Skateboarding Tricktionary - O

Ollie

Simply how to get airborn - see this article on ollies for a full trick guide on this, one of the basic tricks of modern day skateboarding. Most modern street tricks are based off the ollie, so much so that it isn't really even thought of as a trick anymore, more a 'utility'. However, while it's important to learn, there are plenty of other funky things you can do on a skateboard without being able to ollie.

The ollie was originally invented for vert skating by a guy called Alan Ollie Gefland, but it wasn't long before Rodney Mullen had created a flatland version which went on to become the trick you see skateboarders all over the world practicing day in and day out. The highest recorded ollie is by Danny Wainwright, a whopping 44.6", or just over 113 cm, a video of which can be found here.

Ollie North

Another name for a one foot ollie, possibly introduced into the lingo by the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series of computer games.

Ollie Shuvit

Another name for a pop shuvit, not quite correct since although a pop shuvit is an airborne shuvit, you don't ollie in order to get airborne when doing one.

If you ollie then shuvit, this is known as a late flip shuvit, or simply a late shuvit.

One Foot

A number of tricks can be performed or landed with only one foot on the skateboard, in which case the trick is prefixed or suffixed with 'one foot' or 'one footed'. The other foot is simply held up during the trick. There are dozens of skateboarding tricks that can be performed one footed, here are some examples:

One foot ollies are special cases which aren't actually performed with only one foot.

One Foot Ollie

An ollie that is executed like a kickflip except the foot flick is directly up the skateboard and not to the heelside. Because your front foot ends up in front of the skateboard in mid air rather than on it, it's known as a one foot ollie.

Outside Boardslide

A slide where the tail and nose of the skateboard slide on two different objects. This is also referred to as a 'nailslide' (Nose/tAIL slide).

Overcrook

A crooked grind where the skateboard crosses the obstacle before connecting the front truck and nose to it. In effect, the skateboarder ollies over the obstacle before turning the nose in to land the crooked grind. More difficult than a crooked because your momentum is taking you away from the rail not into it where it must connect for the grind.