Skateboardingby: Colby
Siglin

History
• Surfers would put wheels on their surf
boards so they could practice surfing
without having to travel to a beach or
going to crowded beaches.

Broken decks
•Skateboarding is more
expensive than people think.
With decks at around $60
with grip tape and they break
about once a month that can
add up.

• Many people don’t like skaters because they
believe they vandalize, and destroy things.
This is a reason people kick skaters out of people.

injuries
• Injuries is all part of skateboarding from cuts
to broken bones.
• There is really no way to avoid injuries while
skateboarding.

• Street league is the biggest pro street skating
competition on a indoor concrete skatepark.The
second biggest skate comp. is the Tampa pro am.

• To become pro you
must make videos
and try to get
sponsored.To be
considered a pro you
must get paid to
skate.

• The X-Games is the worlds largest
skateboarding competition.

• My
favorite
skater is
definitely
Nyjah
Huston.

• Putting videos
out anywhere
you can is the
only way to
become
sponsored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkV6eqGeQhk

• The first skateboard wheels were made
of metal.

• Wheels were later made of clay but when
people hit a crack the wheels would shatter.

• Skate decks are mostly
made of 7-ply maple wood

Pictures

• Going to the skate park is one of my favorite
things to do.

• Skateboarding gets you out of your comfort
zone which can be good most of the time.

• A 2002 report found that there were 18.5 million
skateboarders in the world. 85% of skateboarders polled
who had used a board in the last year were under the age
of 18, and 74% were male.

• Owned by Rob Dyrdek it is a skateboarder
paradise.

More Fantasy Factory pics

• My sponsors is BranGuard skateboards and
blankdecks.

Thanks Fo Watchin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUl9NPPMx8s

sources page
• Google images
• wiki