A timed sport that involves avoiding cones either on flat land with small-spacing (tight), downhill with more varied spacing (hybrid) or steeply downhill with large,spread-out spacing (giant). Most slalom boards range in size related to the style of slalom,from 30” to 36”; utilize asymmetrical concave (more in front) with a non-functional kicktail or footrest at the back and toe-stops up front. The standard is for fast-turning CNCed trucks and 65-77mm wheels with durometers ranging 77A-85A.

A specialised discipline with some crossover to street-skating gear, sliding is the intentional breaking of traction on steep hills to accomplish tricks that modify the board’s movement down the fall line. Much more than “power sliding,” these tricks can include stalls, rotations and the use of gloves with pucks for hand-on-the-pavement moves. The decks are usually 34” to 38” with twin kicks and hard, smaller wheels on conventional trucks, but also on 70mm or larger “soft wheels.”

A term used to describe any style of skating downhill that includes drifting, sliding, hard carves and aggressive manoeuvres. Any board a skater is comfortable with that affords the handling and agility can work for a freeride board. Generally involves wheels intended for sliding and thrashing, typically 70-76mm in diameter,and 78A-89A durometer.

The sport of getting down a hill as fast as possible. Standard downhill (or “DH”) decks are rigid for stability, with moderate concave, no kicktail and lengths typically ranging from 36” to 46”. Inverted-style trucks are used, in drop-through and top-mount configurations with wheels 70-100mm in diameter and 78A-89A durometer.

Freestyle skateboarding (or freestyle) is one of the oldest styles of skateboarding and was intermittently popular from the 1960s until the early 1990s, when the final, large-scale professional freestyle skateboarding competition was held. The emphasis in freestyle is technical flat ground skateboarding. Often a freestyler will need little more than a board and a smooth, flat surface. Music and choreography have always been an essential part of the professional freestyle routine.

Street luge was born in Southern California as downhill skateboarders found they could reach faster speeds by lying down on their skateboards. This early form of the sport is now referred to as "classic luge." While no longer a sport in either the X Games or Gravity Games, street luge is a burgeoning sport in numerous countries with competitions around the globe. There are approximately 1200 active street luge riders in the world.