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    Chris Archbold Argumentative Synthesis Prof. McKee 17 April 2013 Argumentative Synthesis on Skateboarding Skateboarding is a sport that is uniquely different from all others. It doesn’t require a team competing for a common goal. There isn’t a legitimate system that judges how talented a skateboarder is. There is no league regulating how skateboarding should be done. Skateboarding is an individualistic sport that provides infinite potential for progression. There is no limit on the amount

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    Title of Speech: The History of Skateboarding Attention Getter In the 1970s California skateboarders‚ with no skate parks to practice in‚ would drive through neighborhoods in search of empty swimming pools. While pools were easy enough to find‚ however‚ empty ones were not. Many skaters began to cart around hoses‚ pumps‚ brooms and other gear so that an unattended pool could be emptied in a hurry. Skateboarding pioneer Wes Humpston on the Biography Channel (Source 1) once recalled draining

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    Should skateboarding be an Olympic Sport?     How much do you know about skateboarding as of now? Did you at least know that it recently became an olympic sport. You may think…”oh wow what a great thing to do.” But that’s not the case in this situation. Many people are debating whether skateboarding should be an olympic sport. But even though skateboarding may not be as popular of a sport as basketball or track n’ field why not give skateboarding an equal chance as any other sport.     First of

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    Skateboarding and Z-boys

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    Shari Alvanas Composition 10/18/05 English Skateboarding as Pop culture: The Mark of the Z-Boys The sport of skateboarding has been around for many years. The sport has gone from the early nineteen-hundreds to modern day society. The sport went from just being a hobby to becoming one of the most popular sports of today. Throughout the years skateboarding has been significantly modified to suit the skaters of the day. Since skateboarding has been in existence for so long it has changed

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    Skateboarding evolved in the early 1960’s as a way for Surfboarders to have a feel for the waves in the off-season. Many people do not know much about the sport besides the fact that it only seems like troublemakers are participating in it. There is a lot to learn including the origin‚ about the professionals‚ stereotypes amongst the skaters‚ lack of parks‚ injuries‚ and salaries given from sponsors. Skateboarding is a gateway to freedom to most people. It is not something we do because we want

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    4/27/2017 6th period Gold LA Final Draft:Skateboarding Skateboarding is a great sport to do in your spare time as well as professionally. Skateboarding is becoming a bigger and bigger sport every day. Skateboarding is evolving more each day and not just the skateboards are evolving‚ but the tricks and the parks are also. Skateboarding has been going on for a while‚ but just like everything else it had to start somehow. In the late 1950’s a group

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    My Hobby of Skateboarding

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    My Hobby My hobby is skateboarding this is a worldwide sport in the X games. Skateboarding was invented a long while ago by Australian surfers when there weren’t any waves they attached wheels to their surf boards and ‘land surfed’. There has been many historic moments in skateboarding like when Tony Hawk did the world’s first 900 degree spin (2 ½ turns) in the X games competition also Danny Way jumped the opening gate for the great wall of china also the latest historic moment is 16 year old Mitchie

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    DIRECT SELLING ASSOCIATION 29 Floral St. London WC2E 9DP Tel: 020 7497 1234 Fax: 020 7497 3144 E-mail: info@dsa.org.uk Website: www.dsa.org.uk The Direct Selling Association Limited. Registered office as above. Registered in England Number 851537 Member of FEDSA – Federation of European Direct Selling Associations Member of WFDSA – World Federation of Direct Selling Associations Direct Selling – briefing on world wide channel of distribution October 2005 The business method · Direct selling

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    Deck‚ Trucks‚ Bearings and Wheels What exactly are decks‚ trucks‚ bearings‚ and wheels you might ask? Actually they are all parts to a skateboard. Skateboarding is a lot more complicated then what most people think. There are a lot of parts that make it work. Skateboarding has a very long history behind it and countries throughout the planet have set records and created new tricks with the sport. Just be careful while you are riding one because one small mistake can send you to the hospital.

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    Skateboarding should not be allowed due to how it affects other people on school grounds. There are four reasons why this method of transportation should be banned while on school grounds. First off‚ it is dangerous to the people on school grounds. If there were to be a person skateboarding and not paying attention‚ and they hit a walking bystander‚ there could be a serious injury. There was an incident reported at a high school in New Jersey were a kid was riding his skateboard and was going extremely

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