Skateboarding / Helaine Becker.

By:

Becker, Helaine [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Sports sciencePublication details: London : Franklin Watts, 2013. Description: 32 pages; colour illustrations; 28.3 cmISBN:

9781445123547 (pbk.)
1445123541 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

796.22 23

Summary: Introduces the science behind popular sports. Skateboarding is one of the coolest sports around - but it wouldn't be anywhere without scientists to help it develop. Read how boarders defy gravity to get as much air time as possible, how boards and wheels are carefully made to overcome friction and how science helps to protect skateboarders when something goes wrong.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Non-Fiction	Waimate Junior Non-Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	796.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		a00635820

Originally published: 2009.

Introduces the science behind popular sports. Skateboarding is one of the coolest sports around - but it wouldn't be anywhere without scientists to help it develop. Read how boarders defy gravity to get as much air time as possible, how boards and wheels are carefully made to overcome friction and how science helps to protect skateboarders when something goes wrong.

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