5). However, the firm continued to expand through location acquisitions in the UK and U.S., which provided somewhat of a competitive edge over its competition of Pacific Sunwear of California and Quiksilver manufacturers. A purchase of Von Zipper, Element, Kustom, and Nixon retail stores boosted Billabong’s value to $3.45 billion in 2007 (Terry-Armstrong, 2014). Although the firm grew in physical number of locations, its revenue failed to grow as projected. The global recession of 2008-2009 caused
Billabong • Back ground Billabong was founded on Australia's Gold Coast in 1973 by surfer and surfboard shaper Gordon Merchant and his then partner, Rena. Those early days were rather inauspicious, with the pair designing boardshorts at home, cutting them out on the kitchen table and then carting the finished product around to the local surf shop to sell. The business found immediate traction, with surfers drawn to the superior functionality of the Billabong boardshorts. They were also far more
“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
anywhere. Street skating uses the environment of the streets to perform tricks on your skateboard. All you need is your skateboard, some streets, motivation, and a little creativity. However there tends to be more to this subculture that others on the outside don’t see. There is a distinct style of clothing and attitude that most have within the street skating culture. I will demonstrate the different elements that go into what makes this a unique culture. I take a participant observer standpoint
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
A mangled pair of ratty skate shoes step onto the rough grip tape of a long wooden deck that has been cut, shaped, and sanded to perfection. As the feet push off, the board rolls down smooth pavement beginning a ride on an adventurous journey. Glossy polyurethane wheels roll on the asphalt as the rider leans left and right controlling his carves on the street. The wood deck flies just a few inches above the ground with the feel of a surfboard gliding through smooth water while riding a wave.
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
(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
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
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
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
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 is a sport that many individuals in our society do recreationally or even professionally. There are many popular locations for skateboarding that people go to watch the sport in live action. Hollyfield Park is a popular skateboarding destination that many people come to. In today’s technologically growing society, it is very hard to see people outside playing or doing something they love. Banning this sport is essentially stripping away a large community of people from having fun and
“Clang!” Wheels hitting the pavement. Rolling through the streets like I’m Tony Hawk. ON such nice sunny day, I chose to skate and escape reality for a little. Popping some kickflips down the street. Until I started to approach this sidewalk. Thinking to myself while cruising at a decent amount of speed. “ should I do a trick while I jump onto the sidewalk ?” I could ollie it with no problem but it will be my first attempt doing a trick onto to it. Should I or should I not. I didn’t really have
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
the kickflip. When I first started I could hardly rotate the board. I kept trying on and off for about a week. When we went to a party there was a guy there who used to skateboard, I asked him how to rotate the board and he said that you kick down to rotate the board. When I got home that was the first thing I did. I got my skateboard and went outside to try the new technique I learned. The first time I tried the board flew around and I caught the board with my back leg while my front leg was on the
editing, T-shirt design and a lot more. Photography Photo by Jesus A... ... middle of paper ... ...ot be afraid. In skateboarding, when you dedicate too much, it is not good. But sometimes it depends on your life too. Like a lot of people, they skateboard as a hobby. But some people such as Ryan Sheckler. When he was five years old, he did nothing but skateboarding, he dedicated his life to it and he just didn’t care about anything else and then today he is a pro skateboarder. We can not stay in
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
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
Skateboarding is something that is world wide, no matter where you live in the world skateboarding will be seen or talked about, it's been created and evolved through different areas and different skills throughout time, there's all sorts of skill sets in skateboarding such as street, vert, freestyle etc., you can even get into the x games or street league and go pro. Skateboarding