Gazelle
Also called gazelle spin
What it is
A 540-degree board shuvit while the rider spins 360 degrees in the same direction. The step up from a bigspin.
- Lessons
- 2
- Channels
- 1
- Other stances
- 3
- Level
- 5/5
Gazelle
How it works
- The rider pops a 540 shove-it off the front of the board and spins a full 360 body varial above it, usually backside while traveling forward.
- It needs huge airtime and is rarely landed.
2 lessons
Learn with the pros
Pro pickHOW TO GAZELLE SPIN THE EASIEST WAY TUTORIALMore teachers
Lessons by the channels that made them, played on YouTube’s own player. The views count for them.
Gazelle
Other stances
The same trick from another stance. The lessons above still apply; the ones made for a stance are listed under it.
Nollie Gazelle
The lessons above applyFakie Gazelle
The lessons above applySwitch Gazelle
The lessons above apply
Shuvits
Same family
Grounded in Wikipedia: Freestyle skateboarding tricks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freestyle_skateboarding_tricks); Wikipedia: Shove-it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shove-it)
Next up
Set it
in a game.
Global SKATE: one trick, one try, days to answer. Free, in the app.

