Author : Andrew Horsley
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778735755
Grab your board and get rolling into one of the world's fastest growing sports today! Skateboarding takes readers from the basics to advanced steps of the sport, including tips from the world's top skaters.
Author : Rodney Mullen
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 21,38 MB
Release : 2004-07-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0060556188
At age six, Rodney Mullen was the family misfit who had to wear braces to straighten out his pigeon-toed feet. But by age fourteen, he was a world-champion skateboarder -- and for the next decade lost only one contest. Now, for the first time, Rodney tells the incredible story of his ascent to fame as the number one nerd in a sport where anarchy is often encouraged. Rodney learned to skate by himself on the family farm, his only company the wandering cows. As a teenager he traveled the world for demonstrations, invented the flatground ollie -- a trick that laid the foundation for modern street skating -- and in ten years garnered thirty-five world skating titles. While acing skateboard contests Rodney also earned straight A's in school, but his father forced him to abandon his fame and the fortune he could make from the sport he loved. Rodney was unable to stop for very long though, even after freestyle skating went out of fashion and the skateboarding world abandoned him. He adapted to street skating and eventually became one of the most innovative and influential skaters of all time. It's all here: everything from his eating and sleeping disorders to his comical experiences with loan sharks, occult-obsessed relatives, and the FBI. The Mutt is a look at Rodney's strange journey from penniless skateboarder to millionaire.
Author : Tony Hawks
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 47,96 MB
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1783526742
For more than twenty years, Tony Hawks has been mistaken for Tony Hawk, the American skateboarder. Even though it is abundantly clear on his website that he is an English comedian and author, people still write to him asking the best way to do a kickflip or land a melon. One mischievous day he started writing back in a pompous tone, goading his correspondents for their spelling mistakes and poor grammar, while offering bogus or downright silly advice on how to improve their skateboarding. Featuring entries on parents' pain, disappointment, underachievers, Quorn and the Vatican, this is his A to Z guide to the world of skateboarding, as seen through the eyes of someone who knows absolutely nothing about it.
Author : Laura Stamm
Publisher : Sterling Publishing (NY)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780806976723
Author : Per Welinder
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1492582670
Ever watched pro skaters and wished you knew how they were able to pull off the tricks that you see? If so, then MasteringSkateboarding is the resource for you! Two-time world champion skateboarder Per Welinder teams up with longtime skateboard advocate Peter Whitley to bring you the techniques and tricks used by the pros. But the information doesn’t stop there. Welinder and Whitley also provide in-depth coverage of skateboarding equipment, including how to select the components that work best for you and how to build and tune a board that fits your individual riding style. Packed with 88 tricks, this full-color guide is the only resource you’ll ever need to pull off the moves you’ve dreamed of performing. Whether you ride street or vert, competitive or recreational, Mastering Skateboarding has you covered. Add this one-of-a-kind resource to your collection and you’ll soon be ready to put your new skills on display!
Author : Clare O'Connor
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 2019-03-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1772600881
Eleven-year-old Sibby Henry liked her old life. Now she's living in a new town with her nan and pops, and is mad at her dad for messing everything up. On her first day of school, she sees a dope skateboard park. But she can’t use it because her precious board is gone forever. To make things worse, Freddie, a super skater and a super jerk, dominates the park. Sibby tries to stay cool, but when Freddie gets in the face of Sibby’s friend Charlie Parker Drysdale, things get too hot for chill. Never one to back down, Sibby accepts when Freddie challenges her to a skateboarding competition. She won’t let anything stop her from proving herself.
Author : John Misha Petkevich
Publisher : Sports Illustrated
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 16,51 MB
Release : 1988-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1461664403
As a sport, an art, a fitness activity, nothing quite beats figure skating for excitement, grace, beauty, or fun. Now former U.S. Champion figure skater John Misha Petkevich shows how you can find your full potential as a figure skater no matter what your age or ability. The lavishly illustrated volume includes: Detailed instructional-photo sequences What to look for in skates, clothing, rinks, and instruction Getting started 6 basic turns that every figure skater should know 15 spins that you can master The keys to preforming 19 clasic figure skating jumps and splits
Author : Karin Künzle-Watson
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780873226691
Now there's a masterfully written guide that shows beginning and recreational skaters the fundamental skills of ice skating. In Ice Skating: Steps to Success, Karin K "nzle-Watson--nine-time Swiss National Champion, former Professional World Champion, and one of skating's best instructors--shares with readers the steps that she and many of her students learned on their way to becoming elite competitive skaters. Most instruction books available on ice skating tend to focus on advanced jumps or spins, assuming the reader will learn the basics through professional instruction. Ice Skating: Steps to Success, however, covers fundamental skills in a way that's easy to understand and apply. Part of the highly popular Steps to Success Series, this book includes 11 steps (chapters) that progress from basic to intermediate skills. It features over 300 illustrations that make it possible to learn proper form and technique. Readers will learn how to: - attain the posture and control required for basic skills; - use standard methods of gaining forward and backward speed; - execute four different methods of stopping; - fall properly and get up easily; - change direction without loss of control; and - control the skate edges in order to prepare for advanced maneuvers, including jumps, spins, and footwork. With Ice Skating: Steps to Success, beginning and recreational skaters will develop a solid foundation of skills to help them gain confidence in their abilities and enjoy the sport more.
Author : Dani Abulhawa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1000076946
Skateboarding and Femininity explores and highlights the value of femininity both within skateboarding and wider culture. This book examines skateboarding’s relationship to gender politics through a consideration of the personal politics connected to individual skateboarders, the social-spatial arenas in which skateboarding takes place, and by understanding the performance of tricks and symbolic movements as part of gender-based power dynamics. Dani Abulhawa anaylses the discursive frameworks connected to skateboarding philanthropic projects and how these operate through gendered tropes. Through the author’s work with skateboarding charity SkatePal, this book offers an alternative way of recognising the value of skateboarding philanthropy projects, proposing a move toward a more open and explorative somatic practice perspective.
Author : Jack Boyd
Publisher : Spotlight Media
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2021-02-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781951806477
Skateboarding Tricks: Step By Step Instructions & Videos To Help You Land Your Next Trick! Do you like riding your skateboard? Have you tried doing some tricks, but no matter how hard you try, you always fail? If you want to learn dozens of incredible skateboard tricks, then this book will show you the easiest way to do so. From flip tricks and grab tricks, to air tricks and slide tricks - learning all of them will be a piece of cake. The only thing you will have to do after that is to impress your friends with your new skills. This book of skateboarding tricks for kids ages 8-12 is perfect for every kid that dreams of becoming the next Tony Hawk - who knows, maybe you will even surpass him. Are you that kid? With this book, you will learn dozens of old school and modern tricks with an accent on originality and creativity - but in the end, the most important thing is, you will have lots of fun. This instructional skateboarding guide contains step-by-step instructions and explanatory shots of every move you need to make to re-create all of these skateboarding tricks successfully. Here is what this guide to skateboarding for kids can offer you: Step-by-step instructions and explanatory shots of basic and advanced skateboarding tricks Guides to easily learn awesome flip tricks and grab tricks Guides to quickly learn incredible air tricks, slide tricks, and ramp tricks Few guidelines on skateboard safety Lots of fun and excitement And much more! If you want to quickly and easily learn dozens of skateboarding tricks and impress your friends with them, all you have to do is follow the step-by-step instructions found in this skateboarding guide for kids. It's that easy. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now with 1-Click", and Get Your Copy Now!
