Nonfiction of the Week for August 3: The Skateboarding Field Manual

August 5, 2009 | Word Out Team | Comments (144)

Book coverNonfiction Book for August 3: The Skateboarding Field Manual by Ryan Stutt

I think this is a good manual, but I’m not speaking from experience.  The closest I’ve ever come to skateboarding was when I was 4 yrs old I found my cousin’s skateboard and used it to propel myself down his sloping driveway, ending up on the other side of the street. 


Fortunately for me there was no oncoming traffic or trees in my path!  But if I was interested in skateboarding this seems like the most logical place to start.  The book is very good at giving instruction along with some photographs to guide you through some tricks.   Even if you don’t own a skateboard but are fascinated by the sport it’s worth your while to check out this book.  I know I enjoyed looking at the photos.

Pat is a teen librarian who likes to read fiction from all genres.  She also enjoys reading non fiction books and learning about different cultures around the world.

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144 thoughts on “Nonfiction of the Week for August 3: The Skateboarding Field Manual

  1. It’s always good to learn a bit more in skateboarding even the pros have to go back to their manuel books once in awhile i bet you

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  2. It’s always good to learn a bit more in skateboarding even the pros have to go back to their manuel books once in awhile i bet you

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  3. Ahh i’m going to miss having this article to myself. well might as well make the best of it. But i wanna ask is this maunel for beginners or experts or both

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  4. Ahh i’m going to miss having this article to myself. well might as well make the best of it. But i wanna ask is this maunel for beginners or experts or both

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  5. I’ve always had a special intrest in all transportation methods that i could do on my own. My favorite so far is the electric bike

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  6. I’ve always had a special intrest in all transportation methods that i could do on my own. My favorite so far is the electric bike

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  7. Oops my bad i thought this was an old article, drat oh well. Good i’m glad it has pics it’s always nice to see people airborne and pciturig yourself there. expecially if you can’t do it yourself when you don’t have the right materials

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  8. Oops my bad i thought this was an old article, drat oh well. Good i’m glad it has pics it’s always nice to see people airborne and pciturig yourself there. expecially if you can’t do it yourself when you don’t have the right materials

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  9. Heyy all these posts are by the same person. lol is anyone else gonna read this book? Anyway it sounds like it would be interesting and fun!

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  10. Heyy all these posts are by the same person. lol is anyone else gonna read this book? Anyway it sounds like it would be interesting and fun!

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  11. The Skateboarding Field Manual sounds like a guide which it is 🙂 although i am not into skateboarding, I’ve tried it and it seemed really changeling and sometimes on t.v, i see people skate-boarding doing tricks and other stuff and I’m just like how the heck do they do that and i guess it comes for experience.But i am really interested and would like to try and learn a few tricks :). Pat wrote down “Even if you don’t own a skateboard but are fascinated by the sport it’s worth your while to check out this book.” But my brother is interested into skateboarding LOL so maybe i can get him this book and see what he says and just maybe he might turn into a pro and i’ll read the book after him! Hey just a quick question i asked this earlier but no one responded. So this question is for the staff in Word Out! 2009: Where do i go if i know what the secret book title is ? Thanks Happy Reading 🙂

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  12. The Skateboarding Field Manual sounds like a guide which it is 🙂 although i am not into skateboarding, I’ve tried it and it seemed really changeling and sometimes on t.v, i see people skate-boarding doing tricks and other stuff and I’m just like how the heck do they do that and i guess it comes for experience.But i am really interested and would like to try and learn a few tricks :). Pat wrote down “Even if you don’t own a skateboard but are fascinated by the sport it’s worth your while to check out this book.” But my brother is interested into skateboarding LOL so maybe i can get him this book and see what he says and just maybe he might turn into a pro and i’ll read the book after him! Hey just a quick question i asked this earlier but no one responded. So this question is for the staff in Word Out! 2009: Where do i go if i know what the secret book title is ? Thanks Happy Reading 🙂

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  13. Does skateboarding experience help you to snowboard, or does snowboarding experience help to skateboard?? I don’t know either of them, but I’d love to learn(both)! Someday, when I’m not to scared..lol. Maybe I’ll sign-out this manual for encouragment/information and get over my nerves in the process.

