It’s been really bothering me lately about why a lot of people hate skateboarding. It seems now days; with skating becoming more mainstream with the honeycombs commercials with skateboarders to Wal-Mart putting ads in Transworld that people would be embracing the sport a little more. Wrong! I was skating threw downtown Des Moines the other day when a man started screaming at me to “get the fuck off the ledge.” Why? Its not like its his ledge, or he has to pay for my medical bills if I get hurt. Why does he care?

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The Etnies Arto 2 is a pro model shoe designed by Arto Saari

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Ok, I've seen quite a few people asking about bearings on a daily basis. In this guide I'm going to tell you everything you need to know about what makes that wheel spin on that axel.

We'll address this in an FAQ format.

What is a bearing?
A bearing is the circular component that fits into your wheel and lets the wheel spin properly and efficiently on the truck's axel. Included inside the bearing are the balls which help the actual bearing spin. There are between 4-8 balls inside your bearing, depending on what kind you buy.

What are the different sizes?

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How to do a helipop. Well first off you need to know that a hellipop is a basically a nollie full cab. Here I'm teaching a backside helipop, but doing it is essentially the same for both ways. This trick is a fun trick to add to your arsenal and not too difficult to learn. These tricks are great to throw into the start of lines because you end up right where you started. You basically need to know 2 tricks before you start to learn this.



Basic Full cab
Nollie 180

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i took this from imlee888 because this is a cool trick, and its easy to learn

how to impossible...

things you should know+tricks you should know
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impossibles are possible(duh)
360 shuvits.
maybe treflips(i used to have htem but dont anymore)
ollie norths

how to
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setup:

to do impossibles, set your front foot up like a kickflip. have yoru back foot on that little pocket were the tail and the flat part of the board meet. have your toes haning off.

steps:

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So you’re getting good at skating, huh? Think you’ve got a shot at a sponsorship? Or maybe you just feel like making a montage for fun. Well, either way, there are many important things to follow in order for it to turn out great!

Picking the Song

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Krooked Skateboards is a deck company out of San Francisco, created by Mark Gonzales and Distributed by Deluxe. Mark Gonzales creates the artwork for almost all of the decks. The skaters on the pro team sketch it out, then The Gonz Finishes it up on the deck. The Pro team consists of Bobby Worrest, Dan Drehobl, Van Wastell, and of course, Mark Gonzales. Krooked also has guest riders, in which The Gonz can choose any skater he likes, ask him if they want a guest deck, and he will make it!

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