As we were planning for our project before this first week, we realized that we probably need a skateboard to do this project. We decided that we didn't want to spend a lot of money on a nice skateboard because we think that a cheap one will be able to do the job. We each both bought the same skateboard and they were only fifteen dollars. I (Max) had my difficulty with skateboards already as I left my skateboard behind my sister's car and it was run over and had to buy a new one.
This first week consisted of a lot of experimenting. We watched a lot of videos on easy tricks to learn on the skateboard. We also took videos of us trying out some of these tricks, which was a lot harder than expected. These tricks will take multiple weeks to learn and even longer to perfect. The videos we take will be needed to compare to our progress videos each week. The ollie is the first beginner trick we are going to learn. An ollie is a trick where the rider and the board leap into the air without using your hands. An ollie is done by popping down on one side of the board while lifting up with the other foot. When the board is in the air the foot that wasn't used to pop the board is used to level the board out so it lands evenly. The ollie is a base point for almost all tricks while skateboarding, so it is important to learn. This trick is one of the easier tricks to learn while skateboarding, but it still is fairly difficult. So it will take a while to learn this trick.
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About the project
For our genius hour project we decided we would try to learn how to skateboard. We both think that being able to skateboard would be a cool skill to have. We also don't have much experience with skateboarding. How will we do it? At first we will make a video of us skating and try to do some tricks. At the end of each week we will make another video and compare it to the first one. This will show our improvement throughout the time of this project. Each week we will skate at least thirty minutes a day. Improvement We will know that we improved when our progress video at the end is significantly better than the first video. To tell if it is better we have different ways to tell that. For example, we can tell if we improved our ollie if our jump is higher at the end. We are both excited to start this project so stay tuned for updates! |
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