Jargon

Jargon exist in any and all kinds of activities or jobs, each one is made up of words already known but combined together creates a new and different meanings. There are always new terms being created because of new innovations on the activity. Krakauer mentions several in Into Thin Air things such as short rope, rappelling, and etc. From skating I have learned a lot of Jargons for names of tricks, brands, and even directions. Things such as BS, FS, pop-shuv-it, kickflip, hardflip, heelflip, treflip, sticky, steezy, and ollie may not make sense to other people. However it makes perfect sense to me. The most basic of the skate boarding slangs would be ollie, BS, FS and pop. Ollie is the most basic trick on the skate board it is simply stepping down on the tail of the board and dragging the board up with your other feet making it look like the board is jumping with you into the air. Poping is the simple action of stepping down on the head or tail of the board making it pop up. Then BS is backside and FS is front side. BS trick are done in what ever direction you are facing and FS is to the back. Then the combination of terms create new names for different tricks. For example FS ollie or otherwise known as a FS 180 ollie is a trick of which you ollie and add a body viral which would then mean you jump and spin 180 degrees with the board. There are probably a million more terms and new ones being created each day for skating, there is always more to learn.