Skateboarding vs. Snowboarding By Santiago Durr ENG 1111 Brenda Phegley 9/20/2012 Durr ii Outline Thesis: Skateboarding and snowboarding‚ they are two sports that could look similar‚ but they differ in several ways which are: terrain‚ tricks‚ cost and pain. I. Introduction II. Background A. Skateboarding B. Snowboarding III. Terrain and season A. Skateboarding B. Snowboarding IV. Tricks A. Skateboarding B. Snowboarding V. Cost A. Skateboarding
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Skateboarding According to ¨Skateboarding Safety‚” “Each year in the United States‚ skateboarding injuries cause about 50‚000 visits to emergency departments and 1500 children and adolescents to be hospitalized” (“Safety First”). This statistic shows that you should learn how to ride a skateboard and learn tricks before you actually try them.In order to succeed in skateboarding a rider needs to‚ learn how to ride a skateboard‚ learn how to prevent falling and getting hurt‚ and learn how to succeed
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wearing when riding a skateboard? A helmet. Helmets are a great reason to keep you from getting head injuries. Due to these injuries I believe that skateboard helmet should be mandatory while skating. While skateboarding injuries can happen the most common is head injuries. To start with skateboarding you will fall and if you hit your head this can cause brain damage. According to skateboard safty.org its states that the proper gear is necessary for skating. This textual evidence relates to reason on
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“Authenticity in the Skateboarding World‚” a research paper conducted by Becky Beal and Lisa Weidman‚ explores the core values and norms that revolve around skateboarding. Skateboarding‚ as some participants claim‚ is an activity that not only permits freedom‚ but also promotes individualism because it is an artistic sport. Within this subculture‚ there is a hidden‚ yet understood identity that skaters respect. Moreover‚ it is the promotion of individualism and perhaps the passive rebellious ways
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In the past year‚ longboarding has recently exploded in popularity‚ with more people getting attached every day. Skate boards have been around sometime from the 1950’s. In California‚ a group of surfers got the idea to try surfing on pavement. Eventually companies also brainstormed the same concept and were producing decks similar to the ones today. Skateboards and longboards were first created as an exciting activity. In particular‚ longboards are now used as a source of transportation and still
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I first met Dean Kingston roughly 8 years ago‚ maybe a year before his boyfriend‚ Nicole committed suicide. Around that time‚ I was introduced to Dean Kingston through a friend called Luke Littlemore. At the time Luke was living at Dean Kingston’s and told me that Dean sold steroids and had a home gym. Around that time‚ I was very unhappy with my body shape and wanted to source steroids and start training. I was told by Luke Littlemore that Dean Kingston was known for selling steroids and other illicit
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The History of skateboarding Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. A person who skateboards is most often referred to as a skateboarder‚ or colloquially within the skateboarding community‚ a skater. Skateboarding can be a recreational activity‚ a job‚ or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. Skateboarding is relatively modern. Skateboarding was probably born sometime in
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The rise and fall of skateboarding counterculture begins and ends with "Dogtowns’" Z-Boys. A series of events leading to the exploration of a new form of athletic and stylistic expression‚ and a media outlet inspired a generation of rebellious youth. The fall of this counterculture is due to the media and corporate America expanding skateboarding into a popular middle class medium. The awesome aggression and style incorporated power‚ fury‚ untamed individualism‚ and a free-spirited determination
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Terms Used in Skateboarding Tricks by Made Ari Sukmayanti (2011). Her study focused on the technical terms used in skateboarding tricks and the meaning of the technical terms in skateboarding tricks. Documentation method in collecting the data and qualitative descriptive method in analyzing the data are used in his study. The theory of the types of meaning by Lyons (1996) was used in that study. The result of her study was that there were many technical terms used in skateboarding tricks such as
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Don’t Close Skateparks! Lay Rodriguez One day I went skateboarding with my friend in Guelph Ontario. We went skating to an outdoor park‚ and we saw signs saying‚ “UNDER CONSTRUCTION.” We asked everyone what was going on. They said that they were taking down the skatepark. This made me realize that some people don’t understand why skateboarding is necessary for teenagers. Skateboarding is good for young people because it brings people together‚ it’s educational and it’s healthy. Skating is
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