skateboards

Skaters who have mastered beginning and intermediate skills, along with veteran skaters, can benefit from the simple yet effective instruction offered in this book. The book covers detailed instructions for tricks and techniques to ride quarter-pipes, half-pipes, bowls, and to excel in both street skating and skate park skating, progressing through skill levels from low advanced to high advanced. It will help readers interested in upping their game become experts in no time, executing flawless manuals, stalls, and slides and impressing their friends with grabs, ollies, flips, and other tricks.

A behind the scenes looks at how craftsman Jake Eshelman makes one-of-a-kind skateboards by hand from found wood.

Simple text describes skateboards, how they work, and their history, and provides a safety tip.

The ghost Johnny Boo and his friend Squiggle go to the moon, aided by some helpful stars, in order to get some moon ice cream--but first they will have to save the stars and ice cream from a moon monster.

Max Axiom, super scientist, goes back in time to visit Thomas Edison to see how he went through the process of engineering, starting with a problem that needed to be solved. Then Max returns to the future to invent a new, slick skateboard.

An introduction to biking, skateboarding, snowboarding, and surfing that explains the physics behind each sport, describes different techniques and tricks, and traces the history of various styles of boards and bikes.

Offers advice on buying, maintaining, repairing, and enjoying bicycles, in-line skates, scooters, and skateboards, and includes information on the tools needed to work on bikes, and tips on safety and safety equipment.