Download or read book Skateboarding Power and Change written by Indigo Willing and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how cultural, social and political change happens through a unique analysis of the ‘ethical turn’ in skateboarding today. Insights shared by key change-makers and industry insiders cover themes including First Nations, Black and People of Color, skater-run creative innovations, anti-colonialism, anti-racism initiatives, and a growing focus on equity and empowering skaters historically discriminated against due to gender and/or sexuality. These dynamic changes are also connected to conceptual and theoretical frameworks from skate research, journalism, and sociology. This is a must-read for anyone interested in subcultures and social change.
Download or read book Skate the World written by Jonathan Mehring and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hit the streets with 200 exhilarating photographs of the worlds greatest professional skateboarders in action. In this dynamic collection, award-winning photographer Jonathan Mehring takes us from New York to Hong Kong to Istanbul and beyond as he sets out to capture the heart and soul of skate culture on six continents. Featuring stars like Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston, and Eric Koston, Mehrings images have been published in top skateboarding magazines, and ESPN named him one of the sports ten most influential people. Now, in his first book, Mehring invites us along on his exhilarating photo adventures across six continents. By capturing these experiences on camera and including complementary images contributed by other top skate photographers, Mehring presents an exciting and artful look at skate culture around the world. With an adrenaline rush on every page, this book celebrates the joy of skateboarding and its power to inspire young people to overcome obstacleson the board and off."--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Skater Cielo written by Rachel Katstaller and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Cielo, a fierce skater who finds that facing your fear of failing gives you the courage to persevere! Cielo loves to skateboard! But when she messes up on a new ramp she's embarrassed and afraid to fall again in front of so many people. With the help of some new friends, Cielo summons the courage to try again (and again, and again), and learns that falling is not failing--true fierceness isn't about landing the perfect trick, it's about picking yourself back up when you don't.
Download or read book Skateboarding Made Simple Vol 3 written by Aaron Kyro and published by Braille Skateboarding. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most detailed how to skateboard video for grinds and slides ever made! Learn how to backside boardslide, frontside 50-50, backside 50-50, frontside 5-0, backside 5-0, frontside boardslide, backside nose slide, frontside nosegrind, backside crooked grind, frontside tail slide, backside nose grind, frontside nose slide, and then progressing from there.
Download or read book A Skateboarder s Guide to God written by Andy Milne and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores God through the eyes of a skateboarder, using stories from the world of skateboarding to explain who God is and what God's like. When a skater first learns to street skate, pop an ollie, or ride a ramp; there is a buzz of excitement! It's the thrill of riding a skateboard joined with the fun of learning a new trick. There's a similar thrill when someone begins a relationship with God. Each step into faith can brings fun and joy, like learning a new trick. Life's journey is a bit like skating through a town. There may be high ledges and the ideal double-set but is there a purpose for it all? Is there a God who created us? What happens at the end of our lives? By exploring core issue (a skater's identity, when a skate park feels so good it's almost like heaven, the near miraculous nature of some skate tricks, the dark 'slide' of life, and whether we worship) this book aims to helps skaters and non-skaters alike take a fresh look at the God who is totally for all people, who calls us to come just as we are.
Download or read book Skateboard Party written by Karen English and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard can't wait to show off his skills at a friend's skateboard birthday party, but a note home from his teacher threatens to ruin his plans. This charming second book in a new series about third grade boys by Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winner Karen English offers spot-on storytelling, relatable characters and situations, and plenty of action.
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 Four Wheels and a Board written by Betsy Gordon and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold look at the creative, controversial, and vibrant history of skateboarding, and the amazing skaters who continually reinvent it Skateboarding isn't just a recreational activity, but a professional sport, lifestyle, art form, and cultural phenomenon. The striking book Four Wheels and a Board captures its spirited history, iconic skateboarders, diverse community, and the palpable passion of the people who love it. It includes contributions from the most influential names in the game, including Rodney Mullen, Tony Hawk, Mimi Knoop, and more. The gorgeously designed book presents objects, artifacts, and photographs from the Smithsonian’s collections that exemplify the vitality and innovation of skate culture. Book chapters are organized chronologically by decade from the '60s to present day, starting with 20th-century surfboards, moving through technological changes, the disappearance of skate parks, the rise of social media and collaborations, and ending with never-before-seen objects from the 2020 Summer Olympics, where skateboarding made its historic Olympic debut. Largely invented by youth, skateboarding has attracted punks, misfits, and dreamers looking for somewhere to belong. The book features skateboards and skaters who open dialogues about race, the gender binary, queerness, the displacement of Native people, and so much more, shining a light on people and places not often represented in traditional skateboard history. Four Wheels and a Board is a fresh look at a transformative culture, and one hell of a ride.
Download or read book Blabac Photo written by and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's rad what I do." -Mike Blabac Blabac Photo: The Art of Skateboarding Photography is astunning chronicle of a youth movement as seen throughthe lens of Mike Blabac, a man who is as dedicated to hiscraft as he is to the skateboarding lifestyle that inspired it.For millions of people around the world, skateboarding ismore than a mere hobby or a sport-it's a way of life thathas shaped everything from fashion and music, to videogames and art. Blabac Photo proves that point with 300awe-inspiring images that communicate the stories andexploits of some of the most creative athletes to ever stepon a skateboard including Eric Koston, Stevie Williams,Colin McKay, Rob Dyrdek, and Danny Way. As skateboardingevolved over time, from a hobby for kids on the Veniceboardwalk into a global culture, skate legends were born,records were broken, titans of industry materialized-andMike Blabac was there to document the history of themovement as it developed before his eyes.
