"Skateboarding" by Liam Paterson

This picture is of Blayne doing an ollie off of the half pipe. The ollie was invented in the late 1970’s by a man named Alan Gelfand as a half pipe maneuver. It was later made into a flat ground trick by skateboarding pioneer Rodney Mullen. 

This photo is of Joey doing an ollie 180. The ollie 180 is a variation of the ollie in which the rider and the skateboard spin in a 180 after leaving the ground. It can be performed in either backside or frontside. 

This photo is of Joey doing a rock to fakie. The rock to fakie is usually used to link tricks together on a half pipe. To do a rock to fakie the rider must place their front truck over the lip of the ramp and slightly rock the board before coming back down the ramp backwards (fakie).

This photo is of Joey doing an ollie onto the halfpipe. The ollie is used to clear obstacles and gaps without the use of hands. It is usually the first trick learned by new skateboarders because many tricks depend on the ollie movement. To ollie the rider crouches and snaps the tail of the board on the ground. Then they jump in the air and slide their front foot to the nose of the board to level it out and then they land it.

This photo is of Michael doing a kickflip off of the half pipe. The kickflip was invented by Rodney Mullen and introduced skateboarding into a new era of flip tricks, many of which were also created by Rodney Mullen. He originally called it a magic flip.