Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A skateboarding maneuver in which the rider lifts the board into the air by pressing down on it with the front foot, raising the rear foot, and then raising the front foot.
  • noun A similar maneuver in snowboarding in which the rider lifts the rear foot and then the front foot to spring into the air without going off a ramp.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun skateboarding, snowboarding A variation of the ollie where the rider uses the front foot to pop the nose down and the back foot to scrape backwards to achieve lift off of the ground.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably partly short for Natas ollie (after Natas, Kaupas (born 1969), American professional skateboarder who invented the maneuver) and partly blend of nose, front end of a skateboard, and ollie.]

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Blend of nose and ollie

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Examples

  • Originator of the Day Award with tricks like kickflip backside tailslide on the plank, a huge frontside flip to tail on the quarter and nollie crook down the rail.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • John Oskvarek, aka Ozzy, took second place with buttery frontside big spins and nollie flips down the stairs.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Charlotte from www. nollie.tv tests out the altimeter function on the Swatch Snowpass watch designed for skiing and snowboarding

    WN.com - Articles related to Markets Slide in Asia 2010

  • John Oskvarek, aka Ozzy, took second place with buttery frontside big spins and nollie flips down the stairs.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Villarreal placed third and also won the New Era Originator of the Day Award with tricks like kickflip backside tailslide on the plank, a huge frontside flip to tail on the quarter and nollie crook down the rail.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Charlotte from www. nollie.tv tests out the altimeter function on the Swatch Snowpass watch designed for skiing and snowboarding

    WN.com - Articles related to Markets Slide in Asia 2010

  • Added front bigheelflip, fakie front bigheelflip, no comply front shuv, front shuv, nollie inward heelflip, nollie front heelflip.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • LAKE IN THE HILLS - London Davis likes nollie heels, tre flips and full cabs - and that's just what he does on a skateboard.

    News 2010

  • Added front bigheelflip, fakie front bigheelflip, no comply front shuv, front shuv, nollie inward heelflip, nollie front heelflip.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Steve Villarreal placed third and also won the New Era Originator of the Day Award with tricks like kickflip backside tailslide on the plank, a huge frontside flip to tail on the quarter and nollie crook down the rail.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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  • An ollie trick performed using the nose (front) of the skateboard.

    September 17, 2008