Download or read book The Skateboarding Field Manual written by Ryan Stutt and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of American Library Association award: Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2010 An illustrated guide to skateboarding skills and techniques. Skateboarding is more than a sport; it is a passion and way of life driven by those who love to push the limits of gravity and inertia while bending the notions of social acceptability. The Skateboarding Field Manual addresses both the intricacies of the sport and the intangibles of its culture. Skateboard enthusiast and journalist Ryan Stutt provides outstanding advice, which ranges from how to stand on your board and how to fall without causing injuries to how to perform grinds, slides and flips. This comprehensive reference is simply the very best manual on the sport of skateboarding. There are 33 maneuvers and tricks for beginners to intermediates, all illustrated with over 350 custom color photographs by skateboarding photographer Harry Gils. Other features include: A 12-page primer on skate culture, including history, deck art, skateboarding in the media and the importance of homemade skate videos and photos. A beginner's guide to parts, safety equipment and skatepark etiquette. Instructions on the basic techniques of pushing, turning, dropping-in, ollies and nollies. Advice on flips, grinds and slides for rails, ramps and ledges, including the varial flip, the nose grind and the board slide. The Skateboarding Field Manual is the essential guide for anyone looking to master the art of skateboarding and to understand its unique culture.
Download or read book Skateboarding written by Steve Badillo and published by Tracks Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Skateboarding Skills written by Ryan Stutt and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the moves to become a serious skateboarder. Praise for The Skateboarding Field Manual, also by Ryan Stutt: "Stutt's appealing title is rife with the glossy glamour that should win nods of approval from even proficient shredders." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books From selecting the right board, to learning which way to stand, to landing a kick flip, Skateboarding Skills provides critical instruction for young riders of all experience levels. New riders will learn essential skills to advance their riding ability while experienced riders will learn new tricks to add to their repertoire. Ryan Stutt shows riders the fundamental techniques that will lead them to success as they practice skateboarding's most important and widely-used flips, grinds and slides. These include: Ollies and Nollies Manuals Boardslides, Lipslides, Noseslides and Tailslides 50-50 grinds, 5-0 grinds and Nose grinds Smith grinds, Feeble grinds and Crooked grinds Kickflips and Heelflips Pop Shuvs Varial Flips and 360 Flips. With Skateboarding Skills, riders will learn the building blocks that are the basis of all skateboarding tricks. Instruction for both flatground and vert skateboarding, plus real-time action sequences that capture the tricks step by step, will help riders learn how to execute the same moves that professional skateboarders use. All photographs show riders wearing the most essential of safety equipment -- a helmet.
Download or read book Mastering Skateboarding written by Per Welinder and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever watched pro skaters and wished you knew how they were able to pull off the tricks that you see? If so, then MasteringSkateboarding is the resource for you! Two-time world champion skateboarder Per Welinder teams up with longtime skateboard advocate Peter Whitley to bring you the techniques and tricks used by the pros. But the information doesn’t stop there. Welinder and Whitley also provide in-depth coverage of skateboarding equipment, including how to select the components that work best for you and how to build and tune a board that fits your individual riding style. Packed with 88 tricks, this full-color guide is the only resource you’ll ever need to pull off the moves you’ve dreamed of performing. Whether you ride street or vert, competitive or recreational, Mastering Skateboarding has you covered. Add this one-of-a-kind resource to your collection and you’ll soon be ready to put your new skills on display!
