What does 'skating vert' mean?

What does 'skating vert' mean?

Tony Alva (Pro Skateboarder) gives expert video advice on: What does 'skating vert' mean?; Is vert skateboarding difficult to learn?; What's the difference between street and vert skateboarding? and more...

It means skating up a vertical wall. Vert is just short for vertical which is anytime there is a transition. No matter how crappy it is, it's something where you can go from flat to the vert. That's vert skating. Whether it be at a mall where the walls are just carved or at skate parks always have a little vert in them usually for the vert skaters. My favorite kind of vert has always been empty swimming pools. Like in LA there's a lot of them. You just gotta to know how to find them and how to search them out.