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Smith Grind
In skateboarding, grinds are Skateboarding tricks, tricks that involve the skateboarder sliding along a surface, making contact with the Skateboard#Trucks, trucks of the skateboard. Grind (sport), Grinds can be performed on any object narrow enough to fit between wheels and are performed on curbs, rails, the Coping (architecture), coping of a skate ramp, funbox, funboxes, ledges, and a variety of other surfaces. History The move likely originated in backyard pools in the early '70s , as the early skaters gained in skill and confidence with their high speed carves around the top of the pool walls and one day went that ''little bit'' too high . The trucks of the time, often being merely 'borrowed' rollerskate trucks , didn't allow much contact due to their narrowness, but as skateboarding gained its own truck manufacturers who widened the hanger design, the possibilities for exploration became apparent, and all sorts of moves started popping up . There was a big leap in street ska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Martins (4416372568)
Felipe Martins may refer to: * Felipe Martins (footballer, born September 1990) Felipe Campanholi Martins, sometimes known as just Felipe (born 30 September 1990) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Orlando City of Major League Soccer. Career Beginnings After beginning his career with s ..., Felipe Campanholi Martins, Brazilian football midfielder * Felipe Martins (footballer, born November 1990), Felipe Santos Martins, Brazilian football striker See also * Felipe Trevizan (born 1987), Felipe Trevizan Martins, Brazilian football centre-back {{hndis, Martins, Felipe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Alva
Tony Alva (born September 2, 1957) is an American skateboarder, entrepreneur, and musician. He was a pioneer of vertical skateboarding and one of the original members of the Zephyr Competition Skateboarding Team, also known as the Z-Boys. The ''Transworld Skateboarding Magazine'' ranked him eighth in its list of the "30 Most Influential skateboarders" of all time. Early life Tony Alva was born September 2, 1957, in Santa Monica, California, to Dutch and Mexican-American parents. He first began surfing and skateboarding around 1967 at the age of 10. Career Influenced by the new, aggressive surfing style happening on the Hawaiian Islands, Alva brought a radical new and powerful free form surf style to skateboarding. Alva's style was revolutionary and stood in stark contrast with the contrived traditional style of the era, which was still based around tricks formulated in the 1960s. His skill, style and charismatic nature led him to become a professionally sponsored skateboarder. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bones Brigade
Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. The company rose to prominence in the 1980s as skateboarding began maturing as a sport. The company featured the Bones Brigade, a team featuring the era's top competitors. Peralta left the company in 1991 and Powell continued to produce skateboard equipment as Powell, Bones Bearings and RollerBones. The two company founders reunited to produce the company's now classic inventory under the name Powell Classic. Background George Powell studied engineering at Stanford University and started making homemade skateboards in 1957. In 1974, Powell's son came and asked for a skateboard. When Powell pulled an old one out of the garage, his son complained it did not ride smoothly. Powell became interested in skateboarding again, as he realized urethane wheels improved a skateboard's ride. With this prompting, Powell started making his own skateboards and wheels. He bought urethane and bake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Mountain
Robert Lance Mountain (born June 13, 1964) is a professional skateboarder and artist who was one of the prominent skateboarders throughout the 1980s, primarily due to his involvement with the Bones Brigade. As of August 2017, Mountain continues to skate professionally and his sponsors include Flip, Nike SB, Independent Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, and Bones Bearings. Professional skateboarding Powell-Peralta to The Firm Lance Mountain took first or second place in almost every amateur contest in which he participated. Mountain's first skateboard deck sponsor was Variflex, a company that he joined in 1981; Mountain then moved to the Powell-Peralta team in the following year (1982). It was during his time with Powell-Peralta that he formed a strong friendship with Stacy Peralta, the team manager and director of the Bones Brigade video series—Mountain appears in eight Bones Brigade videos, including the well-known video ''The Search For Animal Chin'' (the final video was the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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