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    Originating in California as a way surfers could be able to surf when the waves were flat. The original creator isn’t known as it seems that everybody seemingly came together with the idea at approximately the same time. The first manufactured skateboards were ordered in a Los Angeles surf shop in California. The shop owner Bill Richard organized with Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce skate wheels to be used with the boards. Towards the later 60’s, there was a trend of shops dedicated to skateboarding

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    Greatest Street Skater Of All Time Although Tony Hawk is one of the greats, he never street skated, However Ryan Allen Sheckler was born and bred, living and loving the art of street skating. It all began when this young man discovered his father skateboard at eighteen months of age. He pulled off his first ollie by the age of four and landed his first kickflip by the age of six. At the age of seven he got a mini-ramp in the backyard and began skating every day. Ryan Sheckler was born on the 30 of

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    this career and happy working at it because I could help other skaters buy and fix boards. I love longboarding and I know how to tune up longboards. I love they way they are built and the way they work. I would love to work at a longboard shop or skateboard shop because I love longboarding and fixing them. I have two longboards and I go out and longboard a ton. I go out whenever I need to think or just want to have some fun. If I worked at a longboard store I could help people find the best kind of

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    rebellious surfers, commonly known as the Z-Boys, decided to transfer their unique lifestyle and individuality into the dying world of skateboarding. The Z-Boys liberated the declining sport of skateboarding by pushing the boundaries of where they could skateboard and by changing the culture of skating. They went to the extreme to find the perfect terrain to emulate surfing. Fortunately, the California drought presented the Z-Boys with an ideal terrain that would revolutionize how people skated. Instead of

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    Wall ad which was put in the Thrasher monthly skateboarding magazine in 2007. In the photograph they have the professional skateboarder, co-owner of Flip Skateboards, and owner of the Civil ware Service Corporation Geoff Rowley. Rowley is riding his skateboard down this long rail of a huge set of stairs which is call grinding, because the skateboard is rubbing against the rail. Based off the photo I can 't tell if it was taken at a skatepark or not, but it does look like a nice, clear summer day. When

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    My little brother has always wanted to be a skateboard champion. He first started riding skateboards when he was tiny. He kept trying even though he wasn't very good. When he was little, his helmet was almost too big for his head. He looked funny squatting on his board trying to keep his balance. He couldn't balance on the end of the board and make it flip, but he could turn and maneuver without falling. By the time he was ten, he could skate fast and straight. He has learned to ride the half-pipe

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    Coaching for SLS League and I replied “Yes”. He asked me to be at Brooklyn Banks in New York at 6:00 in the morning. So, I go there and I see nobody in a radius of at least a mile. I wait there for another hour and tuning and setting up my skateboard. He arrives with a group of

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    What Is Normal Summer

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    I dedicate this book to my brother because we both shared our amazing father and to any other fathers out there who try there best to be a good father. Table on Context The First of Many… The Past Full of Many… Normal Summer The Relation of many… One of Many Accomplishments… Many things I’ve learned I acknowledge Macie for helping me with motivation. And my teachers for having me write this book. Best time to ride It’s the early

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    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

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    look for the cheapest board they can find because they are cheap. They believe that all skateboards are the same so they end

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