Freestyle scootering
Freestyle scootering is a sport in which riders perform tricks and maneuvers on scooters, typically in skateparks or on street obstacles.
Freestyle scooter: A scooter built for performing tricks, usually with a rigid deck, small wheels, and a fixed-height handlebar. Its reinforced parts and compact design let riders withstand impacts and control tricks.
Tailwhip: A scooter trick in which the rider kicks the deck through a full rotation around the handlebar stem and catches it. It demonstrates how riders separate deck rotation from their own movement.
Scooter competition: An organized event in which scooter riders perform runs or tricks under competitive rules. Competitions turn individual riding into judged or scored performances.
Kick scooter: A human-powered vehicle with a narrow deck, two or more wheels, and a handlebar for steering. Freestyle scootering developed from riding this basic form of scooter.
Scooter park: A facility designed or adapted for scooter riding, with ramps and other obstacles. Demand for suitable riding spaces has encouraged dedicated scooter facilities.
Skatepark: A purpose-built recreation area containing ramps, bowls, rails, and other obstacles for wheeled sports. Its transitions and obstacles shape the tricks riders can perform.
Barspin: A trick in which a rider spins the handlebars around the steering axis and catches them again. It shows how handlebar control can be combined with a jump.
Street (freestyle sport): A freestyle discipline that uses urban-style obstacles such as rails, stairs, ledges, and banks. Street scootering emphasizes lines and tricks on obstacles resembling urban architecture.
Micro Mobility Systems: A Swiss company known for popularizing the modern folding kick scooter in the late 1990s. The scooter's renewed popularity helped create a larger base for trick riding.
Scooter handlebar: The steering assembly on a scooter, which riders grip to guide the front wheel and control tricks. Trick riding has driven specialized designs for strength, height, and rotation.