by Jaydin Jones
Grade 3, Mill Pond School
Introduction
If you have a skateboard you will have a blast. If you want to skateboard you have to know how to ride, do stunts, safety, balance, and stopping. You are going to learn all about skateboarding.
How to Ride
If you want to ride a skateboard, you have to push frontward with your foot.
How to Move
If you want to move, you have to push frontward then let yourself roll. Then do it again.
How to Turn
If you want to turn, you have to lean side to side. You are going to have a blast.
Stunts
If you want to do stunts you have to pick a good spot to do them in. A good spot is the park. you have to look where you are going or you might crash.
Ski on a Pole: If you want to ski on a pole, you have to know how to balance and where to jump. You can do a double ski.
Air Stunts: If you want to do an air stunt, you have to jump in the air, and you can do a flip, a turn, a front flip, a back flip, and a side flip.
Stopping
If you want to stop, you have to push down on the back of the board as hard as you can. Another way to stop is to let yourself roll to stop. The last way to stop is to jump off the board and make sure you are going slow.
Safety
The first safety rules are you have to know how to turn, balance, drive, stop, and do stunts.
The last safety rule is about what you have to wear when you are skateboarding. you have to wear gloves, knee pads, shoulder pads, and skateboarding shoes. also, be sure to wear a helmet.
Balance
The first balance rule is you have to spread your arms out and stand still. The next balance rule is you have to push back and forth with your feet while having your arms out.
Conclusion
Skateboarding is a blast! You learned how to ride, do stunts, how to stop, safety, and balance. Doesn’t that sound thrilling?
