Kickflips, drop-ins, 50-50s or spines – that is just a small sample of the language used by a skateboarder. It’s on the steep ramps, thin rails and the big jumps where words like wipe, ...

The hardware is all bolted up to a custom skateboard deck built from scratch to accept the large single rear wheel. Up front, a regular skateboard truck is used. Batteries are mounted under the deck.

[Emiel] [The Practical Engineer] has managed to do this by building a half-track skateboard. (Video, embedded below.) Except for the front trucks, fasteners and bearings, all the mechanical ...

Ollie: A jump where the front wheels of the skateboard leave the ground first. A nollie is when the back wheels leave the ground first. 'People are always going to have different views' Sometimes ...