Showing posts with label skateboarding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skateboarding. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Skateboarding World Records

Found this over at About.com, Thanks Steve.

Skateboarding is full of opportunities to set and break world records, and it is new, fresh and inventive enough that people are setting records all the time. Here is a list of some of the most impressive skateboarding world records:
Highest Ollie
Danny Wainwright from England holds the official record for the highest ollie at 44.5 inches. However, there is video footage of a skater named Jose Marabotto from Peru ollying a stack of skateboards. Many people think that the stack should be over 50 inches tall, but as the trick is only in a video, it's hard to tell and unofficial.

More records.

Friday, December 28, 2007

An Impressionistic History of Skateboarding, Part 1

My morning ramblings around the web led me to this interesting piece on the history of skateboarding. Through the use of text, photos and video clips the author has created a compelling look at skateboarding's history.

Take a look.