Kickflip
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Kickflip is an aerial skateboarding trick where the skateboarder kicks his board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along the board's long axis. It was invented by Rodney Mullen.
A kickflip is executed similarly to the ollie: hitting the tail of the board on the ground and jumping simultaneously, bringing both board and rider off the ground. When the skater performs a kickflip the front foot slides up and across the board to the heel side of the board. Because the force from the front foot is not applied to the center of the board it makes the board turn around its long axis. After the board has flipped 360 degrees the skateboarder stops the rotation with his feet and lands the trick.
The basic kickflip variations are nollieflip, switch kickflip and fakie kickflip. They are kickflips that are performed to the three basic ollie variations. More variations include the double kickflip, where the skateboard spins twice, and the triple kickflip (perfected by greats such as Rodney Mullen and Steve Caballero), in which the board rotates three times. Both of these variations are very difficult to pull off with the latter being exceptionally difficult.