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Freestyle Scooter Tricks

Grinds 26 tricks

Name Description Category Difficulty Tags
50-50 Grind Slide along a rail or ledge with both pegs (or the deck) on the obstacle. Grinds 2 - Easy
Feeble Grind Rear peg on the rail, front wheel hanging over the far side. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Smith Grind Front peg on the rail, rear wheel hanging over. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Crooked Grind 50-50 with the scooter angled across the rail. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Tooth Pick Grind Grind on the head tube only, deck and wheels above the rail. Grinds 4 - Advanced
5-O Grind Grind on the rear peg only, front wheel lifted. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Nose Grind Grind on the front peg only, rear wheel lifted. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Double Peg Grind Both pegs on the rail — like a 50-50 but only on pegs, not the deck. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Board Slide Slide the deck across the rail at 90°. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Lip Slide Board slide where the rider's body crosses over the rail first. Grinds 4 - Advanced
Over Grind 50-50 grind where the deck sits above the rail rather than on it. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Topside Smith Grind Smith grind approached from the far side of the rail. Grinds 4 - Advanced
Switch Smith Grind Smith grind on your weak/opposite side. Grinds 3 - Intermediate Switch
Ice Pick Grind on the rear peg with the scooter facing sideways. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Rock 'n' Roll Deck rocked over the coping with the middle resting on it. Grinds 2 - Easy
Tire Tap Brief tap of the rear wheel on a coping or ledge mid-air. Grinds 2 - Easy
Foot Jam Front wheel stopped by jamming a foot against it. Grinds 2 - Easy
Disaster 180 spin landing the deck across the coping of a quarter pipe. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Nose Pick Front wheel stall locked on top of the coping. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Fufanu Stall on the front wheel with the deck pointing up and out. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Wall Plant Brief stall against a vertical wall with both wheels touching. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Wall Ride Riding along a vertical wall surface with both wheels in contact. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Bean Plant Footplant variation using the front foot pushed off the ground. Grinds 3 - Intermediate
Hand Plant Inverted stall on the coping balanced on one hand. Grinds 4 - Advanced
Egg Plant Inverted handplant stall typically performed on a quarter pipe. Grinds 4 - Advanced
Foot Jam Tailwhip Tailwhip launched from a foot jam pivot point. Grinds 4 - Advanced Combo