sliding with style and teaching his techniques to the current generation of skaters around the world. If you ever have the chance to meet him, please thank him for his gift to the skateboard world. I am sure that it has saved countless lives. " [Read More]
 Link to how to coleman slide article
Link to the Cliff Sliders website
Video of Cliff Coleman cornering with Coleman Slide
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| Corian | A type of puck used on sliding golves that is made from counter top: Excelent for sliding. |
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| Flatspin | Any slide where you board rotates completely around your body. also known as pressure spins. |
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| Flatspot | When half of your wheels is flat making you sound like you are riding a skateboard with a two stroke engine. Tends to happen when doing long extended slides perpendicular to the fall line of the hill.
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| Heel side | Opposite of \"Toe side\";any manouvering of the board that locates the pivot point at the side of the deck where your heels usually are.
A.K.A. Frontside |
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| Highside | When your wheels grip the road at and odd angle when you aren\'t expecting it, causing you to topple forward downhill |
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| Layback | With your back hand down you pop your pelvis into the air and force your board perpendicular to the road, flatspotalicious! See also Flat Spot
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| Nose Manual Pendulum | A pendulum done while doing a nose manual, modded knee pads help greatly. Can be tweaked into a flatspin or 1 footed nose manual pendy. |
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| Pendulum | Any slide that rotates a full 180 then rotates back. |
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| Pendy Slide | Short for Pendulum Slide |
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| Sergio Slide | See Layback
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| Shinner | When your deck attacks your shins with intent to inflict bodily harm, usually a tactic of retribution for not paying attention to edge pressure.
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| Sliding | When your deck breaks traction and rotates so that is perpendicular to the fall line of the hill. In trick sliding rotations, manuals and other modifications are made to utilize this aberrant force. |
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| Supernap | Mid-slide, you place your head and palms on the ground in a sleep-like position. Invented by Jessica Corchia.
[IMG]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f352/catch22kmg/corchiasupernap.jpg[/IMG] |
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| Tail slide | Any trick where only the tip of the tail of your board is in contact with the ground,usually necessitating a grab to lift the wheels out of play. |
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| The PDR Special | a one-footed slide variant where you go for a coleman 360 but instead of completing it you would crank your back foot up...way up. |
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| Toeside | When you slide going in the direction your toes are pointing. |
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| UHMWPE | Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, used for slide glove pucks.
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