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  14. Does skateboarding experience help you to snowboard, or does snowboarding experience help to skateboard?? I don’t know either of them, but I’d love to learn(both)! Someday, when I’m not to scared..lol. Maybe I’ll sign-out this manual for encouragment/information and get over my nerves in the process.

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  15. How much does a skateboard cost, approximately? I’ve never really researched it, but I would like to learn it, especially as more and more books are starting to come up with this topic. And also cuz it looks cool.lol.

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  16. How much does a skateboard cost, approximately? I’ve never really researched it, but I would like to learn it, especially as more and more books are starting to come up with this topic. And also cuz it looks cool.lol.

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  17. I’m not a skater but my friends skate. 🙂 This book might just get me skateboarding with them. I look farward to reading it.

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  18. I’m not a skater but my friends skate. 🙂 This book might just get me skateboarding with them. I look farward to reading it.

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  19. I stood on a skateboard before…and thats all i did, i stood on there and then when i realized that it could move i got off 😛

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  20. I stood on a skateboard before…and thats all i did, i stood on there and then when i realized that it could move i got off 😛

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  21. lol the last time i was on a skateboard was in the store, and i remember loving it. so who knows maybe someday i’ll actually need this manuel

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  22. lol the last time i was on a skateboard was in the store, and i remember loving it. so who knows maybe someday i’ll actually need this manuel

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  23. Hmm skateboards are lots of fun and unlike bikes they can do alot of tricks as well. though i’ll probaly never be able to actually do it myself. but i’m sure their are lot’s of undiscovered tony hawk kids out there that after reading this manuel could discovered their hidden talents

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  24. Hmm skateboards are lots of fun and unlike bikes they can do alot of tricks as well. though i’ll probaly never be able to actually do it myself. but i’m sure their are lot’s of undiscovered tony hawk kids out there that after reading this manuel could discovered their hidden talents

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  25. So go out their and read this, who knows maybe you’ll like it and start doing it. maybe i’ll even try it. i have always wanted to know how to skateboard, and rollerskate

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  26. So go out their and read this, who knows maybe you’ll like it and start doing it. maybe i’ll even try it. i have always wanted to know how to skateboard, and rollerskate

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  27. I am not into skateboarding, but this non-fiction seems okay. I haven’t read a lot of non-fictions, but one that I can’think of from the top of my head is “Jean Chretien”, late PM of Canada. It was for Red Maple Book Club from middle school. Believe it or not it was actually interesting.

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  28. I am not into skateboarding, but this non-fiction seems okay. I haven’t read a lot of non-fictions, but one that I can’think of from the top of my head is “Jean Chretien”, late PM of Canada. It was for Red Maple Book Club from middle school. Believe it or not it was actually interesting.

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  29. I don’t skateboard but I think that this book is going to be fabulous for those who do! I will definitely recommend it to my friends!

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  30. I don’t skateboard but I think that this book is going to be fabulous for those who do! I will definitely recommend it to my friends!

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  31. I remember reading some Red Maple books when i was in middle school to. There was one that sadly i don’t remember the name was the very very good. About the war and such. though it was so sad as well

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  32. I remember reading some Red Maple books when i was in middle school to. There was one that sadly i don’t remember the name was the very very good. About the war and such. though it was so sad as well

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  33. Wait if this manuel is a field manuel, what kind of tarrains are included in the book all, or just regular stuff like grass, and gravel, and side walk

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  34. Wait if this manuel is a field manuel, what kind of tarrains are included in the book all, or just regular stuff like grass, and gravel, and side walk

