In skateboarding, the ollie is an aerial trick where the skateboarder jumps in the air, with his or her board,
without grabbing the board to bring it with you. If you have ever played a Tony Hawk game, essentially it's
the jump move that starts 80% of all your combos.
The move has been credited to Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, who is in the process of suing both Sega and Activision (among
others) for their use of his name without royalties. Sega, he complains, used his nickname for the arcade game
Ollie King, while Activision has a mention of his moniker in their game Disney's Extreme Skate
Adventure. The lawsuit does not seem to mention the Tony Hawk franchise, as they use the term ollie only
in describing the jump.
