As you may have discovered, there are a multitude of terms and words in the longboard world. It is not always easy to know what all of them mean and stand for. So that is why we have produced this glossary. An educational guide for those who want to learn to talk like a true boarder. Or if you simply just need to understand what something means. The list is based on the English names with the Swedish translation afterwards (if there is one).

*This dictionary is constantly being updated. So it may happen that the word you are looking for is not available right now. But don't despair, it will appear soon, you'll see.
… B C … F G H … K L … P … R S T … W

B

Base Plate [Base plate]
Forks consist of two parts, a base plate and a hangerThe part of the truck that is attached to your board is called the baseplate.

Bushings [Bushings]
The two parts of the truck (base plate and hanger) are joined together by a longer bolt (kingpin). To give the truck a certain mobility, a bushing is used between these two parts. Bushings are available in different hardness and designs to give your trucks exactly the mobility/stability that you are looking for.

C

Camber
Camber is a type of shape on the board. If you look at the board from the side, the highest point is in the middle of the board and the lowest points are at the far end of each side. The board is therefore arched.

Concave [Concave]
Most boards/decks are concave to some extent. In other words, you have higher outer edges when you stand on the board. This is called concave or conkav in Swedish.

Cut Outs
Because the board is cut out at the trucks so that the deck itself does not catch when turning.

F

Flat spot
Flatspot is something that can occur when you are sliding. It means that you have worn the wheel at exactly the same point, which has caused the wheel to no longer be round but become flat in one place. The risk is that when you continue sliding, the wheel has a tendency to stop in exactly the same position again and the flat area grows.

The occurrence of a flatspot is due to the fact that when the slide is performed, the board should never be at 90° to the direction of travel. This means that the wheels can no longer spin. You always strive to have a greater or lesser angle than this in order to ensure that the wheels can always spin while wearing them.

Would you have encountered a flat spot? Here is a good tip on how to remove them..

Footstop
When downhilling, it is extremely important to make sure your feet stay on the board when you turn. A footstop is simply a stop that is mounted on the top of the deck to ensure that your foot does not slip. They can look in a variety of different ways, but most often look like an angle. Some people prefer to make their own footstops out of small wheels or bushings. A more radical and barbaric method is to nail a pair of shoes to the board, but not many people do that anymore.

G

Goofy
When you usually stand with your right foot forward, you are a goofy skater.

H

Hanger
Most trucks consist of two parts. A base plate and a hanger. The hanger is the part that makes up the wheel axle itself.

Highside
When you do a slide and the wheels catch in the middle of the slide so you are thrown off the board.

Hookah/Hookup
When the wheels gain grip after a slide.

K

Rim-lipped wheel
When the outer edge of a wheel is sharp and angular, it is an edge-lipped wheel (usually downhill wheels have it, but some slide wheels also come with angular edges). lip).

Kingpin
The kingpin is the bolt that holds your truck together (the base plate with the hanger). This bolt also controls how tight/loose you want your trucks to be for best turning ability/stability.

L

Lean
Lean refers to how much a longboard leans when turning a certain radius. Generally speaking, a truck with a lower truck angle tends to have a lot of lean.

P

Pintail
Pintail is a board shape that resembles a teardrop. A classic board shape that has been around since the beginning. A pintail board is widest just behind the front truck and then tapers to be narrowest at the back.

Pivot Cup [Pivot cup]
On the hanger (truck axle) there is a small pin that rests in a “pit” on the base plate. The Pivot Cup is what this “pit” is called.

Pre-operation
A slide you do to reduce speed before a turn combined with getting a better line into the turn.

Pucks [Pucks]
The hard plastic protectors found on slide gloves. The pucks are made of UHWM-PE which stands for Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. An abbreviation that is good to know in Alfapet because you can get rid of all the annoying letters then.

Push
When you take off using the board, take one foot off the board and place it on the ground, then push off.

R

Regular
When you usually stand with your left foot forward, you are a regular skater.

Release/Release point
When the wheels go from grip to slide.

Rocker
No, it has nothing to do with music. Rocker is a type of board shape where the lowest point of the deck is in the middle of the board. It is the opposite of the shape called camber.

Round-lipped wheel
When the outer edges of a wheel are rounded and not sharp, they are a round-lipped wheel (most often found on wheels that are suitable for sliding).

S

Slide
When you push the board sideways so that the wheels lose grip and start sliding across the asphalt (can also be spelled: Slaajd).

Smooth
Smooth is when a wheel slides very evenly and smoothly over the asphalt.

Spacers
Spacers are a type of spacer that looks like a short tube. This spacer is placed between two ball bearings inside each wheel to create the correct distance between them and hold them in place.

Speed Checks
A kind of “sliding trick” that involves pushing the board to release and slide, then pulling it back instead of spinning 180°. When you slide, your speed is radically slowed, making it a useful way to stop/brake at higher speeds. Speed Checks can be performed in many ways. Standing, sitting, toeside or heelside.

Speed rings
A thin washer is usually placed on both sides of your wheel. This washer rests against your ball bearings and ensures that they can spin freely and are not slowed down by tightening screws and trucks.

Stance
Stance is how you stand on the board, simply the position of your feet, for example width.

Switch
When you stand in the wrong direction compared to what you are used to (e.g. your left foot is in the back where you usually have it in front if you are a regular skater).

T

Thanelines
Lines (usually white) that some wheels leave behind when you slide with them.

Tube Concave
A form of concave where the outer edges of the board are more curved than the middle of the board.

Tuck Position
A position used in downhill skiing to minimize air resistance and create balance in the ski. The skier crouches down and twists his body in the direction of travel. The back leg is just behind the front leg. The skier stands leaning forward in a crouching position with his arms behind him.

W

Washers
Are the washers that sit between your bushings and the bolt that holds them in place. Washers is not a person who is hired to take care of your dirty laundry.

Wheel Bite
If your board leans too much when you turn, and if you've combined it with a pair of trucks or wheels that it may not be designed for, you risk getting wheelbite. In short, this means that the wheel suddenly hits the edge of the board and gives you a sudden sideways stop.

Wheel Wells
To prevent the wheels from hitting the board when you turn sharply, some boards have a groove in the deck/board itself that prevents the wheels from hitting the edges of the board.