Skateboard

As a child or young adult you commit many errors. As I can recall I like most young adults had done something bad with consequences. It was a warm summer day the sky was clear. The streets full of cars. Children playing and having fun due to summer vacation. I woke up that morning not really knowing what I was going to do that day clueless on how my day was going to go. That morning I did the usual got dressed and relaxed. Towards noon I got a text from a friend. My friends planned to skate by…

enjoyable due to its freedom of expression and self; however, it also lends itself to be one of the most dangerous sports in the world with 150,000 injuries a year. In this process essay, I will teach you the step-by-step ways to build your very own skateboard, how to stand on it, learn to push it, and take it to the streets, in hopes that in no time you will be skating and having fun safely like one of the pros. I enjoy skateboarding because it supplies a sense…

Personal Narrative When I was five years old, my family and I went on a road trip to California. this was when I lived in Kansas, so I was really excited to visit family I never met there. My uncle had a skateboard collection and my mom was riding around on a longboard. She asked me if I wanted to learn how to skate. I said yes. That was the best choice I ever made. Ever since then I have been fascinated with skating and learning new tricks. My brothers and I can all skate well, although my…

teens who often find themselves stressed out and bored. In his youth, Tony Hawk grew up in Carlsbad California with his parents Frank and Nancy Hawk. When Hawk was 9 years old he was given a fiberglass skateboard that sparked his passion to pursue and change skateboarding forever. Dog town skateboards soon offered Hawk a sponsorship, he gladly accepted that offer and many others from famous and well-known brands such as Activation and Quicksilver. Tony hawk was fast on the road to success and…

Many of the skateboarders this day in age are young children between the ages of 15 years old to as young as 6 years old. For that age group, majority of them skateboard at the skatepark or either at home, and for kids to see that skateboarders are getting harassed for skating in public places scare them into not wanting to skateboard in fear that the cops may do the same to them which isn 't right for the kids. Seeing their peers in handcuffs or getting thrown off their boards isn 't something…

Popping An Ollie Physics Around Campus Ryan Meehan Physics 102 Spring 2017 This is a picture of me popping an ollie in the basement of Dooley Hall. An ollie is the first trick that many skaters learn, as it is the foundation for almost every other trick and can help skaters avoid obstacles such as small cracks and rocks that could ruin your day, and knees. The physics behind popping an ollie is very interesting, and after teaching my friends, and kids that I babysit how to skate…

I got a new skateboard a few days ago, it was very fast. I could tell it was gonna last for a long time. Then the next day on an early morning I thought it would be a great day to skate so I grabbed my skateboard and went outside. I saw this young boy at the skatepark, he was able to do things I’ve never seen before, he was really good. I could tell this kid was important in the skating world. Then I realized we go to the same high school, he was a bigger guy so it was kinda cool to see a guy…

Skateboarding born in the 50s in California on the seaside coast such as Los Angeles or Hawaii. By their long walks tarred along beaches, the cities become the cradle of skateboarding. Indeed, many phenomena such as the expansion of these towns based on an orthogonal pattern (grid, streamlined mesh of the urban fabric, large squares in front of public buildings) have greatly encouraged this urban sport. We can precise that Los Angeles, postmodern city, has not city center which would deploy a…

active The Paul Rodriguez Nike commercial brings Nike promotes physical activity by using one of the most elite skateboarder on this planet. Paul Rodriguez is a successful skateboarder that has recently opened his own company named Primitive Skateboards, Won both street league and the X Games gold medal in 2012, and is sponsored by both Target and At&t which is quite impressive since both of those companies don’t revolve around skateboarding. His devotion to Nike is his most successful…

The evolution of skateboarding has changed in so many ways over the past seventy or some odd years. The scene began as a very chill surfer style where it was mainly just cruising down hills or the street or also known as “sidewalk surfing”. Then the locals in all the California surfer towns began to organize teams have local competitions, then teams such as Zephyr and the Z-boys of Dogtown brought the hardcore and punk style and attitude to the table which changed the game forever. Skateboarding…