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Street Skateboarding
Street skateboarding is a skateboarding discipline which focuses on flat-ground tricks, grinds, slides and aerials within urban environments, and public spaces. Street skateboarders meet, skate, and hang out in and around urban areas referred to as "spots," which are commonly streets, plazas or industrial areas. To add variety and complexity to street skateboarding, obstacles such as handrails, stairs, walls, flower beds, bins, park benches, picnic tables, and other street furniture may be traversed as single tricks or as part of a series of consecutive tricks called a "line." History During the late 1980s and early 1990s, street skateboarding evolved as a new approach to skateboarding, using elements taken from the other existing skateboarding disciplines. Instead of drained swimming pools and purpose-built skateparks, skateboarders began to use urban areas and public spaces. For example, in the 1980s, Philadelphia's LOVE Park transformed from a place where businessp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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FL or variations may refer to: Businesses and organizations * FL, IATA code of Fly Lili, a Romanian airline * FL, then-IATA code of AirTran Airways, a former American airline * FL Group, an Icelandic investment company * Foot Locker (ticker symbol), retailer Numismatics * Florin (other), various coins * Guilder, various coins also sometimes called "florin" Places * FL, the United States Postal Service for abbreviation for the state of Florida * Liechtenstein, as abbreviation for ''Fürstentum Liechtenstein''. Science and technology Biology and medicine * FLT3LG (Fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand), a protein * Fluffy transcription factor, gene of ''Neurospora crassa'' * Fluorouracil (5-FU), and leucovorin (folinic acid), a chemotherapy regimen * Follicular lymphoma in medicine * Frontal lobe, the largest brain lobe Mathematics and computing * FL (complexity), a class of functions * FL (programming language) * FL Studio, music production software Other us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bench (furniture)
A bench is a long seat on which multiple people may sit at the same time. Benches are typically made of wood, but may also be made of metal, stone, or synthetic materials. Many benches have back rests, while others do not and can be accessed from either side. Arm rests are another common feature. In many American public areas, benches may be donated by persons or associations, as indicated by an affixed Commemorative plaque, plaque, a common form of memorial to a deceased person (see memorial bench). Benches may be placed outdoors or indoors, but are more often found outdoors. Types Often, benches are simply named for the place they are used, regardless of whether this implies a specific design. * Park benches are set as seating places within public parks, and vary in the number of people they can seat. * Garden benches are similar to public park benches, but are longer and offer more sitting places. * Picnic tables, or catering buffet tables, have benches as well as a tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest. With a population of 17.5 million in 2020, Shenzhen is the List of cities in China by population, third most populous city by urban population in China after Shanghai and Beijing. The Port of Shenzhen is the List of busiest container ports, world's fourth busiest container port. Shenzhen roughly follows the administrative boundaries of Bao'an County, which was established in imperial times. After the Opium Wars, the southern portion of Bao'an County was occupied by the British and became part of British Hong Kong, while the village of Shenzhen was next to the border. Shenzhen turned into a city in 1979. In the early 1980s, Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the province of Barcelona and is home to around 5.3 million people, making it the fifth most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transworld Skateboarding
''Transworld Skateboarding'' (''TWS'') is an international magazine on skateboarding that was based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The publication also ran an accompanying website and video production company. In February 2019, the publishers of ''Transworld'' magazine, The Enthusiast Network, were purchased by American Media, Inc. In March 2019, the print edition of Transworld magazine was discontinued. It continues as a digital brand. A satellite edition, ''Transworld Skateboarding Japan'', is published in Japan. History Early years ''Transworld Skateboarding'' was founded in 1983 to rival ''Thrasher'' magazine with a slogan of "skate and create" as opposed to "skate and destroy". It was intended as a more accessible alternative to '' Thrasher Magazine''. For example, a December 1982 ''Thrasher'' article, "Skate and Destroy", written by C. R. Stecyk III under the pen name "Lowboy", was criticized. A February 1983 advertisement for Independent Trucks featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skate Video
