it is time we choose one clear system of tricknames that everybody agrees on.

[Ivo Vegter]

Hi, I am working on a project.
A site that teaches people about our sport.
- what we do
- how we do it
- why we do it
- where we do it
and most importantly for this conversation:
- how everything is called

The main goal is to give a good introduction of the sport, so that people start and keep on skating.

It is going to be a website that is easy to find if you dont know anything about rollerblading.

There is a big problem with building a site that will set a tone on how people perceive the sport. The problem is that there are different views about how to call our tricks and i feel that it is time we choose one clear system of tricknames that everybody agrees on.

I talked to a lot of people about the trick names and came up with two models. First i will set some boundaries for both models:
- the basic foot positions are well known so we are only going to talk about tricks with a bigger spin in to the grind than a 360
- it should be simple and clear.
- Only the terms alley oop, truespin, inspin and outspin should be used in combination with the degrees, footposition and maybe fakie to make up the final name.

MODEL 1
while skating a ledge:
- a 360 soul would be called inspin or outspin 360 soul (because you land forwards)
- a 540 soul would be called alley oop or truespin 540 soul (because you land fakie)
- a fakie 360 soul would be called fakie alley oop or truespin 360 soul (because you land fakie)
- a fakie 540 soul would be called fakie inspin or outspin 540 soul (because you land forwards)
the model stays the same if you just add 360 degrees to the spin.

MODEL 2
while skating a ledge:
- a 360 soul would be called alley oop or truespin 360 soul (because you ride forward in the runup)
- a 540 soul would be called alley oop or truespin 540 soul (because you ride forward in the runup)
- a fakie 360 soul would be called fakie inspin or outspin 360 soul (because you ride fakie in the runup)
- a fakie 540 soul would be called fakie inspin or outspin 540 soul (because you ride fakie in the runup)
the model stays the same if you just add 360 degrees to the spin.

I would like to know which model you prefer

if you have something to add to the conversation, then I would appreciate it if you could back your argument up with for instance an old daily bread or vhs section where the trick names are mentioned.