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Frontside
This is the first trick you should learn, and it's also the most basic trick as well.
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Backside
You can do almost every trick backside, but the easiest of them all is the plain old backside grind.
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Soul
This is another basic trick, that is very easy to master!
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Acid
The acid grind is very similar to the soul grind.
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Mizou
The mizou can be one of the most stylish tricks there is, but if done the wrong way, it looks really dull! It is also one of the easiest tricks you can do, some people even say it is easier than the soul grind.
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Mistrial
The Mistrial is a mizou with the back foot in royale position.
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Sweatstance
Sweatstance is another name for a topside mizou, but is a little different than the mizou.
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Kindgrind
Kindgrind is another name for an alleyoop topside mizou, or an alleyoop sweatstance, although the kindgrind was 'invented' before the sweatstance.
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Pornstar
Your front foot is in soul position, and your back foot is grinding on the outside boot or frame.
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Royale
Royale is a variation of the frontside grind.
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Fahrvergnugen
There are many names for this trick.
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Makio
Makios look good, and they are easily mastered, if you have learned the basics as soul grinds.
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Fishbrain
Fishbrains are considered one of the most stylish tricks out there - it is also one of the hardest to do, when you're not considering truespin grinds, etc.
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Soyale
Soyale is a combination of the soul grind and the royale! The trick is always done alleyoop.
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Backslide
The backslide is like a frontside, except that you lift your front foot, and only grind on the back foot.
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Unity
The unity grind looks hard, but it really isn't, it just takes a little practice, and once you have gotton it, it'll stay with you for a long time.
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Savannah
The Savannah is like a unity, exept that you cross the front leg over the back leg - opposite of the unity.
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Torque
The torque is one of the harder tricks to master.
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X-grind
They are really easy when you do them forward.
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Other grinds
More grinds worth mentioning
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Variations
Tired of doing the same tricks all the time? Then I guess it's time to throw in some variations in those grinds.
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Topside Grinds
Topside is when the souling foot is grinding on top of the obstacle, with the weight on the frame instead of the sole of the boot.
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Guide to rails
I found this guide to Rails by Arlo Eisenberg in about 1998.
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Fastslide
Fastslides are somewhat hard.
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Cess slides
Cess slides are grinding on top of a flat surface without any edges - you just slide your boots on the surface - could be the asfalt or the middle of a curb where you're sliding from one side to the other.
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