"Photographs of amazing feats accompany engaging information about big air skateboarding. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended to engage readers in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

This book explores the science behind the stunts. Learn how skateboarding has evolved into one of the most exhilarating sports today.

"Extreme skateboarding challenges demand balance, strength, and speed. Readers will be thrilled by skaters and their daring stunts"--

Promotes fitness, health, nutrition and goal setting while familiarizing readers with skateboarding as an aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise.

From its origins as a land-based alternative to surfing, one that incorporated the wheels and trucks used by skateboarders, longboarding, developed in Hawaii during the 1950s, has come a long way. In the 1970s, when the sport was seen as a form of self-expression, it was more of a do-it-yourself hobby. Today, longboarding is bigger than ever. This book describes the sports history, gives riders an idea of how to choose their equipment and begin practicing...