A guide to inline skating which starts with the basic skills of inline skating and moves through sculling, stopping and falling safely, to more challenging techniques such as performing a complex crossover turn. Special sections cover the maintenance and repair of inline skates, what to wear and safety equipment.
Kick excitement into high gear with this extreme title! Short, easy-to-read text pairs with full-color, action-packed photos to introduce young adventurers to inline skating. Readers will learn the history of inline skating and about the skates, including the boots and wheels. Clothing and gear is discussed, as is safety equipment such as helmets, pads, and gloves. Federation Internationale de Roller Sports competitions are examined including Inline World Championship, as are inline skating styles such as figure, hockey, roller derby, aggressive street and park, vert, freestyle slalom, and speed skating. Extreme facts supplement the text, leaving future inline skaters excited about Action Sports! Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
At last, a book that actually teaches you how to inline skate. Whether you're a rank beginner or a skating pro, William Nealy's Inline! will educate and entertain you like no other how-to-manual you've ever read. Nealy uses hard earned crash-and-burn skating experience, 4th dimensional drawings, and his twisted sense of humor to give you the most comprehensive, easy to understand, and detailed book on skating ever written. Inline! will teach you everything you need to know to become a seasoned blader. Learn how to skate, from taking your first baby steps on blades to more advanced techniques such as getting air, descending stairs, expert turning techniques and more. Inline! also includes chapters on how skates work, skate maintenance, safety, and the all important selection of body armor. Finally, Inline! will teach you the many ways to stop, or safely fall, while you're climbing the learning curve. All of this in Nealy's hilarious, easy to understand cartoon style that makes learning fun. (7 x 10, 216 pages, illustrated)
Finally! A book for those who have decided that cruising the streets and sidewalks is best done on inline skates. William Nealy's expertise (acquired through years of experience) enables him to translate hard-learned reflexes and uninstinctive responses into easy-to-understand drawings that help inline skaters perform better on the pavement or the track. Nealy's cartoon illustrations combine insight with humor, knowledge with humiliation.
"An examination of its growth and development, looks at various forms of inline skating--ranging from aggressive to marathon to artistic skating--in terms of history, equipment, organizations, and inventors and stars. Rinehart also examines some of the current issues and trends within these forms of inline"--Distributor information.
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