Benihana (skateboarding)

[1][2] A benihana is performed by first getting airborne (for example from a vert ramp or an ollie).

[3] The trick's inventor, Lester Kasai, considers a "true benihana" to be one done when the skateboarder performs the motion as described above after riding up backwards (or fakie) on a transition and landing back into the transition facing forwards, and calls the trick with the motion performed while moving forwards a "benibonga".

[4] The trick was very popular in the 1990s, with professional skateboarders like Jamie Thomas and Josh Kasper recognised for their proficiency with regard to the benihana.

[4] The trick featured in the Tony Hawk video game series including Tony Hawk's Underground 2, released in 2004.

[6] In 2008, Transworld Skateboarding magazine ran a feature that included the benihana in a list of the 10 Worst Tricks In Skateboarding and described the trick as "terrible".