Terminology
Tricking has a lot of different words to describe different techniques, so in order to use this site as efficiently as possible, you should get to know them right here.
Basic Terminology
Invert / Inverted
Basically being upside down. Whenever in a trick your hips are above your head, that's when you are inverted. If your hips are directly above your head, we talk about full inversion.
Twist
A Twist is any rotation while your body is at least horizontal or inverted.
Spin
The spin can be any kind of rotation but usually refers to non-inverted twists.
Split
The Split is a leg position in which both legs are as much apart as possible. Ideally 180 degrees. There is also the fake split, which is a popular landing stance. It's basically a frontsplit with the back leg bent, making it much easier. It's also known as "James Brown Split".
Overrotation
To rotate past a landing stance. Either by accident or intentionally.
Underrotation
Landing a trick short or too early to complete the full rotation. Either by accident or intentionally.
Setup
The technique that is being used to enter a specific trick.
Example: Scoot is a great setup for Gainer Flash.
TKT
True Kick Terminology - TKT describes the tricks with their actual and true rotation in the air and is very useful for learning. We will use the mainstream terminology on this site most of the time.
(to) set
To set means to gain height before you initiate the trick. The best example for this technique can be observed when someone does a stalled backflip.
Setups
Standing
Doing any trick from standing, means to stand on both feet with an upright body, before you enter the trick. There should be no other setup or move prior.
Running
To run or jog into a trick. Most frontflips are done running for instance.
Cheat Setup
This is the step that is done before any cheat trick. It's a 180 degree on ground rotation, that lifts up into the trick. That's why it's called cheat.
Example: The Cheat 720 has actually just 540° of rotation in the air but the cheat setup adds another 180° on the ground, hence the name Cheat 720.
Momentum Steps
This usually describes the turning steps used for the butterfly twist and various other tricks.
Pop Setup
A small hop that lands in a 1-2 motion and takes off with both legs.
J-Step
A popular setup for any trick that is being swung into. The steps roughly form the letter 'J'. There are also variations of the step itself, like pivot step or euro step. But they are all very similar.
Transitions
Swingthrough (s/t)
A swingthrough happens when you land a trick on one leg and you use the other to swing the momentum of the first trick into the next trick. There is no re-adjustment step between both tricks.
Example: corkscrew s/t corkscrew
Punch
A punch happens when you land a trick with both legs at the same time and you take off with both legs at the same time.
Example: roundoff punch backflip
Vanish (vnsh)
The vanish can be done after any trick that lands on one leg. You then put your other leg down, while your landing leg takes off again. So the sequence goes 1-2-1.
Example: btwist vnsh cheat 1080
Carrythrough (c/t)
A carrythrough is a swingthrough where you re-adjust your landing foots position before you takeoff into the next trick.
Example: 540 c/t 540
Rapid (rpd)
A rapid is a punch with only one foot touching the ground.
Example: Hyper Aerial rpd Corkscrew
Reversal (rev)
You land a trick in a 1-2 motion and then takeoff 2-1 again but you direct your momentum into a different direction. Imagine a B-Twist that lands left then right and then lift your right leg again into another B-Twist.
Missleg (mslg)
A missleg is a reversal where the second foot literally misses the ground. Imagine a B-Twist that lands on your left foot and you takeoff into another b-twist without your right foot touching the ground.
Redirect (rdrct)
A redirect is a sequential transition with an adjustment step in between landing and taking off. This makes it possible to chain almost any trick into another, since you can re-adjust in between.
Example: Tornado rdrct Corkscrew Round
Skip (skp)
A skip is a vanish, where both feet are never on the ground at the same time. You basically vanish by hopping from one foot onto the other. This makes it possible to transition from one transition into a different one.
Example: 540 skp gainer flash
Pop
The pop transition is similar to the setup. You land in a sequential fashion (1-2) and then takeoff with both feet at the same time.
Example: Butterfly Twist pop Flashkick
Reverse Pop (rev/pop)
The reverse pop is, as the name suggests, the opposite of the pop transition. You land with both feet at the same time and then takeoff sequential (1-2).
Example: Parafuso rev/pop butterfly twist
Wrapthrough (w/t)
The Wrapthrough is a one footed transition where the 'free' leg wraps behind the other to gain momentum for the next trick (typically a twisting trick).
Example: Aerial w/t Full (instead of planting both feet on the ground after the Aerial, one stays up and wraps behind the other for the Fulltwist.)
Landing stances
Complete
Tricks that land in complete allow for any trick that is swung back into.
Examples: Butterfly twist; Corkscrew; Raiz.
Mega
The mega is a landing stance in which you rotate past the hyper landing to land on your non hyper leg again. So Hyper rotates past a normal landing to land on your other leg and mega rotates even further to land on the first leg again.
Semi
The Semi is a mega but you still land on your hyper leg.
Turbo
Landing on both feet by overrotating a trick that would usually finish with a hook or crescent kick.
Example: Boxcutter Turbo is a Boxcutter that lands like a Illusion Kick.
Hyper
Adding about 90 degrees to the complete landing stance, so you can land on the other leg. Some tricks land in hyper by nature, like Aerial for example. A true 'Hyper Aerial' would be called Aerial Mega nowadays, which can lead to confusion.