Street Skateboarding: Endless Grinds and Slides An Instructional Look at Curb Tricks

by Goodfellow, Evan; Werner, Doug

• ISBN13: 9781884654237
• ISBN10: 1884654231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Tracks Publishing

Summary

Taking place at real street locations, this photographic collection provides readers with the information necessary to take skateboarding abilities to a higher level of performance. Progression of style and technique in skateboarding has led to the cutting-edge use of real-world terrain such as curbs, stairs, and handrails. Beginning with instruction on how to properly negotiate curbs and escalating to the endless ways a skateboarder can manoeuvre up, over, and down the cement and asphalt that make up the urban and suburban landscapes, these step-by-step photographs will help skateboarders master the streets of the world.

Author Biography

Evan Goodfellow is a sponsored pro skater and skateboard instructor. He has costarred in eight skateboarding videos in as many years. He lives in Glendora, California. Doug Werner is the author of Skateboarder's Start Up, Skateboarding: Book of Tricks, and Skateboarding: New Levels. He lives in San Diego, California.

Table of Contents

Intro	p. 13
Early days, early terrain	p. 13
Street skating	p. 15
Skateboarding culture	p. 17
Curb tricks are foundational	p. 20
Keeping skateboarding fun	p. 22
Getting more technical	p. 24
Future of skate parks	p. 25
Curb tricks	p. 29
50-50 grind	p. 29
Frontside 50-50	p. 30
Backside 50-50	p. 34
Kickflip backside 50-50	p. 38
Frontside 5-0	p. 42
Backside 5-0	p. 46
Frontside nosegrind	p. 50
Backside nosegrind	p. 54
Practice K grind	p. 58
K grind	p. 60
Frontside 180 nosegrind	p. 64
Backside 180 nosegrind	p. 68
Pop shuvit nosegrind	p. 72
Switch nosegrind	p. 76
Switch krooked grind	p. 80
Nollie K grind	p. 84
Frontside noseslide	p. 88
Backside noseslide	p. 92
Kickflip noseslide	p. 96
Frontside tailslide	p. 100
Backside tailslide	p. 104
Kickflip backside tailslide	p. 108
Practice blunt	p. 112
Frontside bluntslide	p. 114
Backside bluntslide	p. 118
Backside noseblunt slide	p. 122
Frontside noseblunt slide	p. 126
Half cab noseblunt slide	p. 130
Nollie frontside noseslide	p. 134
Half cab noseslide	p. 138
Nollie tailslide	p. 142
Nollie 5-0	p. 146
Nollie nosegrind	p. 150
Frontside smith grind	p. 154
Backside smith grind	p. 158
Frontside lipslide	p. 162
Backside lipslide	p. 166
Fakie ollie switch 5-0 grind	p. 170
Fakie ollie tailslide	p. 174
Fakie ollie frontside tailslide	p. 178
Resources	p. 183
Index	p. 189
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