Skateboarding: New Levels: Tips and Tricks for Serious Riders

by Doug Werner, Steve Badillo

Overview

An instructional guide to an increasingly popular sport, this book reviews the basics of skateboarding, the mental and emotional side of the sport, and what it takes to become an advanced skater. As aggression is a key factor to skating success, this book attempts to pinpoint where the risks begin to outweigh a skater’s chance for reward and success. Also included are sequential shots of 25 street and park tricks, to help skaters visualize and learn new concepts and skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781884654169
Publisher:	Tracks Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2002
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.52(d)

About the Author

Doug Werner is the author of all 14 books in the Start-Up series. He lives in San Diego, California. Steve Badillo is the coauthor of Skateboarder's Start-Up and is a touring pro skater. He lives in Ventura, California.

Editorial Reviews

Follow-up guide to Skateboarder's Start Up: A Beginner's Guide to Skateboarding.

From the Publisher

Gr 7 Up-This book, the follow-up to Werner and Badillo's Skateboarder's Start-Up (Tracks, 2000), is aimed at advanced enthusiasts looking for tips on performing sophisticated tricks. The book is divided into four chapters; the first queries a group of professional skateboarders on how they deal with fear, what equipment they use, where they like to ride, and more. Riders will enjoy reading quotes from pros such as Tony Alva that encourage a nonconformist image. The following section features 25 advanced skateboarding tricks, illustrated by numerous black-and-white photographs. The captioned instructions offer step-by-step guidance. Despite the fact that many of these photos are poorly reproduced, skateboarders will be able to follow the tricks presented. The remaining chapters deal with building skate parks and skateboarding in Colorado and Oregon, but they offer minimum detail. Despite flaws, this title will augment heavily used skateboarding collections.-Michael Giller, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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