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Transcript of Skateboarding
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Skateboardingby: Colby
Siglin
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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.
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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.
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•Many people don’t like skaters because they believe they vandalize, and destroy things.
•This is a reason people kick skaters out of people.
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injuries•Injuries is all part of skateboarding
from cuts to broken bones.
•There is really no way to avoid injuries while skateboarding.
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• Street league is the biggest pro street skating competition on a indoor concrete skatepark. The second biggest skate comp. is the Tampa pro am.
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•To become pro you must make videos and try to get sponsored. To be considered a pro you must get paid to skate.
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•The X-Games is the worlds largest skateboarding competition.
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•My favorite skater is definitely Nyjah Huston.
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•Putting videos out anywhere you can is the only way to become sponsored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkV6eqGeQhk
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•The first skateboard wheels were made of metal.
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•Wheels were later made of clay but when people hit a crack the wheels would shatter.
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•Skate decks are mostly made of 7-ply maple wood
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Pictures
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•Going to the skate park is one of my favorite things to do.
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•Skateboarding gets you out of your comfort zone which can be good most of the time.
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• 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.
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•Owned by Rob Dyrdek it is a skateboarder paradise.
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More Fantasy Factory pics
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•My sponsors is BranGuard skateboards and blankdecks.
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Thanks Fo Watchin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUl9NPPMx8s
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sources page
•Google images
•wiki