By the time a skateboarder has refined their techniques and styles to a level that meets all the requirements for competition, they have also had time to amass a whole new language that is understood by all skateboarders around them. As they perform various skateboarding tricks, there are certain terms that they will use to let others know that they…
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Skateboarding Wonders And Wizards And Design Decor
Skateboarding is a sport in which many compete and some make a career; it’s a means of transportation, and a way of life. Sure, you’ve seen it in operation, but how’s a skateboard manufactured? The basic material is maple, selected for its tight, close grain; from straight stock. Cut and stripped, the maple is cut and prepared for laminating. Maple…
Skateboarding In The Park
Skateboard parks are cropping up everywhere in major metropolitan areas. Like the roller rinks of yesteryear, skateboard parks are the rage with kids these days. It provides children a supervised area in which to practice their skateboarding and even do tricks as they would like under the guidance and supervision of the staff. Often there is music playing and there…
Skateboard Safety
Skateboarding is an immensely popular sporting activity, specially enjoyed by young persons having a flair for advantageous sports. Skateboard is a narrow platform with attached wheels and people ride on it to move quickly on hard surface. Like all adventurous sporting activities, skateboarding may cause several types of injuries. Fracture or sprains are main types of injuries. There are some…
Skateboarding Trick Tips How To Perform The Perfect 360 Flip
If you want to learn some skateboard trick tips that will have you looking like a pro without being featured on MTV’s Scarred, read on. Skateboarding is great when you know how. If you have seen others do 360 flips and want to do them yourself this how to learn. The 360 Flip If you’ve followed the first of the…
Skate Bored
Though skateboards were around in the early 50’s and 60’s and actually very widely used back then they weren’t well made and so eventually died out. The early ones were basically just milk crates with roller skate wheels and maybe a handle. More like a scooter. The wheels were the big problem, being mostly of clay, and resulted in lots…
Want To Skate Like A Pro How To Do The Perfect Ollie
So, you want to be able to do tricks with your board like the pros, huh? Most pros train for years before they can catch all that air. However, Practice makes perfect, and once you get this trick down, your friends will flip out and be so jealous. The Ollie The Ollie is the absolute most used skateboard tricks, and…
Proper Skateboard Assembly
How can you learn proper skateboard assembly? If you are a skater, at some point or another you will need to know how to assemble your skateboard either because you want to customize your skateboard or because you want to set your own specs for better skateboarding. Before you can begin the assembly of a skateboard you need to have…
Skateboarding You Way To Safety
Many children have a love for skateboarding. They watch some of their favorite professionals do tricks and dangerous moves on television and want to do them also. However, the people on television are highly trained and well protected. Children need to be aware of the risks associated with skateboarding and how to minimize those risks by being safe. Children should…