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Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2024
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1669077918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen PJ's friend Marco starts hanging out with bullies who think girls cannot skate, she enters a skateboarding contest to prove them wrong.
Author: Brandon Terrell
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2014-07-01
Total Pages: 73
ISBN-13: 1434291448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough he lives on a farm in Minnesota, Ben Martin is a skateboarder who dreams of having a chance to skate with professionals at a regional competition--but he has never performed in front of a crowd and when he goes to make a demonstration video he freezes up.
Author: Jonathan Alpert
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1444738542
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPsychotherapist Jonathan Alpert wants readers to know one thing: you can face your fear and create your ultimate life - and you can do it quickly. You can find your dream job. You can end that dead end relationship and get the love you want and deserve. You can overcome perfectionism, procrastination, panic, worry, rejection, failure, excuses and even the people in your life who keep telling you that you can't. You can turn your dreams into reality. You can find happiness, success and love. And you don't need years of therapy or even medications to do it. Be Fearless is a 5-step plan that is guaranteed to transform the fearful into fearless. It's based on a revolutionary formula developed by Jonathan Alpert and it has worked on countless of his patients whose amazing stories are told throughout the book. By teaching readers to use fear to their advantage and take important risks Be Fearless will make the impossible possible.
Author: Frank Murphy
Publisher: Triumph Books
Published: 2022-01-25
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1637270178
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA vibrant picture book biography of Surya Bonaly, the figure skating champion who backflipped her way into history As a young girl in France, Surya Bonaly was constantly in motion, gifted in any sport she tried. But it was figure skating that had her heart. Surya knew she belonged on the ice. Her colorful costumes, exuberant routines, powerful jumps, and daring combinations were all expressions of her love for skating and her ambition to push the boundaries of what a figure skating champion could look like. Some people weren't sure Surya belonged on top of the podium. "Is she graceful enough?" they asked. "Does she look like a skater?" But Surya's fearless heart propelled her to always stay true to herself while pursuing her boldest dreams. Culminating in her iconic backflip performed at the 1998 Olympics, Fearless Heart is a lushly illustrated, lyrical story of self-expression and courage.
Author: Paul Mason
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1429654988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduces skateboarding, where to skate, top techniques, types of skateboards, and the secret language of skateboarders.
Author: Belinda Wheaton
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-23
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1134020473
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis important new study examines the changing place and meaning of lifestyle sports – parkour, surfing, skateboarding, kite-surfing and others – and asks whether they continue to pose a challenge to the dominant meanings and experience of ‘sport’ and physical culture. Drawing on a series of in-depth, empirical case-studies, the book offers a re-evaluation of theoretical frameworks with which lifestyle sports have been understood, and focuses on aspects of their cultural politics that have received little attention, particularly the racialization of lifestyle sporting spaces. Centrally, it re-assess the political potential of lifestyle sports, considering if lifestyle sports cultures present alternative identities and spaces that challenge the dominant ideologies of sport, and the broader politics of identity, in the 21st century. It explores a range of key contemporary themes in lifestyle sport, including: identity and the politics of difference commercialization and globalization sportscapes, media discourse and lived reality risk and responsibility governance and regulation the racialization of lifestyle sports spaces lifestyle sports outside of the Global North the use of lifestyle sport to engage non-privileged youth Casting new light on the significance of sport and sporting subcultures within contemporary society, this book is essential reading for students or researcher working in the sociology of sport, leisure studies or cultural studies.
Author: Jonathan Mehring
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1426213964
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Hit the streets with 200 exhilarating photographs of the worlds greatest professional skateboarders in action. In this dynamic collection, award-winning photographer Jonathan Mehring takes us from New York to Hong Kong to Istanbul and beyond as he sets out to capture the heart and soul of skate culture on six continents. Featuring stars like Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston, and Eric Koston, Mehrings images have been published in top skateboarding magazines, and ESPN named him one of the sports ten most influential people. Now, in his first book, Mehring invites us along on his exhilarating photo adventures across six continents. By capturing these experiences on camera and including complementary images contributed by other top skate photographers, Mehring presents an exciting and artful look at skate culture around the world. With an adrenaline rush on every page, this book celebrates the joy of skateboarding and its power to inspire young people to overcome obstacleson the board and off."--Amazon.com.
Author: Cindy Whitehead
Publisher:
Published: 2017-02-14
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780692821947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSkateboarding, Photography and female empowerment book
Author: Justin Hocking
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2009-01-15
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 1435850467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks at the features and history of several of the most renowned skate parks in the United States.
Author: Gail Nall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-01-13
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1481419110
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKaitlin has given up a lot--even attending school--to pursue her dream of being a champion figure skater, but after she throws a tantrum at a major competition, she is dropped by her coach and prestigious skating club and can only get a spot in the much-ridiculed Fallton Club.