A skate video is a movie of or about skateboarding typically showing new Skate tricks, tricks and a series of skateboarders in a Montage (filmmaking), montage set to music. History Released in 1965, the short film ''Skaterdater'' is credited as the first film to depict skateboarding and therefore the first ''skate video.'' In 2015, The Berrics campaigned for the film's acceptance into the National Film Registry. However, the Powell Peralta company is often credited as creating the first skate videos proper that were not a part of a fictional film or a documentary. Their first video, ''The Bones Brigade Video Show'' (1984), was expected to sell just 300 copies on VHS, but it sold 30,000. From the invention of the skate video genre in the 1980s till the early 2000s, skate videos were distributed via VHS tapes sold primarily at Skate shop, skate shops. In the early 2000s skate videos transferred to DVD, DVDs along with the rest of the home video market. The advent of social media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skate Shop
320px, Ridin' High Skate Shop in Burlington, Vermont A skateshop is a type of store that sells skateboard parts and skateboarding apparel. When financially possible, skate shops sponsor local riders and promote skateboarding locally through skate videos and demonstrations, referred to as "demos". History In 1962, the surf shop "Val-Surf" in Hollywood became the first skate shop when they carried the first self-produced skateboards. These boards, sold complete, featured a surfboard shape and roller skate trucks. Professional skateboarder Jeff Grosso referred to skate shops as " Jedi temples for skateboarding". Notable skate shops * Rip City Skates - Santa Monica, CA * ZJ Boarding House - Santa Monica, CA * 510 Skateboarding - Berkeley, CA * 66 6th - San Francisco, CA *Cal Skate Skateboards - Portland, OR *Labor Skateshop - New York City, NY * KCDC Skateshop - Brooklyn, NY *Skate Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY * Supreme - New York City, NY *Uncle Funkys Boards - New York C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kicktail
Kicktails are the upwards bent tips of a skateboard deck, today considered vital to a skateboard. The front kicktail is usually called the ''nose'' while the back kicktail is referred to as the ''tail''. Kicktails are nowadays key to maneuvering the board, especially in street skateboarding. History As the name suggests, kicktails first emerged in the back end of a skateboard only. As street skating progressed, they were made to the front ends of skateboards in an attempt to increase the height of ollies, succeeding beyond all expectations and pushing the sport even further. Kicktails are also found on some longboards. They are now emerging onto the scene with the ever so popular "indo boards", which are balance trainers. They say the kicktail will help with big tricks, pivots, slides, ollies and much more. Introduced by Larry Stevenson Richard Lawrence "Larry" Stevenson (December 22, 1930 – March 25, 2012) was the inventor of the kicktail, the bent-upwards end of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skateboard Deck
A skateboard is a type of sports equipment used for skateboarding. It is usually made of a specially designed 7–8-ply maple plywood deck and has polyurethane wheels attached to the underside by a pair of skateboarding trucks. The skateboard moves by pushing with one foot while the other foot remains balanced on the board, or by pumping one's legs in structures such as a bowl or half pipe. A skateboard can also be used by standing on the deck while on a downward slope and allowing gravity to propel the board and the rider. If the rider's leading foot is their left foot, they are said to ride "regular". Conversely, they are said to ride "goofy" if their leading foot is their right foot. The two main types of skateboards are the longboard and shortboard. The shape of the board is also important: the skateboard must be concaved to perform tricks. History Skateboarding, as it exists today, was probably born sometime in the late 1940s, or early 1950s, when surfers in Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LOVE Park
LOVE Park, officially known as John F. Kennedy Plaza, is a public park located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The park is across from the Philadelphia City Hall and serves as a visual terminus for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The park is nicknamed LOVE Park for its reproduction of Robert Indiana, Robert Indiana's 1970 ''LOVE (sculpture), LOVE'' sculpture which overlooks the plaza, one of three located in Philadelphia. Despite municipal bans and renovations designed to limit the activity, LOVE Park became one of the most famous and recognizable skateboarding spots in the world in the 1990s and 2000s. History Former Philadelphia city planner Edmund Bacon (architect), Edmund Bacon and architect Vincent G. Kling planned and designed the original LOVE Park. The park was first proposed as part of Bacon’s Cornell architecture thesis in 1932 as a feature of a new city plan for Philadelphia. Once Bacon became Executive Director of the City Planning Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
