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Grinds______________________________________________________
Front slide
Just jump on the grinding surface with your feet about shoulder width apart and slide forward.
Royal
Like the front side except turn your ankles away from the direction in which you are going. Make it so somebody watching you from in front of you can see the bottoms of your feet.
Backslide
Jump on grinding surface backwards (as opposed to forwards, because that would be a front side) and land on it with your feet about shoulder width apart.
Farfegnugen
Like the royal except turn your ankles towards the direction in which you are going. Make it so somebody watching you from in front of you can see the tops of your feet.
UFO
Like the Front side, except you turn your front foot's ankle away from the direction in which you are going and turn your back foot's ankle towards the direction in which you are going. In other words, turn your feet away from each other.
Cab Driver
It is the opposite of a UFO.  Front side with the soles of your feet facing each other. (Grind on the outside edge of each foot)
Unity
Cross your feet and grind on the outside edge of each foot.
Backslide
Jump on to the grinding surface (like in a front side) and land on it with only your back foot. Have the ankle of your grinding foot bent so that you are grinding on the outside edge (someone standing at the bottom of whatever you are grinding should be able to see the bottom of your grinding foot) and grab your non-grinding foot.
Fast slide
Jump on to the grinding surface (like in a front side) and lift your back foot with the hand on the same side and grab your foot.
Suislide
Jump on to the grinding surface (like in a front side) and land on it with only your front foot. Use the hand on the same side as your front foot to grab your back foot.
Drag Queen
Jump into the grind as if it was a frontside, But with your back foot grind on its toe (Hence the drag).
Power Slide
Grind as you would a frontside but turn your back foot so that someone standing to the back of your grind could see your grind plate.
Power Glide
Grind as you would a frontside but turn your front foot so that someone standing to the front of your grind could see your grind plate.
Access-A-Ride
Grind as you would a frontside but turn your back foot so that someone standing to the front of your grind could see your grind plate.
Shuttle
Grind as you would a frontside but turn your front foot so that someone standing to the back of your grind could see your grind plate.
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Grabs______________________________________________________
Mute
Pull your feet up and your knees to your chest use your either hand (only one hand) to reach around and grab the tops of both feet.
Safety
Pull your feet up and your knees to your chest use your either hand (only one hand) to reach down on the same side and grab the bottom of the same-sided foot.
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Variations Of Tricks___________________________________________
Spins/Rotations 
Spin into a trick for example, A 180 turn into a trick would be an Alley-oop trick.
Unnatural
Any grind going in the opposite direction of what the person is used to.
 
Backside
Any grind in which you jump at the grinding surface backwards and execute the trick.
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