Skateboarding
- 2. History • Surfers would put wheels on their surf boards so they could practice surfing without having to travel to a beach or going to crowded beaches.
- 3. Broken decks •Skateboarding is more expensive than people think. With decks at around $60 with grip tape and they break about once a month that can add up.
- 4. • Many people don’t like skaters because they believe they vandalize, and destroy things. This is a reason people kick skaters out of people.
- 5. injuries • Injuries is all part of skateboarding from cuts to broken bones. • There is really no way to avoid injuries while skateboarding.
- 6. • Street league is the biggest pro street skating competition on a indoor concrete skatepark.The second biggest skate comp. is the Tampa pro am.
- 7. • To become pro you must make videos and try to get sponsored.To be considered a pro you must get paid to skate.
- 8. • The X-Games is the worlds largest skateboarding competition.
- 10. • Putting videos out anywhere you can is the only way to become sponsored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkV6eqGeQhk
- 11. • The first skateboard wheels were made of metal.
- 12. • Wheels were later made of clay but when people hit a crack the wheels would shatter.
- 13. • Skate decks are mostly made of 7-ply maple wood
- 14. Pictures
- 15. • Going to the skate park is one of my favorite things to do.
- 16. • Skateboarding gets you out of your comfort zone which can be good most of the time.
- 17. • A 2002 report found that there were 18.5 million skateboarders in the world. 85% of skateboarders polled who had used a board in the last year were under the age of 18, and 74% were male.
- 18. • Owned by Rob Dyrdek it is a skateboarder paradise.
- 19. More Fantasy Factory pics
- 20. • My sponsors is BranGuard skateboards and blankdecks.
- 22. sources page • Google images • wiki