Street skateboarding

A flip over a bin at a spot in New York City
Brandon Westgate doing a frontside flip in Queens, New York City
Eric Koston grinding on a handrail

Street skateboarding is a skateboarding discipline which focuses on flat-ground tricks, grinds, slides and aerials within urban environments, and public spaces. Street skateboarders meet, skate, and hang out in and around urban areas referred to as "spots," which are commonly streets, plazas or industrial areas. To add variety and complexity to street skateboarding, obstacles such as handrails, stairs, walls, flower beds, bins, park benches, picnic tables, and other street furniture[1] may be traversed as single tricks or as part of a series of consecutive tricks called a "line."

  1. ^ Foster, Philip (April 29, 2012). "Different Kinds of Skateboarding". LiveStrong. Retrieved April 6, 2013.