Manual / Nose Manual

Definition: A manual is a skateboarding trick where, while rolling, the front wheels of the skateboard are lifted off the ground, but the tail does not touch the ground. This is called a manual or manualing. A manual is similar to a wheelie in other wheeled sports.
A "Nose Manual" is the same trick, but on the nose of the skateboard instead of the tail. A nose manual takes better balance, because of the direction the skateboard is rolling in.

Manuals and nose manuals are flatland skateboarding maneuvers, and were used a great deal in freestyle skateboarding to link tricks into one combo.

Manuals are usually slow and hard to maintain, so manualing a long distance is very impressive. It is also all to easy to lose one's balance while manualing and launch the board out in front or behind, bailing hard.

Also Known As: manual, nose manual, wheelie (but not by skateboarders)
Examples:
"Rodney manualed across the top of one picnic table, tre flipped to the next table and then nose manualed that. He's ridiculous."

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Rock N' Roll

Definition: A Rock and Roll is when a skateboarder rides up a ramp onto the lip, or coping, and then rides away. The front trucks go over the lip, and the bottom of the deck rests on the lip.
How a skater rides away from a Rock and Roll can change its name. For example, if a skater rides up a ramp, Rock and Rolls, and then rides back down Fakie (the opposite direction the skater usually rides), then the trick is called a "Rock to Fakie" (read Learn How to Rock to Fakie to learn this trick). If the skater rides up the ramp, puts the front trucks over the edge, and then 180 pivots out and rides down the ramp in the skater's ususal stance this is a Rock and Roll (read Learn How to Rock and Roll to learn it).

The Rock and Roll is a popular trick at skateparks, and in competitions. For example, a Rock to Fakie is a great way to start riding fakie quickly if you want to try a trick from the Fakie stance.

Also Known As: Rocking

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