Blades, boards & scooters

Blades, boards & scooters

Keltie Thomas, 1966-

Book - 2003

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Subjects
In-line skates > Juvenile literature.
Skateboards > Juvenile literature.
Scooters > Juvenile literature.
Published
Toronto : Maple Tree Press 2003.
Language
English
Main Author
Keltie Thomas, 1966- (-)
Physical Description
64 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781894379458
9781894379465
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  • Get Stoked on Safety
  • A History of Radical Fun
  • Scooter City
  • The Lean Mean Scootin' Machine
  • Zoom In on the Mechanics: The Push 'n' Glide Ride
  • The X-treme Scene: Busting Big Tricks
  • Grease Monkey Zone: Tune Up to Scoot
  • Shear Stuff of Wow
  • That's Radical: Scoot into the Future
  • Blade World
  • The Lean Mean Rolling Machines
  • Zoom In on the Mechanics: Catching Air
  • The X-treme Scene: Skating Aggressive
  • Grease Monkey Zone: Tune Up to Stride 'n' Glide
  • Zoom In on the Mechanics: Going Vertical
  • That's Radical: Skating Up Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Skateboard Wave
  • The Lean Mean Skateboarding Machine
  • Zoom In on the Mechanics: All About Balance
  • Zoom In on the Mechanics: Ollie, Ollie, Up!
  • The X-treme Scene: The Birth of X-treme
  • Grease Monkey Zone: Tune Up to Board
  • Who Rules the Halfpipe?
  • That's Radical: 900 or Else!
  • Snowboard Mode
  • Threads to Shred In
  • The Lean Mean Shredding Machine
  • Zoom In on the Mechanics: The Downhill Shred
  • The X-treme Scene: Shredders Storm the Olympics
  • Grease Monkey Zone: Tune Up to Shred
Review by Booklist Review

Gr. 4-8. From the Popular Mechanics forids Books series, this entertaining, information-packed volume introduces scooters, in-line skates, skateboards, and snowboards. Thomas combines sound advice for beginners with glimpses of the X-treme scene, showcasing the amazing feats performed by the pros and other experienced riders. Though these sports are male dominated, the book acknowledges girls by spotlighting two women pros; it also includes women in the photos and illustrates moves with cartoon figures that could be male or female. Thomas' tone varies from punchy informality in discussing the sports' origins, history, high points, and techniques to down-to-earth practicality in explaining equipment, maintenance, and safety. Frequent sidebars offer highlights of the sports and definitions of terms and slang. Throughout the book, colorful photographs show action scenes, while very clear pictures, evidently digital, illustrate the gear and some of the moves used in the sports. A glossary is appended. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2004 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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