Best Accessories for Skateboarders 

1. Air – When you jump off the ground and perform a trick.
2. Backside – This term is used to describe performing a trick or maneuver facing away from the direction you are skateboarding.
3. Bail – To bail means to fall off of your skateboard, usually due to losing balance or becoming scared.
4. Bearings – The actual round metal spheres that sit on the wheels of a skateboard
5. Bigspin – This term is used to describe spinning your skateboard around in a 540-degree rotation while you are in the air.
6. Board Slide – This term is used to describe sliding down a rail or ledge on top of your skateboard deck.
7. Boneless – This term is used to describe a move where the skater grabs the nose of their board with one hand and the tail of their board with the other hand while they are in the air.
8. Carve – When you make a turn on your skateboard by leaning your body weight into the turn.
9. Coping – The metal or plastic lip that runs around the edge of a concrete skatepark bowl or halfpipe.
10. Crooked Grind – This term is used to describe grinding down a rail or ledge with only the front truck of your skateboard.
11. Darkslide – This term is used to describe sliding down a rail or ledge backward.
12. Deck – The flat, rectangular piece of wood that serves as the platform for your skateboard.
13. Drop in – When you skate up to the lip of a halfpipe or bowl and then drop down into it.
14. Fakie – This term is used to describe riding a skateboard backward.
15. Feeble – This term is used to describe performing a feeble grind on a rail or ledge.
16. Frontside – This term is used to describe performing a trick or maneuver facing towards the direction you are skateboarding.
17. Gnarly – This term is used to describe something that is extreme or dangerous.
18. Grip tape – A sheet of sandpaper-like material that is applied to the top of the deck for traction.
19. Half Pipe – A U-shaped ramp used for skateboarding, BMX, freestyle motocross, and rollerblading.
20. Handplant – A skateboarding trick where the skater plants one or both hands on the ramp and propels themselves upward.
21. Hardware – The various screws, nuts, and bolts used to assemble a skateboard.
22. Heelflip – This term is used to describe flipping your skateboard up in the air and then catching it with your heel while it is spinning.
23. Indy – This term is used to describe grabbing the outside edge of your skateboard deck with your backhand while you are in the air.
24. Kickflip – This term is used to describe flipping your skateboard up in the air and then catching it with your feet while it is spinning.
25. Kicktail – The raised end of the deck at the back, used for doing tricks.
26. Line – A sequence of tricks performed in a row without stopping.
27. Lipslide – This term is used to describe sliding down a rail or ledge on top of your skateboard deck and then catching it with your lips before you land.
28. Manuals – This term is used to describe riding on your skateboard without using your feet to push.
29. Nollie – This term is used to describe popping the nose of your skateboard into the air and then catching it with your feet before you land.
30. Nosegrind – This term is used to describe grinding down a rail or ledge on the nose of your skateboard deck.
31. Ollie – This term is used to describe a type of jump that is performed on a skateboard.
32. Pop – The act of using your toes to jump off the ground and make the board pop into the air.
33. Pop shove-it – This term is used to describe a move where the skateboarder pops the tail of their board and then spins the board around under their feet.
34. Rad – This term is used to describe something that is cool or impressive.
35. Ripper – This term is used to describe a skilled and talented skateboarder.
36. Riser Pads – Thick rubber or plastic pads that are placed between the trucks and the deck to prevent the wheels from hitting the deck when turning.
37. Shredding – This term is used to describe the act of skating in a fast and aggressive manner.
38. Sick – This term is used to describe something that is really great or awesome.
39. Slam – When you fall hard on the ground.
40. Smith – This term is used to describe performing a smith grind on a rail or ledge.
41. Stoked – This term is used to describe the feeling of excitement or happiness.
42. Tail – The back end of the skateboard.
43. Tailslide – This term is used to describe sliding down a rail or ledge on the tail of your skateboard deck.
44. Trick – A trick is a specific move or maneuver on a skateboard.
45. Vert – Skateboarding in a halfpipe or a bowl. Can also refer to the transition walls in a halfpipe.
46. Wheel bite – When the wheels of a skateboard catch on the deck, causing the rider to lose balance and fall.
47. 360 Flip – This term is used to describe spinning your skateboard around in a 360-degree rotation and then catching it with your feet before you land.
48. 50-50 – This term is used to describe a grind where the skater grinds down the middle of a railing or ledge.