Author: Andrew Horsley
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778735755
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
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.
How to Improve at Skateboarding
Author: Andrew Horsley
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778735755
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778735755
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
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.
The Mutt
Author: Rodney Mullen
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060556188
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060556188
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
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.
The A to Z of Skateboarding
Author: Tony Hawks
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783526742
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783526742
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
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.
Street Skateboarding
Author: Evan Goodfellow
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
ISBN: 1884654231
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A step-by-step instructional guide for street skateboarders on how to execute a variety of curb tricks.
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
ISBN: 1884654231
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A step-by-step instructional guide for street skateboarders on how to execute a variety of curb tricks.
Skater Girl
Author: Patty Segovia
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 1569755426
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Colorful introduction to skateboarding for girls.
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 1569755426
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Colorful introduction to skateboarding for girls.
The Most Fun Thing
Author: Kyle Beachy
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 153875410X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR • Southwest Review • Electric Literature Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding, and explores how this search led unexpectedly to insights on marriage, love, loss, American invention, and growing old. In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike’s corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty independent skate shoe market. Beachy has since established himself as skate culture's freshest, most illuminating, at times most controversial voice, writing candidly about the increasingly popular and fast-changing pastime he first picked up as a young boy and has continued to practice well into adulthood. What is skateboarding? What does it mean to continue skateboarding after the age of forty, four decades after the kickflip was invented? How does one live authentically as an adult while staying true to a passion cemented in childhood? How does skateboarding shape one's understanding of contemporary American life? Of growing old and getting married? Contemplating these questions and more, Beachy offers a deep exploration of a pastime—often overlooked, regularly maligned—whose seeming simplicity conceals universal truths. THE MOST FUN THING is both a rich account of a hobby and a collection of the lessons skateboarding has taught Beachy—and what it continues to teach him as he strugglesto find space for it as an adult, a professor, and a husband.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 153875410X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR • Southwest Review • Electric Literature Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding, and explores how this search led unexpectedly to insights on marriage, love, loss, American invention, and growing old. In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike’s corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty independent skate shoe market. Beachy has since established himself as skate culture's freshest, most illuminating, at times most controversial voice, writing candidly about the increasingly popular and fast-changing pastime he first picked up as a young boy and has continued to practice well into adulthood. What is skateboarding? What does it mean to continue skateboarding after the age of forty, four decades after the kickflip was invented? How does one live authentically as an adult while staying true to a passion cemented in childhood? How does skateboarding shape one's understanding of contemporary American life? Of growing old and getting married? Contemplating these questions and more, Beachy offers a deep exploration of a pastime—often overlooked, regularly maligned—whose seeming simplicity conceals universal truths. THE MOST FUN THING is both a rich account of a hobby and a collection of the lessons skateboarding has taught Beachy—and what it continues to teach him as he strugglesto find space for it as an adult, a professor, and a husband.
Power Skating
Author: Laura Stamm
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9780806976723
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
ISBN: 9780806976723
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Mastering Skateboarding
Author: Per Welinder
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492582670
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
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!
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492582670
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
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!
The Concrete Wave
Author: Michael Brooke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781894020541
Category : 1960-1969
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the development of the sport and its equipment, and includes profiles and photographs of top-notch skaters through the years.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781894020541
Category : 1960-1969
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the development of the sport and its equipment, and includes profiles and photographs of top-notch skaters through the years.
Skateboard Sibby
Author: Clare O'Connor
Publisher: Second Story Press
ISBN: 1772600881
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Second Story Press
ISBN: 1772600881
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
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.