“Skateboarding is for the socially awkward,” I thought to myself dreading going into this project. However, after spending several hours with skateboarders Mike Thacker, Cassious Brownlee, Lance Love, Jarrell Harrison and Sean Hough, I quickly learned that my assumptions, along with most others’ were misleading. Skateboarding is a very respectable, intricate sport that involves passion, heart, determination and perseverance. Skateboarders are risk-takers in the most literal sense of the word. They
If you don’t succeed at first try try again. This saying is the main thing that kept me trying when I couldn’t land a trick or even ride a skateboard. It was a long process to learn how to ride, but in the end I’m happy that I fell hundreds of times, broke my arm, and spent countless hours to learn how to skateboard because it has made a positive influence on my life. Skateboarding has had a positive impact on my life because it’s taught me to never give up, like Conor Mcgregor has said, “there’s
My most courageous moment that I can recall occurred when I used to skateboard. There was a skate park on Main Street in Sultan which had several obstacles that allowed skateboarders to perform a variety of tricks. There were three main types of tricks you could do at the local skate park; The Drop, The Grind, and The Jump. In The Drop, riders climb to the top of a steep ramp then ride down, quickly picking up speed. In The Grind, you would gain enough speed and balance on a steel beam as you
roller-skate wheels. Around the 1950's with the boom in the surfing popularity, skateboarding became more popular. During this time it was known as sidewalk surfing. In the 1960's is when skateboarding really took off. This is when the first skateboards were produced and sold. During this time period skateboarding consisted of cruising around the streets on your board. In 1978 a 15 year old boy by the name of Alan "Ollie" Gelfand invented a trick he called the no-hands air. His friends named
The article titled Sisterhood of the Skateboard, is piece written from the New York Times. It was featured in both the online website and in the paper copy of the New York Times. With the online articles, there is a video and a slideshow featured in the article. However, in the paper copy, there is no forms of multimedia. Articles that utilize various forms of media to enhance the reader’s experience of the article possess both the positive and the negative effects that affected the quality of the
fast are skateboards, specifically Duster brands. I am a skater and owns a Duster skateboard and from my experience, I thoroughly enjoy riding my skateboard everywhere. The designs of Duster skateboards are unique compared to other skateboards. They have been shaped with a pointy nose at one end with thick wheels to help speed over cracks and have loose trucks to help make sharp turns. These boards are meant to go fast and travel far, overcoming cracks along the way. Duster Skateboards should be
Skateboard Heaven I come around the corner, and a smile comes across my face. I love it when there isn't a crowd. Only two other people braved the chill, and had the will, to get up this early. Upon arrival, my view is enhanced. Though I've seen it enough to burn an image into my subconscious, each visit brings new wonder. I climb onto the lower platform, and quickly scale the small wall to the upper. I nod at the other already standing there. I've seen him before, but I don't
(longboardskateboard.org). Structure/Controlling The structure of a longboard has changed a lot through the years. Longboards are a longer form of a skateboard. Longboards are used for slalom and downhill racing. Unlike a longboard, a skateboard is used for doing tricks. However, longboards go farther with one push. Longboards are harder to break than skateboards because they are not used for doing tricks and so are less likely to crash.People figured out that clay wheels are safer than rollerblade wheels
are dangerous, skateparks are getting over populating and they don't invest time. My first reason that scooters shouldn't be allowed, is that scooters are dangerous. Most scooters are younger kids. Do you see more 4 year olds running around on a skateboard or on a razor scooter? That's because you just hop and go on a scooter. They are young, lack tendency for a sustain skatepark effort (Skatepark Development Guide). They are causing accidents or jumping in the way. This means that they are dont
Skateboarding began in the 1950’s because surfers got the idea of surfing the streets. Skateboarding started to grow because it made people who could not surf be able to skateboard. I defined skateboarding as a life style that frees my mind getting away from all worries just going out to a skate park or street with some friends and having fun. Professional skateboarder Ryan Sheckler said “For me, skateboarding is a lifestyle. I really don't know anything different. My life revolves around skating
of everyone else in any other action sport? In America, I understand that skateboarding is not 100% accepted. But why are a lot of areas banned from skateboarding? Skateboarding should never be banned because it serves a purpose. As a part of the skateboard community, we (skateboarders) keep the youth and adults out of doing any illegal activities such as using drugs or condoning violence. In fact, skateboarding not only keeps my community safe, but keeps my friends who skate safe as well. To myself
acquired over time. People will practice for hours on end trying to land tricks or learn a new skill. This is when most mistakes happen. Skateboarders fall, and they get back up again, but sometimes the fall is worse than expected. Falling off a skateboard can lead to anything
world keeps coming up with new ways of entertainment and enjoyment. The skateboard is one of the more recent additions to the fascination of the youth of the 21st Century. Most adolescents fall in... The world keeps coming up with new ways of entertainment and enjoyment. The skateboard is one of the more recent additions to the fascination of the youth of the 21st Century. Most adolescents fall in love with a skateboard after watching the pros in action. The skateboarding is indeed very attractive
Evolution of Skateboarding One faces a life of ups and downs, as it goes down, it is evolving throughout time. The Ollie, a no handed aerial or basic skateboard trick, was invented by Alan Gelfand in the late 1970’s. Similar to a doing an Ollie the rider must pop and pick the board up using their feet sailing high in the air eventually, gravity brings one down at some point, but as it is done more over time progression increases. This sport has always been an individual one. Those who took part
My question was “How was the skateboard invented and how has it changed over the years?”. First of all I started thinking what topics could help me to answer this question, so after thinking for a while I finally came to 3 topics that could help me answer the question with a complete background of facts and ideas, and this is what I found: • History of Skateboards In 1950, surfers in California got the idea to surf in concrete and that’s practically how skateboarding was created. But it wasn’t
these places but someone can play football or baseball in these areas. The reasons for these signs are that so bystanders don’t get hurt but can a skateboard really hurt someone more than a hard ball moving 5 times faster than a skateboard. A baseball or a football has a better chance of hitting someone then a skateboard because people on skateboards can grab their board before it hits someone but the wind can change the movement of a ball and hit a window breaking it or hit someone in the head knocking
A lot of skaters prefer to skateboard with music. It sometimes allows them to stay relaxed, and mellowed out while they are on a board. Since skateboards were produced in the 1950’s, it has become a culture of own, including music. Just like ballet is tied to classical music in the same way, skateboarding is linked to hip hop and rap. In
myself used to skateboard and never caused any trouble or rebelled against authority, neither did any of my friends. Most of my friends were good kids who got A’s in school, participated in after school activities, and had jobs. We had a lot more on our mind than just skateboarding. What the city of Jerrytown is proposing to do to Hollyfield Park isn’t a very good idea. Now that people are not allowed to skateboard in the park they will be forced to find other places to skateboard. These places could
in front of their store, suddenly they care. In Nacogdoches this is a real problem, and I have personally observed skaters getting told to leave someplace time and time again. The reason of this problem is that there is no designated place to skateboard in Nacogdoches, such as a skate park. Skaters have a tendency to find one particular place they like, and once they find this place they will skate it a lot. And something everyone knows about the excessive use of things is, whether you like
changed skateboarding forever and converted it from a pastime to a sport. Stephen Holden, a film reviewer for the New York Times, uses the fact that, “the Zephyr Team gained national attention in 1975 when its members competed at the Bahne-Cadillac Skateboard Championship (Del Mar Nationals)” to show that without competition, some sports would never have made it at all. Some people might say that sports are played for the love of the activity and that games/competitions are not necessary. Most others