Unlike these other trends‚ however‚ it appears that skateboarding is here to stay. Q 1. What were some of the key characteristics of Vans’ earliest customers in the 1960’s and 1970’s? What was the public perception of skateboarding at this time? What was Vans’ competitive advantage at this time? What was its value proposition to customers? Answer: A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for makes smoother slides and stronger durability
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on the back wheels (a 360 pivot)‚ high jumping over a bar (sometimes called a “Hippie Jump”)‚ long jumping from one board to another (often over fearless teenagers lying on their backs)‚ and slalom. In 1976‚ skateboarding was transformed by the invention of the first modern skateboarding trick by Alan “Ollie” Gelfand. It remained largely a unique Florida trick form 1976 until the summer of 1978‚ when Gelfand made his first visit to California. Galfand and his revolutionary maneuver caught attention
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Introduction Urban tribes are made up by groups of people – usually young‚ with a distinct common identity: the same aesthetic codes‚ the same identity symbols‚ the same rules‚ the same language‚ the same music… A whole ideology! These tribes have many different ideologies: right-wing‚ left-wing‚ non-political or against globalization. Some of them are nearly extinct‚ and others in full expansion. But all of them are ruled by it own ideology. They usually meet in central‚ commercial or nightlife
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A car accident is part of an endless list of problems on the road. Car accidents can happen to drivers anytime‚ anywhere. In general‚ about twenty million people die or become injured due to car accidents each year nationwide. Among the car accidents‚ the teenage group is the only age group who is number of deaths is increasing instead of decreasing. Also‚ all the people are exposed at risk and actually every one of them has got car accident at least once that could have been easily prevented. Then
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on Road Traffic Accidents Summary An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of speed limits on road traffic accidents. The investigation took place in Sweden during the summers of 1961 and 1962 and lasted for 92 days in each summer. For part of the 92 days general speed limits of 90km/hr or 100km/hr were imposed‚ for the rest of the time they were not. The number of accidents resulting in personal
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Abstract Accidents in the aviation industry can occur due to many factors. An aviation accident is the worst nightmare of every pilot or passenger that has ever ridden in an aircraft. Although air travel is one of the safest forms of transportation‚ accidents do happen with dramatic and terrifying results. The causes of these aviation accidents vary greatly depending on specific circumstances and problems that may develop during the flight process. Weather is one of the factors that can influence
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Airline Accident Investigation Prcedure "Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea‚ it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness‚ incapacity or neglect." -- Capt A. G. Lamplugh‚ British Aviation Insurance Group According to the Air Transport Association‚ a person could fly every day for 3‚859 years without being involved in an aircraft accident. That’s an accident rate of one accident for every 1.4 million flights‚ according to a CNN report‚ based
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you will eventually meet a cop or the grave. II. Speeding is a cause of many car accidents and I am here today to tell you the fines and result statistics of speeding. III. I have done extensive amounts of research and talked to cops about speeding therefore I am qualified to give this speech. IV. Everyone has either seen a car accident‚ been in a car accident‚ or has lost someone due to a car accident that started with speeding. V. I am going to cover the fines that come with speeding
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Longboarding is an offshoot of street skating‚ but‚ like all board sports‚ its roots lie in surfing. Developed as a single sport on the west coast in the 1950s‚ by the 1990s‚ Longboards and Skateboards branched off into their respective disciplines. With the right setup‚ a longboard can give the feeling of surfing on hard smooth surfaces. There are a variety of riding styles: downhill‚ cruising and carving‚ slalom‚ dancing‚ freeriding‚ vert and sliding.[citation needed] A longboard generally can
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How to get the point across Depending on who you ask they will give you a different answer on to what is medium is best to get a point across. There are those who feel that threw a book you would have endless possibilities to your writing that can go into dept and give specif details that you could not get in a movie or a documentary. There are those movie buffs who believe that getting your purpose out through a movie is most beneficial because you get to visual see what is trying to be represented
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