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    use of their old roller skates. Skateboarding did not become more recognized until about the late 1950’s by Californian surfers. Surfers saw “the movement and balance needed to stay on one were similar to those required in surfing” (Davis 10)‚ so possibly skating on land could be used as a kind of alternative surfing on days when the waves were too flat. This movement of surfers to skaters helped inspired a rapid production in the development of the skateboard. Presently‚ “modern skateboard riding

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    strengthen him to get through the day and end up happy. It isn’t only people from the slums of India who are happy without money. A surfer from Sidney‚ Australia states‚ “It doesn’t make sense when you make money‚ and you’re not happy”. He lives in a small cottage and surfs night and day because it makes him happy. He didn’t want a college degree or cared to become a doctor. The surfer is happy with the life he has and didn’t need money to prove it. Tragedies can happen to anyone at any time and can

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    I believe sharks should be conserved because it’s their environment that we are only guests in‚ shark attacks rarely happen and sharks make mistakes. Firstly when we enter the water we know the risk we are taking after all it is the shark’s habitat and we are the intruders‚ they have lived in the ocean for millions of years and deserve respect and to be protected‚ since there has been a decline in great white sharks numbers. If people truly don’t want to be eaten then there’s an easy solution which

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    person‚ although some called him cocky and arrogant. He was independent and believed he didn’t need anyone’s help. Ever since he was little‚ nothing gave him as much joy as catching a perfect wave and riding it in flawlessly. His parents were both surfers‚ so he basically grew up around it. Constantly traveling to different parts of the island‚ he was pretty familiar with every surf spot in Hawaii. "Nice ride Tatum. I reckon you’ll get through." He say‚ clapping Tatum on the back. "Thanks!" With

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    the sand going through in between my toes from every step I took. As I stroll along the edge of the beach I feel free of worries and stress‚ I am just enjoying the holidays‚ no school‚ or work just free time. In the middle of the ocean were many surfers in yellow shorts riding in the various color surfboards. They were going so fast doing so many tricks

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    Nature v. Nurture: Child rearing debate Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Alejandra Fraguada GEHS 3030-4705 Human Formation in a Contemporary Society Prof. Jahiatt Garcia M. Trimester Late Feb. – May 2013 Is our personality based on how‚ where‚ and who raised us or who are parents or “genes” are? Well that is one thing that people and researchers have been debating over‚ or so the video says‚ but really how are we to know if it is between the ‘nature’ or ‘nurture’ of how and what

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    Recent events in Las Vegas have shed a new light on the book Saturday by Ian McEwan. The novel and the events of Las Vegas go hand in hand because Las Vegas was a traumatic experience. .The novel discusses traumatic events and all the details that are affected by it. In the paper “welcome to contemporary trauma culture” by Barbara Aritzi‚ the focus is on the process of a traumatic event and how people both recover and how they cope with the situations. There are many texts involved in this excerpt

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    The Best Game: The best game i ever had was when i played on the “Silver Surfers”This was the best game because my Grandma (we call her Wita).She was able to come to my game and watch me play however we lost the game.But after that we went to my house and went swimming and had a BBQ i could call the best memory i had.Another great game was my very last one i was in the silver surfers and we won our game but i never received my trophy but i had my medal. Soccer should be

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    Book Analysis on Undercover By Beth Kephart In Partial Fulfilment In English 102 Study and Thinking Skills Submitted to: Sir Mon Cholo A. Cabanig Submitted by: Hime Chu I. Introduction Undercover‚ a novel written by Beth Kephart. Like a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac‚ Elisa ghost-writes love notes for the boys in her school. But when Elisa falls for Theo Moses‚ things change fast. Theo asks for verses to court the lovely Lila--a girl known

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    and for him to be someone in life. Luis had to struggle with seeing his father struggle with his job and see how his father would be at risk when it came to even driving illegally. Luis had a girlfriend which she had family that was all into the cholo gang thing and they were influencing Luis to become a member of their gang. This was causing value contradictions in Luis‚ it was contradicting everything his father had worked so hard for. For a kid that has to grow up listening to spanish at home

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