Skateboarding

between a longboard and a normal skateboard, and you get a safer riding experience for beginners. Since the board is much larger, stopping and controlling the board is going to be inherently easier no matter what skill level of rider you are. Many skateboarding accidents occur because riders fail to safely control their boards. While you still need to keep safety in mind as a beginner, choosing a longboard over a standard sized board is going to put you in a safer…

location in the Thames for skateboarding. He loved the area, feeling the tingly sensation of skateboards crashing, where graffiti artists were not bothered, homeless people had a place to sleep, and the repulsive smell of urine. Elliot made friends with other local skaters, together, they made a language within themselves, enjoyed experimenting skateboard tricks, the girls around the area, and the word he praises, safe. His relationship with the word safe began in a skateboarding trick that…

Skateparks have serious health benefits because action sports involve lots of exercise. Kids would be encouraged to exercise because skateboarding is a fun and non-competitive activity. Kids would have so much fun at their skatepark that they would come back again and again and get even more exercise. Another piece of evidence from the website “The top 6 benefits of public skateparks” says…

Starting Out and the Basics If you’re thinking about learning how to ride a skateboard there are some things you’ll need before you join the skater world. You’ll need a skateboard of course, but what kind you get is all up to you. Also, you should get knee, elbow, and wrist pads. Anyone who is going to start skateboard should get a helmet and a pair if durable shoes. I personally, being the one prone to accidents, decided to start with a long board. Of course I have good shoes and a helmet. You…

We are doing a essay on laws. We are doing this because we are learning about laws. My law Is" You cant skateboard without a license''. The details of the law I chose is you do have to have a license to skate in Florida. This law affects everyone that lives in Florida that does not have a license and likes to skate. The penalty is you could go to jail for a year for not obeying the law. The person that past the law was actually a group of people called State Library and…

The reason why the deck’s cross sectional shape has not drastically changed throughout the years is based on the origins of skateboarding. We have to remember that skateboarding was based on surfing. Skateboarding first appeared in the 1950s when Californian surfers thought of a way to “surf” on concrete surfaces [1]. Essentially, skateboarding was supposed to be “sidewalk surfing.” If we examine the cross sectional shape of a surfboard, we see that it has a very small thickness and…

Is skateboarding still a crime? Will the global skateboarding subculture change after the participation in the next Tokyo Summer Olympics in 2020? As reaction to the agreement of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to add skateboarding to the Sports program for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, a controversial debate supported by an online petition is denouncing the risk skateboarders’ values would be lost should skateboarding join the Olympics. In fact, unlike the many disciplines competing…

Skateboarding has become an extremely popular sport. People all over the world participate in or watch the sport. A nice skateboard can lift a rider's confidence as the rider will feel great that people are paying attention. A good quality board will also make the rider feel safe. When doing jumps and flips it is essential to have a board that can hold up the rider's weight. The main parts of a board are the deck, wheels and the truck. The deck is the top part on which the rider's foot rests…

When walking down the beautiful sidewalks while looking at the different architectural accessories on campus, someone cannot help but admire the beauty. Until that someone start to point out all the skid marks left by random skaters trying to perfect their tricks. Why would such a beautiful campus allow such destruction to happen, not to mention the physical danger the skaters are in while they try their tricks? Simple actions can be made to resolve this problem, yet the actions have not been…

and consider a morbid or inhuman decent of understanding oneself (Beal, 1995 p. 252). When we take this concept within the subculture and sport activity within skateboarding, it takes a toll on the understanding how one may see the youth within this subculture as a rebellious youth which disrupts city space (Snow, 1993 p. 273). Skateboarding in itself has also been subjected to be a space within dominant values and norms…