Download or read book The Skateboard Handbook written by Connor Dryden and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Skateboard Tricks written by Jack Boyd and published by Spotlight Media. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skateboarding Tricks: Step By Step Instructions & Videos To Help You Land Your Next Trick! Do you like riding your skateboard? Have you tried doing some tricks, but no matter how hard you try, you always fail? If you want to learn dozens of incredible skateboard tricks, then this book will show you the easiest way to do so. From flip tricks and grab tricks, to air tricks and slide tricks - learning all of them will be a piece of cake. The only thing you will have to do after that is to impress your friends with your new skills. This book of skateboarding tricks for kids ages 8-12 is perfect for every kid that dreams of becoming the next Tony Hawk - who knows, maybe you will even surpass him. Are you that kid? With this book, you will learn dozens of old school and modern tricks with an accent on originality and creativity - but in the end, the most important thing is, you will have lots of fun. This instructional skateboarding guide contains step-by-step instructions and explanatory shots of every move you need to make to re-create all of these skateboarding tricks successfully. Here is what this guide to skateboarding for kids can offer you: Step-by-step instructions and explanatory shots of basic and advanced skateboarding tricks Guides to easily learn awesome flip tricks and grab tricks Guides to quickly learn incredible air tricks, slide tricks, and ramp tricks Few guidelines on skateboard safety Lots of fun and excitement And much more! If you want to quickly and easily learn dozens of skateboarding tricks and impress your friends with them, all you have to do is follow the step-by-step instructions found in this skateboarding guide for kids. It's that easy. Scroll up, click on "Buy Now with 1-Click", and Get Your Copy Now!
Download or read book Skateboarding Made Simple Vol 2 written by Aaron Kyro and published by Braille Skateboarding. This book was released on 2014-11-08 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed how to skateboard video for manuals ever made! Learn how to balance, manual, nose manual, manual 180s, nose manual 180s, manual shove its, nose manual shove its, kickflip manual, kickflip nose manual, manual kickflip, nose manual nollie flip, and then progressing from there.
Download or read book Surfing Street Skateboarding Performance and Space written by Hunter Hawkins Fine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the cultural, political, and social implications of surfing and street skateboarding by drawing on critical cultural studies, political philosophy, postcolonial studies, urban sociology, and poststructuralist theory to analyze and render everyday performances as critical theoretical gestures.
Download or read book Orca Sports Resource Guide written by Susan Greye and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Orca Sports Resource Guide provides teachers with ideas for connecting each title in the series to the curriculum, the text and, most importantly, the students.
Download or read book Nikon D3100 Digital Field Guide written by J. Dennis Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 14.2 megapixel camera with full 1080p video capabilities, the Nikon D3100 camera is both powerful and yet, accessible to first-time dSLR users. The Nikon D3100 Digital Field Guide will teach you how to get the most out of the advanced dSLR features of the Nikon D3100 as well as improve your basic photography skills. Chapter 1: Exploring the Nikon D3100. – This chapter covers the key components of the Nikon D3100 including basic layout, dials, switches, buttons, and navigation of the viewfinder screen. Chapter 2: Nikon D3100 Essentials. – Learn the various modes for exposures, auto focus, white balance, and picture controls. Chapter 3: Exploring the Nikon D3100 Menus. – Learn to use the playback, shooting, setup and retouch menus to get the most out of the Nikon D3100's photographic potential. Chapter 4: Essential Photography Concepts. – Understand the basics of exposure, depth of field, and composition on your Nikon D3100 to take your photography to the next level. Chapter 5: Selecting and Using Lenses. – Learn lens basics and which lens to use to get the exact type of photos that you want. Chapter 6: Working With Light. – Create natural and beautiful photographs with your D3100 and this chapter's tips on soft light, hard light, natural light, and the use of flash to get the best possible photos. Chapter 7: Working With Live View and Video. – Learn the various video modes of the Nikon D3100 camera, and find tips and tricks for getting the best video possible with your dSLR. Chapter 8: Real World Applications. – Get professional pointers for capturing still-life, action, and abstract photos, as well as landscapes, sports, and architectural subjects with your Nikon D3100. Chapter 9: Viewing and In-Camera Editing. – Learn to view, download, and re-touch images with the Nikon D3100's easy to use editing interface. Appendix A: Accessories. – This Appendix brings together information about remote controls, tripods, monopods, and other accessories that will help you get the most out of your Nikon D3100. Appendix B: How to Use the Grey Card and Color Checker. – Learn how to produce photos with accurate white balance and color with these free-inside-the-book tools. This go-anywhere, full-color guide includes a free grey/color checker card to help you achieve accurate white balance and color in any situation. With the Nikon D3100 Digital Field Guide, you will gain a thorough understanding not only of the Nikon D3100, but also the basic fundamentals of capturing the best possible photos.
