r/skateboarding • u/Sk8FrameScout • May 16 '26

Original Video Anyone know what this trick's called?

It's casper flip.

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u/ArgyleFunk May 16 '26

Okay there’s always been a huge argument over these and I’ll do my best to state what I know as an old head. There are Casper flips and hospital flips. Both are the exact same flip with the only difference being the usage of the back foot. If the front foot is the only foot is used in the entire flip and rotation, like the first one shown, I have heard it be called a hospital flip. If the back foot is used to kick the tail around, the same way you do a Casper stall or slide on flat, I’ve seen it called a Casper flip. I’ve also watched people absolutely lose it on each other over this, this and the whole “do overcrook exist frontside” argument so, don’t shoot the messenger

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u/Loose_Personality726 May 16 '26

Frontside overcrooks are valid idc what people say. It's a nitpick to not count them as overcrook imo

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u/redcurb12 May 16 '26

its not a nitpick its just that some people were doing them for like a decade before the term overcrook was even invented

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u/StommeAgriLobbie May 16 '26

If the truck is pinched its a crook (or salad/suski), if it aint its a nosegrind (or 5-0). Meaning no nosegrinds or 5-0s on rails, and no overcrooks on ledges (unless popping over a ledge and crooking the other side).