With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone? "The flip trick" will benefit skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers will learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. Also included is a section devoted to the history of skateboarding with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this unique aspect to skateboarding.