Download or read book Skater Baby written by Jack Noel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious picture book debut, a precocious baby sneaks away from her mom, snags a skateboard, and begins one heck of a daring (and disruptive) joyride through the park! Mom wants her precious little bundle to have some good, safe fun at the park—but Baby has other plans. While her mom isn't looking, the baby crawls away and finds a skateboard. As Skater Baby goes on a fun-filled joyride through the park, she continues to pass one distracted, unsuspecting adult after another and snags something new from each of them (like an umbrella, a clown's nose, and even an unsupervised dog). While her haul steadily grows, so does the crowd of adults who are chasing after. But no one seems to be able to catch the daredevil tyke. And wait, is Skater Baby heading for the huge, scary Mega Ramp?
Download or read book My First Skateboard written by Karl Watson and published by . This book was released on 1976-09-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonas meets Jack is the sequel to the book My First Skateboard. It is a tale about how friends are made through the act of skateboarding.
Download or read book Skateboard Breakdown written by Eric Fein and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ty Taggart has always loved skating. But ever since his older brother, Nick, died in combat, Ty has been off his game. He skates recklessly and has lost all interest in the local skating tournament. But when Nick's best friend, Edwin, pays him a visit, Ty is able to reign in his anger and realize his true skating potential. In the finals, everyone is dazzled by Ty's slick, flashy tricks -- until he wipes out and breaks his board. Ty will have to pick up the pieces and reassemble his board overnight if he hopes to prevail.
Download or read book Skateboard written by Jonathan Russell Clark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. How did the skateboard go from a menacing fad to an Olympic sport? Writer and skateboarder Jonathan Russell Clark answers this question by going straight to the sources: the skaters, photographers, commentators, and industry insiders who made such an unlikely rise to worldwide juggernaut possible. Skateboarders are their own historians, which means the real history of skating exists not in archives or texts but in a hodgepodge of random and iconic videos, tattered photographs, and, mostly, in the blurry memories of the people who lived through it all. From California beaches to Tokyo 2020, the skateboard has outlasted its critics to form a global community of creativity, camaraderie, and unceasing progression. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Download or read book Sky Brown written by Cheryl Kim and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2022 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At just 10 years of age, Sky Brown became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world. Instead of using a coach, she learns her tricks online. She's not afraid to take risks and push limits. After a horrific fall left her unresponsive with several skull fractures and a broken left hand and wrist, Brown is still determined to be the best skateboarder in the world!"--
Download or read book The Most Fun Thing written by Kyle Beachy and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR • Southwest Review • Electric Literature Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding, and explores how this search led unexpectedly to insights on marriage, love, loss, American invention, and growing old. In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike’s corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty independent skate shoe market. Beachy has since established himself as skate culture's freshest, most illuminating, at times most controversial voice, writing candidly about the increasingly popular and fast-changing pastime he first picked up as a young boy and has continued to practice well into adulthood. What is skateboarding? What does it mean to continue skateboarding after the age of forty, four decades after the kickflip was invented? How does one live authentically as an adult while staying true to a passion cemented in childhood? How does skateboarding shape one's understanding of contemporary American life? Of growing old and getting married? Contemplating these questions and more, Beachy offers a deep exploration of a pastime—often overlooked, regularly maligned—whose seeming simplicity conceals universal truths. THE MOST FUN THING is both a rich account of a hobby and a collection of the lessons skateboarding has taught Beachy—and what it continues to teach him as he strugglesto find space for it as an adult, a professor, and a husband.
Download or read book Berlin Sports written by Heather L. Dichter and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2024-10-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many American cities, individual athletes, professional teams, and university sports are integral to the cities’ sporting identities. Berlin, in contrast, features no single hallmark sport, team, or annual event. Five political regimes, wartime destruction, and four decades of division instead fostered ever-changing teams, allegiances, and venues. Yet, the desire to play and watch sport continued unabated across these political watersheds. Berlin Sports: Spectacle, Recreation, and Media in Germany’s Metropolis explores the history of sport in Berlin from the late nineteenth- to the early twenty-first centuries against the backdrop of the city’s sharp political shifts, diverse populations, and status as a major metropolis with both regional and global resonance. This book begins with a long-distance equestrian race in the 1890s and continues with the role of media in spectacle, celebrity, urban life, and gender from the 1890s to the 1920s.It then turns to grassroots sport participation and spectatorship as well as sport diplomacy at the elite international level during the postwar period and the years of German division. Next, it explores recreational sport associations within the context of immigration and youth counterculture. It concludes with the 2015 European Maccabi Games, an international Jewish sports festival through which Berlin sought to grapple with the infamous 1936 Olympics and showcase Berlin as a cosmopolitan and multicultural city. Taken together, the book’s scholarly essays on all of these sporting endeavors reveal the rich and varied sporting culture in Berlin and yield fresh insights into spectacle, recreation, and media in the city.
Download or read book Skateboard Star written by Jennifer Torres and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Valle Grande Skate Spectacular competition coming up, Catalina is hoping her sister Coco will win and she can have her old board, but Coco has lost her skateboarding mojo so Catalina considers entering the competition herself.
