What is an impossible skateboard trick?

The impossible, a trick invented by the one and only Rodney Mullen in 1982, resembles a vertical 360 board rotation. Your wood plank will make a backflip motion while it is midair, i.e., with the nose flipping backward.
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What is an impossible on a skateboard?

Ollie Impossibles, also known simply as Impossibles, are similar to 360 Shove-Its in that the board rotates 360-degrees. However, Ollie Impossibles are performed when the skateboard is wrapped almost vertically over the back foot while in the air, resulting in a 360-degree rotation of the board.
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What is the most impossible skateboard trick?

Gazelle Flip

Gazelle flips are considered to be one of the hardest street tricks to land, and can take months or even years for the most experienced skateboarders to master. The gazelle flip is a combination of a backside 360, 360 flip, and a bigflip.
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What is a impossible trick?

Impossible** The impossible is a trick that was created by Rodney Mullen that won him championships countless times. It consists on wrapping the board around your back foot.
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Who invented the impossible trick?

If you can perform it flawlessly, you'll get this one in no time. The impossible, a trick invented by the one and only Rodney Mullen in 1982, resembles a vertical 360 board rotation. Your wood plank will make a backflip motion while it is midair, i.e., with the nose flipping backward.
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Who invented the dolphin flip?

A dolphin/forward flip with a 360-degree rotation. It was named the "Reda flip" by Moroccan skateboarder Reda Hadada. Two days after he landed the trick, Chris Chann also landed it. He was inspired by Hadada's video and changed the name to Dragon flip for his YouTube series "Trick Challenge" (episode 11) in April 2014.
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How hard is a laser flip?

The laser flip requires a lot of strength and power to push out the board with the front foot in the right direction and pop hard with your back foot. Scooping in the opposite direction is one of the things that makes laser flips so difficult and tough.
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Is the 900 a real trick?

The 900 is a 2½-revolution (900 degrees) aerial spin performed on a skateboard ramp. While airborne, the skateboarder makes two-and-a-half turns about their longitudinal axis, thereby facing down when coming down. It is considered one of skateboarding's most technically demanding tricks.
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What is a front foot impossible?

Foot Position

Set your front foot up on the front bolts of your board with your toes near the toe-side pocket of the nose. The foot position and board rotation of the front foot impossible is very similar to a frontside 360 ollie. As Andy puts it, “It's pretty much a front three but, your body doesn't turn.”.
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Why is an impossible called an impossible?

Just like most classic flip tricks, the impossible can be traced back to Rodney Mullen in the early 80s… but maybe not in the way you'd expect. He says that he was in the car with some of the Bones Brigade guys, and they were talking about how a board tumbling forward in the air was impossible.
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What is a dragon flip?

Dragon Flip. Advanced. A 360 Forward Flip, which is a combination of a 360 Kickflip and Front Foot Impossible in one spin.
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What is a Casper Flip?

In a Casper Flip, you turn the board onto your foot (grip-tape to shoe laces) with your "sliding" foot, and rotate the board back with a 180° turn with your back foot. Its similar to the more complicate hospital flip which only uses one foot.
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Who did the first ollie?

The Ollie originally started out as a transition skateboarding trick performed in pools. Invented by Alan Gelfand in 1976. The Ollie was later adapted to flat ground by Rodney Mullen in 1982.
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Who is the best skateboarder ever?

1. Rodney Mullen. I think it's safe to say without a doubt that Rodney Mullen is the godfather of street skating. He grew up in the 70s and 80s doing a style of skateboarding called freestyle before street skating ever really existed.
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What is a 360 flip in skateboarding?

The tre flip, also known as the 360 kickflip or 360 flip, is a skateboarding trick invented by Rodney Mullen. The tre flip is a combination of a backside 360 pop shove-it and a kickflip. When executed correctly, the board spins 360 degrees mid-air, while also flipping 360 degrees along its longitudinal axis.
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