SKATEBOARDING ACTIVITY CARD · 2014-07-27 · SKATEBOARDING ACTIVITY CARD Have you ever seen...
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SKATEBOARDING ACTIVITY CARD Have you ever seen someone skateboarding and wanted to try it? Gear Up Skateboards can be bought pre- assembled, or you can buy all of the pieces and put it together yourself. Pre-assembled boards are best for beginners, until you decide if skateboarding is really for you. If you are putting your own board together, you'll need a deck (the board itself), grip tape for the top of the deck so your feet don't slip, 2 trucks (the metal parts that are the axles of the wheels), 4 wheels, and 2 bearings per wheel (these keep the wheels spinning on the truck's axle). Before each time you ride, make sure your trucks are tightened and your wheels are spinning properly. Don't forget to wear a helmet, knee and elbow pads, and wrist guards. It's important that your helmet is approved by one of the groups who test helmets to see which ones are the best: the Snell B-95 standard is best for skateboarding helmets. Non-slippery shoes are a good idea too, so you can have better control of your board. Upper & Lower Legs Knees & Ankles Parts of the Body Worked Lifetime Fitness Skating Sports
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Have you ever seen someoneskateboarding and wanted to try it?
Gear UpSkateboards can be bought pre-assembled, or you can buy all ofthe pieces and put it togetheryourself. Pre-assembled boards arebest for beginners, until you decideif skateboarding is really for you. Ifyou are putting your own boardtogether, you'll need a deck (theboard itself), grip tape for the topof the deck so your feet don't slip, 2trucks (the metal parts that are theaxles of the wheels), 4 wheels, and2 bearings per wheel (these keepthe wheels spinning on the truck'saxle). Before each time you ride, make sure your trucksare tightened and your wheels are spinning properly.Don't forget to wear a helmet, knee and elbow pads,and wrist guards. It's important that your helmet isapproved by one of the groups who test helmets to seewhich ones are the best: the Snell B-95 standard isbest for skateboarding helmets. Non-slippery shoes area good idea too, so you can have better control of yourboard.
Upper & LowerLegs
Knees &Ankles
Parts ofthe BodyWorked
Lifetime Fitness Skating Sports
Play it SafeBefore you ride, make sure you give your board asafety check to make sure everything is put togetherright. Always wear all of your protective gear includinga helmet, knee and elbow pads, and wrist guards. Ifyou do tricks with your board, you may also want towear gloves to protect your hands from the pavement.If you're just starting out, skate on a smooth, flatsurface so you can practice keeping control of yourboard. And no matter how experienced you are —never hold on to the back of a moving vehicle! It's bestto skate out of the way of traffic and other people(skate parks are great places to skate). But if you areskating in streets near your house, be aware of carsand people around you, and stay out of their way. Also,once the sun sets, it's a good idea to put up your boardfor the night, since skating in the dark can bedangerous.
How to PlayIf you're just starting out, follow these steps to developyour skateboarding skills. Put one foot on the board,toward the front, with the other on the ground. Pushoff the ground with your foot and put it on the rear ofthe board while you glide. Push again when you slowdown. If you start going too fast, step off the boardwith your back foot. To turn, shift your weight to yourback foot so that the front truck lifts off the groundand then move your body in the direction you want togo — the board will go with you.
If you want to find half pipes, vert ramps, and skatecourses near you to practice your moves, look for anearby skate park, designed to give skateboarders agreat ride.
There are several different styles of skateboarding:
Street skating is skateboarding on streets, curbs,benches and handrails — anything involving commonstreet objects. Street skating is best left to the prosthough — it's very dangerous.
Downhill skating is racing down big hills, usually on a
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longer skateboard called a longboard.
Freestyle skating is more artistic, involving a series oftricks and stunts.
Vert skating is skateboarding on mini-ramps and halfpipes, which are U-shaped ramps.
Fun FactsIf you ride with your right foot forward, you havewhat's called a goofy stance. If you ride with your leftfoot forward, you have a regular stance.
Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk is in theGuinness Book of World Records for being the onlyskateboarder to successfully do a "900." That's 2 1/2rotations in the air from a ramp!
The first X Games competition was held in June 1995in Rhode Island.
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