Street skateboarding

manufacturing companies started popping up to specifically create decks and hold competitions (Evolution). Eventually, skateboarding made its way towards television. In 1965, the very first television transmission about skateboarding was in Anaheim, a city in California (Pereira). In 1975, a slalom and freestyle contest were held at the ocean festival. Even though skateboarding wasn’t that advanced with tricks, they did have simple tricks because skateboarders knew how to go up and down ramps (Care)

that is now known as skateboarding. Wanting to show this evolution, Stacy Peralta directed, Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary that captures the history and the iconic moments of skateboarding. The trend of skateboarding was rapidly losing interest in the 70’s until a group of 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

Some would say it's like snowboarding, whereas others would say it's like skateboarding. I, on the other hand, believe surfing is unlike any other sport. Besides it being loads of fun and freeing your mind, it is also a great workout. Problem is, though, many people wonder how to get started and learn what to do. That's where I come in. First, you need to know the safety precautions. You absolutely have to know how to swim and be able to swim well. If this is a problem for you, you can easily contact

Skateboards are a great form of transportation for students who live near the campus and for students to travel in between classes. Skateboards are light objects to carry around, and it does not take a lot of space when placing it on the floor. Many students prefer to use skateboards over bicycles, because it is more convenient to ride and less expensive to replace. Skateboard does not have many mechanical issues unlike bicycles. However, some students do not understand the danger they can promote

First the reason that I chose skateboarding is because that is something I have not learned and have wanted to try because it looks fun and something that you can do for a while to try try again so that it on of the reasons I wanted to do that. Also because it seemed challenging and I like to do challenging things because it is more time consuming instead of being bored. One of the things that interest me were the tricks but I can’t do that yet so I had to start off by learning how to ride a skateboard

Imagine gliding down a city street in Boise, passing all the cars and the people and other boarders. Riding a longboard for transportation is fast, convenient, and fun. Longboards are used for both transportation and sport. The career I’ve chosen is working at a longboard shop, I’d be good at 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

Society has had many subcultures that constantly influence current day society. For this assignment, we watched “Dogtown and Z-boys: The Birth of the Extreme”. This film went through the history of skateboarding and all the influences and events that went on throughout the world of skateboarding. This film was structured with many interviews, following some of the top skateboarders, who all skated for the same company, Zephyr’s. The film started by introducing us to the team and showing background

feeling riders get as they are skating around town on a nice sunny day, with all of their buddies, is one of the best feelings in the world. Many people do not know this, but there is actually more than one type of skating. The two biggest types are skateboarding and longboarding. There are many similarities and differences between the two. The first being the length and style of the deck. Longboards are generally longer and shaped differently than a regular skateboard. Second, would be how the board is

you want to know how it was first made? Or what it originally looked like, or even why it was made? It all started in Santa Monica, California where surfing was rad and thrashing was bad! People loved to skateboard as much as they did surfing. Skateboarding was just a new way, on land! People loved to do manuals, 180s, 360s and shred the nar in empty pools! Larry Stevenson was born in california and loved to surf in santa monica. He was born in 1930, but just recently died in 2012. His name went

Tony Hawk has been a professional skateboarder for over 24 years. However, he did not receive that title overnight; Tony got his first skateboard when he was only 9 years old. Since then, Tony worked extremely hard and put a lot of his focus on skateboarding. He did it because that was his Dream. Tony’s Dream was frowned upon by many of his teachers and adults alike. One of his teachers even told him that he “would never make it in the workplace if he didn’t follow directions exactly” (Hawk), but he