To bail a trick when playing a skateboarding game, or even when skateboarding in real life, is to fail, or stack a trick.
Bailing is usually caused by mistiming a grind, manual, liptrick or mistiming how to land the trick. Bailing in-game can also be caused by attempting to enter an out of bounds area.
The punishment for bailing a trick on the Tony Hawk game series is to have your special meter drained and your character lie on the floor for a few seconds.
Bail Messages[]
Another well-known feature involved with bails is bail messages, being popular due to the humorous retorts it would make towards the player if they were to go out of bounds, or bail due to hazards such as the molten metal inside of the Foundry, or the lake in Canada.
- "Thank you, come again"
- "Don't do drugs"
- "Too much beer, Eh?"
- "Deep-Fried goodness!"
- "Aaaaaaaaah!"
- "I'm drowning!"
- "How about an ice cold drink?"
- "Out of bounds!"
- "Nothing to see down here..."
- "No skating on snow."
- "Hmmm...."
- "Sorry, no."
- "Water....BAAAD!!!"
- "Smack!"
- "Where are you going?"
- "Swimming with the sharks!"
- "Shark Attack!"
- "Road kill."
- "Street Pizza."
- "You got lost."
- "GET OFF OF MY SET!!!" (THPS3 Los Angeles only)
- "You're hosed!"
- "Welcome home!" (If you play as Demoness and go through the door crack in Suburbia)
- "WRONG WAY!"
- "GET BACK IN THE PARK!"
- "YOU ARE A STUPID-!"