Category: Skateboarding

Abbotswood Skatepark Designers

4 January, 2008 (04:44) | Manufacturers

 
Abbotswood Design Group is a full service professional Landscape Architectural firm specializing cutting edge recreation based design including skateparks, terrain parks, BMX parks and other high NRG features. Fred Ogram, ASLA (Landscape Architect and owner) grew up in SoCal in the 70’s surfing and skating everywhere-from Dog Town to Upland. His experience in skating everything […]

Trick Skating

17 July, 2007 (13:15) | Skateboarding

 
With the evolution of skateparks and ramp riding, the skateboard began to change. Early skate tricks had consisted mainly of two-dimensional maneuvers (e.g. riding on only two wheels (wheelie,a.k.a. manual), spinning like an ice skater on the back wheels (a 360 pivot), high jumping over a bar (nowadays called a “Hippie Jump”), long jumping from […]

Overview of Skate Punk

20 June, 2007 (13:17) | Skateboarding

Skate punk typically uses four-note basslines, surf-like drums, and fast, Ramones-style guitar. Mostly played on the upbeat instead of the downbeat, skatecore is known for emulating the “feel” of skating—much in the same way surf sought to emulate the feel of surfing. Skate punk utilizes quick uptempo “jumps” of silence at the end of the […]

Female Skateboarders

8 May, 2007 (13:19) | Skaters

Skateboarding has long been a male-dominated sport; a survey in 2002 estimated that only 26 percent of skateboarders are female.
In the early years of the sport, few female skaters gained widespread visibility; Peggy Oki, Ellen O’Neal, and Ellen Berryman were a few who achieved fame in the 1970s. The skateboarding boom in the 1990s, coupled […]

Skate Rock

8 April, 2007 (13:18) | Skateboarding

Skate rock is mainly a term used for rock, punk and heavy metal bands, generally from the 1980s and the 1990s, who were involved in the sport of skateboarding. Some prime examples of skate rock bands are McRad, JFA, the Faction, the Big Boys, Agent Orange, Suicidal Tendencies, The Suicide Machines, U.S. Bombs, Lagwagon, Minor […]

Skateboard Brands

12 March, 2007 (13:20) | Manufacturers

Skateboard Deck Brands
* 5boro
* Acme
* Alien Workshop
* Almost
* Alva
* Angel Boy
* Anti-Hero Skateboards
* Avera
* ANGR
* A-Team
* Baker
* Birdhouse
* Black Label
* Blind
* Bling
* Blueprint
* Bones
* Bullet
* City
* City Stars
* Creation
* Creature
* Crime
* Chocolate
* Confidential Skate
* Consolidated
* Darkstar
* Deca skateboards
* DGK
* Disaster
* Dogtown
* Element
* Moskates
* Enjoi
* Expedition-One
* Finesse Skateboards
* The Firm
* Flip
* Foundation
* G&S
* Girl
* Gravity Skateboards
* […]

International Association of Skateboard Companies

16 February, 2007 (13:22) | Skateboarding

The International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC) is a non-profit organization that was established in 1995. It’s “goals are to promote skateboarding, increase participation, save its members money, and educate”. Its members include skateboard manufacturers, distributors, skatepark designers and contest organisers.
The IASC created the annual Go Skateboarding Day. which encourages skateboarders around the world to […]

Skateboard Companies

7 January, 2007 (13:22) | Manufacturers

A
* Abacus 5
* Active Mailorder
* Adio
* Airwalk
* Alien Workshop
* Almost Skateboards
* Altamont Apparel
B
* Baker Skateboards
* Billabong (clothing)
* Birdhouse Skateboards
* Black Box Distribution
* Black Label Skateboards
* Blind Skateboards
* Bootleg skateboards
C
* C1RCA
* California Free Former
* Chocolate Skateboards
D
* DC Shoes
* DGK skateboards
* Death Skateboards
* Deluxe Distribution
D cont.
* Dwindle Distribution
E
* ÉS Footwear
* Element Skateboards
* Emerica
* Enjoi
* Etnies
F
* Fallen Footwear
* […]

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