Skateboarding
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Skateboarding
Do you love skateboarding and want to find out more or check out some cool skateboarding gear? If so you've come to the right site, but first did you know that skateboarding is believed to have been started in the 1950s or 1960s?
The boards have changed a lot since the beginning and in the late 1970s trick skating was invented. The likes of Alan Gelfand, Rodney Mullien & Jason Lee have really helped to evolve the Trick Skating culture.
The boards have changed a lot since the beginning and in the late 1970s trick skating was invented. The likes of Alan Gelfand, Rodney Mullien & Jason Lee have really helped to evolve the Trick Skating culture.
You can purchase the cool Never Stop Skateboarding poster featured by clicking here!
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Ollie
The Basis of most Skating Tricks
The Ollie was first invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand in 1976. It is basically a jump that is performed by tapping the tail of the board on the ground. The Ollie gives the illusion that the skater has glued the board to his/her shoes.Because the Ollie forms the basis of many skating tricks it is important to master it, Tony Waters, a skater himself, reveals how to do the Ollie and many more tricks in only 8 weeks in his book The Secrets of Skateboarding.
He not only teaches the easiest way to learn the Ollie, but also shows you how to take the Ollie to new levels and make insanely high Ollies.
Alan "Ollie" Gelfand
The inventer of the Ollie
Alan Gelfand (born 1963, New York) is the inventor of the ollie, a skateboarding trick.
Gelfand moved from New York to Hollywood, Florida with his family in 1968. Alan "Ollie" Gelfand started skateboarding in 1974 after his father bought him his first skateboard. In 1976 ......
Gelfand moved from New York to Hollywood, Florida with his family in 1968. Alan "Ollie" Gelfand started skateboarding in 1974 after his father bought him his first skateboard. In 1976 ......
Trick Skateboarding Flips
Kickflips, Heelflips and Hardflips
Tony Waters book The Secrets of Skateboarding shows you how you can master these "flips" in only 8 weeks. Some people take years to perfect them.
Kickflip
This is a variation on the ollie in which the skater kicks the nose of his/her board to send it into a spin before landing back on it.
Heelflip
A heelflip is basically a kickflip in which the skater uses the heel of his/her foot to flip the board instead of the toe.
Hardflip
When performing a hardflip you do a kickflip while having the board spin frontside instead of backside.
Back or Front
When talking in skate lingo backside refers to when a trick or turn is executed with the skater's back facing the ramp or obstacle.
Frontside refers to when a trick or turn is executed with the front of the skater's body facing the ramp or obstacle.
More Than Just a Skateboarding Tutorial
The Power of the Mind
Buy this poster of a young man skateboarding at AllPosters.com
Tony Waters claims that his inspiration and what has enabled him to learn all of his skills in little time comes not from skateboarding pros, but Tony Robbins
.It is this angle that makes his book The Secrets of Skateboarding stand out from all of the others.
Skateboarding Illegal?
Skateboards were actually banned in Norway between 1978 and 1989 which lead to an underground culture among the Norwegian skaters.
Skateboards to Buy
You Can't Learn to Skate Without a Board!
You can even find some great Skateboards on Zazzle - there are a wide variety of different designs to suit just about anyone. You can even create your own deck - how awesome is that?
These skateboards are available in a number of different sizes as well, here are just a very small selection for you to browse through -
These skateboards are available in a number of different sizes as well, here are just a very small selection for you to browse through -
- Skateboards for Girls
- Girls skate too which is why there are more and more cool skateboards for girls on the market. This website contains a great collection of skateboards for girls for you to select from and they are all extremely high quality.
- iCarly Skateboards
- If you know a young skateboarder who loves watching iCarly then they will simply flip out over these licensed skateboards.
What About When You're Indoors?
Turning pro at just 14 Tony Hawk is a legendary skater. Check out his official website right here.
When you can't get outside for whatever reason check out Tony Hawk's Underground.
When you can't get outside for whatever reason check out Tony Hawk's Underground.
Tony Hawk Underground
Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 06/03/2012)
My daughter loves this PlayStation 2 game and she's not the only one as the game has gone platinum. It is also available on both Gamecube and X-Box.
One of the reasons she loves it is that she can play as herself by loading her own picture - not that she's vain or anything!! She does find that some of the goals are unachievable, but then she is young and fairly new to playing Playstation so I am sure that she'll find them easy soon.
There are apparently nine levels, but I have only seen a couple of them, they certainly keep my dd entertained and the reviews that I have read say that Tony Hawk's Underground is fantastic.
Cool Skateboarding T-Shirts
There are even some awesome skateboarding designs available on t-shirts including these here -
What Do You Think About Skateboarding?
You know what to do just let me know what you think.
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GravityHouse3476
Nov 1, 2010 @ 6:33 pm | delete
- Love this site thanks for the good read.
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GravityHouse3476
Nov 1, 2010 @ 6:33 pm | delete
- Love this site thanks for the good read.
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JAV010
Oct 27, 2008 @ 10:11 am | delete
- Thanks for visiting my lenses great job :P
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lou16
Sep 24, 2008 @ 12:37 am | delete
- Thankyou RichLeigh, I had a little chuckle about the Norway fact as I had always thought they were a very easy going country!
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RichLeigh Sep 23, 2008 @ 11:47 pm | delete
- Quite an interesting/amusing fact about skateboards getting banned in Norway! I always used to love skateboarding, I wasn't very good (hence my generally only skateboarding at night); I did however master a few basic tricks such as the ollie, the kickflip, and a few others too... I wasn't very good but I did occasionally manage to pull it out the bag with some pretty amazing tracks! Anyway, I digress; I enjoyed the lens, and it's 5 stars for skateboarding!
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This skateboarding webpage was last updated by lou16 on 17th February 2012.
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