# Illegal Tricks

**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644
**Category:** General
**Created:** [July 30, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644 "2019-07-30T20:55:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 23

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### Author: ![wayout](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/wayout/32/11331_2.png) [@wayout](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/wayout)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/449 "2020-01-15T20:01:19Z")

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> [@Les\_Zeppelin](#):
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> Didn’t someone acid drop the lloyds 3?

I mean that doesn’t sound that difficult

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### Author: ![Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Snurp)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/450 "2020-01-29T22:30:10Z")

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Go on then you do it

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### Author: ![franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/franc/32/1752_2.png) [@franc](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/franc)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/451 "2020-01-30T06:26:35Z")

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I’m sure @wayout could do that.

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### Author: ![42069666](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/42069666/32/22050_2.png) [@42069666](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/42069666)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/452 "2020-01-30T09:21:06Z")

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Mike Arnold did it on a bike haha

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### Author: ![42069666](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/42069666/32/22050_2.png) [@42069666](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/42069666)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/453 "2020-01-30T09:22:10Z")

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Doesn’t matter anyway cos no acid drop no matter how tall will ever beat this

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ie86o8VCHt8/maxresdefault.jpg "Brandon Biebel Acid Drop HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie86o8VCHt8)

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### Author: ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/454 "2020-01-30T11:05:58Z")

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i thought an acid drop was when you run along and throw the board under your feet in midair. surely this is just dropping off an edge?

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### Author: ![nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nedertron/32/28914_2.png) [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/455 "2020-01-30T11:10:31Z")

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You referring to a Caveman Naz?

I don’t know either.

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### Author: ![Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hadenough/32/32982_2.png) [@Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Hadenough)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/456 "2020-01-30T11:14:43Z")

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Acid drop = dropping off an edge

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### Author: ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/457 "2020-01-30T11:39:17Z")

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I’m with hadenough

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### Author: ![jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jamjar/32/25349_2.png) [@jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jamjar)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/458 "2020-01-30T12:08:12Z")

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Didn’t Jamiroquai have a photo in Skateboard! acid dropping off a bus shelter?

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### Author: ![Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hadenough/32/32982_2.png) [@Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Hadenough)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/459 "2020-01-30T12:19:35Z")

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Paging @whyidontskateboard

 ![jamiroquai-11-various-full-size_1_5e3cb4dd63eee08b2f88edaca310cc41](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/3/3e858f03ba75844dd5de37d1d3cdb3dcc7ad9011.jpeg)

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### Author: ![Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hadenough/32/32982_2.png) [@Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Hadenough)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/460 "2020-01-30T12:21:35Z")

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Oh crikey

 ![83111c6d02001fbca1c8a44f001f8506](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/b/b62238d56d872326950dcc599f66db0e540d777d.jpeg)

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### Author: ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/461 "2020-01-30T12:32:28Z")

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Certainly did. And Crispin from Galliano had a couple of photos at Southbank before he too was consumed by cod-funk.

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### Author: ![chasone](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/chasone/32/53_2.png) [@chasone](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/chasone)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/462 "2020-01-30T13:59:39Z")

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That time I stunt doubled for Jamiroquai…

[https://vimeo.com/460699](https://vimeo.com/460699)

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### Author: ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/463 "2020-01-30T14:02:04Z")

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i will argue to the death on this topic! This could cause a schism in skateboarding with far reaching implications

(or I could just be wrong)

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### Author: ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/464 "2020-01-30T14:07:36Z")

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An acid drop is rolling off something. Duane Peters used to do them into some pool and he named it.

Holding your board and jumping onto it shouldn’t even have a name.

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### Author: ![nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nazoreth/32/2310_2.png) [@nazoreth](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nazoreth)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/465 "2020-01-30T14:09:25Z")

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> [@buildafire](#):
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> Holding your board and jumping onto it shouldn’t even have a name.

lol!

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### Author: ![jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/jamjar/32/25349_2.png) [@jamjar](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jamjar)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/466 "2020-01-30T14:09:59Z")

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Shitplant?

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### Author: ![Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/hadenough/32/32982_2.png) [@Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Hadenough)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/467 "2020-01-30T14:10:03Z")

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I believe the ‘move’ you’re describing is a ‘Bomb Drop’. But I could also be wrong.

Not to get all MAS about it but Duane Peters invented the Acid Drop, by rolling in to a pool/bowl. I know this because of Wikipedia, and this print that’s for sale: [J Grant Brittain Photography, Classic Skate Photos from the 80s and on – J. Grant Brittain Photos](https://jgrantbrittainphotos.com/products/duane-peters-skateboarding-acid-drop-nude-bowl-skate-photo-18x24)

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### Author: ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/illegal-tricks/644/468 "2020-01-30T14:14:38Z")

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> [@Hadenough](#):
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> I know this because of Wikipedia

Nah you just read my post above.

A bomb drop was always on the lip, holding the tail, back foot on the platform front foot on your board. Nose pointing into the ramp like some kind of ‘bomb’ about to ‘drop’ or something.  
Lean in, let go, jump on and off you go.

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