http://www.skatewood.com/blog Skateboarding Belog Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:04:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There is nothing that is more extreme than the sport of skateboarding. Skateboarding started out by simply nailing rolling skate wheels to a plank of wood and has since evolved into a worldwide phenomenon and recognized extreme sport. Skateboarding has gone through a lot to get to the ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/18 OK~ So we have officially got our team recruited and are ready for some fun! The first thing we need your help with is to choose one of the tasks listed below, choose what team member you would like to see complete the task, and then send an email with ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/16 Skateboarding has been around for a long, long time and over the years it has progressed and the boards themselves have been upgraded. People decide to skateboard for different reasons but whatever reasons you choose to skate, if you have been doing it for a while you will know that ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/15 The majority of people who choose skateboarding as a sport are usually of the rebellious nature or the type of people to go against the grain. They may be the one who barely follows anyone's dress code whether at school or at work. In skateboarding their many will find it ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/14 Well I through an event for this wonderful holiday, thats right i am considering this a holiday, my favorite one at that! The event was held across the town of Claremore where theres not to many skaters around. I hit up all the good skate spots in town, spread the ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/13 On June 21 skateboarders around the globe will celebrate the pure exhilaration, creativity, and spirit of one of the most influential activities in the world by blowing off all other obligations to go skateboarding! Skateboarders everywhere will hold fundraisers, contests, protests, demo’s, they’ll skate across cities, gather in skateparks, stream into ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/12 There's a new word in the new 2006 update of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition One entry found for ollie. Main Entry: ol·lie Pronunciation: 'ä-lE Function: noun Etymology: Ollie, nickname of Alan Gelfand b1963 U.S. skateboarder 1 : a maneuver in skateboarding in which the ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/8 Skateboard speed relies on many factors, the most important one is the RPM (revolution per minute) rate of the "Ball Bearings". The ball bearing consist of inner race, outer race, balls, balls retainer and optional closures. As you may all know, any skateboard has 4 wheels (DUH), each wheel has 2 ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/6 As Moish Brennan, art director for Consolidated Skateboards, put it… "Nike is a huge multimillion dollar corporation that never gave a shit about skateboarding. The jocks who used to beat me up for skating wore Nikes and now Nike wants to be in with skaters? Uh-uh. It’s not going to happen. ... http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/3 http://www.skatewood.com/blog/archives/7