skateboard

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

board mounted on small wheels and ridden on firm surfaces like concrete.

WORD FIND

• axles, front and rear: trucks

• back of board: tail

• backwards, riding: fakie

• curving arc, to skate in a long: carve

• fall off and get hurt: slam

• front of board: nose

• get-together, skateboarding: jam

• jump trick made by kicking nose of board: nollie

• jump trick made by kicking tail of board: ollie

• kicking or flipping the board into the air with toe: kickflip

• long skateboard made for cruising as opposed to tricks: longboard

• platform of skateboard: deck

• pushing with the front foot instead of back: mongo-foot

• ramp: bank

• ramp park, skateboarding area: skatepark

• ramp, U-shaped: half pipe

• rotation, half, mid-air: 180

• rotation, full, mid-air: 360

• rotation while riding fakie (backwards), midair, 360-degree: caballerial

• scrape axles on a curb or railing, purposely: grind

• sliding along a rail or ledge: boardslide, railslide

• stance with right foot forward on board: goofy-foot