Product Description

Serious skaters looking for unusual and innovative tricks will find them in this skateboarding instructional guide. The tricks run the gamut from classic old school to modern with an emphasis on diversification, creativity, and originality. Included are riding basics and tips for controlling fear, visualising, and focusing. Sequential shots detail every move needed to successfully re-create the various skateboarding tricks. The mechanics of the sport are also covered, including types of boards available, and the various wheels, bearings, and skateboarding surfaces.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15084 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Steve Badillo is a touring pro skater and operates Skatelab Summercamp in Simi Valley, California. He is the coauthor of Skateboarder's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Skateboarding and Skateboarding: New Levels: Tips and Tricks for Serious Riders. His stunts have appeared in national ad campaigns, in music videos for bands such as Limp Bizkit, and on the MTV show Becoming Pink. He lives in Ventura, California. Doug Werner is the author of 15 books on sports and fitness, including the books in the Start-Up Sports series. He lives in San Diego, California.

Customer Reviews

Great book if you don't know many tricks.
This was a real education in all the tricks. Now I know my body varials from my cabalaerials. Loads of pictures but it takes some working out where the skater is in relation to the surface as they're a bit ropey. Still a good book, and good descriptions. I liked the variety of old skool/new skool tricks and ramp and street.

Skateboarding: Book of Tricks (Start-Up Sports)
Many photographs but not particualry helpful in how you actually perform the trick step by step.