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12 skate terms starting with F.
- Fakie Riding backwards while keeping your natural stance. The board rolls toward the tail instead of the nose.
- Filmer The person who films the skaters. A job equivalent to a director of photography in film.
- First try When a skater lands a trick on the first attempt. The most respected thing in a session.
- Fisheye Ultra-wide-angle lens that creates a bulging effect. An aesthetic almost synonymous with skate video.
- Flat spot A flat patch on the wheel caused by aggressive slides or long skids. Makes the wheel vibrate.
- Flatbar A horizontal rail with no slope. The "amateur" version of a handrail, without the stairs under it.
- Flatground Skating on flat ground, no ramps, rails or ledges. The technical base of everything else.
- Flip in Doing a flip BEFORE entering a grind, slide or manual. The most technical street skating.
- Flip out Doing a flip when EXITING a grind, slide or manual. The technical ceiling of street.
- Flow The smoothness with which a skater links speed, tricks and lines without it looking like effort.
- Frontside Direction of a trick or turn where the skater's chest faces the obstacle or the outside of the curve.
- Fun box All-round obstacle combining ramp + rail + ledge + steps. A skatepark staple.