Hocking, Justin

Explains the process involved in convincing a city to build a public skate park and provides information on getting organized, conducting petition drives, fund-raising, and working with city government.

Presents step-by-step instructions for performing the basic techniques of riding half-pipes and provides helpful tip on more advanced tricks.

Explains how to safely skate in bowls and pools and includes descriptions of basic, intermediate, and advanced tricks, providing photographs demonstrating each step of each trick that accompany the descriptions.

Describes how public skate parks are constructed, and explains how highly specialized workers design and build facilities specifically for skateboarding.