Essays Tagged: "skateboarding"

Skateboarders nationwide restless, a problem that needs attention?

Skateboarders Nationwide Restless; A problem that needs attention?Skateboarding. A sport that only requires a board and four wheels. One needs only seventy to one hun ... rders are mostly straight-edge, which means that they do not use drugs, or alcohol. This is because skateboarding, and improving requires almost constant practice. This determination in only clouded b ... exclusively for vehicular travel@ (interview Davis). Many people are aware of the lack of areas for skateboarding, A Williamsburg police officer, Lt. Doug Davis, said that he is sympathetic to the ska ...

(7 pages) 52 1 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Skateboarders nationwide restless, a problem that needs attention?

English 101Skateboarders Nationwide Restless; A problem that needsattention?Skateboarding. A sport that only requires a board and fourwheels. One needs only seventy to one hund ... oarders are mostly straight-edge, which means thatthey do not use drugs, or alcohol. This is becauseskateboarding, and improving requires almost constant practice.This determination in only clouded by ... rexclusively for vehicular travel@ (interview Davis). Many peopleare aware of the lack of areas for skateboarding, A Williamsburgpolice officer, Lt. Doug Davis, said that he is sympathetic tothe skate ...

(6 pages) 23 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Skateboarders restless, a problem that needs attention?

English 101Skateboarders Nationwide Restless; A problem that needsattention?Skateboarding. A sport that only requires a board and fourwheels. One needs only seventy to one hund ... oarders are mostly straight-edge, which means thatthey do not use drugs, or alcohol. This is becauseskateboarding, and improving requires almost constant practice.This determination in only clouded by ... rexclusively for vehicular travel@ (interview Davis). Many peopleare aware of the lack of areas for skateboarding, A Williamsburgpolice officer, Lt. Doug Davis, said that he is sympathetic tothe skate ...

(13 pages) 57 1 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Skateboarders restless, a problem that needs attention?

English 101Skateboarders Nationwide Restless; A problem that needsattention?Skateboarding. A sport that only requires a board and fourwheels. One needs only seventy to one hund ... oarders are mostly straight-edge, which means thatthey do not use drugs, or alcohol. This is becauseskateboarding, and improving requires almost constant practice.This determination in only clouded by ... rexclusively for vehicular travel@ (interview Davis). Many peopleare aware of the lack of areas for skateboarding, A Williamsburgpolice officer, Lt. Doug Davis, said that he is sympathetic tothe skate ...

(13 pages) 25 0 3.8 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

This essay is about skateboarding and rollerblading

Skateboarding and RollerbladingWhen comparing skateboarding and rollerblading, you must first consid ... skateboarding and rollerblading, you must first consider which is going to be easier for you. When skateboarding you are actually on top of the object where as in rollerblading you wear the skates li ... e as in rollerblading you wear the skates like you would shoes.There are two styles styles for both skateboarding and rollerblading. Street and Vert. Street for skateboarding is mostly done by skaters ...

(1 pages) 48 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays

Personal Interest: Snowboarding

t that combines the beauty of surfing, the high-speed thrill of downhill skiing, the punk styles of skateboarding, and the grace of ballet. That sport is snowboarding. Standing sideways on my snowboar ...

(2 pages) 88 1 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Essence of the Sport of Paintball.

the anarchy coming to the USA has for kept from becoming more mainstream as other extreme sports as skateboarding and biking whose popularity gained momentum from the proliferation of video games. The ...

(2 pages) 79 2 4.2 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Snowboarding- Opinion Paper.

ter the first time I tried it I was hooked. It all started when I was thirteen years old. I started skateboarding, that winter, I then started riding and never skateboarded again. It had all the benef ...

(3 pages) 39 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Physics of Skateboarding (The conceptual physics of skateboarding)

Skateboarding is a sport in which somebody rides a board that is made out of different layers of woo ... in which somebody rides a board that is made out of different layers of wood and has wheels on it. Skateboarding has been around since the early 1950's and originated from surfing. There is a surpris ... tatic friction, air resistance, gravity, potential and kinetic energy, and work are all involved in skateboarding and how skateboarding works altogether. I will explain the physics involved in riding ...

