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Articles about skateboards (0-50 of 147)
- Non Slip Tapes And Safety Flooring
By: jennyhicks | - In 1999 The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations were introduced to set out to employers their responsibilities of health and safety in the workplace. Since then, employers have had to carry out risk assessments in the workplace by either an in house health and safety officer or a professional risk assessment consultant. The risk assessment identifies any problems, risks and deficiencies in the workplace from anything from fire extinguishers to toxic fumes and accident hot spots. ...
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- Skatepark Fun
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - Before doing any of this, you'll need to find a skatepark. There are plenty of them around, and you can find where they are online. If you're having trouble finding a skatepark, check out a local skateboard shop. The skateboarders there should be able to help you out.
After you have found a skatepark that you can skate at, you may want to go and check it out. Survey the park before skating. This will help you plan runs and also see what you're in for. Surveying the skatepark is one ...
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- Having Fun On A Skateboard
By: Lazar Rodriguez | - Before I continue, you should know that skateboarding is inherently dangerous. When you skateboard, you are taking a risk. Theres a very good chance that youll fall off your skateboard sooner or later.
Also, before trying any of these fun things, wear your skateboarding equipment. Get a proper helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads, at the very least. Safety should be your number one priority as a skateboarder. Without keeping yourself safe, youre risking your ability to skate.< ...
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- Lords Of Dogtown "€" The Pioneers Of Skateboarding
By: sanjai singania | - Sure on MTV you can see Bam throw himself from a moving car or Rob run around town with his bodyguards, does that have to do with skateboarding? Im not sure. See my point yet? If MTV is going to exploit something for money and ratings, please at least respect its roots, and not just through a couple clowns on TV with a board and four wheels.
Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, Jay Adams. Ever hear of them? Of course you havent! Thats because you watch MTV too much. You want to lear ...
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- Zhu Zhu Pets Electronic Hamsters
By: Miashe Smith | - Zhu Zhu Pets are interactive electronic toy hamsters that are perfect as Xmas gifts to young girls and boys this year. They are among the hottest toys that children would certainly like to get for Xmas .
These captivating electronic hamsters are the perfect alternative option to real live hamsters as they reply to teases and hugs just like real pets ; and they make small hamster sounds which make them appear more genuine than other stuffed toy hamsters in the market today.
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- 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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- Ed Hardy Jeans
By: Charles Garrana | - Because of two days, his artwork made him a legend in the tattoo world.He has also graced the pages of several magazines, plus People, His, Elle, Star, In stir weekly, Life and design, MHL, Man, WWD, Motorcyclist, Mail Online, Inspirationen, and Muteen. Two existence later, Christian Audigier collaborated with the party to number of exhibits in galleCocktail Dresses ries and eye-catching clothes to the guests has 17 retail supplies worldwide plus Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, Miami, Dallas, ...
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- Austin's We Make Stuff Festival
By: Joe Cline | - Bringing Art, Music and Culture to Austin
On September 19th, Austin artists, musicians, vendors, fashion designers and other creative types will band together to bring the We Make Stuff Festival to Austin. From 7 pm to 12 am, the 21 and older crowd can gain access to a unique arts and crafts festival. This definitely isnt your mothers crafts fair!
The Scoot Inn at 1308 E. 4th Street is the place to be for this one of a kind art show, party and festival. The organi ...
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- Many Programmer"€™s Life Exercise.
By: raj | - Many programmers would not disagree that programming is not the most physically active vocation or past time. Despite all of the Occupational Health and Safety standards and policies delineating proper posture when typing and the correct height of the computer screen, a majority of us could care less, preferring to slouch, lean forward, put our monitors wherever we want and type regardless of where our keyboards are placed.
Programming is a creative pursuit and rigid rules over how ...
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- Many Programmer's Life Exercise
By: mufiz | - Many programmers would not disagree that programming is not the most physically active vocation or past time. Despite all of the Occupational Health and Safety standards and policies delineating proper posture when typing and the correct height of the computer screen, a majority of us could care less, preferring to slouch, lean forward, put our monitors wherever we want and type regardless of where our keyboards are placed. Programming is a creative pursuit and rigid rules over how we code does ...
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- Gatorade Drinks Have Gone Buzzirk With 67,000 New Flavors
By: BrianGarvin | - I remember drinking Gatorade when I was a kid. It was the cool thing to do. It was a typical beautiful morning in Orange County, CA. It's about 8:00am. Me and a few of my buddies met up with our skateboards. It was a day planned to do what we loved, skateboarding all day long all over town. After riding all over the city and a few abandoned irrigation ditches, which were great for skateboarding at the time, we all were getting thirsty. It was time to cross the railroad tracks and head to the liq ...
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- Top 10 Must Have Winter Clothes For Cool Babies
By: Don C Ryan | - While it may only be September, soon enough, winter will be here, and we will be bustling around trying to prepare for its chill. We cant neglect our closets however, and today, Ill give you my top 10 must have winter clothes for cool babies. Follow this list, and you baby will most definitely be warm and cool at the same time.
1.The peacoat: Ok, this has to be a staple in every little persons closet. Perfect for little boys or little girls, the peacoat is th ...
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- Tips For Making Your Baby Look Like A Rock Star
By: Don C Ryan | - So you want to make you little guy or little girl look like a rock star? There are some definite dos and donts that you have to follow in order to keep your little one from looking out of place like Lady Gaga, pretty much everywhere she goes. Here, well show you some tips to get your baby or toddler red carpet ready.
One of the first things to remember is that the clothes that your baby wears has to be edgy. T-shirts with edgy slogans, or art deco designs are always ...
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- Online Gaming - Chronicles From A Victim Of The Wow Factor
By: Village Artisan | - Does it seem easy and even thoughtful to give in to a loved one's desires to join the gaming arena that is ruled from within the World of Warcraft? As a parent, and supporter of the movement to bring back face to face social interaction among family members, consider my case history before you allow your son, daughter, or even spouse in to an environment that will not only captivate their senses, but ultimately imprison them from the interaction that is needed on a social and physical level.
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- How To Tell Bobsledding From Luge
By: Mike Direct | - There is a misconception that luge and bobsledding are actually the same sport. In reality, while the two winter sports are quite similar, there are some significant differences that you must take into account.
First, the similarities. Both luge and bobsledding are featured as events in the winter Olympics. Both of these sports involve plunging feet first down an icy track and are extremely dangerous for the participants. They also both require a great deal of nerve and ext ...
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- What You Should Know About Vintage Skateboard Prices
By: BrianGarvin | - During the nineteen sixties, and again in the nineteen eighties, a craze for skateboarding swept the nation. During that time Vintage Skateboard Prices made a huge impact on everyone and unless you had the real thing then none of the other teenagers wanted to know you. Teenagers today, just as then, are back riding skateboards again, and anyone who knows their stuff wont settle for anything less than a vintage skateboard.
Back in the day, Vintage Skateboard Prices like the P ...
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- An Overview Of Vintage Old School Skateboards
By: BrianGarvin | - Since skateboarding was first introduced it has gone through several transformations, each one producing a better board each time. These boards are now collector items to be enjoyed by skateboarding enthusiasts all over the world. There are several types of vintage old school skateboards sought after by collectors and new boards re-issued for that retro look and hard to find vintage old school skateboard.
Vintage old school skateboards from the late 1950s to the early 1970s were sha ...
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- Skechers Shoes A Great Brand Name In Fashionable Footwear
By: Marsh Magawon | - Brand endorsement by celebrities is a modern day trend. This is a natural fallout of the increase in use of the different types of electronic media that we see all around. From broadcast television and cable television to satellite communication and local programming, the different options in electronic media has made us more aware of all that is happening in our world. We can now see what our favourite stars are wearing at event nights and try and get our hands on these products. When celebriti ...
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- How To Select The Best Skateboarding Helmet.
By: Todd Martin | - Though skateboarding is a fun sport for people, it can potentially be very dangerous. Safety should be of high priority while riding a skateboard. You should always use a helmet that fits you proper. There is a vast between a helmet for bike and one for skateboarding. The one used for skateboarding will cover the back of your head which where one land most after a fall.
Pay proper attention to information on such a helmet. Only a certified helmet will offer the level of protection req ...
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- How To Choose The Ideal Skateboarding Helmet.
By: Todd Martin | - Even though skateboarding is a very fun sport for people, it can also be dangerous. Safety always needs to be a number one priority out there. You should have a helmet that fits you properly. It is important to understand there is quite a difference between a helmet for bike and one for riding a skateboard. Therefore you need to have one that is specifically for the art of skateboarding. This type of helmet will cover the back of your head which is where you are most likely to land on it.
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- Skateboarding Will Get Your Kids To Exercise
By: Jarvis Malone | - Trying to get your kids off those mind draining video games? Let me tell you, I know your pain, as I have a few kids and know how tough that can be. Here's the tricky part though. You're gonna have to find something that can be just as exciting and adventurous as those pesky video games. Given up on ideas? Well, that is why I recommend skateboarding. Skateboarding is a way fun activity for a kid. And it is a wonderful way to get them outside in the sun and fresh air.
Skatebo ...
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- Finding The Right Skateboarding Shoes
By: Detro Canaro | - Most people do not realize it but skateboarding has become one of the favorite American pastimes. Since Skateboarding first rolled onto the leisure activity scene several decades ago, it has gained more and more popularity. Since this is a sport that involves relatively dangerous actions and because the limits of the sport are constantly being tested, it is vital that one prepare and try to make it as safe as possible. Part of that preparation is the use of proper skateboarding shoes.
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- Skateboarding Origins And What Makes Up A Skateboard
By: Jarvis Malone | - Skateboarding has become ever so popular these days. It is no longer just for punk kids and has become a part of our culture. Skateboarding can be seen in movies, on tv, and in video games. One of the funnest video games I played when I was younger was tony hawk, a skateboarding game. And skateboarding games keep popping up too, some of them rather good.
Now, as far as how skateboarding began, there is some debate. Some say it was started by surfers that wanted to try and surf on ...
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- Ripstick - Best Toy In 2007
By: Josh Brennon | - Not every kid out there finds the skateboard or rollerblades to be the most fun for them to ride. Although the popularity of the two sports are growing tremendously and are extremely fun within their own right, this article is about the other types of extremely fun boards out there. The extreme sport era is here and it is here to stay, so many other toys are being created to fulfill the urge to live extreme. First let us talk about the ever popular kick scooter. Scooter riding used to be for ...
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- Ripstick - Riding Ramps
By: Josh Brennon | - The Ripstik can be ridden in many areas. You can ride them on the street, on sidewalks, in parking lots, and you can also ride them at your locate skate park with ramps. The ripstik is a very fun board to ride on ramps. You can drop in off the ramps and do some awesome tricks. There are a couple things to remember when learning to ride your board at the street park. Always remember to start small, watch out for others, wear your helmet and pads, and have fun.
Starting small m ...
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- Ten Qick Tips For A Quality Skatepark Design
By: Boardy | - Ten Quick Rules for Design
1. Simplicity
2. Smoothness of Surface
3. No Kinks
4. Flatbotttom
5. No Overcrowding
6. Pushing Room
7. No Ledges Over Your Bellybutton
8. Edges that Grind
9. Pump-able Hips
10. Lights
More Design Basics
1. Flatbottom
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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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- Cheap Complete Skateboards Are Trendy
By: Gnubas | - In this day and age, outside toys is not the same as it used to be. Get some good information on cheap complete skateboards, a lot of you will find it exciting. When people are beginning to skateboard, they usually make mistakes picking out their first deck. Either people buy the cheapest complete skateboard that they can find and sacrifice quality, or they buy something too good and risk making a big investment in a board they will quickly trash or get sick of. Both of these approaches are wron ...
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- Ways To Ensure Safety While Riding A Caster Board
By: Jay Brandley | - Caster boards are very fun boards to ride. You can surf the streets with them. It is not uncommon to see a bunch of kids riding caster boards in the neighborhood or on the side of the streets in town.
While riding caster boards can be a very fun sport or recreational activity, it can also be rather dangerous activity if no measures are taken to ensure safety. Many children get hurt from riding caster boards. However, getting hurt a little is part of the learning process when y ...
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- Caster Boards Make For Great Exercise
By: Jay Brandley | - Caster boards are the newest type of skateboard mutation to hit the streets as well as the skating scene. Caster boards combine the motions and design of skateboarding, surfing, and snowboarding to create the ultimate skating experience on concrete and pavement.
The task of learning to ride a caster board may seem very daunting, but with practice and time, you will get the hang of it eventually. Now, why would you even want to risk the danger of learning to ride a caster board i ...
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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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- Skateboard Review: Check Out The Latest On Skateboard Ratings And Skateboard Reviews
By: Hall Andrew | - Skateboarding may be a hobby, a sport, or a mere interest. The most common things among skateboarders are the skateboards and the styles and tricks in using it. Skateboarding is not even considered a sport as there is no governing regulation on how to use the gadget except what is common, which is to push the board by one foot while the other foot rests on the board. While the wheels propel, the skateboarder can put its feet inside the board. As a skateboard enthusiast, you must be seeking for a ...
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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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- How To Run A Retail Store
By: bill henthorn | - Retail businesses sell all types of merchandise and are not limited to what is sold in a five and dime or a dollar store. The items sold could be clothes to skateboards to motorcycles. Any store at a fixed location that sells similar items each day could be considered a retail store. There are several facets to a successful retail operation.
Location
Location is the critical element for almost all retail outlets. A store needs traffic passing by it e ...
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- Trucker Talk And General Trucking Information
By: Norwa Mhlanga | - On truck talk, we have all seen those large pieces of rubber from semi truck tires on the highway. They are referred to as alligators. Road kill is a common site on many roads, and truck drivers refer to it as road pizza. Flat bed trailers are often referred to as skateboards and tractor trailers are commonly referred to as a box.
At truck stops you may hear the term lot lizard. This is in reference to the girls who are wondering around in the parking lot trying to get paid to per ...
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- Gas Powered Scooters
By: Scott Boyd | - Gas powered scooters are fast becoming a cheap and economic way of commuting all over America. With a mileage capacity of nearly 120 miles to the gallon, gas powered scooters are a great way to commute over short distances or places where traffic congestion is high. Gas powered scooters are also one of the safest ways of commuting, with 'safe speeds' of around 40 miles per hour, they are fast becoming a safe and economical means of transport for young children and teens.
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- Tony Hawk: The Absolutely Best
By: Stacey Day | - Skateboarding has come a long way in the sporting industry. Many people skateboard for fun, while others do it as a career, for the money. Let's take Tony Hawk, for instance. This man makes a great deal of money on his skateboard, and he is the absolute best professional skateboarder in the business. He can do almost any stunt imaginable on his skateboard, leaving fans in utter amazement. It's just like any other sport, though, and in order to become as good as Tony has become, he had to stay in ...
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- All About Skateboarding
By: Stacey Day | - Skateboarding is a fun sport, as well as a creative way for people to get exercise. As long as a person can properly maneuver the object, then it can be a great activity. It's not difficult to learn to skateboard, either, but it does require practice and a little bit of balance. The fun activity can be learned in as quickly as one day, provided a person takes the time and makes an effort to practice. As everyone knows, practice makes perfect. This old saying is true, and it pertains to everythin ...
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- Skateboarding Wonders And Wizards And Design Decor
By: Dana Bradley | - Skateboarding is a sport in which many compete and some make a career; it's a means of transportation, and a way of life. Sure, you've seen it in operation, but how's a skateboard manufactured? The basic material is maple, selected for its tight, close grain; from straight stock. Cut and stripped, the maple is cut and prepared for laminating. Maple wood is a sustainable resource, and offers a stable wood that is not prone to warping in the presence of moisture.
Sliced thin, seven ...
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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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- Extremely Board
By: James Johnson | - Skateboarding is back in the UK and this time, after a couple of false starts since it first emerged in the USA in the 50s, it looks like it is finally here to stay. It is bigger and badder than ever before and has spread its influence, not only into sports stores because of the range of skateboarding equipment available but into UK fashion, music and language. Local councils across the length and breadth of the British Isles are bowing to the growing pressure for more suitable skate parks to be ...
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- Basic Knowledge Of Skating Steps For Beginners
By: Dana Bradley | - There are two steps to start skateboarding. First, you will need to purchase or rent a reliable skate board and practice riding it. If you don't know anything about skateboards, the following information will help you become familiar with the sport. It takes dedication and a lot of practice. As a skateboarder, one should become very familiar with riding a board. Whether it's to a friend's house, the mall parking lot or your local park, you should get used to riding the board as often as possible ...
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- Why Every Kid Loves Skateboards
By: Julee Mitchelsin | - There are many things in life that I will never understand. The amount of things that I don't understand has increased significantly since I became a mother and began to watch my kid's choices and preferences as they got older. I couldn't understand why my daughter wanted to wear such an ugly shirt with pants that clearly didn't match it, and I definitely couldn't understand it when my junior high aged son came home wanting to get his ears pierced. Being a mother definitely adds mystery to my li ...
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