Famous athlete_Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
Born in San Diego, Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins was raised in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, and spent part of her childhood in Sayulita, Mexico, just outside Puerto Vallarta. An athletic child, Hawkins started surfing and skateboarding at age 6.She got into
skateboarding when her brother Tyler bought her a membership at the Encinitas YMCA.She also played soccer, baseball, basketball, and gymnastics.
Her legal name is Lyndsey, and Adams is her middle name. She started using the nickname Lyn-Z in the 4th grade.
Hawkins often customizes the griptape on her skateboards. Many bear the letters RIP, in memory of her father, who died in December 2003.
On June 4, 2011, Hawkins became engaged to Travis Pastrana, who stopped the show at the Nitro Circus Live World Tour in Las Vegas, got on one knee, and proposed.[5] The two married on October 29, 2011, near Hawkins' southern California home.
On February 26, 2013, Hawkins and Pastrana announced on their social network webpages that they were expecting their first child due in September 2013. Hawkins gave birth to a girl named Addy Ruth on Labor Day, September 2, 2013. On August 5, 2014, she announced that she and Pastrana were expecting their second child; a girl named Bristol Murphy was born on February 9, 2015.
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Famous Athlete_ Letícia Bufoni
This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Bufoni and the second or paternal family name is Silva.
Letícia Bufoni e Silva (born April 13, 1993) is a Brazilian professional street skateboarder.
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Bufoni was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She began skating at age 9 and her grandmother bought her first skateboard when she was 11.
She attended Hollywood High School, but left after missing so much school that she was in danger of being kicked out.
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Career
When Letícia was 14 she came to Southern California to compete in the X Games. During that trip, she was skating at Element Skate Camp and practicing a trick (an inward heel flip). Her dad said that if she landed it, she could stay in California. She got it right on the next try. She got sponsored and decided to remain in California. Both she and her family knew if she was to be world class she had to be in the heart of the action. They all had the courage to allow her to follow her dreams and she has been competing as a professional skateboarder ever since. She lives in Los Angeles, California and is fluent in both Portuguese and English. Leticia remains very close to her family and spends a few months each year in Brazil. Leticia has been ranked the women’s street skateboarder by World Cup Skate four years in a row 2010-2013. In 2013, she became the only female athlete to win three X Games Gold Medals in the same year and was nominated for an ESPY Award.
Endorsements.
Bufoni was first sponsored by Osiris Shoes back in 2008 when she appeared in their video "Children of the Revolution." In 2013 Osiris released a limited-edition Bufoni shoe a part of their Range Rider collection.
In 2014 Bufoni signed exclusive shoe sponsorship deal and clothing contract with Nike.
She is sponsored by : Worm App, Nike SB, GoPro, Plan B (flow), Crail Trucks, Bones Wheels, Boarders for Breast Cancer, and Grizzly Griptape (as of Jan 2017).
