[Ads-l] skateboard language

[Bill Mullins]

skateboard (n; OED has 5 Jun 1964)



1959 Pasadena Independent 29 May 13/3

A skateboard is nothing more than a board two or three feet long with rollerskate wheels bolted securely to one side.



skateboard (attr; OED has 5 Jun 1964)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 p. 23

"Yet the hot skateboard jumpers are going over four feet now."



skateboard (vi; OED has 1968)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 p. 23

"Skateboard to your ability."


skateboarder (n; OED has 5 Jun 1964)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 p. 13

"Tommy Ryan of Pacific Beach, California, rates as one of the top skateboarders of the nation."


skateboarding (n; OED has 5 Jun 1964)

_San Diego Union_ 11/6/1963 p 20 col 5

"Police had issued orders against the skateboarding when one neighborhood resident complained by telephone of noise several weeks ago."


coffin (skateboarding trick; not in OED)

_Popular Mechanics_ Jul 1965 p 83 col 1

"DOING THE COFFIN between the legs of a skateboarder on two boards requires skill."


heelie (not in OED)


1965 Lawton [OK] Constitution 24 May 9/8

There's a cheater five followed by a head dip and a beautiful wheelie and a heelie."


_Skateboarder Magazine_ Aug 1965 p 42 col 3

"Front Heelie"



radical (adj; OED has 1964 for surfing sense)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 p. 36 col 2

"Tommy winds out in a rail grab ride, keeping a careful eye out for radical sidewalk cracks."


slalom (n; OED has 1976 for skateboarding sense) (vi; OED has 1973)


_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Spr 1965 p 40 col 3

"This type of action makes the Gordon and Smith skateboard superior for surfing or slalom skating."

_Skateboarder Magazine_ Aug 1965 p 30

"Brian Blades flashes the starter's flag and Richard Farmwoull pushes off the first gate of the tricky downhill slalom."




truck (n; OED has 1976 for skateboard sense)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 back cover

""Double-action" truck wheel mounts for cushioned ride, smooth cornering."


tubular (adj; OED has 1982 for surfing sense)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 p. 37 col 1

"Locked into the radical tube, DeFelice claims he barely made the tubular ride."


Wheelie (OED has 1976)

_Quarterly Skateboarder_ Win 1964 p 19 col 2

"Above: the Hobie Skateboard Team performs as all riders are in one stage or another of a "wheelie." "






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