THE NEW SOAP SHOES TRICKTIONARY (Version 2.0) (An excerpt from the famous book "SOAP SHOES - Secret Tips & Tricks") Written by Ryan Jaunzemis (As seen in Soap Shoes' national sales commercials, and Relate Video Productions' famous full-length Soap videos One & Two, and author of the famous book "SOAP SHOES - Secret Tips & Tricks") is a 132 page excerpt from PART III of "The Trictionary" from the book "SOAP SHOES - Secret Tips & Tricks" (The 480 page, full-color deluxe version) THIS FULL-COLOR SOAPING GLOSSARY INCLUDES: All of the various grinds, jumps, stunts, grabs, aerial-moves, obstacles, objects, games, terminology, and more (From back cover) KIND-GRINDS, Bio Cork-Screws, heart-attack KINKS? What in the heck ARE THESE KIDS TALKING ABOUT? Soap shoes ARE special "Grind shoes" that were invented back in the late 90s for rollerbladers and skateboarders alike. Harnessed with the new powers and abilities of these special shoes - Shoes fashioned with concaved plastic screw-in grind plates on the bottoms of them - sk8rz ARE now enabled with the abilities to mimic the movements of their sports, without the use of their normal equipment; meaning that one IS now able to simply lace up one's shoes, and go out skateboarding - WITHOUT A SKATEBOARD Much of The Soaping Community's lingo and terminology Is adapted from various other aggressive-type Street-sports, but what does all this crazy Soaping jargon REALLY mean? If you love Soaps, and have ever had questions like "What the HECK is a FRONTSIDE?" or, "What in the WORLD is a 270 Backside Royale?" or, "What do you mean by Half-cab Topside Soul to Rewind?" or, if you're interested in learning more about things such as "What is a "Roll up?" or, "What is a groove?" or, "What makes a trick become Blindside?" or, "What is a Lu-Kang?" (Etc.), then you've definitely come to the RIGHT PLACE THIS BOOK, "The New Soap Shoes Tricktionary (Version 2.0)" will answer all of your greatest questions. - Grind On Fellas

Sophie Friedel explores the action of skateboarding in her book as a way to escape cycles of despair, not only in war torn environments and regions affected by poverty. The author critically reflects on her involvements of teaching skateboarding in Afghanistan within the context of youth empowerment and peace work. By way of personal experiences, Friedel illustrates how skateboarding can be understood as an elicitive approach to peace work and conflict transformation that unfolds the extraordinary human potential inherent to all of us.

This book explores seriousness in practice in the unique sports context of contemporary women's flat track roller derby. The author presents a stimulating argument for a sociology of seriousness as a productive contribution to understandings of gender, organization and the mid-ranges of agency between dichotomies of voluntarism and determinism.

Provides secrets and tips for making high quality skate sails with a limited budget; and, answers for skate sailing safety and how to still have fun.

Marty Donnellan has years of experience as a roller skating coach at rinks around Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She has taught scores of people how to skate, and many others how to improve their skating. "Teach Someone to Roller Skate - Even Yourself " is a complete curriculum for a beginning roller skating course for children through adult. By studying Marty's clear text and engaging illustrations, you, too, can now teach someone to roller skate - including yourself or your child - with skill and enjoyment. Or, you can build on existing skills. Many of the skills taught are transferrable to beginning outdoor inline skating and even beginning ice skating. Below are some of the topics covered: Styles of skates and skating - Beginning and intermediate skating positions and postures - How to keep from falling - How to rise from a fall - How to build up speed - Four ways to stop - Gliding on one foot - How to carve, pump, swizzle, scissor, and do crossovers - Beginning skills especially for older students - How to teach children under five - Two methods for beginning backwards skating - Beginning intermediate skills such as the Mohawk turn and two-footed spin - Edges - Exercises and drills to practice on and off skates - Checklist of beginning skills - Troubleshooting pain while skating... ...And more No matter where you intend to take your new sport - figure skating, speed skating, jam skating, roller hockey or derby - this book will help you get started. So let's get our skates on and get started View additional illustrations for "Teach Someone to Roller Skate" on our Facebook page of the same name, https: //www.facebook.com/# /TeachSomeoneToRollerSkate.

Come Roll with us is a brief look into a subculture that has been around for generations. The hit movie Roll Bounce brought it to your attention and Tyrone Dixon's DVD: "8 Wheels and Some Soul Brother Music" tapped into it but they failed to capture the West Coast experience. Since every major city in America has its own style and flavor, we invite you to check us out and...Come Roll with Us This book captures visual imagery of the Fourth Annual West Cost, Back-To-Cali; Skate Jam. If you were there, then you are probably in the book Get your piece of documented Roller-Skating History. IT WAS THE LAST BACK-TO-CALI, SKATE JAM AT WORLD ON WHEELS

Roller derby has been making a huge comeback in recent years. There are now more than 17,000 skaters in more than 400 leagues across the world. Written by two veteran skaters 'Down and Derby' tells readers everything they ever wanted to know about the sport.

