“Clang!” Wheels hitting the pavement. Rolling through the streets like I’m Tony Hawk. ON such nice sunny day, I chose to skate and escape reality for a little. Popping some kickflips down the street. Until I started to approach this sidewalk. Thinking to myself while cruising at a decent amount of speed. “ should I do a trick while I jump onto the sidewalk ?” I could ollie it with no problem but it will be my first attempt doing a trick onto to it. Should I or should I not. I didn’t really have of enough time to really think about. I’m going for it ,so i get ready for the jump. “Baam!” I failed almost landed face first into the sidewalk but i put my hands out to break my fall and landed wrong on it. I ended up spraining my wrist. After that event I stopped skateboarding for a while. This stopped me from doing what relaxed me. …show more content…
It helps me keep calm and collective. Skating was my stress reliever . Time goes by when you're skating. I loved the dangerous thrill, you feel like you're so cool. Funniest challenge for yourself not all people can skate in takes time and effort to get good at it. You guys should give it a try i am telling you will love it. Also it would be your stress reliever as well. Boarding keeps your brain active and alive, which in turn gives you a better insight on the world . Makes you a better and more interesting person. It will teach you a new skill set, and a fun way to challenge yourself. Even though I fell skateboarding trained my body in a unique way. A huge part is keeping your balance, so your body will gain more strength. Especially your legs get the best workout. It is basically a fun workout without thinking about it. Skating helped me build more confidence. Because I knew had to do tricks that only a handful of people know how to do. I learned if you try hard enough, you can defy gravity. Helping me believe in myself and realizing how powerful I was. Truthfully I thought was the key to
The article titled Sisterhood of the Skateboard, is piece written from the New York Times. It was featured in both the online website and in the paper copy of the New York Times. With the online articles, there is a video and a slideshow featured in the article. However, in the paper copy, there is no forms of multimedia. Articles that utilize various forms of media to enhance the reader’s experience of the article possess both the positive and the negative effects that affected the quality of the article
After being mesmerized by figure skating at the age of eight, I became a member of the Markham Skating Club. As a competitive figure skater, I must perform various jumps and spins in a choreographed program. I have participated in numerous competitions in Central Ontario and have received multiple medals for my achievements. Yet, my achievement as a figure skater stem from the adversity that I faced throughout my skating journey. This sport has imposed challenges to both my mental and physical strength that have ultimately constructed the qualities of dedication and humility within myself.
Freestyle is full of wild tricks, jumping and speed. The rider can be seen high in the air doing aerials, grinding berms, grabbing the board, jumping lumps, or riding backwards. Freestyle mimics skateboarding. Freestylers use natural obstacles to do their tricks. Riders find fallen trees, old buildings, bumps, dips and jumps where they can catch air and get their adrenaline going. They will also go to areas that have man made obstacle courses that resemble a skate park. In essence, it is a skatepark on the snow. These obstacles include ramps, jumps, and grinding bars. Freestylers also play in the halfpipe. It is a tightly packed area where dangerous tricks are performed. The rider must have great skill as they are moving extremely fast and catching major
Did you know that Alan Gelfand was the one who invented or created the ollie. “The ‘Secret History’ Of Skateboarding’s Most Fundamental Trick” Alan really didn’t even mean to create the ollie in the first place. He was actually trying to do a lipslide with his friend Jeff but instead he did what his friend called an “ollie pop”. Soon after that word got around that Alan created the new trick called the ollie. After that, Alan was asked to be photographed doing his brand new trick the ollie. And then not long
First you have figure skating that requires agility, endurance, stamina, and coordination, yet the winner is purely based on the opinion of another. How is that a sport? Then you have ice dancing. common ice dancing! Through all the rejections that couldn’t make the figure skating squad, lower expectations, and.
