In the world of confusing skateboard trick names, nothing is more vague than ‘ghetto bird’. It doesn’t mean anything, and not a lot of people seem to know what it actually is. So what is the trick? Where did it come from? Let’s take a look. Unlike a lot of mysterious flip tricks that are […]
In July 2010, a brand new trick exploded onto the internet called the Merlin Twist. Corey Kennedy did a switch frontside 180 front foot impossible, which is a remarkable trick, and had never before been done… or had it? Actually, this trick was actually relatively common 25 years ago. Let’s take a look at the […]
A lot of you who have been around for a while remember how incredibly popular rollerblading, or inline skating, or “aggressive inline” was back in the day. In 1996-98, rollerblading peaked. There were 29.1 million bladers compared to 4.5 million skateboarders and 3.8 million snowboarders according to the National Sporting Good Association. There were 4 […]
