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Traces the development of the sport and its equipment, and includes profiles and photographs of top-notch skaters through the years.

Action sequences show all the techniques and tricks -- from basic to advanced. Skateboarding's popularity continues to soar -- it has now surpassed basketball in popularity among North American youth. Skateboarding Skills is an ideal guide both for first-time riders learning the necessary skills, and for more experienced ones wanting to perfect a maneuver or master a move. Written in an easy-to-follow style and packed with color photographs, Skateboarding Skills features: A review of safety i...

Taking place at real street locations, this photographic collection provides readers with the information necessary to take skateboarding abilities to a higher level of performance. Progression of style and technique in skateboarding has led to the cutting-edge use of real-world terrain such as curbs, stairs, and handrails. Beginning with instruction on how to properly negotiate curbs and escalating to the endless ways a skateboarder can maneuver up, over, and down the cement and asphalt that ma...