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Ages 6 to 9 years. This book shows children how to get moving! What began as a way for surfers to practice on land has become a popular sport. Skateboarding combines balance, dexterity, and invention and is constantly evolving. Full-colour photographs and concise text detail: anatomy and care of the board and safety equipment; basics of motions and balance for the first-time skater; all the building blocks of skating tricks explained, including ollies, kickturns, grinds, slides, spins, rock n' roll, and many more; both streetstyle and vertical skating covered. ... Read more

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Fast-paced X Games Action at your fingertips! Your readers will blaze through these extreme sport titles! With high-action photos, diagrams, and Fact! boxes. ... Read more

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Action sequences show all the techniques and tricks -- from basic to advanced.

Skateboarding's popularity continues to soar -- it has now surpassed basketball in popularity among North American youth. Skateboarding Skills is an ideal guide both for first-time riders learning the necessary skills, and for more experienced ones wanting to perfect a maneuver or master a move.

Written in an easy-to-follow style and packed with color photographs, Skateboarding Skills features:

• A review of safety issues-from avoiding an injury to landing safely on a fall
• A guide to purchasing and maintaining equipment
• Clothing guidelines -- skate shoes, helmet, and pads for knees, elbows and wrists
• Tricks, techniques and maneuvers for all levels from powerslides to kickflips
• 37 action photo sequences graded according to level from basic to advanced
• Tips from the pros, plus a glossary of skateboarding jargon and slang.

Since the sequences progress in difficulty, skateboarders can move on to the next level when ready or return to an earlier one and practice it, making Skateboarding Skills an ideal handbook for a skyrocketing sport.

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Cliche: Resume spotlights the largest European skateboard brand from its establishment in 1997 in the days of VHS and polaroid to the present. This epic volume features skate photography from inside the crew, and is packed with wicked shots of kickflips, ollies, wallrides, and front nosegrinds. The book follows Jeremie Daclin, founder of Cliche skateboards in France, and the heart and soul tactics needed from the early days with no money, investors, or even employeesfrom the days of a VHS sponsorship request from then-unknown Arto Saariand ranges from Athens, Greece, to NYC, to Sardinia, Italy. Interviews, polaroids, and street tales of camping tents inside sewer tunnels, rental van tours, and home-cooked meals even the Gypsy Tour 1, a skateboard Survivor-style challenge to Cliche skaters of touring with no lodging and only 10 euros a day with serious mayhem resulting. Cliche has broken into the US market just as Daclin dreamed, most recently putting out a noteworthy Sean Cliver. ... Read more

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In Skateboarding: Instruction, Programming, and Park Design, author Ben Wixon, an experienced skateboarder, instructor, and skatepark consultant and advocate, provides you with

• a full curriculum with progressive lesson plans and practice strategies to help you teach skateboarding safely and correctly;
• guidance through the planning and design process, including an overview of the pros and cons of various skatepark styles and construction types;
• information on key management issues such as supervision, staffing, scheduling, and maintenance; and
• strategies for managing risk through appropriate skateboarding instruction, supervision, and park maintenance.

Skateboarding also features thorough coverage of skatepark management and administration. Wixon offers expert advice on planning and designing a skatepark, including factors to consider, information on the various types of skateparks, and help with budgeting for construction and maintenance costs. The book also includes tools to help you manage both new and existing facilities, including recommendations on scheduling and programming, staffing and supervision guidelines, and instructions on establishing a maintenance routine. ... Read more

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Instructions for choosing equipment and learning basic skateboarding techniques, popular stunts, and routines. ... Read more

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Great Book
Skateboarding by Howard Reiser

Skateboarding is a good book for anyone who wants to learn about the past of skateboarding. Since this book was written in the 70's, it provides a good look at what skateboarding used to be.
It introduces skateboarding, and tells you how it came to be. It includes finding the right wheel size for your skateboard, and determining what deck is the best size for you. In later chapters, you will learn how to perform cool tricks, the language of skateboarding, learn about different pros, and parks and camps where you can learn to skate.
I really liked this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes skateboarding. It really proves that anyone can learn to ride a skateboard. ... Read more

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Discusses the sport of extreme skateboarding, including the moves and safety issues involved with the sport. ... Read more

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Wonderful
This is the one of best skateboarding books I ever read in my life. It's got some great moves that alot of famous and non-famous skaters use. I gave it a "4 star" because it doesn't have many pictures, but it's still good and it'll probably suit any skateboarding fan.... ... Read more

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Describes street skating, an extreme sport in which skateboarders do tricks with their skateboards on street courses and public parks and sidewalks. ... Read more

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Describes the history, equipment, and techniques involved in the sport of skateboarding. ... Read more

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Skateboarding Basics, by Jackson Jay
Skateboarding Basics by Jackson Jay is about the basics of how to skateboard. It breaks everything down easy for you to understand. It tells you when the tradition started and how it changed in many ways. The book also teaches you how to do tricks to start out with and what to wear for being safe on the sidewalk. It's a good book and I strongly recommend you to read this book if you want to learn skateboarding.

Saveyourmoner. Sk8ter
OkayIthinkthebooksucked.Youshouldjustsaveyourmoneyandbuysomenewtrucksoranewdeckorsomething.Althoughitdoeshavesomesickpicturesinit.Sk8board4life

Horrible!I would have given it NO stars!
This book really stunk! it was the worst book i've ever read! ... Read more

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Simple text describes skateboarding, how and where it is done, the equipment used, and safety precautions. ... Read more

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I'm Surfing Pavement
I like this book because it's about skateboarding and it teaches you how to skateboard safely.It also tells the difference between street skateboarding and park skateboarding.There are others, but those are the two main types of skateboarding. ... Read more