reflection

this whole blogging project has been very very fun. i think it is a good experience for kids to learn how to use the internet. for example blogspot.comis diverse and confusing at first but it helps you learn the ways you can use the internet. i think blogger or blogspot is a good place for doing blogs they have great layouts and options for making you blog look cool. this way other people can hear what you have to say at there own will because they want to see it not because they have to. and i like being able to blog about whatever you want not a set topic this way it is more interesting and the person is more qualified in typing. i like blogging about skateboarding because it is very interesting to me and it is kinda important to me because it is very fun and i try hard even though im not that good and ive only been skateboarding for a couple of months. i think that it is very important to blog or work on the computer when doing homework because kids are more interested in computers and will more likely focus on the work other than television or video games. to summorize my blogs the first one was about was about shoes this summorized that you need to wear good shoes to have a succesfull carreer of skate boarding or to just to have fun. the next blog was was about bearings. this basicly explained that bearings are all different and you should know about them because they can do different things and if you are a beginner then you wouldnt know wich bearings to choose from. the next blog was about griptape that is the sanpaper like tape on the top of your board that helps your feet grip onto the board. then i did a very important blog about trucks. it is important because trucks are what you need to move. after that i did a post on the history of skateboarding. this started in the 1950s with people who wanted to skateboard when there where no waves. then i did a post about rob dyrdek who is a skateboarder/t.v. star. then i did a blog about bam margera and the element team. this explained that there are different

bam margera and the element crew

Bam margera is a skateboarder in the element company team. they are famous for making skateboards, clothing products like shirts and hats and they also make shoes. they are a very succesfull company int he world of skateboarding. along with bam margera there are many others in the element crew some of them are Bucky lasek, Chad Muska, Chad Tim Tim, Mike Valley and many others. Bam margera is important because he is widely known for his roles in many movies such as 'the fantasy factory' "nitro circus" and even his own show "viva la bam" all these shows are very interesting. Bam was born on speptember 28, 1979.in West Chester, Pennsylvania to Phil and April Margera. He is also the younger brother of Jess Margera and nephew of Vincent Margera. His grandfather nicknamed him "Bam" at the age of three after his habit of running into walls. He attended East High School and cites friend Chris Raab as his only reason for attending high school, and dropped out after Raab got expelled. He later received his GED at the insistence of his parents. now there is no I in team so lets talk about the element team. the element team started in 1992. it was started by johnny schilleref. he just wanted a team that would be the best they could be. and he got that with all the great members of the element team. to rap it all up the element team is one of alot of peoples favorite team including me. thay are very good skateboarders and are a great team. now i will post some clips of the element team.
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rob dyrdek

Dyrdek first starred in a MTV reality series, entitled Rob & Big (aired November 2006 to April 2008), with his best friend and bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin as well as his cousin, Chris "Drama" Pfaff. After three seasons, Boykin's long time girlfriend had a baby and caused him to leave the show. In February 2009 Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, featuring Dyrdek, Pfaff, and his Dyrdek Enterprise staff, was first aired. The "Fantasy Factory" is a converted warehouse where Dyrdek runs his many entrepreneurial ventures. It also features a large indoor skate plaza, Rob's personal office with "bat cave" parking garage, a foam pit, and numerous basketball hoops in various places around the inside of the factory. He also built a "hands of God" music studio for his cousin "Drama" Pfaff inside the factory. During the course of the first season, he also opened his first SafeSpot SkateSpot with the sponsorship of Carl's Jr. During the grand-opening, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa rode with Dyrdek on the world's largest skateboard. Dyrdek was also featured in the video games skate. and Skate 2, along with "Big Black". During the days of Rob & Big, they featured an episode of Rob and Big Black actually going to the EA building to shoot for the game. In Skate 2, the player is able to purchase an early version of the Fantasy Factory on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store as an add-on, allowing the player to skate within the factory premises. He made a movie Entitled "Street Dreams" in 2009. also he has many cool things like the t-rex car it has 3 wheels (ha ha). he turned pro at 16 in 1991. and he set many records in his life time. some of these records are...
Consecutive front-side ollies: 46 (2007, WR)
Ollie big spins: 12 (2007, WR)
Consecutive nollie kickflips: 73 (2007, WR)
360-degree kickflips in one minute: 12 (2007, WR)
Heel flips in one minute: 15 (2007, WR)
Consecutive ollies: 215 (2007)
Nollie kickflips in one minute: 22 (2007, WR)
Longest stationary manual: 49 seconds (2007, WR)
Switch frontside kickflips in one minute: 9 (2007, WR)
Longest 50-50 rail grind: 100 feet (2007, WR)
Longest board slide: 100 feet (2007, WR)
Highest skateboard ramp jump into water: 10 feet 8 inches (2007, WR
as you can see he is a very talented person. he is still living and creating episodes for his show "the fantasy factory" where he does stunts and fun things with his friends the show is on mtv or mtv2 if you have cable i dont know if it matters what you have (cable,dish,etc)
here are some links related to rob dyrdek. thank you for reading this post.


