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Articles about skateboarding (0-50 of 309)
- How To Perform A Shuvit
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - The shuvit and pop shuvit are very similar tricks, the pop shuvit is done while in an ollie, and the shuvit is the same, but without an ollie in the mix.
The word shuvit comes from Shove it, as this trick is performed by shoving your board to the left or right and landing back on it. The origins of this trick are rooted in early skateboarding, probably before the ollie was invented.
Since the shuvit is the easier of the two tricks, well go over that one f ...
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- Picking The Right Skateboard Deck
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - The first thing most skateboarders do when they choose a skateboard is to pick a size. The type of skating you do determines the width of the deck that youll need to get. If you get the wrong width deck, you may find it hard to skate on.
Before reading, its important to know that if you have already been skating a deck and youre used to it, then you should get something as close to that deck as possible. Getting a new deck will sometimes make landing your old tricks more di ...
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- What To Wear While Skateboarding
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - The best way to go about this is to work from the head down. Starting with the head, we introduce the helmet. Always wear your helmet. Hats are cool; beanies are, too, but only a helmet will keep your skull from cracking like an egg.
Next up is the face. You can wear eye protection if you want, but thats not really necessary for skateboarding. You may want to put on a pair of sunglasses if its a bright day, but thats optional, too.
Mouth protection is a good id ...
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- What To Wear While Skateboarding
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - Well start from the head and work our way down. The first thing you should be wearing is a helmet. A beanie or hat might look cool, but a helmet will protect you if you fall. A beanie or hat both have limited safety capabilities.
Next up is the face. You can wear eye protection if you want, but thats not really necessary for skateboarding. You may want to put on a pair of sunglasses if its a bright day, but thats optional, too.
Mouth protection is a good ide ...
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- Skateboard Commuting
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - First off, a skateboard is fun! Walking is pretty fun, but weaving through a crowd of people on a piece of wood strapped to wheels is seriously exhilarating. Theres nothing quite like it.
A skateboard is also a green way to commute. The only thing required to get a skateboard moving is yourself. Since it requires no fuel and doesnt pollute the environment, its much better than other alternatives.
One downside to a skateboard is that it takes the life of a tree. ...
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- The Ascent Of Skate Clothes
By: Tab Hunter | - Have you ever wondered what would happen if you wore shorts and a polo shirt whenever you rode on a board? Or would it be fitting to wear your work clothes whenever you wanted to go rollerblading? To answer all of these questions in short, there is only one particular type of clothing you should wear to skate and its none of the above.
Skateboarding is like any other type of sport, there are specific requirements that need to be met before playing the sport. For such requirements ...
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- How Do You Do A Kickflip
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - Before trying anything below, you should get your pads on. Hitting your head without a helmet on is no fun. Always wear your pads, and your helmet.
I must also say this disclaimer before I continue: Its not my fault if you get hurt while skating! You know the risks, and you should protect yourself from them by being cautious and using your safety equipment.
Now that the legal mumbo jumbo is through, youre ready to try doing a kickflip. If you havent already fi ...
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- How To Perform An Ollie
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - Before teaching you how to ollie, I should explain what an ollie is. The ollie is a trick that was invented by Alan Ollie Gelfand, around the late 70s. The performer of the trick pops the skateboard into the air using only his or her feet. Its a lot of fun.
Now that you know the history of the ollie, your ready to perform one. Sort of. You should wear pads and a helmet before trying anything described here. Also, Im not the one you should complain to if you get hurt and ...
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- The History Of Skating
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - People have been skateboarding since the sixties and even earlier. Skateboarding really became quite popular in the nineteen-seventies, with the invention of the urethane wheel. Before the urethane wheel came about, people were skating on decks with hard, clay wheels.
These original decks were made by hand. Often, the shape of a wooden deck was carved out and then a pair of rollerskates would be disassembled. The skateboarders would attach the skate wheels to the wooden board and th ...
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- Manualling For Dummies
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - First, a disclaimer. Im not responsible for what happens to you! If you arent wearing your pads or a helmet and you get hurt while trying a manual, its not my fault. You should have been wearing your safety gear.
Now that youve read the disclaimer, youre ready to begin. First, be sure to put on your helmet and pads. When a new skater falls, theyre less likely to try doing a trick again. Falling can be a traumatizing experience.
Youre now ready to ...
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- Skateboarding Tips For Beginners
By: Francis Murphy | - So youve got your first skateboard. Now, where do you start? It all looks so easy on television. Youve watched skateboarders effortlessly do ramp and hill tricks and do balancing acts while jumping and doing somersaults on their skateboard. Youve always wanted to know how to do these skateboard tricks but first you need to get used to your skateboard and practice the basics.
Some of the skateboarding tips for beginners are to get proper skateboard shoes and g ...
