Skateboarding

by Jim Fitzpatrick

Overview

You want intense? How about rocketing into the air off a vert ramp and sticking the landing in front of a cheering crowd? Skateboarding has evolved from a fun hobby for kids to an international sporting spectacle. Find out how it made that journey, meet the world’s top skaters, and learn the key tricks and moves. This title will allow students to explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

• Text based questions

• Bolded keywords

• Profiles of athletes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643696744
Publisher:	Rourke Educational Media
Publication date:	11/30/2018
Series:	Intense Sports
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

Worldwide Popularity     4
The Right Equipment     8
Staying Safe on Your Skateboard     13
Your Skateboarding Environment     19
The Healthy Bonus: Benefits of Skateboarding     23
Glossary     30
For More Information     31
Index     32
About the Author     32

Editorial Reviews

Fascinating details and amazing photos add context and perspective to each sport’s overview. Unusual sports such as heliskiing and skydiving are clearly explained, and the text is supplemented by well-chosen graphics. A sequence of three photos in Skatebo

From the Publisher

11/01/2015
Gr 4–6—Fascinating details and amazing photos add context and perspective to each sport's overview. Unusual sports such as heliskiing and skydiving are clearly explained, and the text is supplemented by well-chosen graphics. A sequence of three photos in Skateboarding details the steps in an ollie, a basic skateboarding move. An image in Big Wave Surfing offers an underwater view of a duck dive, as a surfer pushes her board safely under the lip of a wave. Each volume offers questions to answer while reading, a set of vocabulary words to look for, and a series of questions to respond to after reading the book. Motocross mentions female stars such as Sue Fish and Tarah Geiger, as well as James "Bubba" Stewart, the first African American to win a major motocross championship. VERDICT These well-written books earn high marks.

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