Manual roll

The Manual roll is a skateboard trick invented by skateboarder Pat Ngoho.

Background
The manual roll is not a wheelie, instead the manual roll is a wheelie usually inserted within a preexisting trick such as an ollie variation or a wheelie transfer between two defined areas. The manual roll adds increased degree of difficulty and style and is considered a main element to many advanced skateboarder's trick bag. The trick is considered "proper" when executed by balancing and holding up the front wheels and not scraping the tail. Pat Ngoho created the trick in the late 1970s and the trick was named by another legendary skateboarder John Lucero. The trick has wide appeal in pool skating, transition skating and street skating. RedBull created an event called Manny Mania that focuses on tricks utilizing the Manual Roll.