Penny Boards

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INTRODUCTION Penny Skateboards are the fun plastic skateboards that mimic the original style and riding specifications of 1970's plastic skateboards. Made in Australia by Ben Mckay, these retro skateboard styles have become more and more popular in the last few years with the popularity of the Dogtown and Z boys movies and the rise of more casual skaters going for a lazier, less- technical, cruiser board skating style. Several companies besides Penny have begun manufacturing these plastic board styles, most notably the Atom Retroh, the Vinyl Cruiser by Stereo, and the Globe Bantam. All of these boards are of a much higher quality and authenticity than some toy you are likely to find at Target or Wal Mart. These plastic boards are usually a little shorter and skinnier than today's typical wooden-ply skateboards. They are around 21" to 24" long and about 6" or 7" wide. They also mostly only have one upturned tail instead of an upturned nose and tail like most modern skateboards. 1

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INTRODUCTIONPenny Skateboards are the fun plastic skateboards that mimic the original style and riding specifications of 1970's plastic skateboards. Made in Australia by Ben Mckay, these retro skateboard styles have become more and more popular in the last few years with the popularity of the Dogtown and Z boys movies and the rise of more casual skaters going for a lazier, less-technical, cruiser board skating style.Several companies besides Penny have begun manufacturing these plastic board styles, most notably the Atom Retroh, the Vinyl Cruiser by Stereo, and the Globe Bantam. All of these boards are of a much higher quality and authenticity than some toy you are likely to find at Target or Wal Mart.These plastic boards are usually a little shorter and skinnier than today's typical wooden-ply skateboards. They are around 21" to 24" long and about 6" or 7" wide. They also mostly only have one upturned tail instead of an upturned nose and tail like most modern skateboards.Penny makes a little bit longer plastic skateboard also called the Nickel, which at 27" provides a wider footing stance, closer to what most modern skaters are used to.If you know how to skate, these smaller sizes and only having one tail shouldn't limit your range or ability one bit. If you're familiar with any of the late1970's and early 1980's skaters who were tearing up the pools and ramps you know that they started out skating similar boards to these, and they made no excuses while they ripped.

COMPANY BACKGROUND (Exaltado Instructional Media Sdn. Bhd.)Exaltado Instructional Media (EIM) is a Malaysian Consultant and Modul Designer company. Our company initially focused on training and design a modul training. Work effectively with many other company and people to identify and analyze instructional needs, recommend solutions, strategies, and media, and direct and develop instructional projects, included designing instruction for multimedia training products and developing performance improvement strategies for service consultantsThe company has experienced four years in achieving results through training solutions that solve performance issues. Our big achievements were from Oil and Gas company as to instruct their health and safety module and training such as Texas instrument and Aker Solution, Sport and Games tools as to design their documentation and training skills such as Fixie and mountain bikes.We take pride in providing value for consultant and module training budgets. Whether a project complicated and technical requirement or a strong simple module training, our teams approach is the same. We promise immortal dedication to our work and delivery.

OBJECTIVEWepropose to review the available literature about using penny skateboard a possible entertainment sport tools. In this review, we will achieve the following goals: To promote skateboarding, social equality and social activism As the technologies grew fast, people will easily get attracted to something that is fun to play, make them confident, especially when the tools just showed their aura, styles and images themselves. As for now, the word hipster is something that is very familiar and famous among kids and teenagers especially, and by having a penny skateboard, ones can simply be defined as hipster. Other than that, penny board is easy to carry and bring to everywhere as the size is average and the weight is light. Besides that, those who loves to play skateboard, roller skating and those with all the extreme games should be trying to play penny board. It's a blast. Flip tricks are fun and it's great to just throw in a bag and go. That is what I meant before, because of the size is as fun as the board and easy to carry to everywhere. Carve awesome at pushing speeds, very agile. Most of teenagers enjoyed themselves by having a penny board because of its super fun and durable. Everyone supposed to get one for themselves because these board are such a great board as the plastic deck is waterproof as it is a plastic deck slides are easy to pull on wet pave, it is light in weight and easy to bring anywhere, anytime!

TARGET AUDIENCE The main target audiences are Malaysians youth.Doesn't matter if they are interested towards with an extreme games or not but once they get exposed to penny board, the fun of playing the board and the colorful board as it shows how fun are the board to be played of, the coolest images reflected on someone who owned penny board the reason of being labeled as hipster, a healthy and good activities to wasted time on. Would be a joyful moment for someone who can ride and control a normal skateboard, but not harm for a beginner! Other target would be kidsA colorful board will simply make the kid to love and get attracted to penny board. Kids can slowly learn how to ride and control and the same time penny board will just taught them the power of balancing at the young age!

