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Skateboarding move/trick.
An ability with which a person can uphold exceptional equilibrioception. In other words, not falling over.
A person under 18 committing minor crimes such as vandalizing public properties.
Students that does not care about social rules.
The inclusion of skateboarding, snowboarding, or other X-Games fare as a diversion. Popular in the 2000s during the height of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
Gaps are extra points players earn for pulling off a trick on or over an object. They are generally found within extreme-sports games.
Grinding is the ability to slide along the edge of an object, usually a rail of some kind, with the trucks of a skateboard, the sole of a rollerblade, or the pegs of a BMX bike, in addition to grind boots or simply the character's feet.
It's arguably the one move that symbolizes the medium to those outside it. The ability to jump, be it onto a building, a platform, or a skull, is one of the all time most important abilities ever put in a video game.
Games that incorporate licensed music from popular bands and musicians for their soundtracks.
A physics system used to procedurally generate body movement similar to rag dolls.
Revert is a trick in the Tony Hawk series of skateboarding games that allows players to link vert tricks into combos.
A widely popular music style, originating from a fusion of blues, R&B, country, and jazz. Includes sub-genres such as punk, heavy metal, synth rock, and pop rock, among others.
Games that support the use of the skateboard peripheral originally designed for Tony Hawk RIDE. The controller is currently used on two Tony Hawk games, RIDE and SHRED.
People who ride skateboards.
A skateboarding technique where the skateboarder holds on to the bumper of a moving car in order to go faster.
Temporarily makes your character or the world around you go faster, either by stepping on an object, activating a power or object, or by collecting a power up. There are many other ways in which a Speed boost can be used and it depends on the game.
Games where you earn bonus points by doing various stunts.
Games that suggest players take a break from playing. This is a common feature in Nintendo games.
Traffic consists a bunch of cars, pedestrians and other vehicles using a common transport route.
Whether it be for points, speed boosts or just for aesthetic purposes, this game includes fancy tricks that the player can perform.
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