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Do you want to learn how to surf? Surfing is a fun and healthy way to spend your summer vacation. You could find a well-known surfing spot and just hit the waves once you learn how to surf. First, you could hire a surfing trainer to teach you the basics of surfing. Learn how to get on that board and how to stay on it when on the ocean. After learning how to surf a bit, however, are you still willing to keep on paying a possibly expensive trainer? If you are a fast learner who can advance in a short period of time, you may already be doing near-expert moves after a few sessions. Not everybody is that talented or that coordinated, however. That is where a how to surf video can help you out.

How a Surf Video can Help

A video cannot replace an actual surfing trainer, that is a given. It cannot recognize your own surfing flaws. There are videos that do claim that they can teach you the very basics of surfing. All you need to do is buy a cheap video on surfing, watch it at home and learn a few stances. A video such as this will show you how to position your body to get the desired results. Nobody could spot you, however. You have to be doubly aware of how your body is positioned. You could ask a friend to learn how to surf via video with you. You could spot each other for flaws in your body positions. A surf video can also show you some techniques that could improve whatever skills you already have. If you are an experienced surfer, you can still use videos to see how others surf and how you can apply your techniques with your own. If you are competing as a surfer, you may learn a few more tricks and tips that could help level your moves up,  Read more...

You can find lots of excitement in various skateboarding video games. Many of the professionals lend themselves to these games. You can perform the moves and tricks of your favorite skateboarders in them. This is a fun source of entertainment that the entire family can enjoy. It is also fun when it is too late or the weather is too bad for you to engage in the real thing.

One of the earliest skateboarding games was called Skate or Die and was used on the Atari as well as the early Nintendo came out in 1987. The game was very popular due to the number of people that could play at once, up to eight individuals. The downside is that only five events were featured which players could easily master shortly after purchasing this particular video game.

Tony Hawk is one of the most well known of all professional skateboarders. Therefore you shouldn’t be surprised to find him in many of these video games. In fact, there are fifteen Tony Hawk skateboarding games to choose from. You want to carefully explore them to find the one with the moves and tricks that interest you the most. The fact that they are made from many home gaming consoles is a plus too. You can get them for Xbox, GameCube, Playstation, and GameBoy.

Evolution Skateboarding was introduced in 2002. Developed for both the GameCube and the Playstation 2, it quickly became a top seller. There are plenty of popular professional skateboarders in this video game. They include Danny Way and Rick McCrank to name a few of them. This particular video game offers plenty of thrilling adventures for players to take part in. You have to master certain elements of the game though before you can move on to explore others.  Read more...

411 Video Magazine: Skateboarding, Issue 52

DC Shoes Presents: The DC Video

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DC Shoes is the leader in action sports apparel, and has long sponsored one of the most elite teams in skateboarding. Over 3 years in the making, The DC Video features 7 skaters who hve had a staggering impact on the sport. Now, for the first time, their diverse talents come together for DC’s first ever skateboarding video…. More >>

DC Video – Deluxe Edition