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「X GAMES ASPEN 2017」に挑むビッグエア王者・角野友基を直撃
世界中のスノーボーダーが熱い視線を送る世界最高峰のコンテストとして名高い「X GAMES ASPEN 2017」。今シーズン、まだ大会に顔を出していない平野歩夢、平岡卓、角野友基ら日本のトップランカーたちの初戦ということもあり、現地に乗り込んで取材することにした。今回は、本日（アメリカ時間27日）スロープスタイルの予選、ビッグエア決勝に出場する角野友基を直撃。ビッグエアの王者として、スロープスタイル競技で世界初のバックtoバック1620を決めた実力者として、ケガを克服し挑む今大会への意気込みについて語ってくれた。
オスロの覇者がケガを克服し、アスペンの頂点を目指す
「X GAMESは世界のトップライダーしか出られない大会という意味では、今回で5回目の出場だけど特別な大会であることには変わらないし、呼んでもらえてすごくうれしいですね。ここに来たらいい滑りをしなきゃいけないと思うし、自分をいつも以上にプッシュできる。
スロープスタイルに関して言えば、去年は散々な成績だった。多分、苦手なんですよね。ビッグエアは集中して自分のやりたい技をやればいいんですけど、スロープは繊細な要素が出てくるんです。一個一個のアイテムをいかに集中してクリアできるかが重要。考えて考えて集中しないといけないんですけど、そこが苦手なのかもしれません。だから、今年からは集中することばかりに意識を傾けないで、状況に合わせて自分のやりたい技をやろうと思ってます。ルーティンもあまり決め込まないで。考えすぎても、その場その場で決めたとしても、結局できる技って同じですからね。
PSO2 RMT
ビッグエアはすごく楽しめてるというか、X GAMESに関してはジャムセッションで、ほかの大会ではないじゃないですか。もちろん疲れますけど、そのなかでどれだけ自分の限界を越えることができるか。そういうところが好きなので、けっこう楽しめます。これまでも銀1個、銅2個とメダルを獲ってるけど、別に自分としてはそれがすごいことだとは思ってなくて、常に金を獲りたいという気持ちが強い。世界のトップだからっていう気持ちは全然なくて、いつも挑む気持ちで勝ちたいと思ってます。
先シーズンのX GAMESオスロでの金メダルはすごくうれしかったけど、やっぱり本場はアスペンなので、そこで金メダルを獲りたいですね。シーズン前にケガをしちゃったから不安はあるけど、上手くコースにも合わせられてきてるから恐怖心はあまりない。もし大ゴケして手をついちゃったらまた痛めるかもしれないし、それがちょっと怖いなって。でも、守って滑ったら金メダルは100%無理だから、自分の身体とも相談しながら、できるかぎりのプッシュをしたいと思ってます」
HOW TO SKATEBOARD-Learning Other Tricks
- Try a pop shove it. Do an ollie as high as you can, then as you level off your feet, give a nudge with the front foot on the board so it spins 180 degrees. ...
- Try a kick-flip. ...
- Try to grind. ...
- Head to the skatepark and learn to drop in. ...
- Do some lip-tricks.
How to Do Skateboard Tricks
Learn Some Basic Tricks
1.Learn how to kickturn. A good place to start when learning how to do tricks on the skateboard is learning how to kickturn.
The kickturn basically involves leaning back on your board to lift the front wheels off the ground and do a 180 degree turn.
This gives you a very quick and precise turn, which can be done on the ground or on a ramp.
It is a good building block for more advanced tricks.
2.Do an ollie. The ollie is perhaps the most important trick you can learn, as it's the starting point for a huge array of more advanced tricks.
An ollie is basically a jump while the board sticks to your feet. To do an ollie, you need proper foot placement, along with good balance and timing skills.
Basically, you need to bend your knees in a crouched position as you roll, then jump up, popping the tail of the skateboard off the ground as you jump. Make sure to bend your knees as you land to absorb the shock.
As you get better, you can practice doing higher and longer ollies.
3.Do a nollie. A nollie is a variation of the ollie, which basically involves popping the front of the skateboard off the ground as you jump, rather than the back. Once you've mastered the ollie, the nollie should be easy to learn.
To do a nollie, shift your front foot to the nose of the board and place your back foot in the middle of your trucks. Crouch down, then jump up, popping the front of your board hard off the ground. Level the board in mid-air, then bend your knees as you land.
You might feel slightly awkward while learning to nollie, as learning how to pop the board with your non-dominant foot can be tricky. Don't worry if you can't get the same height with your nollies as you can with your ollies. - This is normal.
4.Learn how to manual. A manual is kind of like doing a wheelie on your bike, where you lean back and lift the front wheels of the skateboard off the ground, while still rolling.
Manuals are all about balance, so take some time to get your foot position right. Place your back foot on the tail of the skateboard (almost covering the whole thing) and place your front foot just behind the front trucks.
Now lean your weight backwards until the front wheels come off the ground and try to hold that position while rolling. Don't lean too far back though or the tail will drag across the ground, damaging your board.