UNIT OF INSTRUCTION: How to Ride a Penny Board/Skateboard1. Choose your board. There are three different kinds of skateboards one can use. The type of board you use will affect how easily you can find your balance. But in our situation, you need to choose a penny board.

2. Figure out your stance. Skateboarding, in all forms, requires you to figure out how you stand on your board. If your left foot is forward, or you are facing to the right you are in the position called "regular". If your right foot is forward, or you are facing to the left you are in the position called "goofy". Are you right-handed or left-handed? This is a simple way to check your stance. For most people, they stand with their writing hand facing backwards and their opposite foot forwards.

3. Get on the board. Proper foot placement usually depends on the type of board you're using, your height, and the size of your feet. There are a few ways to do this. If you are standing correctly, you'll be able to begin moving on a slope simply by pushing your weight from your back foot onto your front foot.

Look at the screws that hold the trucks on your board. Place your front foot over the lower two screws on your front truck, with your heel and toes hanging off the edge of the board. Place your back foot just before the board begins to curve, with your heel more on the board, and your toes hanging more off.

4. Balance yourself. Keep your weight on your feet. Stand up straight. Spread your legs. Bend your elbows and hold your arms perpendicular to the ground. Lower your center of gravity by bending your legs

5. Practice pushing while keeping your balance. This is the part where many people encounter difficulty, because it involves taking one foot off of the board so that it can push against the ground. Rotate your front foot 45 degrees, so the toes are facing more forward then before. Place your weight onto the front of the board. Take your back foot off the board and move it above and next to your front foot, with your toes facing forward. With a single sweep, push the ground with your raised back foot. Use the ball of your foot. Place your back foot onto the back of the board and rotate your front foot back into place. You can do more than one push at a time.

6. Turn by shifting your weight. Turning right. Turning right: For people with a regular stance, gently lean and put more weight on the balls of your feet. For people with a goofy stance, gently lean and put more weight on your heels. In the goofy stance, this should be more difficult than turning left. Turning left. Turning left: For people with a regular stance, gently lean and put more weight on your heels. This should be more difficult than turning right. For people with a goofy stance, gently lean and put more weight on the balls of your feet.7. Prepare to fall. While these steps should help you maintain your balance, if you don't fall when learning the basics, you will fall as you learn more advanced moves. It's better to learn how to fall properly than to get hurt because you flailed on your way down. Falling Forwards Keeps your body facing the side of board. Place your upper arm so it is covering your face and your hand is on your shoulder. Falling Face-First Slightly bend your knees. Turn so your shoulder will meet the ground. Falling Backwards Bend your knees. Put your head down and cover it with your arms. Turn and roll. Falling Sideways Cross your arms. Go into a midair type fetal position. Use your shoulder and roll. Falling Forwards on Steep Slopes Straighten your foot. Bend down into a position that looks like you are sitting on your legs. Slide across your knee pads until you stop. If you need to stop faster, you can use your arm pads the same way. Tumble and Roll This trick is used by professionals in place of the face-first fall. It keeps your body in motion so you don't absorb a lot of damage. Place your hands on your forearms. Raise your arms above your head. Bend over, with your head facing towards the ground. Place your arms on the ground. Use your kinetic energy to allow your body to barrel roll.

SUBJECT MATTER-EXPERT APPROACH

The subject matter expert approach for this penny skateboarding games are based on the performance and experience by the Malaysian professional penny skateboarding, Padin Musa. At the age of 36 years old, Ahmad Fadzil Musa @ Padin Musa still is fierce in the field of local skateboarding. From the street skating that show the kick flip action until the 360 degrees kick, his five stars actions are comparable with the professional international sports player. He should have been dubbed as the legend. The passion in the skateboarding has started since in his young age and the skills are being developed based on practices until today. Born in Georgetown, Pulau Pinang, his name is among the list of World Best Skateboarding player and he has always successfully perform internationally. As nearly 23 years involvement in this sport, the skills used are literally informally learnt and the practices have been the key to master. As always, the malls will be the place to practice all the skills and there are the places all the skateboarders met to share the skills and developed or reinforced new skills. All of these skills are in internationally practice. In the world of skateboarding, it could be the platform for the youngsters to create a community to move this sport into the next establish level. Either locally or internationally, this sport has its own advantages towards our nations. This is where new skills being noticed by the world and new expertise born from the young age. Skateboarding can be practices almost anywhere that have panels, stairs holders and many more structure that could be the field for the young skateboarders to test their expertise. New community, new friends can be met anywhere at the field thus this may generate a good relationship onto each other.

