hippy jump

English

Alternative forms

  • hippie jump

Noun

hippy jump (plural hippy jumps)

  1. (skateboarding) 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.
    • 2016, Debora M. Katz, Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections:
      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.
    • 2020, Sierra Prescott, Shredders: Girls Who Skate:
      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 [...]
    • 2012, Guinness World Records,, Guinness World Records 2013, →ISBN, page 272:
      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.

Verb

hippy jump (third-person singular simple present hippy jumps, present participle hippy jumping, simple past and past participle hippy jumped)

  1. (skateboarding) To perform this trick.
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