Terms Alley Oop This means doing a trick (usually a grind) backwards. Fakie When you move backwards into or out of a trick. Topside When grinding, the soul foot is placed horizontally, so that the soul plate touches the side of the object being grinded, and the frame is on the top of it. Grabs Safety Grab Tuck up your legs and reach down with one hand to grab the outside of the same side skate. Mute Pull your knees up towards your chest and reach across your legs to grab the outside of your other skate. Judo Stick one foot out in front of you, and bend the other leg so that the wheels are close to your inner thigh, grabbing this leg with your opposite hand. Rocket Stretch both legs out in front of you and grab the outside edge of the opposite skate (normally done on vert). Spins Full Cab Term for a fakie 360 originally from skateboarding. (ie one full turn starting and finishing skating backwards) Half Cab Same as Full Cab but only half a turn Bio 540 A 540 spin where you spin on your side. Corkscrew Any spin (360, 720, etc.) where you tilt your body over to the side as you spin. Grinds Makio Grind on one foot on the soul plate, with the other foot grabbed. Frontside Grind on both your grind plates with your feet a little more than shoulder width apart for balance, facing the rail. Backside The same as frontside but you have your back to the grinding edge. Soul One foot grinds on the soul plate, with the other foot in front on its grind plate. Miszou One foot grinds on it's soul plate, with the other foot trailing behind on it's grind plate. X Grind One foot is grinding on the soul plate as normal, but the other foot is also on it's soul plate in front, in the topside postion. Pornstar One foot is on the soul plate as normal, with the other behind it, but twisted round so that the backslide plate touches the grind edge. Technically, it is only a pornstar when done backwards, it is known as an alley-oop miszou forwards, although this varies. Variations on Grinds Sunny Day A topside forwards pornstar. Sweatstance A topside Miszou Kindgrind A topside ally-oop Miszou