The 1950s phenomenon of Roller Derby is back in full force, and it's definitely not your grandma's game anymore. With leagues in more than one hundred cities across the country, a national tournament, and major sponsors, the new wave of the sport has gone mainstream. No one is better qualified to tell the story of Flat Track Derby's astronomic rise than Melissa "Melicious" Joulwan. As a founding member of the Texas Rollergirls -- the league that launched the sport and the reigning national champions -- she has helped redefine what it means to be stylish, sporty, and sexy. With her mouthy, tough-as-nails style, Melicious recounts her best tales from the track: her fierce rivalries with The Wrench and Ivanna S. Pankin, the scene at the annual national tournament, the thrill of a bout, and the infractions that so often bring her to the penalty box. From the minute she first laced up her skates and wrapped herself in her alter ego, Roller Derby has given her a confidence boost, and she shares the positive impact the sport has also had on girls -- young and not-so-young -- who tack posters of her on their bedroom walls and lace up their own skates. Complete with photos and suggestions on how to develop a Rollergirl name and persona, this unprecedented tell-all comes from the woman who's watched the sport evolve from an underground Friday-night event to a bona fide national phenomenon.

Underneath an azure sky with the wind in his face, Cleo Coney Jr. discovers a new world of speed, guts, and friendships. "Push, Carve, Grind" takes the reader to the Central West Coast of Florida, where skateboarding not only helped to develop a young mind, but also open one. Who knew that the close group of skaters he was a part of would be responsible for keeping the sport alive in his part of the world, during skateboarding's dark days when the skateboard parks all closed. "Push, Carve, Grind!" opens a window allowing the reader to explore this soul enhancing experience called skateboarding.

From the hard-ridden half-pipe of a suburban driveway to teens doing boardslides down stairway handrails in Rio de Janeiro, from the bright-light glare of ESPN's X-Games to the groundbreaking street-skating videos of Spike Jonze, skateboarding has taken the world by storm -- and if you can't deal with that, get out of the way. In The Answer Is Never, skating journalist Jocko Weyland tells the rambunctious story of a rebellious sport that began as a wintertime surfing substitute on the streets of Southern California beach towns more than forty years ago and has evolved over the decades to become a fixture of urban youth culture around the world. Merging the historical development of the sport with passages about his own skating adventures in such wide-ranging places as Hawaii, Germany, and Cameroon, Weyland gives a fully realized portrait of a subculture whose love of free-flowing creativity and a distinctive antiauthoritarian worldview has inspired major trends in fashion, music, art, and film. Along the way, Weyland interweaves the stories of skating pioneers like Gregg Weaver and the Dogtown Z-Boys and living legends like Steve Caballero and Tony Hawk. He also charts the course of innovations in deck, truck, and wheel design to show how the changing boards changed the sport itself, enabling new tricks as skaters moved from the freestyle techniques that dominated the early days to the extreme street-skating style of today. Vivid and vibrant, The Answer Is Never is a fascinating book as radical and unique as the sport it chronicles.

Skateboarders are an increasingly common feature of the urban environment - recent estimates total 40 million world-wide. We are all aware of their often extraordinary talent and manoeuvres on the city streets. This book is the first detailed study of the urban phenomenon of skateboarding. It looks at skateboarding history from the surf-beaches of California in the 1950s, through the purpose-built skateparks of the 1970s, to the street-skating of the present day and shows how skateboarders experience and understand the city through their sport. Dismissive of authority and convention, skateboarders suggest that the city is not just a place for working and shopping but a true pleasure-ground, a place where the human body, emotions and energy can be expressed to the full.
The huge skateboarding subculture that revolves around graphically-designed clothes and boards, music, slang and moves provides a rich resource for exploring issues of gender, race, class, sexuality and the family. As the author demonstrates, street-style skateboarding, especially characteristic of recent decades, conducts a performative critique of architecture, the city and capitalism. Anyone interested in the history and sociology of sport, urban geography or architecture will find this book riveting.

Learn America's Hottest New Sport--And Have Fun Doing It
In-line skating is fun and easy to learn. It's also a great low-impact way to get your heart and legs in shape.
"The Complete In-Line Skater" is the perfect skater's companion. Written by an experienced teacher, this book tells you everything you need to know about equipment, basic and advanced skating techniques, safety and improving fitness.
Over 100 professional line drawings help illustrate the text, which includes chapters on:
Equipment: The most popular models and how to select and care for the right skates for you
Basic striding, turning and stopping techniques
Advanced techniques to master the sport--even cross train for skiing or hockey
Maneuvers to handle curbs, potholes, and other obstacles
A skater's workout to build stamina and strength
Pains and strains: how to avoid them
List of skating terms, organizations and publications