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1990 Skateboarding Skateboarding Manufacturers
517 wordsDozens of new manufacturers sprung up and skateboarding entered its third wave of popularity. Numerous vertical champions emerged including Tony Hawk, Christian Host, Lance Mountain and Neil Blender. In the street, Mark Gonzales, Natas Kaupas and Tommy Guerrero took the ollie to new heights. Freestyle skateboarding was also a part of the scene and Rodney Mullen dominated all competition. In the mid to late 1980 's three main manufacturers handled most of the skate market-Powell Peralta, Vision/S...
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San Jacinto Four Hours
945 wordsSomewhere a teenaged kid is happily riding his skateboard trying to have a good time by fully living his youthful years, when he is suddenly grabbed from behind and forced to the ground by a police officer. Some would call this justice, but this innocent child has been vengefully harassed for a crime he didn't even know he was committing; a crime of being a skater. Most of us have never experienced such a horrific ordeal, but for a skateboarder this is a common reoccurrence that is happening way...
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Football Or Basketball Skateboarding
332 wordsSkateboarding Is Not A Crime In this country there are a numerous amount of sports. One of the sports most looked down upon, I believe is skateboarding. It was started mainly on the West Coast, but now survives everywhere, and everywhere it is its looked down upon. Skateboarding has been around for decades. This sport should be respected. One of the reasons people dont like this sport is because of fear. Fear that they have because of stereotypes about skaters themselves. People automatically th...
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Skaters Compete Nationally Figure Skating Championships United
839 wordsSkating traces its origins practically back to the origins of human beings. To cross frozen lakes and streams, early humans tied animal bones to their feet and glided through the winter months. Eventually, iron and steel blades replaced the bones and a rough means of travel was transformed into recreation. Skating remained popular among all social classes, but as a competitive sport, only the extremely well to do could afford to participate. Figure skating as we know it today traces its origins ...
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D C Heath Angular Momentum
1,531 wordsAngular momentum and its properties were devised over time by many of the great minds in physics. Newton and Kepler were probably the two biggest factors in the evolution of angular momentum. Angular momentum is the force which a moving body, following a curved path, has because of its mass and motion. Angular momentum is possessed by rotating objects. Understanding torque is the first step to understanding angular momentum. Torque is the angular "version" of force. The units for torque are in N...
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Miles Per Hour Cardiovascular Fitness
2,057 wordsImagine that you " ve just turned 16 and your parents bought you a brand new Mustang. You " re cruising on the street at approximately 25 miles per hour. So maybe you " re not breaking the speed limit, but everyone's staring. You feel the light breeze through your hair. Then you " re in the air, 12 feet high. Finally, you land on your back and come this (gesture 6 in. ) close to cracking your skull. What happened? You were skating. As Aaron Spohn, a well respected ramp builder for the National I...
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Skaters Compete Nationally Figure Skating Championships States
847 wordsSkating traces its origins practically back to the origins of human beings. To cross frozen lakes and streams, early humans tied animal bones to their feet and glided through the winter months. Eventually, iron and steel blades replaced the bones and a rough means of travel was transformed into recreation. Skating remained popular among all social classes, but as a competitive sport, only the extremely well to do could afford to participate. Figure skating as we know it today traces its origins ...
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Light And Dark Magical Powers
1,095 wordsWhen studying a novel it sometimes helps to look at the language used in a specific passage. In the novel In The Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje, this approach is extremely helpful. It will help you better understand the characters and give you a clearer idea of what the author is trying to say. Within the novel, the passage entitled The Skating Scene, where Patrick observes the loggers skating late at night, is stylistically interesting. By looking at metaphors, symbolism and diction, we can...
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Hong Kong Security Guard
494 wordsPlease let us skate Hey you guys! Skating is prohibited in this park. Would you please be so kind and leave. Thanks for cooperating and have a great day exclaimed a security guard who worked for the park. Apparently the security guard s idea of a great day in the park means monk-like silence. With an area restricted on roller-blading and skate-boarding, we are forced to skate elsewhere. As a security guard for the past year, I want to keep the park as safe as possible, says the security guard. S...
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Sharon Olds Making Love
1,022 wordsSharon Olds? poem, Sex without Love, quite passionately expresses the poets attitude toward loveless sex as a cold and hurtful act. She accomplishes this through her use of various poetic techniques which evoke clear images in the reader. Her opening words, How do they do it, , do not simply offer question, but carry a negative connotation of the speaker shaking her head and throwing up her hands in a disgusted manner. Reminiscent of a mother looking at her errant teenager and exclaiming, How co...
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Back And Forth High Strength
1,791 wordsWHY DO SKATEBOARDERS SHOES WEAR OUT SO FAST? Through out skateboarding history a sand paper material known as grip tape has been glued to skateboard decks. This material made for gripping onto boards also destroys sneaker soles. Grip tape causes friction between sneakers and itself, while making a grip and facilitating control of the board. Pedaling wears out sneakers like walking, but at more accelerated rates; much higher than walking. Becoming more circumspect, there is the factor of increase...
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