Introduces the sport of skateboarding, including its history, the parts of a skateboard, safety gear, and different types of skateboarding, including street, downhill, and vert.

Wally's disaster-ridden preparation for a skateboarding championship, his Little Buddy's entry in a model car derby race, and his work on his latest superhero story combine to teach Wally a lesson about winning.

"In the tradition of Barbarian Days, THE MOST FUN THING is a memoir in essays of Kyle Beachy's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding-a search that unearthed fresh insights on marriage, love, loss, and American invention. In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike's corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty...

Fourteen-year-old social outcast Charlie Han, known as "the short Chinese kid" at school, searches for a talent to improve his popularity, but when he discovers skateboarding, much to the disapproval of his overprotective mother, he also uncovers a huge family secret.

An introduction to extreme sports of the street, such as skateboarding, aggressive inline skating and street luge.

Simple text describes skateboarding, how and where it is done, the equipment used, and safety precautions.

Ace builds her own skateboard, but it takes a lot of practice (and some falls) to learn to skate well--and then she builds a ramp and takes it to the park to skate with her new skateboarding friends.

Examines the history, equipment, rules, contests, and prominent performers of skateboarding.