X Games are the main platform for the local skateboarders to meet the international skateboarders, while sharing the skills and the experiences. Padins has organized few of competition in order to engender the new generation that could brings this extreme sport to the next level skillfully. Later, he managed to get the Asia X Games Gold Medalist for Street Skateboarding category in 2000 & 2004 and this helped him to promote the local name internationally. The supports for this games has acted positively since the development of Skate Park almost in every states, the accessories for skateboarding are now easily found and they have its own shops on this extreme sport with affordable prices. Ranking in 10th place for Professional Skateboard Championship 2004 in Los Angeles, U.S.A, Padins has proved that in the early years of his involvement of skateboarding, the era moves this sports to the next level which he saw there are many of talented and skillful skateboarders were born and this has encouraged him to meet them and teach them all the skill he master and this will help the beginners to enhance their skills. The main skill that he master and the skill that need to be master by all skaters are the kick flip, 360 degree kick, 90 degree flip and many more. The combination of this entire step also may bring towards an enhancement in the sense of pattern and skills. As to conclude, penny skateboarding are the activities that have many advantages towards our nations and this activities are now being highlighted worldwide as our local penny skateboarder; Padin Musa has established his name internationally thus these will gain the opportunity for the beginners of penny skateboarding to keep the spirit and improvising also mastering their skill to achieve the dream to become the next World Best Penny Skateboarder.

COST OF PRODUCTION FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

NO.ITEMSQUANTITYPRICE (RM)TOTAL PRICE (RM)

1.COMPACT DISCi. CD+CD CASEii. COVER LAYOUT500 pcs500 pcs0.600.80300.00400.00

2CREW (per hour)i. CAMERA MANii. LIGHTINGiii. EDITING1 pax1 pax1 pax6.006.006.0030.0030.0030.00

3.SKATER (per hour)2 pax10.0050.00

4. SAFETY EQUIPMENTSi. HELMETSii. KNEE GUARDSiii. ELBOW GUARDS2pcs2pairs2pairs30.0060.0060.0060.00120.00120.00

GRAND TOTAL1140.00

STRENGTH, WEAKNESS, OPPORTUNITY, AND THREAT (SWOT) ANALYSISStrength Easier for audience watch it for a few timesWe provide cd in the instruction to make audiences more understand of how to play Penny Board. Inside the cd was including the steps of how to play the game. We make it clear, simple and creatively. Make it well-knownThe game also encourages players to participate into any competition that is related with it. From that, the players can practice their self to be more talented into this field and at the same time, they also can introduce the games throughout the world. Get more informationInside the cd, we show more detail about Penny Board. It is inexpensive, small and easy to bring it anywhere. Most penny board accessories are not cost prohibitive to the users, and people of all ages can enjoy the activity. Penny boards are sometimes quite dangerous to player but the game provides a lot of safety guard such as nose guards, tail guards, truck copers and others. This game is also good for stamina.

Weaknesses Lack of offering free marketing and exposureThis game is known since time immemorial, but only a few that we see playing it on the street. Marketing it is also quite limited. Quite dangerous to playerOther than that, the game is quite dangerous. The player might get a risk of an accident during playing the penny board. Perhaps, the safety guard might be helpful but it cannot fully protect the player. Limited of Pennys materials and gearsIt's also hard to find the penny's accessories outside there. There might be a certain places that only the regular customer knows the location is. This situation will create hardness to new penny comers who want to involve into this field.

Opportunity Transfer of LearningOur strategy is we try to make the audiences master the skills so that they can use it to the next level.

Threat CD Corrupted / DamagedOur company will face with a risk of damaged. During the production of this cd, there will probably not be aware of certain damage. That is the thing we try to avoid. We will do a few tests on this cd to solve to problems before being presented to the audiences. Audience participantOne of the most powerful components in the learning process is that of practice with feedback. We created the instruction is to make audiences get what the objectives it is. Sometimes, audiences not impressed with the instruction given. It will give a threat to instructor when get the feedback later.

CONCLUSIONFrom this instructional video of penny boards, you can even attract more new peoples to joining extreme games inclusive penny board games. Apart from that, it is also one of a new approach of to promote your company towards the public. Through the video, it also encourages players to participate into any competition that is related with it. From that, the players can practice their self to be more talented into this field and at the same time, they also can introduce the games throughout the world.

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