Hocking, Justin

Profiles eight professional skateboarders including Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, and Cara Beth Burnside and the complex tricks that made them famous.

Provides step-by-step instructions and pictures for beginners to complete each skateboarding move.

Examines how amateur and professional skateboarding competitions work and the step-by-step process involved in participating in one; and describes a number of top competitions held throughout the United States.

Photographs and text describe popular skateboarding parks throughout the world, and provide information on square footage, history, and other details about special features.

Presents step-by-step instructions for building skateboard ramps and ledges including manual pads, slider bars, bank ramps, fun boxes, and jump ramps and provides advice on safety, materials, and tools.

Explores more than six of the most popular skateboarding obstacles, providing the history of each obstacle and important information every skater should know.

This book, divided into regions of the West Coast, the Pacific Northwest, the Central United States, the Southern United States, and the East Coast and International, introduces specific skate parks and their unique features.

Presents an introduction to street courses in skate parks and explains how to perform basic, intermediate, and advanced street course tricks providing explanations and step by-step photographs of each trick.