Skates are all the rage in the snow and ice world, but why are they all the way from London?Skates are great for skating, but are they as good for skiing?The answer lies in the way they are made.The best skates are made from a durable plastic, often called ‘ski rubber’.The ‘snow rubber’ used to …
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How to build a black skate park
I had an idea for a skate park.It was for skateboarding enthusiasts.The first skate park I ever built was a skatepark in Thailand.I built it to keep the city green.In the early 2000s, I moved to the United States, and it was there that I got to know a skateboarder named Jeff.Jeff’s skate park is …
How skateboarding came to be, in one minute
Skateboarding, once the most popular sport in the world, is now a sport for the poor, with its prevalence of high injury rates, low participation rates and poor quality of equipment.But it has a long history in the United States, dating back to the 1930s, when the American skater, who was also known as a …
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