With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone—the flip trick—benefits skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. A section devoted to the history of skateboarding is included with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this aspect unique to skateboarding.With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone--the flip trick--benefits skateboarders of all skill levels. With this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves.With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone�7the flip trick�7will benefit skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers will learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. Also included is a section devoted to the history of skateboarding with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this unique aspect to skateboarding.Doug Werner is the coauthor of Street Skateboarding: Endless Grinds and Slides and author of Skateboarder''s Start Up, Skateboarding: Book of Tricks, and Skateboarding: New Levels. He lives in San Diego, California. Evan Goodfellow is a sponsored pro skater and skateboard instructor. He is the coauthor of Street Skateboarding: Endless Grinds and Slides. He has costarred in eight skateboarding videos in as many years. He lives in Glendora, California.
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