What is "kickflip"

n. (context skateboarding English) An ollie where the board is rotated 360 degrees along its axis. vb. To perform a kickflip.

The kickflip is a maneuver in skateboarding in which a rider flips their skateboard 360° along the axis that extends from the nose to the tail of the deck. When the rider is regular footed the board spins clockwise if viewed from the front.

It was the first of many modern flip tricks to be invented or modified by Rodney Mullen in the early 1980s. The original Kickflip was invented by pioneer Curt Lindgren prior to 1978 and was only modified by Mullen. In March 2011, the first kickflip in surfing was landed by Zoltan "The Magician" Torkos.