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Skateboards : the cool stories and facts behind every trick / by Paige Towler ; illustrated by Dan Sipple.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: How it happened (Union Square Kids (Firm))Publisher: New York : Union Square Kids, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 191 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781454945024
  • 1454945028
  • 9781454945154
  • 145494515X
Other title:
  • How it happened! Skate-boards
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Get ready to skate -- Section One. How It All Started. Surfs up! -- From sea to sidewalk -- Ready to roll -- Section Two. How It Got Off the Ground. Hitting the streets -- Skate culture -- The competition heats up -- Section Three. How It Took Over the World. Exploding onto the scene -- Skating in pop culture -- Changing the rules -- Section Four. Skating into the Future. Redefining skateboarding -- (Header) Timeline -- Time to innovate! -- Glossary -- Index -- Image credits.
Summary: "A fact-filled nonfiction book all about the history, science, and culture of skateboarding"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Whether you’re attempting your first ollie or have perfected railsides, everyone can agree: skateboarding is seriously fun! Did you know that skateboarding used to be called sidewalk surfing and the sport can trace its roots back centuries? Or that today there are more than 3,000 skate parks in the US alone? Get ready to soar through the story of skateboarding from the science behind the decks to the history of the cool tricks skateboarders continue to create . . . and everything in between!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction New 796.22 T742 Available 33111011124845
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction New 796.22 T742 Available 33111011337629
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction New 796.22 T742 Available 33111011155088
Total holds: 0

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Whether you're attempting your first ollie or have perfected railsides, everyone can agree: skateboarding is seriously fun!



Did you know that skateboarding used to be called sidewalk surfing and the sport can trace its roots back centuries? Or that today there are more than 3,000 skate parks in the US alone? Get ready to soar through the story of skateboarding from the science behind the decks to the history of the cool tricks skateboarders continue to create . . . and everything in between!

Ages 8-12 years Union Square Kids.

"A fact-filled nonfiction book all about the history, science, and culture of skateboarding"-- Provided by publisher.

Whether you’re attempting your first ollie or have perfected railsides, everyone can agree: skateboarding is seriously fun! Did you know that skateboarding used to be called sidewalk surfing and the sport can trace its roots back centuries? Or that today there are more than 3,000 skate parks in the US alone? Get ready to soar through the story of skateboarding from the science behind the decks to the history of the cool tricks skateboarders continue to create . . . and everything in between!

Includes index.

Get ready to skate -- Section One. How It All Started. Surfs up! -- From sea to sidewalk -- Ready to roll -- Section Two. How It Got Off the Ground. Hitting the streets -- Skate culture -- The competition heats up -- Section Three. How It Took Over the World. Exploding onto the scene -- Skating in pop culture -- Changing the rules -- Section Four. Skating into the Future. Redefining skateboarding -- (Header) Timeline -- Time to innovate! -- Glossary -- Index -- Image credits.

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