skateboarding

A guide to the fundamentals of skateboarding that covers the history, equipment, competitions, moves, tricks, and superstars of the sport and includes information on diet and training for skateboarders.

When someone begins vandalizing the classroom and home of Wall's English teacher, the police begin to suspect Wall, so he and his friends work together to find the real culprit.

Presents interviews with ten professional skateboarders in which they discuss the mental and emotional side of the sport, features sequential photographs of twenty-five intermediate and advanced tricks, and includes brief touring guides of Oregon and Colorado, and advice on how to build a skatepark.

When Wally and Philip, two friends who love to skateboard, see a professional skateboarder who videotapes himself for a website, they attempt to do the same to make money, and as their site becomes more popular, they begin to attempt more dangerous stunts.

When Tanner moves to an exclusive new town he misses his old skate park, but with the help of the town bully and another new friend, Tanner thinks he can figure out a way to get a skate park built in Woodville.

Presents an illustrated discussion of the history of skateboarding, and covers the various tricks, parks, events, and stylish clothes and vernacular associated with the activity.

Complications arise when Casey gets hired as a skateboarding double and a competitor challenges him to a series of dangerous tricks.

Kevin Simon is a skateboarder with two friends who keep getting him into trouble but when, as a punishment, his parents assign him to work for old Mr. Belmont cleaning up his property, Kevin finds that hard work sometimes has its own rewards.

Gavin Cole is a African-American, inner-city kid being bused to a new middle school in the suburbs and he feels very out of place--but his skill at skateboarding helps him to make a connection to a group of other enthusiasts.

Russell Chen and his skateboarding friends are thrilled to be extras in the movie that is being filmed in their town--but when the director asks him to recruit more skaters, Russell is forced to turn to a former best friend who has turned into a bully.