Skateboard Safety Equipment

Helmets

• Helmets need to be worn by all skaters, at all ability levels, at all times to prevent head injuries
• The helmet must fit securely and be buckled or fastened
• Do not buy a helmet that moves on the head when the head moves
• The front of the helmet should come down to just a finger's width above the eyebrows
• Bike-style helmets, made from expanded polystyrene, offer the most protection on impact, but must be replaced after every impact

Knee pads

• All skaters, and especially beginners, should wear knee pads to prevent knee injuries and scrapes
• Pads need to be fastened securely around the leg
• Pads are usually sized small, medium and large according to body size

Elbow pads

• Elbow pads are also highly recommended for beginners as well as all aggressive skaters
• Elbow pads are sized small, medium and large according to body size

Wrist guards and gloves

• Hand protection is recommended to be worn at all times
• Some guards and gloves are manufactured with a hard plastic splint. These offer the maximum protection against injury.
• They are sized small, medium and large according to body size

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Putrajaya SkatePark

Putra Jaya Extreme Skatepark Overview:

This 25,000 square foot park has three distinct characteristics.

• A street plaza with an assortment of stairs and ledges with variations in size and style.
• There are four bowls: two five foot deep bowls with a spine and two nine foot deep bowls.
• The remainder of the park is a flat bank drain ditch style snake run, maunal pad, wall ride and banked street combinations of wide open features.

Some of the more prominent features are a ten stair with ledges and rail, another rail with 20 staris and a banked bench ledge. This park is large and comfortable to ride with fourty or more skaters in action. You can drop in and skate everything in one run if you choose. You may need a cool drink after that, but the lines throughout the park are continuous.

Directions to the Putra Jaya Skatepark: "If you fly into Kuala Lumpur International Airport and want to go to the skate park, take the taxi to Denkill a small town near the airport. Tell the driver that the Skate park is near the graveyard and take the first left. This will only cost you RM 10 or if you are an experienced traveler.
	Skate Park Features:
	Square Feet:	25,000
	Percentages:	33% Street 33% Banks & Ledges 33% Bowls
		Ability Levels:All *click on the pictures to enlarge

How to Kickflip

The most important thing about kickflipping, like ollying is to remember to jump! You must concentrate on jumping high and forwards, even more so than with the ollie.

1. Foot positioning helps. It's easier to flip the board if the heel of your leading foot is hanging off the edge, leaving just the front half of your shoe on the skateboard. Like with an ollie, you must crouch. The lower you crouch the more force you can generate when you come to jump.

2. JUMP! Jump forwards and up off your back foot. It is imperative that you stay above the board by jumping forwards and up if you want to land a kickflip. If you do not stay above the board, it will shoot forwards, sideways, everywhich way except staying in place, because of the extra flick you will give it with your leading foot.

3. That flick comes now, and is a variation on the foot slide in the normal ollie. It is more powerful and more extensive than the usual foot slide you will get with an ollie. Really try and flick your toes outwards to get the board to spin as fast as possible. The flick should be aimed slightly to the side, though this may well come automatically if you position your foot as stated in step 1.

One thing you must not do is kick downwards. Lots of people will tell you to do this because it's easier to flip the board by kicking downwards - this is true, however it's bad technique and will only get you in all sorts of trouble. For a start, if you kick downwards your foot is now underneath the board - how are you planning on landing on it now?

4. I cannot stress how important it is to stay above the board. That flick with your front foot will send the skateboard out of your reach every time if you do not hover above the board. This means you have to have the guts to commit to the trick. Note - I haven't hurt myself once doing kickflips except when I didn't commit to them - if you commit, your chances of an awkward landing are much lower.

5. As with the ollie, remember to pull your back foot up out of the way so the board has room to rise. Watch the board spin beneath your feet and as it comes round bring your feet back onto the deck to stop it spinning. This is known as 'catching' the skateboard.

6. That's it! Once you've caught the skateboard it's just like stomping down an ollie - all the difficulty is in getting the first part of the kickflip nice and smooth.

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How to Ollie

Here are 9 simple steps on how to do ollie.
1. Stand on the board
2. Adjust your feet to the appropriate position
3. Bend your knees and crouch down,Start to move at a good speed
4. Kick down (known as popping) when you jump off the board.
5. Jump.
6. Slide your foot Turn your front foot inward and slide up the front of the board
7. Pull your knees up towards your chest
8. Level out
9. Try to land both feet at the same time, preferably with your feet as close to their respective trucks as possible

Already know the steps,why don't you try it.

Upcoming Event!

Date : 25 July 2010
Venue : Skatepark Seksyen 13, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Time : 8.00 a.m - 1.30 p.m

For more information please visit Skate Malaysia or Carnival Extreme Datuk Bandar Cup on Facebook..
Come and join us!

SkateBoard Intro

A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a quad wheeled, dual "truck" eight bearing system designed for both movement and stunts, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The modern skateboard originated in California in the late 1970s. In time, it became a half time for surfers when the waves were lax. By the mid 1980s they were mass produced and sold throughout the United States.

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Parts of SkateBoard

Descriptions of the following skateboard parts are the ones most prevalent in popular, modern forms of skateboarding. Many niche disciplines exist with exotic or alternative constructions and designs that fall outside of much of the descriptions listed. The usual parts to design a complete skateboard are the deck, trucks, wheels, bearings, hardware, and griptape.

Deck

Most decks are constructed with a six to seven-ply cross-laminated layup of Canadian maple. Other materials used in deck construction, such as fiberglass, bamboo, resin, Kevlar, carbon fiber, aluminum, and plastic, lighten the board or increase its strength or rigidity. Some decks made from maple ply are dyed to create various different coloured ply. Modern decks vary in size, but most are 7 to 10.5 inches wide. Wider decks can be used for greater stability when transition or ramp skating. Skateboard decks are usually between 28 and 33 inches long. The underside of the deck can be printed with a design by the manufacturer, blank, or decorated by any other means.

Above are the picture of the underside of the skateboard.

Trucks

Attached to the deck are two metal (usually aluminum alloy) trucks, which connect to the wheels and deck. The trucks are further composed of two parts. The top part of the truck is screwed to the deck and is called the baseplate, and beneath it is the hanger. The axle runs through the hanger. Between the baseplate and the hanger are bushings, also rubbers or grommets, that provide the cushion mechanism for turning the skateboard. The bushings cushion the truck when it turns. The stiffer the bushings, the more resistant the skateboard is to turning. The softer the bushings, the easier it is to turn.

The picture above is the truck

Wheels

The wheels of a skateboard, usually made of polyurethane, come in many different sizes and shapes to suit different types of skating. Larger sizes like 54–85 mm roll faster, and also move more easily over cracks in pavement. Smaller sizes like 48–54 mm keep the board closer to the ground, require less force to accelerate and produce a lower center of gravity, but also make for a slower top speed.

SkateBoard Intro

A skateboard is typically a specially designed plywood board combined with a quad wheeled, dual "truck" eight bearing system designed for both movement and stunts, used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. The modern skateboard originated in California in the late 1970s. In time, it became a half time for surfers when the waves were lax. By the mid 1980s they were mass produced and sold throughout the United States.

Click "here" for more information and history about skateboard.