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Challenge Yourself With This Skateboarding Quiz!
Skateboarding is a sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. Take this quiz and test your skateboarding knowledge!
Sameer Shinde
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Skateboarding was originally denoted as sidewalk surfing, and early skaters emulated surfing style and maneuvers and performed barefoot.
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Skateboard wheels are usually made of polyurethane and range in width from about 1.3-1.5 in (3.3-3.8 cm).
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Goofy footed stance means you stand on your board with your right foot leading. Regular stance skaters stand with their left foot leading.
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When a 360-degree backside-pop shove-it and a kickflip, both are done at the same time, it is called a Tre flip.
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Switch refers to skating the opposite direction in the opposite stance and making it look normal.
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The 900 is a 2½-revolution (900 degrees) aerial spin performed on a skateboard ramp. Tony Hawk is credited with landing the first 900.
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Nollie is a variation of the ollie where you use your front foot to pop the nose of the board against the ground.
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Battle at the Berrics is a skateboarding competition.
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A Hardflip is a combination of a Frontside Pop Shove-It and a Kickflip. As you might have guessed by the name, this is a tough trick.
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California's first skatepark, the Carlsbad Skatepark opened on March 3, 1976.
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At the age of 19, McGee became the first female skateboard champion at the 1965 Women's National Skateboard Championship.
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Inspired skaters carve a space on their calendar on June 21st each year for 'Go Skateboarding Day'!
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