num_pages: 32
description: Whether you're a finger-skateboarding newbie or just looking to add to your bag of tricks, this step-by-step, illustrated guide brings you up to speed on the art of the grind. Plus, the book comes with its own 3.75-inch fingerboard, so you can start practicing within minutes of cracking the cover. How cool is that? After a quick run-through of the fingerboard fundamentals, such as how to ride and stop, you get a crash course in board-care basics, such as changing your wheels and telling the difference between a deck and a truck. (This is pretty important, since your board comes with extra wheels, hardware, and cool mini skate tools.) With that out of the way, it's on to the the ollie, the boardslide, grinding a lip, the crooked grind, the tailslide, the whirlybird, the 5-0 grind, and the skate flip. Clear diagrams and simple instructions make it all seem easy, with each trick building on the skills learned from the one before it. A note to all pro If you're already doing superadvanced tricks like the stalefish and the pop-tart, you should be writing books like this, not reading them. (Ages 8 and older) --Paul Hughes
language: English
title: Finger Skate Board Tricks And Tips
titlecomplete: Finger Skate Board Tricks And Tips
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Scholastic Inc.