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• n  a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot
• v  ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

• This young scamp with his paper bag-shaped head, his body's jagged, modernist silhouette, his brat-propelled skateboard may be "yellow trash" to the town gentry, but to his .
• While the X Games have helped legitimize now mainstream sports like skateboarding and snowboarding, the annual competition also feeds an audience hunger for life-threatening .
• Legendary skateboard champ Tony Hawk helped turn a California street sport into a global phenomenon.

News & Articles

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• Nashua skateboard fans hoping for new park
  As the current skate park on Bridge Street is about to be demolished, there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for skateboard enthusiasts hoping to have a new skate facility in the city.
  June 12, 2013 - New Hampshire Union Leader
• Skateboarding, biking competition coming to Avenue B YMCA
  The skate/bike park at the Avenue B YMCA is hosting the Skate/BMX Funday, a skateboard and bike competition, Saturday.
  June 12, 2013 - The Daily News
• Introducing Bruce's Board Store
  Introducing the brand new ‘Bruce’s Board Store’ http://www.brucesboardstore.co.uk to the UK, the one-stop longboard skateboard store. Bruce's Board Store is here to get the UK longboarding. (PRWeb June 11, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10815707.htm
  June 11, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Shaun White in games.on.net (blog)
  I can't describe how excited I am about the skateboard game,said Shaun White. "We've been working on it for a while now and it's ready to melt minds."
• Jeff Zucker in CNET News.com
  Advertisers want to be on something where you know what you get and not on something where you could be advertising (next to a video of) a cat on a skateboard,Zucker said, according to Adage.com.
• David Cage in The Gamer Headlines
  When the kid comes in with the skateboard, and the laser ray, scanning the skateboard, and then it's in the game:Cage said dubiously.