When learning to manual, it is very common for skaters to lean too far back, shooting the board out in front of them. When this happens, it is easy to fall back and knock your head on the ground, which is very dangerous. Therefore, it is important to always wear a helmet while skating.
5.Do a 180. A 180 is basically an ollie where both you and your board spin 180 degrees in the air, landing switch or fakie. This is one of the more difficult basic tricks, so you should have your ollies and kickturns down before attempting it.
You can 180 frontside or backside -- this basically refers to which way you spin. Spinning forwards (backside) is considered easier than spinning backwards (frontside). *The words are opposite for flat ground tricks, spinning frontways will be backside and vice versa.
To do a frontside ollie, place your feet in ollie position. As you crouch down in preparation to jump, wind your body by turning your shoulders toeside towards the back.
Pop the back of the board off the ground, then rotate your shoulders frontside as you jump. The rest of your body and your board will follow your shoulders.
You can land fakie or switch: fakie means rolling backwards, while switch means riding with your non-dominant foot forwards.
6.Learn some variations. The vast majority of skateboarding tricks are simply variations on these basic tricks. The more variations you add, the more impressive your skateboarding will look.
Kickturn variations: frontside kickturn, tic-tac, fakie kickturn and kickturn on transition.
Ollie and nollie variations: Once you have learn how to ollie, you can start ollieing off curbs, ramps, down stairs, etc. You an also do 180s, 360s (or more rotations) both frontside and backside. In addition, any tricks you do with an ollie can also be done with a nollie, for variation.
Manual variations: For variations on the manual, you can do nose manuals (rolling on two front wheels instead of two back wheels), one foot manuals and one wheel manuals.
Inspired to buy a skateboard with X Games in town? There’s a lot to know
Odds are that if your son or daughter hasn’t asked you to buy a skateboard yet, he or she probably will at some point this weekend.
An X Games qualifying event is in town Friday and Saturday at Boise’s Rhodes Skate Park, and some of the best skateboarders and BMX riders in the world are aiming for a shot at making it to the X Games in Minneapolis.
Thousands are expected to turn out for the events, and it’s likely that some new skateboarders will be picked up in the process.
While veteran skaters know the ins and outs of purchasing a skateboard, it can be overwhelming for a rookie: How many different components does a skateboard have? What size board do I need? What brand is best? How much will it all cost? Where should I buy it?
Sporting goods stores and big-box outfits sell assembled skateboards that look legitimate enough; they are not, however, of the same quality one would find at a skateboard shop. Skateboarding is hard enough as it is, the experts say, and poor board quality can impede progress for young skaters.
“(The thing about) ‘box store’-brand boards is that they’re designed and built by toy manufacturers. So the biggest issue is that although you might be like a dollar or two cheaper than coming into an actual skateboard shop, once that kid gets that board ... they find out really quickly it’s really hard to learn on, it doesn’t push around very well, it doesn’t roll,” said Nate Alseth, a senior staff member at The Board Room skateboard shop in Boise.
Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com
How to Choose the Right Skateboard Deck
There are a lot of different parts on a skateboard, but one of the most obviously important is the skateboard deck. The skate deck is the flat board that you stand on when skateboarding. A shortboard, as opposed to a longboard or cruiser, is ideal for street skateboarding and vert skateboarding. It also remains the very best option for doing tricks, whether you are a beginner or a pro.
There are a few things to consider once you decide to build a complete skateboard, and picking the right size of deck is the first of many choices you'll make. Choosing board shape is also super important. The length, width, materials, and concave of your skateboard deck determine what you will be able to do on your skateboard.
Depending on how hard you skate, you'll want to replace your skateboard deck anywhere from after a few weeks to a year. Once the sides, nose, or tail of your skateboard deck show signs of splitting, it's time to start with a fresh board. Riding in wet or cold areas can also warp the shape of your board and make your skateboard wheels uneven, so be sure to replace your board if you feel or see any signs.
Warehouse Skateboards offers a huge selection of skateboard decks in a variety of shapes, sizes, weights, colors, and patterns. Check out our inventory to find the skateboard deck that suits your style.