If you've ever thought of jumping off of a tall building, there was a guy who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge. He survived, and he said this, he said "halfway down, I thought it was a bad idea” (Robin Williams, Weapons of Self Destruction)
Different types of skaters: freestyle skater, vert skater, street skater, park skater, cruise skater, downhill skater, skaters that wear all the pads, skaters that don 't break any laws at all, skaters that break some laws, skaters that don 't wear pads at all, skaters that make an effort to get sponsored, skaters that don 't try top get a sponsor but get one anyway, skaters that show up to all the skating events that happens, slaters that show up to skating events sometimes, people that think there skaters but just have it all just to look
Over the last twenty years the world of skateboarding has changed greatly because of the exposure it has had through media. The originators of this media were skate magazines that highlighted many photographers and their talents. The photographs from twenty years ago were using nothing but a cheap old 35mm and came up with some incredible artistic shots. But those old cameras have been replaced by today’s photographers with the top of line cameras and lenses.
...ove the ground, I yanked down on the parachute control straps with all of my strength. The parachute got more air, and I slowed, almost to a standstill, and gently touched the ground. As my feet touched the Earth, I went into my roll and then stood back up. No broken bones or bruises.
But somewhere in their, I knew that I could do it. I jumped off the ski lift, maybe I wasn't that bad. The second that I turned to go down the slope I felt a thump. I had just landed on the ground, but I wasn’t
Have u ever played ice hockey? My sister and I both enjoy watching ice hockey. Ice hockey is a sport, it gives you a great fun on playing as well as watching the game. When you play ice hockey you need to have hockey punk, hockey stick, stakes, helmet and gloves. In Ice hockey game you must learn the rules of the game, how many players, and how to score a goal.
Inline skating is one of the best things that anyone can do for their health. This sport focus' on many aspects of outdoor education. This sport offers excitement, fun, and adventure within a framework of safety. Inline skating helps one to maintain their physical fitness. Inline skating is a very challenging sport.
Depending on how much you skate and how intense you are skating you could burn anywhere from one hundred fifty to five hundred calories (Health Fitness Revolution). Skateboarding can also help your legs, ankles, and feet become more flexible in your joints (Health Fitness Revolution). Also skateboarding helps you learn how to “bail” or “roll out” of a sketchy situation while skating, this helps you learn to fall without getting seriously injured (Health Fitness Revolution). Skateboarding also can help you build up your endurance because the longer you skate the longer you can actually handle skating no one is done in a couple minutes (Health Fitness Revolution). Overall skateboarding helps with most physical activity and exercise, also skateboarding decreases the chance of high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity (Health Fitness
Hockey. A sport I have always loved ever since I was a kid. It was when my dad had taken me to an open ice skate when my hockey life began. I had my first pair of skates as a present when I was four years old. I never really knew of the sport at the time, but now I was able to expirence it. No one was present on the ice as I entered the rink. The cold of the ice ran down my back as I took my first steps on. The cold didn’t stop me though. As I stepped upon the ice, I had a feeling of relief. Hockey is what let me go fast. Always have I been the fastest kid in my class and hockey let me expand on what I loved to do. One stride at a time I went, until I was able to glide upon the ice. My blades of my skates sunk into the ice like a lion tearing at its prey. As the frost beat against my face, I soon realized that I was able to skate. Even though it was all fuzzy in my memory, I remember feeling all types of joy rush all throughout my body. It was the first sign of potential in hockey. It was a first omen.
“By the late 1990’s, DC Shoes were one of the few companies who seemed to be able to cope with mainstream success while retaining their integrity. They had a large line of shoes in different styles, but, even more importantly, their skate team consisted of some of the most popular and talented skaters of the most popular and talented skaters of the previous ten years, such as Danny Way, Colin Mckay, Mike Carroll and Rick Howard” (Davis). DC shoes aren’t really that big anymore in the skating world. The most popular brand name today is Diamond Supply, Nike SB, and Vans. Just because one may see someone wearing a certain skate brand doesn’t technically mean they skate.