http://fantasyfactory.ning.com/
http://www.dyrdek.com/

history

1940's-1960's ---Skateboarding was probably born sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s when surfers in California wanted something to surf when the waves were flat. No one knows who made the first board, rather, it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at around the same time. These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. During this time, skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun besides surfing, and was therefore often referred to as "Sidewalk Surfing". The first manufactured skateboards were ordered by a Los Angeles, California surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime. The shop owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce sets of skate wheels, which they attached to square wooden boards. Accordingly, skateboarding was originally denoted "sidewalk surfing" and early skaters emulated surfing style and maneuvers. Crate scooters preceded skateboards, and were borne of a similar concept, with the exception of having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board), which formed rudimentary handlebars.A number of surfing manufacturers such as Makaha started building skateboards that resembled small surfboards, and assembling teams to promote their products. The popularity of skateboarding at this time spawned a national magazine, Skateboarder Magazine, and the 1965 international championships were broadcast on national television. The growth of the sport during this period can also be seen in sales figures for Makaha, which quoted $10 million worth of board sales between 1963 and 1965 (Weyland, 2002:28). Yet by 1966 the sales had dropped significantly (ibid) and Skateboarder Magazine had stopped publication. The popularity of skateboarding dropped and remained low until the early 1970s.The 1970s
In the early 1970s, Frank Nasworthy started to develop a skateboard wheel made of polyurethane, calling his company Cadillac Wheels.[4] The improvement in traction and performance was so immense that from the wheel's release in 1972 the popularity of skateboarding started to rise rapidly again, causing companies to invest more in product development. Nasworthy commissioned artist Jim Evans to do a series of paintings promoting Cadillac Wheels, they were featured as ads and posters in the resurrected Skateborder magazine, and proved immensely popular in promoting the new style of skateboarding. Many companies started to manufacture trucks (axles) especially designed for skateboarding, reached in 1976 by Tracker Trucks. As the equipment became more maneuverable, the decks started to get wider, reaching widths of 10 inches (250 mm) and over, thus giving the skateboarder even more control. Banana board is a term used to describe skateboards made of polypropylene that were skinny, flexible, with ribs on the underside for structural support and very popular during the mid-1970s. They were available in myriad colors, bright yellow probably being the most memorable, hence the name. Manufacturers started to experiment with more exotic composites and metals, like fiberglass and aluminium, but the common skateboards were made of maple plywood. The skateboarders took advantage of the improved handling of their skateboards and started inventing new tricks. Skateboarders, most notably Ty Page, Bruce Logan, Bobby Piercy, Kevin Reed, and the Z-Boys (so-called because of their local Zephyr surf shop) started to skate the vertical walls of swimming pools that were left empty in the 1976 California drought. This started the vert trend in skateboarding. With increased control, vert skaters could skate faster and perform more dangerous tricks, such as slash grinds and frontside/backside airs. This caused liability concerns and increased insurance costs to skatepark owners, and the development (first by Norcon,then more successfully by Rector) of improved knee pads that had a hard sliding cap and strong strapping proved to be too-little-too-late. During this era, the "freestyle" movement in skateboarding began to splinter off and develop into a much more specialized discipline, characterized by the development of a wide assortment of flat-ground tricks. now skateboarding just kept evolving until skateboarders made the tricks we have today and the styles we have today.

best freestyle skater in the world...ever.

