hippy jump
verb1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Skateboarding, Sports To perform this trick.
hippy jump
noun1
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Skateboarding, Sports A trick in which the skateboarder jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the skateboarder is jumping over.
- Before Gelfand invented the ollie, a popular trick at skate-boarding competitions was the high jump, now known as the hippy jump. Like the ollie, the hippy involves an obstacle, but instead of both rider and skateboard going over the obstacle, only the rider goes over.2016, Debora M. Katz, Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections:
- Hippie (or Hippy) Jump: An old-school trick where a skater jumps straight up and off the board while the board stays rolling on the ground [...]2020, Sierra Prescott, Shredders: Girls Who Skate:
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- The highest skateboard hippy jump is 102.87 cm (40.5 in), and was achieved by Patrick Neal Rushing (USA) at Fish Creek Park in Arlington, Texas, USA, on 12 November 2011.2012, Guinness World Records,, Guinness World Records 2013, →ISBN, page 272: