Skateboarding Skills: The Rider's GuideAction 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:
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. |
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
beginner tricks | 42 |
intermediate tricks | 68 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
90 degrees absorb the impact back foot back leg back truck back wheels backside basic begin bend your knees block board level boardslide brands catch the board Compress to absorb concrete parks Crouch and prepare crouch to absorb deck durometer Emerica fakie ollie feel feet in ollie flick flip the board four wheels front foot back front truck front wheels leave frontside grinding edge griptape to reappear ground half-pipe heel side heelflip indy grab Jamie Thomas jump ramp keeping the board kickflip kicktails kickturn lean lock manual roll moderate speed moves no-comply nollie flip nose manual nosegrind noseslide ollie position pop an ollie Pop the tail pop your ollie powerslide prepare to pop push ride Rob Dyrdek Roll forward rotation safety equipment skate plazas slalom slide smith grind standing position street skating sure switch stance technique toes trick truck bolts turn your shoulders tweak variations vert ramp visualize