Rodney Mullen is probably the best freestyle skater of all time. he is amazing and has invented so many tricks. Rodney mullen was born in august 17, 1966 in Gainesville Florida. Rodney Mullen began skateboarding at the age of eight after he promised his worried father he would stop the first time he became seriously injured. Rodney began practicing in full pads, and hung out with his sister's surfer friends who skateboarded on the week days. In 1977, having owned a skateboard for less than a year, Rodney took third place in the Boy's Freestyle event at Kona in Jacksonville. Bruce Walker saw his performance and sponsored Mullen through Walker Skateboards. when he was in Florida he did not have alot of room to skate so he practiced his freestyle tricks. Rodney cites 1979 - 1980 as his "most creative time". Mullen claimed many competitive victories in the late 70s, mostly in his home state, Florida , culminating in a win at the Oceanside Nationals in June, 1979. Rodney enjoyed skateboarding and wanted to go big someday soon. At the age of 14 Rodney Mullen entered the Oasis pro competition, in that competition he defeated world champion Steve Rocco. after that he was sponsered by a skateboarding team called Bones Bregade. this team has alot of really good skateboarders in it. while he is here he goes in a skate video called Rubbish heap. In 1991 Rodney Mullen joined the high profile skateboarding team called Plan B. the plan B founder Mike Ternesky Influenced Rodney Mullen to swith from freestyle to street skating and showcased the results in the 1992 Plan B video Questionable. Rodney Mullen starts out with freestyle tricks like he ussually does really well on. and then he moves into different terain and on to flat ground tricks and shows off his board slides, grinds, and a trick called a kickflip underflip. this is when you do a kickflip then in the air hit it into a heelflip. (so it is basicly rewinding a kickflip in the air if you think about it). after that he finishes it all of with a casper slide.Mullen's Questionable performance may have marked the beginning of a new era in street skateboarding. His reluctant departure from freestyle to become a street skater was a symbol that legitimized the technical direction street skating had taken over the previous few years. Mullen specialized at this progression in subsequent Plan B videos; noteworthy is 1993's Virtual Reality where Mullen showcases the newly-mastered darkslide. her is something rodney has said about skateboarding. I can't wait to wake up in the morning... A lot of times I can't sleep because I can't wait to try something new. How many people never really experience that feeling? Rodney Mullen, 2003. Mullen's participation in Plan B dissolved after Mike Ternasky died unexpectedly in 1994. In 1997, Mullen started his own company, A-Team, with the intent of forming a super team with the defection of plan b from the world industries empire. Rodney talked to friend and fellow pro Daewon Song to plan the video Rodney vs. Daewon, which featured each skater competing in segments from trick to trick.Almost folded in 2000 and Mullen went from company founder to company rider under former Almost rider Marc johnson who started Enjoi skateboards. Mullen left Enjoi to head Almost skateboards with Deawon song. the company which he still helms and skates for. Mullen's role at Almost includes research and development on new designs and technologies, including Tenso trucks in 2000 and experimental and composite deck constructions for Dwindle brands.In 2002 the World industries companies, under the holding name Kubic Marketing, were bought out by Globe International for $46 million. Kubic's management remained intact and Mullen began working for Globe International under the Dwindle distribution brand.In 2003 Rodney wrote and released his autobiography, entitled The Mutt: How to skateboard and not kill yourself. In late 2003 Rodney Mullen was voted as the all-time greatest action sports athlete on the Extrem sports channel's Legends of the Extreme countdown. 2007 - 2009 signaled another transition in his skateboarding career as Mullen worked to erase his riding stance, allowing him to move from Regular stance to Goofy Stance. now here is a video of Ridney mullen doing amazing tricks.....

trucks not trucks

When I say trucks if you think im talking about the shipping trucks then you’ve got it all wrong. Trucks are what keep the wheels attached to the board and elevated away from it. There are allotting of different kinds and brands of trucks. Manufacturers are continually experimenting and manufactured different types of metals to try and improve the endurance of the trucks while decreasing the overall weight. Trucks bushings are made with different degrees of hardness that affects the ease of overall skateboarding turns. Trucks are usually made of aluminum alloy. Skateboard trucks consist of the base plate, kingpin, bushing, hangar, and axle. Now I will explain to you what all of these materials are and what they do. The base plate is the part that is connected to the board and it holds the trucks there with screws. There are usually 4 screw holes in the top of the skateboard deck. This is done after you put the grip tape on because if it is done after than you can not see the screws and it is better to see them because then you can tell which is he front of the board and what is the back. The kingpin is a big bolt that holds the axle to the foundation of the truck. The hanger interlocks the bushing the kingpin and the axle. Now I hope you know that there is more than one kind of skateboard. It is different from the one that is usually seen at parks and stores it is called a long board it is longer and flat. There is a tail but it is not curved and this is because you don’t use the long board for tricks on ramps or flip tricks or stuff like that. A long board is for riding down hills and cruising. With a long board you need different bearings and trucks. Than is why I explained what a long board is and I will get into long boards deeper in another blog. As long as you have yor trucks in the right way and you know how to use a skate board you will be fine. The only problem is probably keeping them screwed on so they don’t fall of while you are riding because that can injure you. To keep them clean it is basicly like your bearings. All yo have to do is keep them dry an don’t hit them with anything. (he he).

you need griptape

so when you see a skateboard completed it is differant from one not completed obviusly. one big difference is that there is a sheet of black sandy tape stuff this is called grip tape. you need this to grip on to the board or else you will fall right off. this is a big part because you need the grip tape to grip onto your feet. when you ollie you want good grip tape because your foot needs to bring the board up with it and you can ollie higher which helps you get onto thing like boxes and rails. it is dificult to tell the difference between all the griptapes since there are many different kinds and they are all similar, but they all are different because some have a lot of grip and some don't have as much grip as the others. this is because some people don't want there shoes to be ripped up really fast and some want a lot of grip to do tricks better or they just like some grip tape better than another it all matters about the person. grip tape only causts like 5 dollars at most and you can find it at mostly any skateboarding store. putting on the grip tape is something totally different than anything else you need to get this part perfect i would advise getting someone to help you with this like asking someone at zumiez (it is a skateboarding store). when you put it on it has a peel away thing on the bottom and under that is alot of sticky glue to stick to the board if you get this angled wrong than you need to start over. if you get it corectly then it should form to your board. you need to cut away all the excess griptape left over because it is not the same size as your board and you need to cut it with a razor or something and file it down. then you can see if you like it if you dont then thats too bad because you need to get it removed at a store. when you finally get it on the board correctly then you will probably want to keep it there. so try not to scratch it and keep it out of the rain. if you follow these steps then you will be able to have a board with some awesome griptape.