victorpalma.net » Sports http://victorpalma.net Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:29:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en A brief Skateboarding Glossary for Beginners http://victorpalma.net/a-brief-skateboarding-glossary-for-beginners/ http://victorpalma.net/a-brief-skateboarding-glossary-for-beginners/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:19:29 +0000 admin http://victorpalma.net/a-brief-skateboarding-glossary-for-beginners/ Whether you are an amateur skateboarder, looking to improve your skills, or a pro who wants to become #1, the old adage of ‘practice makes perfect’ holds true for all. Professional skateboarders are capable of fantastic maneuvers, whether on air, on backside, do an ollie, a flip, a 360, a heelflip, a tailslide, or do a 50-50 grind over a steel ramp. Doing your turns over the half pipe, vert, or a quarter pipe is no piece of cake: everything comes with practice. Controlling Skateboard decks in terms of movement and speed is one of the most crucial lessons for a beginner.

 

So as you trick out yourself in cool skate t-shirts, pullovers, tanks and other skateboard gear, let’s check out some basic skateboarding terms for the benefit of the amateur skateboarder who seems overwhelmed by it all. Street skating is the most commonly seen skateboarding mode, where skateboarders skate on curbs, benches, streets, handrails, and other features of the urban or suburban landscape. Vert skating, ramp skating, half pipe, quarter pipe, mini ramp, mega ramp, bowl and vert ramp are all specially designed structures for skateboarders to skate and perform the different stunts on.

 

With trendy Skate apparel  such as graphic skate t-shirts and a cool skateboard deck to boot, you cannot go wrong practicing a simple ‘ollie’, which is one of the basic skating tricks, named after Allan ‘Ollie’ Gelfand, a pioneer skateboarder. An Ollie is performed by tapping the board’s tail on the ground, and then releasing it. This is the basis of most of the skateboarding tricks in the book.

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]]> http://victorpalma.net/a-brief-skateboarding-glossary-for-beginners/feed/ Saving Gasoline Expenses http://victorpalma.net/saving-gasoline-expenses/ http://victorpalma.net/saving-gasoline-expenses/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 14:14:44 +0000 admin http://victorpalma.net/saving-gasoline-expenses/ In today’s day and age, there is much in the news about rising fuel costs. This is not a localized problem either. The high cost of gasoline has is effecting people in Asia, North America and Western Europe. While there is no easy solution to bringing down the price of gasoline there are a number of things one can do to make a car more fuel efficient. Probably the most common means would be to have the fuel injectors cleaned. This will slightly decrease a car’s fuel consumption and in the current landscape every little bit helps. In fact, you may wish to consider purchasing new fuel injectors next time you are in the market for Honda Parts. Another item that is helpful that most people are not familiar with centers on Falken Tires. If the tires are not fully inflated then they will lead to the car carrying its weight less efficiently. This will also place a burden on the car’s fuel supply. So, make sure your Rota Wheels. are carrying tires that are properly inflated. If not, you may be cheating your car out of its proper gas mileage! Again, these are minor little fixes to fuel consumption but their savings do add up over time.

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]]> http://victorpalma.net/saving-gasoline-expenses/feed/ What do you get in a bungee jumping experience? http://victorpalma.net/what-do-you-get-in-a-bungee-jumping-experience/ http://victorpalma.net/what-do-you-get-in-a-bungee-jumping-experience/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:14:32 +0000 admin http://victorpalma.net/what-do-you-get-in-a-bungee-jumping-experience/ Bungee jumping is one of the extreme sport events that has been taken up by people of all ages and from either gender and most surely it is amongst the most popular sports in the world. Most people who have had an experience with bungee jumping will surely agree to the fact that bungee jumping provides the participant with a thrill that is unparalleled and an adrenaline rush that is purely spiritual.

There are one hundred and twenty different locations from which you can go bungee jumping, or else you can buy a bungee jumping voucher that will have validity of about ten months and with the help of which you can avail this experience any day within the validity period. Bungee jumping is considered one of the safest sports in the world, but it has happened due to the amount of precaution that is taken every time a person jumps with the rope attached to their harnesses. Most of the people are required to produce a doctor’s certificate before they are allowed to bungee jump.

Always make sure that you are dressed according to the weather, avoid wearing skirts. People, who wear glasses and hard contact lenses, are advised to take them off before they jump. If someone is under the influence of some drug then they must inform the operator about it immediately. Consumption of alcohol is totally prohibited, and if you are above the age of fifty then you need a doctor’s certificate to perform the jump.

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