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    In the article “The First Ice Skates Helped People Travel in the Winter” by Smithsonian.com, adapted by Newsela staff, the main idea is the evolution of ice skates. For example, in the section “New And Improved” Smithsonian.com states, “Today's skates are four times faster than the original bone skates. Still, bone skates served people well for thousands of years.” By saying this, Smithsonian is explaining how one way the skates have evolved, they are now faster. Another example of how ice skated

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    Hockey Hockey is a sport that has evolved for generations into the American culture. There is evidence that the first skates are from around 3,000 BC and were made of animal bone. A more complicated version of the skates was engineered by the Dutch to solve the problem of the skates falling off. These were the first wooden skates. Unfortunately, the wooden skates did not glide well on the ice and soaked up the water (Ice Hockey). Iron blades were invented in the 1800s and called ¨stock skates¨.

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    Introduction: -The athlete sits on their board, arms dangling in the cold water . Anxiously waiting for the thrilling sound of the horn to signal the start of the competition . Although I have never actually surfed , I still enjoy watching it and hope that I will be able to have the experience one day. -My interest in surfing began right after I watched the movie soul surfer . I loved the movie and to this day, I still find the sport very interesting and enjoy watching it. Paragraph One:When/where

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    something similar as they did in the water. Skateboarding history still has a mysterious origin. No one to this day knows who actually invented the skate board. Several people have claimed to have made the skateboard but nothing has been proven. In 1965 skate boarding’s popularity began to reach its’s top. First skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. Skateboards first

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    How Skateboards Invented

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    This was the earliest known advent of what we would recognize as traditional skateboarding, beginning in California, where surfers invented a plank on wheels to simulate surfing on land. According to Wikipedia, the first skateboards were originally manufactured for surfers to use when they weren’t in the water. Crafted out of square wooden boards with a set of skate wheels from roller skates, Wikipedia notes that “skateboarding was originally denoted ‘sidewalk surfing’ and early skaters emulated surfing

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    Skateboarding was created as an extension of surfing in 1950’s and 1960’s. This style was viewed as a graceful sport, but lacked legitimate attention from the public, leading to its inevitable decline in popularity. Former Zephyr team member, Stacy Peralta showcases the resurrection of skateboarding by presenting the audience the experiences the Zephyr skateboarding team in his documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001). The Zephyr team (also known as the Z-Boys) were the pioneers of modern skateboarding

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    Getting into the skate life is not an easy process, which is why I am here to educate you on how to start. There are many key things you need to know how to do to live the skater lifestyle such as, finding a skate shop, buying good quality hardware for your board, knowing how to put your hardware together, and of course learning how to ride your new board. Finding the Right Skate Shop You are going to need a skate shop to buy good quality parts so that your board rides fast and smooth. One

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    Satire About Skating

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    Now I don’t know about you, but people all over the internet think they know what they're talking about when it comes to if skating is good or not. Well i say enough is enough, I really don’t know what people are thinking when they say “Skating is dangerous or it’s a public crime.” Well that’s just not true, and by the end of this you’ll have my back. Now let’s start off with “It’s dangerous” The only reason people say that is because their kids think they can do anything that revolves around skating

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    Evolution of Skateboarding Have you ever wondered why the skateboard was created? In this essay I will inform you of how skateboarding has evolved and become an action sport that is recognized around the world. The first form of skateboarding was invented by surfers in California around the late 1940s or early 1950s. When the waves were flat the surfers wanted a way to simulate surfing, so their solution was “sidewalk surfing” which was their way of surfing on land. Although skateboarding was somewhat

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    “Skateboarding is all about having fun not about impressing others “skateboarding sport is well known for where they do it ramps empty pools and how they do it.some people might think that skateboarding is not a professional sport, however it is they have Olympics is a big deal for skateboards to be in the olympics how skateboard is a difficult sport,how do they prepare,and why the olympics is important to them. Skateboarding is a difficult sport for a few people to stay on it or

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