Big Air Skateboarding

Big Air Skateboarding
Author: Jack David
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1612113850

Big Air Skateboarding has grown in popularity since its invention by Danny Way in 2004. Skateboarders drop down from 60 or 80 feet and launch off huge ramps to do spins, grabs, and flips in the air. Kids will discover the history of the sport, the equipment used, and the safety precautions taken to make sure it remains a fun extreme sport!

Big Air Skateboarding

Big Air Skateboarding
Author: Thomas K. Adamson
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1681030845

Heights do not rank high on the list of fears for these athletes. Big air skateboarding has its competitors soaring over 8 stories high and at speeds of up to 55 miles per hour. Skate through this awesome title for young readers.

Skateboarding Big Air

Skateboarding Big Air
Author: Connie Colwell Miller
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781429601085

Explains the stunts that big air skaters do and what competing is like.

Skateboarding and the City

Skateboarding and the City
Author: Iain Borden
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1472583485

Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions – a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. Skateboarding and the City presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images – of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills – this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.

Skateboarding

Skateboarding
Author: Steve Badillo
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1884654193

Contains photographic sequences with narrative text that describe thirty-four skateboarding tricks, including old school, spine, and new school stunts, and includes an interview with skateboarder and coach Steve Badillo.

A Secret History of the Ollie

A Secret History of the Ollie
Author: Craig B. Snyder
Publisher: Pioneers of Skateboarding
Total Pages: 912
Release: 2015-02-28
Genre: Popular culture
ISBN: 9781930287006

Every culture has a creation myth, and skateboarding is no different. The Ollie forged a new identity for skateboarding after its invention in the 1970s, and it lies at the root of nearly every significant move in street skating today. This groundbreaking no-handed aerial has also affected the evolution of surfing and snowboarding, and has left a permanent impression upon popular culture and language. This, then, is the story of the Ollie, the history and technology that set the stage for its creation, the pioneers who made it happen, and the skaters who used it to start a revolution.

Amped

Amped
Author: David Browne
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2010-12-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1408820412

Once a fringe underground culture, extreme sports are now the stuff of car commercials and Olympic competitions. How did they get there - and how does it feel to be in the middle of it all? The first comprehensive account of the rise, culture, and business of action sports, Amped plunges us into this exciting world. Readers will find themselves aboard a skateboarding bus tour with superstar Tony Hawk, behind the scenes at the X Games and snowboarding contests, on the sidelines witnessing the first-ever double backflip on a motorcycle, on the road with the Warped Tour, and in the offices of the multinational corporatison that have tapped into the vast amounts of money to be made from these nontraditional sports. Based on interviews with more than one hundred athletes, managers, business executives, extreme-rock musicians, and, most importantly, the adolescent amateurs who are at the heart of this movement, Amped is not merely the story of an alternative world of sports now four decades old. It's the tale of a flourishing culture that continues to reject old-fashioned stick-and-ball sports in favor of individualistic forms of expression. The story of extreme sports speaks volumes about Generations X and Y and their divergent views on life, creativity, gratification, and identity.

Skateboarding Greats

Skateboarding Greats
Author: Lori Polydoros
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2011-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1429672536

"Lists and describes the top skateboarders of the past and today"--Provided by publisher.

Scholastic Year in Sports 2014

Scholastic Year in Sports 2014
Author: James Buckley Jr.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0545562600

The must-have book for sports lovers! For sport fans everywhere, the 2014 edition of Year in Sports features an exciting new cover, full-color action photographs throughout, completely updated facts and stats, brand-new interior design, new chapter openers, and new Top 10 moments from lists from the past year in sports. With info about all of the top athletes, championships, and legends from the major and secondary sports. If you love sports, then you have to have this book.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Sports Spectacular

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Sports Spectacular
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2012-08-15
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1607106922

New from the Bathroom Reader: a grand slam, hole-in-one, hat trick collection of sports lore and trivia. Hey, sports fans: Sports Spectacular is bigger and better than ever! The not-so-dumb jocks at the BRI have packed in all the best sports and games articles from the wildly successful Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series--and then bulked the whole thing up with more than 50 fan-tastic new pages. So place the ball on the tee, square up to the basket, and make sure your laces are laced tight, because it’s time to throw the dice through the goalposts for a home run! You’ll feel the thrill of victory and laugh at the agony of defeat as you read about… * The origins of all the major sports (and a bunch of minor ones) * Classic games, from poker and pinball to Monopoly and Donkey Kong * How to play bathroom blackjack * The world’s worst matador * The Goodyear Blimp * Mascots gone wild * Olympic scandals * NASCAR’s illegal origins * Dodging the cow pies when you play pasture golf * Finnish wife-carrying, gerbil racing, flagpole sitting, and other bizarre sports And much, much more!