Author: Alice Dieterich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780605278639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Tony Hawk and Andy MacDonald Ride to the Top
Author: Alice Dieterich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780605278639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780605278639
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Tony Hawk And Andy Macdonald Ride To The Top
Author: Alice Dieterich
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613724722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Traces the skateboarding careers of two of the sport's legends.
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613724722
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Traces the skateboarding careers of two of the sport's legends.
Tony Hawk
Author: Todd Peterson
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438112106
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
This intriguing biography offers information on how to become a professional athlete by tracing the life and career of Tony Hawk, the world's most famous skateboarder. Not only is Tony Hawk the most famous figure in skateboarding, but he is also
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438112106
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
This intriguing biography offers information on how to become a professional athlete by tracing the life and career of Tony Hawk, the world's most famous skateboarder. Not only is Tony Hawk the most famous figure in skateboarding, but he is also
Dropping in with Andy Mac
Author: Andy Macdonald
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439114773
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
As a baby he flipped himself upside down in his jolly jumper. As a kid he rode his Big Wheel into traffic. When he discovered skateboarding, his life was changed forever. So how did Andy Macdonald go from death-defying stunts in his jolly jumper to world champion skateboarder? In his own words, Andy shares all the ups and downs and the spills and thrills, from driving to California in a broken-down car and dressing up as Shamu at Sea World to setting world records and giving a speech at the White House. He's traveled the world over with his skateboard under his arm. Andy's made the road to sweet, sweet success look easy. But this behind-the-scenes look takes you onto the platform of the vert ramp -- to the competitions, the long hours of practice, and more. It reveals a bumpy road to the top that, as Andy will tell you, could be reached only with the guts that skateboarding gave him.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439114773
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
As a baby he flipped himself upside down in his jolly jumper. As a kid he rode his Big Wheel into traffic. When he discovered skateboarding, his life was changed forever. So how did Andy Macdonald go from death-defying stunts in his jolly jumper to world champion skateboarder? In his own words, Andy shares all the ups and downs and the spills and thrills, from driving to California in a broken-down car and dressing up as Shamu at Sea World to setting world records and giving a speech at the White House. He's traveled the world over with his skateboard under his arm. Andy's made the road to sweet, sweet success look easy. But this behind-the-scenes look takes you onto the platform of the vert ramp -- to the competitions, the long hours of practice, and more. It reveals a bumpy road to the top that, as Andy will tell you, could be reached only with the guts that skateboarding gave him.
The One Year Devos for Sports Fans
Author: John Hillman
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780842387118
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This new One Year daily devotional shows what the world of sports can teach about spiritual principles. Each daily reading focuses on a Scripture verse and a devotional illustration.
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780842387118
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This new One Year daily devotional shows what the world of sports can teach about spiritual principles. Each daily reading focuses on a Scripture verse and a devotional illustration.
Skating the X Games
Author: Allan B. Cobb
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1435850483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Discusses the competitions, top competitors, equipment, and skateboarding stunts included in ESPN's X Games.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1435850483
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Discusses the competitions, top competitors, equipment, and skateboarding stunts included in ESPN's X Games.
Skateboarding Greats
Author: Lori Polydoros
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429664983
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"Lists and describes the top skateboarders of the past and today"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429664983
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"Lists and describes the top skateboarders of the past and today"--Provided by publisher.
Marines
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Hawk
Author: Tony Hawk
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062004263
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
For Tony Hawk, it wasn't enough to skate for two decades, to invent more than eighty tricks, and to win more than twice as many professional contests as any other skater.It wasn't enough to knock himself unconscious more than ten times, fracture several ribs, break his elbow, knock out his teeth twice, compress the vertebrae in his back, pop his bursa sack, get more than fifty stitches laced into his shins, rip apart the cartilage in his knee, bruise his tailbone, sprain his ankles, and tear his ligaments too many times to count.No.He had to land the 900. And after thirteen years of failed attempts, he nailed it. It had never been done before. Growing up in Sierra Mesa, California, Tony was a hyperactive demon child with an I44 IQ. He threw tantrums, terrorized the nanny until she quit, exploded with rage whenever he lost a game; this was a kid who was expelled from preschool. When his brother, Steve, gave him a blue plastic hand-me-down skateboard and his father built a skate ramp in the driveway, Tony finally found his outlet--while skating, he could be as hard on himself as he was on everyone around him. But it wasn't an easy ride to the top of the skating game. Fellow skaters mocked his skating style and dubbed him a circus skater. He was so skinny he had to wear elbow pads on his knees, and so light he had to ollie just to catch air off a ramp. He was so desperate to be accepted by young skating legends like Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, and Christian Hosoi that he ate gum from between Steve's toes. But a few years of determination and hard work paid off in multiple professional wins, and the skaters who once had mocked him were now trying to learn his tricks. Tony had created a new style of skating. In Hawk Tony goes behind the scenes of competitions, demos, and movies and shares the less glamorous demands of being a skateboarder--from skating on Italian TV wearing see-through plastic shorts to doing a demo in Brazil after throwing up for five days straight from food poisoning. He's dealt with teammates who lit themselves and other subjects on fire, driving down a freeway as the dashboard of their van burned. He's gone through the unpredictable ride of the skateboard industry during which, in the span of a few years, his annual income shrank to what he had made in a single month and then rebounded into seven figures. But Tony's greatest difficulty was dealing with the loss of his number one fan and supporter--his dad, Frank Hawk. With brutal honesty, Tony recalls the stories of love, loss, bad hairdos, embarrassing '80s clothes, and his determination that had shaped his life. As he takes a look back at his experiences with the skateboarding legends of the '70s, '80s, and '90s, including Stacy Peralta, Eddie Elguera, Lance Mountain, Mark Gonzalez, Bob Burnquist, and Colin Mckay, he tells the real history of skateboarding--and also what the future has in store for the sport and for him.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062004263
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
For Tony Hawk, it wasn't enough to skate for two decades, to invent more than eighty tricks, and to win more than twice as many professional contests as any other skater.It wasn't enough to knock himself unconscious more than ten times, fracture several ribs, break his elbow, knock out his teeth twice, compress the vertebrae in his back, pop his bursa sack, get more than fifty stitches laced into his shins, rip apart the cartilage in his knee, bruise his tailbone, sprain his ankles, and tear his ligaments too many times to count.No.He had to land the 900. And after thirteen years of failed attempts, he nailed it. It had never been done before. Growing up in Sierra Mesa, California, Tony was a hyperactive demon child with an I44 IQ. He threw tantrums, terrorized the nanny until she quit, exploded with rage whenever he lost a game; this was a kid who was expelled from preschool. When his brother, Steve, gave him a blue plastic hand-me-down skateboard and his father built a skate ramp in the driveway, Tony finally found his outlet--while skating, he could be as hard on himself as he was on everyone around him. But it wasn't an easy ride to the top of the skating game. Fellow skaters mocked his skating style and dubbed him a circus skater. He was so skinny he had to wear elbow pads on his knees, and so light he had to ollie just to catch air off a ramp. He was so desperate to be accepted by young skating legends like Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, and Christian Hosoi that he ate gum from between Steve's toes. But a few years of determination and hard work paid off in multiple professional wins, and the skaters who once had mocked him were now trying to learn his tricks. Tony had created a new style of skating. In Hawk Tony goes behind the scenes of competitions, demos, and movies and shares the less glamorous demands of being a skateboarder--from skating on Italian TV wearing see-through plastic shorts to doing a demo in Brazil after throwing up for five days straight from food poisoning. He's dealt with teammates who lit themselves and other subjects on fire, driving down a freeway as the dashboard of their van burned. He's gone through the unpredictable ride of the skateboard industry during which, in the span of a few years, his annual income shrank to what he had made in a single month and then rebounded into seven figures. But Tony's greatest difficulty was dealing with the loss of his number one fan and supporter--his dad, Frank Hawk. With brutal honesty, Tony recalls the stories of love, loss, bad hairdos, embarrassing '80s clothes, and his determination that had shaped his life. As he takes a look back at his experiences with the skateboarding legends of the '70s, '80s, and '90s, including Stacy Peralta, Eddie Elguera, Lance Mountain, Mark Gonzalez, Bob Burnquist, and Colin Mckay, he tells the real history of skateboarding--and also what the future has in store for the sport and for him.
American Book Publishing Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description