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- Staying Safe On A Skateboard
By: Mike Direct | - Skateboarding can be a great sport for people of all ages. If not done properly though, it can be dangerous. There are things that you can do to lessen the chances of being injured while skateboarding. One of the most obvious precautions is to where a helmet and pads. If you are involved in an accident or fall, these can prevent major injuries from occurring. Hopefully, you will walk away with just minor cuts and bruises. There is something else that you can do to keep yourself safe and to ...
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- All The Benefits Of Skateboarding
By: Mike Direct | - Skateboarders have often been regarded as hooligans and trouble makers. But, these days, more and more people are discovering the benefits of skateboarding as a hobby and as a sport. It has become more popular among kids and teenagers, and has even been accepted as a real sport among professional athletes. You can find skateboarders in parks, on side streets and in the new skate parks that are being built throughout the country. If you have always been afraid of your son or daughter skateboa ...
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- Bonebreakerz.com Is Taking Clothing To The Extreme
By: Andrea Brodeur | - On May 20, 2009 BoneBreakerz.com took the world by storm and clothing lines and websites will never be the same. With launch of their new site, http://www.bonebreakerz.com/, they have introduced a clothing line and website that is nothing like the extreme athlete has ever seen. Their gear has already met with approval and is already featured on prominent athletes participating and competing in extreme sports.
Bone Breakerz is the brain child of 3 athletes: a wrestler, a Toughman c ...
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- Create Safe Surfing Habits In Your Children By Using Surfing Books
By: Deskelly | - Surfing is emerging as a popular outdoor sport among children. They love the feel of riding the water waves and the cool sea breeze running thru their hair. Therefore parents must gift their children the surfing books, which are specially written and designed for them.
These children books are specially written in a language which can be comprehended easily by young surfers. The sentences are short and crisp and written in a simple yet effective language. The use of pictures ...
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- Skateboarding For Fun And Fitness
By: Josephsmum | - In case you didnt notice, skateboarding is on the fast track to becoming one of the words hottest sports. Not only is skateboarding lots of fun, its a great way to stay fit without having to endure boring gym workouts. Propelling your weight on a skateboard will help enhance aerobic endurance. Add hills, and youll be working even harder. If you decide to learn some skateboarding tricks, youll be reaping the benefits of plyometric exercise, as well as getting a gr ...
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- Sibirkatt The Giant In Skateboarding
By: shelba | - Skateboarding helps a lot in people lives in building their adrenaline and confidence for those who are scared of going into water for surfing. Skateboard can be used either both outside water and in water for the sense of feeling still the same. Nothing has but the excitement of the game event for quite long time.
Skateboard experience help to overcome the fear, in stunts which we think and feel that possible for human being. Thus, if you get hooked to these skateboarding you are sure ...
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- Adventure Sports: Gaining Importance World Wide
By: freestyleskish | - Adventure sports are gaining continuous attention by people. It gives you a totally new thrilling experience and a view point to lead life with new enthusiasm and courage. People having an adventurous approach to life are outgrowing in number and such kind of sports is acting as a new medium to serve and fulfil their desires. Skiing is one of its kinds which has ever lasting memories. Even if you are a beginner guides present everywhere can help you live your desires. But you should be cautious ...
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- A Brief History Of Skateboarding
By: Matt Chang | - Skateboarding is a pretty popular sport these days. I can't think of any guys I know that don't skateboard, or at least tried skateboarding. For those of you that may be wondering, the sport does come from another well known water sport.
The history of skateboarding has its roots in surfing. Did you ever wonder why skateboarding and surfing looked so similar? Here is the deal, they are quite similar because skateboarding was actually developed by surfers to see if they could do t ...
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- All About Skateboarding - The Ollie And The Nollie
By: Patrick Omari | - The ollie is the name for a jump on a skateboard. It was invented by a man called Oliver back in the 1970s when skateboarding was big the first time around. It solves the problem that skateboarders had when they wanted to jump but keep their feet on the board. As you know, when you ride a skateboard your feet aren't attached so to make the board jump up takes a lot of skill and practise.
The first step to making the board jump is to use your back foot to stamp on the back which ma ...
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- What Is A Modern Skateboard Park?
By: Boardy | - A skatepark is an athletic facility. Designed and constructed specifically for skateboarders, in-line skaters and arguably freestyle BMX riders. It offers a place to congregate, relax and perform skills in a safe environment.
Ideally, it should have a fence to protect spectators. Lighting is a great addition.For skateparks, concrete is the way to go. A concrete park offers a permanent and virtually maintenance-free solution to a cities skatepark needs. Plus, the majority of skate ...
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- Now And Then All About Plan B Skateboards
By: Josh Brennon | - Plan B Skateboards is one of the worlds most popular brands of skateboards. The company is committed to producing high quality boards with some amazing graphics and designs. Plan B also has quite a history about when it was started and how it has recently made a come back. It also has many very popular pro skaters that ride for the team like Ryan Sheckler and Danny Way, who is currently one of the owners.
Plan B skateboards are one of the most popular brands of skateboards for a reason ...
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- Wanna Know What Is Skateboarding ?
By: ChaFish | - Skateboarding is one heck of a craze, especially for the young ones. A recent study estimated that over twelve million people all over the world is involved in skateboarding, and more than one-third of all skateboarders are 18 years old or younger.
Skateboarding is technically defined as an activity wherein one interacts with a skateboard. A skateboard is a platform with wheels which was originally conceptualized during the 1950s where skateboarding became a pastime for surfers w ...
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- Skateboarding - The Most Extreme Sport.
By: Josh Brennon | - There is nothing that is more extreme then the sport of skateboarding. Skateboarding started out by simply nailing rolling skate wheels to a plank of wood and has since evolved into a worldwide phenomenon and recognized extreme sport. Skateboarding has gone through a lot to get to the point it is at now but that discussion is for a different article. Here I want to talk about why skateboarding is so extreme and so popular. Skateboarding takes a kind of athlete that very few sports require. ...
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- Get Your Kids To Exercise With Skateboarding
By: Jay Brandley | - These days, many children are confined to the home on their own will. With sedentary activities such as watching television and playing arcade and video games becoming ever more popular, sometimes children would rather stay at home and do these non-physical activities than be outside running around and getting some physical exertion.
This is not all their fault. Sometimes it is not convenient for children to go outside and play if there is no one responsible enough around to att ...
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- No Bikes Allowed - Skate Parks
By: Bobby Hanswell | - It's early Saturday morning and the local skate park appears to be empty? It just so happens that your BMX bike is in the back of your car, how lucky! A quick U-turn and your car grinds to a halt in the skate park lot. With great excitement, the car door flings open and your bike hits the gravel parking lot. You ride through the gate and take one last glance, nope - the park is empty. Selecting your first line, your front tire leaves the lip as you enter the park. Suddenly, you hear screams from ...
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- Skateboard - All You Need To Know About Skateboarding
By: Jim Olivero | - Skateboard is just a sport to some but to the people that actually love the sport it is a lifestyle. So if you are a person that wants to get started in skateboarding and purchase your first skateboard, you have come to right place.
Skateboarding is one of the most popular sports of today. The skateboard is one of the more recent additions to the fascination of the youth of the 21st Century. The skateboarding is indeed very attractive to all young people because it is daring, it ...
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- Importance Of Skateboard Shoes
By: Nate Fox | - Skateboarding in the USA has come into its own. Skateboard parks are popping up all over the land. There are publications dedicated to skateboarding, and skateboarders show off their skills in competitions. Skateboarding does not require a great sum of advanced gear or the participation of an full team of people. It is just you and your board. The sport can be risky, however. A smart skateboarder should apply protective equipment to ward off or minimize harm. Knee and elbow pads and a regulation ...
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- How Skateboarding Has Progressed Over Time
By: James Liu | - Skateboarding has been around for a long, long time and over the years it has progressed and the boards themselves have been upgraded. People decide to skateboard for different reasons but whatever reasons you choose to skate, if you have been doing it for a while you will know that the boards have changed an awful lot.
A Little History of Skateboarding
True skateboarding fans will know that in the 1950's the first ever skateboard was introduced. It was a homemade t ...
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- How Skateboarding Became So Popular
By: Matt OConnor | - The 70's are the fateful era that brought about one of the most popular sports that is sweeping the whole world, knocking it off its feet and sending it through the air (literally).
It was first introduced by surfers who would want to bring their love for hanging ten and shooting the tube back to dry land. Skateboarding was born out of the passion of some dedicated surfers for the sport. The first prototypes of the skateboard closely resemble that of its granddaddy.
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- Possibly The First Ever Skateboarding Trick
By: Allan Wilson | - Skateboarding has come a long way since I first had a go at it way back 30 or so years ago. Yes that makes me a real old fellow in his forties now. Does that make me officially a fossil?
I remember back when we visited a friend's place and he pulled out this amazing skateboard. It wasn't amazing because it had super graphics on it; in fact I think it was just a plain brownie colored board from memory. However it was amazing just because he had one. Unlike today when it seems as t ...
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- Skateboarding In The Eighties To The Present
By: Kadence Buchanan | - Skateboarding traces its roots to the seventies but it really reached the peak of its popularity in the mid-eighties to the present when major skateboard manufacturers propelled it to new heights. First, they started with half-pipe and vert ramp skateboarding. The manufacturers upgraded the boards to make their decks very wide and to equip them with larger and wider wheels.
As the years went by, the focus shifted to street skateboarding, which brought about a few changes in deck s ...
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- Skateboarding A Fun Alternative Solution
By: Jonathon Hardcastle | - Some kids just don't seem to get into team sports. For one reason or another, children may shy away from the conventional recreational activities offered today, such as basketball or baseball. While some parents frown at the idea of their children not doing the same activities as they did growing up, neglecting your child's physical activity due to a disinterest in common sports is a terrible idea. It's important to ensure that you're child gets their exercise - exercise is important to the heal ...
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