Longboarding is an offshoot of street skating‚ but‚ like all board sports‚ its roots lie in surfing. Developed as a single sport on the west coast in the 1950s‚ by the 1990s‚ Longboards and Skateboards branched off into their respective disciplines. With the right setup‚ a longboard can give the feeling of surfing on hard smooth surfaces. There are a variety of riding styles: downhill‚ cruising and carving‚ slalom‚ dancing‚ freeriding‚ vert and sliding.[citation needed] A longboard generally can
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“The only constant is change” Volcom Case Study Introduction The Volcom brand is inspired by the energy of youth‚ following their motto “youth against the establishment.” The athlete-driven brand is creative and forward thinking in designing and marketing their products. Volcom was first designed for board sports‚ being greatly influenced by surfing‚ skateboarding and snowboarding. The young men’s and women’s lifestylesports brand distributes accessories and other related products under the Volcom
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Skimboard Escola Secundária João da Silva Correia Subject: English Duarte Manuel Resende Aguiar Tavares Nº11 10ºB The Origin of the skimboard Skimboard‚ also known as skimming‚ is the sport of running and jumping on a specially made board and skimming over the surface of the water‚ usually at the beach. Skimboard began in the early 1920s‚ in southern California when lifeguards wanted an easy way to get across the beaches of Laguna. Types of skimming There are two styles of skimming:
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Skateboarding vs. Snowboarding By Santiago Durr ENG 1111 Brenda Phegley 9/20/2012 Durr ii Outline Thesis: Skateboarding and snowboarding‚ they are two sports that could look similar‚ but they differ in several ways which are: terrain‚ tricks‚ cost and pain. I. Introduction II. Background A. Skateboarding B. Snowboarding III. Terrain and season A. Skateboarding B. Snowboarding IV. Tricks A. Skateboarding B. Snowboarding V. Cost A. Skateboarding
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Dujale‚ Theodore Gabriel D. 2E5-C Skimboarding Skimboarding or skimming is a board sport in which a skimboard is used to glide across the water’s surface. Unlike surfing‚ skimboarding begins on the beach by dropping the board onto the thin wash of previous waves. There are 9 steps in Skimboarding: First‚ Find a good location or a good beach‚ preferably very powerful shore break and steep slope
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Title: Postural control in standing on a wobble board Background: Standing on a small or unstable base of support‚ a person must correct his posture to maintain the position of the body’s center of mass to fall within the area of support. Postural control is facilitated through several movement strategies such as ankle strategy‚ knee strategy‚ hip strategy‚ or stepping strategy when a person loses his balance. In addition to the counter-rotation mechanism‚ a mechanism to prevent a loss of balance
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Volcom Strategic Audit Professor Steven L. Roop Student Dennis P. Sable National University September 2012 Volcom is a manufacturer of Boardsport related clothing and accessories. Based in Velcro Valley – south of Los Angeles – the company’s core values speak volumes about their marketing and sales goals and objectives. The Volcom philosophy‚ stated as‚ “youth against establishment”‚ implies that their aim is‚ at the very least‚ different from normal capitalist “Free Trade” established
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International Ltd. Company Overview COMPANY OVERVIEW Billabong International (Billabong or ‘the company’) is engaged in the marketing‚ distribution‚ wholesaling and retailing of apparel‚ accessories‚ eyewear‚ wetsuits and hardgoods in the boardsports sector. The company operates in Australia‚ North America‚ Europe‚ Japan‚ New Zealand‚ South Africa and Brazil. It is headquartered in Queensland‚ Australia and employees about 6‚000 people. The company recorded revenues of A$1‚687.7 million (approximately
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Billabong was founded in the Gold Coast‚ Queensland‚ Australia in 1973 by Gordon Merchant. At first‚ he designed and created the board shorts at his home and then sold them to local surf shops. Surfers soon realized the durability of Merchant’s board shorts that was the result of his triple-stitching technique. Merchant understood that his company needed to expand to achieve success‚ so Billabong started to sponsor contests—these contests increased the public’s awareness of Merchant’s products and
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Part 3 Some statuses within snowboarding are Professional‚ Amateur‚ and Recreational snowboarders. Another status involved with snowboarding could be‚ a snowboarding instructor‚ or a ski lift operator (Mathews 2). People are socialized into snowboarding by hanging around their friends at their local hill‚ and by reading magazines‚ viewing websites‚ and watching snowboarding on television. The two most important agents of socialization are‚ as stated before‚ peers and the media. Your peers
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