(9 pages) 68 1 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Why Laws are broken and deterents to the breaking of them

aw. The offender should be shown that there are simpler and better ways to be thrilled, for example skateboarding, bikeriding, youth groups and dropping centres. The examples listed seem to have reduc ...

(3 pages) 49 0 1.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Health Thesis: Extreme Sports vs. Risks. - A thesis on why we participate in extreme sports, for a Kinesiology course.

eme sports like adventure racing, bull-fighting, in-line skating, bungee jumping, snow boarding and skateboarding. All of these sports involve a serious risk, and that's why they are called Extreme Sp ...

(4 pages) 75 1 3.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The History of Snowboarding

t that combines the beauty of surfing, the high-speed thrill of downhill skiing, the punk styles of skateboarding, and the grace of ballet. That sport is snowboarding. Standing sideways on my snowboar ...

(2 pages) 25 1 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Day I Walked Out of McDonald's

locale, in combination with Stuart's populated area, there are always people walking, riding bikes, skateboarding, or driving to McDonalds all day long. It's no wonder the large yellow sign boasts of ...

(2 pages) 430 20 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Shaun White : The rising star of extreme sports. A short essay for gym class.

Shaun White has taken both the snowboarding and skateboarding world by storm, and he's only seventeen years old. He was too young to legally drive t ... eers no longer consider him a kid phenomenon, but as the man pushing the future of snowboarding and skateboarding alike.Shaun was born in San Diego, California, on September 9, 1986. He first picked u ...

(2 pages) 18 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Skateboarding (New subject: Sciences: Sports: Classification)

Skateboarding is a very extreme sport. Professional skateboarders are dedicated to being as extreme ... f the half pipe and perform various tricks. Vert competition is considered the most radical form of skateboarding in terms of risk.The second type of competition is street. Street competition involves ... to practice on land and in water. Freestyle competitions is not currently held in any professional skateboarding competitions, but still practiced by many skateboarders today.Skateboarding competitio ...

(1 pages) 29 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Dreams, English essay.

ream may be a simple one, but to me it is more important than one might think. I have a passion for skateboarding; ever since 6th grade I have been hooked. Nights, weekends, even my senior prom, I hav ... ve given to skateboarding. The freedom is uncanny; I almost consider it an art form. Unlike sports, skateboarding has no restrictions, no coaches, no teammates; it's just you, your board, and the worl ...

(1 pages) 1397 1 2.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The director of "Dog Town and Z boys", Stacy Peralta, shapes the viewer to accept the argument that surfing and skateboarding as a sport was a life style and a cultural movement

of "Dog Town and Z boys", Stacy Peralta, shapes the viewer to accept the argument that surfing and skateboarding as a sport was a life style and a cultural movement which was revolutionized by the Ze ... chnical codes that were used such as close ups, still shots, and slow motion all combine to present skateboarding as a beautiful sport in it's own right. Still shots were used to create various effect ...

(3 pages) 18 0 3.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Reserching Women and Boardsports

msLast season, fewer women were found on the slopes snowboarding than the year before. However, the skateboarding and surf industry saw an increase in female presence on the streets and in the water, ... le. The Snowsports Industry America's stats came from studies conducted with more than 400 surf and skateboarding shops. The Board-Trac's Action Girl Sports report conducts research from the other end ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Extreme Sports Popularity

, and they link these thrills with entertainment and enjoyment. Extreme sports, such as BMX biking, skateboarding, bungee jumping, rock or ice climbing, and whitewater kayaking fulfill the need for da ...

(2 pages) 5702 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

My Board

Winter Extreme games on the sports channel and then the event half-pipe came up. I thought it was a skateboarding thing so I decided to watch. Then the most beautiful thing came up on the T.V. It was ...

(3 pages) 917 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers