The no comply is a

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that was invented by John Lucero and then named and popularized by the skater

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in the 1980s.

Features and history

To do the trick, the rider must plant his or her front foot and ''pop'' the board with only their back foot. The trick is usually done on flat ground.''Skateboarding Step-By-Step''
by Charlotte Stock & Ben Powell (

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, 2009) The ''no comply'' was originally introduced in ''Thrasher'' magazine in 1988, as a “how to” trick, performed by

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. It is a curb or parking block trick where the front foot is planted first on the curb and the back foot "bonks" the back truck off the curb/parking block, bouncing the board up and off-landing back on riding away. There are many variations of the no comply, probably the most common being the Frontside 180 variation.

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is credited for expanding on the ''no comply'' and inventing many of the variations. Practically every flip trick that can be performed with an

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also has a no comply counterpart.

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