Download or read book Skateboarding written by Paul Mason and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces skateboarding, where to skate, top techniques, types of skateboards, and the secret language of skateboarders.
Download or read book The Handmade Skateboard written by Matt Berger and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build a custom skateboard of any shape and size, from a high-performance street deck to the classic longboard, that will turn heads everywhere you go. When you make your own skateboard from scratch you have the opportunity to create something that is perfectly tailored to you: a deck that matches your height, your weight, your center of balance, your skill level and your intended use. More importantly, making your own skate deck allows you to design a perfect ride to fit your style and makes a statement about who you are. There's nothing wrong with choosing off-the-shelf and mass produced, but who doesn't prefer to stand out. Be different. Be one of a kind. That's what you get with a custom handmade skateboard. Whether you are an accomplished woodworker or an absolute beginner, The Handmade Skateboard guides you step-by-step through building five skateboard designs; from a simple Hack Board built in a few spare hours to a high-performance street deck pressed from seven layers of high-quality Maple veneers. A design guide covers everything you need to know about sizing and shaping your deck and choosing the right trucks and hardware. And helpful photos, illustrations and detailed written instructions throughout provide all the information and motivation you need to make your own skateboard from scratch.
Download or read book Nikon Creative Lighting System Digital Field Guide written by Benjamin Edwards and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed coverage of the three high-end speedlights built exclusively for new Nikon SLRs Nikon speedlights put creative control of flash at the photographer's command, and with Nikon's Creative Lighting System, flash control is practically intuitive and possibilities are seemingly endless. However, setting up, synchronizing the equipment, and determining lighting ratios can be a daunting task. This new edition of a bestseller puts your mind at ease in a flash. Award-winning photographer Benjamin Edwards begins with the basics and demystifies the complexities of using multiple speedlights, adjusting flash outputs, and setting up a wireless studio in an understandable, approachable way. Teaches you how to fill in shadows, reveal detail, and add a sense of motion or visual effects to your images, all with automatic ease and total wireless control Includes coverage of other Creative Lighting System components such as Nikon's wireless commander and macro speedlights Explores the basic functions of the SB-910, continues with the SB-700 and the similar, but less expensive, SB-600 Boasts unique, detailed advice on lighting specific subjects: weddings, pets, product shots, corporate locations, portraits, large groups, sports, and much more While the Nikon Creative Lighting System speedlights are like having a low cost, wireless, studio lighting system that's portable enough to fit in a camera bag, this invaluable guide does fit in your camera bag and goes where you go to help you take control of this amazing lighting system.
Download or read book The Skateboard Manual written by Martin Schultz and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Skateboarding and the City written by Iain Borden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys written by Liz Knowles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, this book provides a complete plan for developing a literacy program that focuses on boys pre-K through grade 12. Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today. Additionally, the emphasis and focus have changed due to the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards. How can educators best encourage male students to read, and what new technologies and techniques can serve this objective? The Common Core Approach to Building Literacy in Boys is an essential resource and reference for teachers, librarians, and parents seeking to encourage reading in boys from preschool to 12th grade. Providing a wide array of useful, up-to-date information that emphasizes the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, the bibliographies and descriptions of effective strategies in this book will enable you to boost reading interest and performance in boys. The chapters cover 16 different topics of interest to boys, all accompanied by a complete bibliography for each subject area, discussion questions, writing connections, and annotated new and classic nonfiction titles. Information on specific magazines, annotated professional titles, books made into film, websites, and apps that will help you get boys interested in reading is also included.
Download or read book Build It Make It Do It Play It written by Catharine Bomhold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable, one-stop guide to collection development and finding ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens. For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information—one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas—arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth—the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.
