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Category Archives: Grading

What is riding fakie on your skateboard?

Stu July 11, 2023 Leave a comment
skateboarding riding fakie on ramp

One of the questions you need to answer to pass your beginner grading is, ‘what does fakie mean’? What does fakie mean? Fakie means, riding backwards on your skateboard. Almost every trick can be done going forwards, or backwards. When someone says that they did the trick fakie, it just means that the rider was […]

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