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Examines the history, equipment, and techniques of skateboarding and identifies organizations associated with the sport.

Surveys the history, equipment, techniques, and safety factors of skateboarding.

When a young Asian-American boy who spends all of his time skateboarding wakes up one morning with the face of an old man, he has trouble convincing people that he is still himself.

Provides information about skateboarding, explaining what it is, describing the equipment needed, the techniques of skateboarding, and competitions, and introducing some of the superstars of the sport.

Describes how public skate parks are constructed, and explains how highly specialized workers design and build facilities specifically for skateboarding.

Explains how to safely skate in bowls and pools and includes descriptions of basic, intermediate, and advanced tricks, providing photographs demonstrating each step of each trick that accompany the descriptions.

Presents step-by-step instructions for performing the basic techniques of riding half-pipes and provides helpful tip on more advanced tricks.

Explains the process involved in convincing a city to build a public skate park and provides information on getting organized, conducting petition drives, fund-raising, and working with city government.

Presents an introduction to street courses in skate parks and explains how to perform basic, intermediate, and advanced street course tricks providing explanations and step by-step photographs of each trick.

Action photographs and text provide an introduction to big air skateboarding, describing the sport, its equipment, and its history.

Reviews the history of skateboarding, and looks at the influence of science and technology on how skateboards are made, safety issues, clothing and gear, and riding techniques.

This book describes the street skating event of the X Games, including information on the competitions and the star skaters.

This book introduces the people and events connected with skateboarding that is part of the Summer X Games.

Explains some facts about the history, equipment, tricks, and records related to skateboarding.

Best friends Dunc and Amos meet up with a new buddy named Lash when they enter the world of skateboard competition.