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  35. lol that’s nothing compared to the first time i tried riding a bike, i was going down a HUGE, ROCKY HILL and half way down my bike broke lol ya imagine what i thought as i was going down the hill. lucky for me i didn’t get hurt at all

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  36. lol that’s nothing compared to the first time i tried riding a bike, i was going down a HUGE, ROCKY HILL and half way down my bike broke lol ya imagine what i thought as i was going down the hill. lucky for me i didn’t get hurt at all

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  37. And guess what i wasn’t even wearing a helmet, serously now that i think about it i’m wondering what the heck i was thinking as i did that

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  38. And guess what i wasn’t even wearing a helmet, serously now that i think about it i’m wondering what the heck i was thinking as i did that

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  39. OMG are you serous, my mom would kill me if i ever did something like that, actually i don’t think i could even have the courage to do that way to dangerous

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  40. OMG are you serous, my mom would kill me if i ever did something like that, actually i don’t think i could even have the courage to do that way to dangerous

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  41. You know i always love doing random things and it would be exciting just to get a skateboard and try it out so i’m thinking about it. maybe christmas i’ll get myself a skateboard as a gift and try and learn something new on it.

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  42. You know i always love doing random things and it would be exciting just to get a skateboard and try it out so i’m thinking about it. maybe christmas i’ll get myself a skateboard as a gift and try and learn something new on it.

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  43. And think about it, now i’ll be able to get around more easily without having to worry about someone stealing my skateboard ’cause it’s very easy to keep around unlike a bike

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  44. And think about it, now i’ll be able to get around more easily without having to worry about someone stealing my skateboard ’cause it’s very easy to keep around unlike a bike

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  45. Just thinking about it is getting me excitited maybe i might actually go through this, but i’ll have to look more into the possibilty first

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  46. Just thinking about it is getting me excitited maybe i might actually go through this, but i’ll have to look more into the possibilty first

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  47. That’s pretty cool, i’ve never met someone who likes to be random, though i think skateboarding is pretty cool i can’t do it myself. but now after reading other post i think what the heck is always good to try something new

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  48. That’s pretty cool, i’ve never met someone who likes to be random, though i think skateboarding is pretty cool i can’t do it myself. but now after reading other post i think what the heck is always good to try something new

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  49. LOL i love trying new things, even my friends say i’m very random sometimes, but sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad.

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  50. LOL i love trying new things, even my friends say i’m very random sometimes, but sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s bad.

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  51. Hmm thinking about it i would also like to learn how to ride a roller skate, though my friend tried to teach me how once, it didn’t work out. so it’d be nice to try again

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  52. Hmm thinking about it i would also like to learn how to ride a roller skate, though my friend tried to teach me how once, it didn’t work out. so it’d be nice to try again

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  53. And the best thing about skateboards are that they are really cheap, even i can afford one which is ttoally AWESOME!!!. so now i’m pretty sycked about this as well

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  54. And the best thing about skateboards are that they are really cheap, even i can afford one which is ttoally AWESOME!!!. so now i’m pretty sycked about this as well

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  55. Well i’ve been researching a little about skateboarding and true to what i said before they are relatively cheap, and seem to be a great physical benifits. So i’ll just have to figure out when i want one now and what are the benifits of them i guess

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  56. Well i’ve been researching a little about skateboarding and true to what i said before they are relatively cheap, and seem to be a great physical benifits. So i’ll just have to figure out when i want one now and what are the benifits of them i guess

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  57. I’ve always seen other teens skateboarding and wondered how they do it, i think this manuel could help. though i don’t know if it’ll be perfect for beginners like some of us here

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  58. I’ve always seen other teens skateboarding and wondered how they do it, i think this manuel could help. though i don’t know if it’ll be perfect for beginners like some of us here

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  59. Ya though it seems good. IT is FIELD manuel. doesn’t that mean something for a little more expereincied riders. or atleast people who KNOW how to ride a skateboard

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  60. Ya though it seems good. IT is FIELD manuel. doesn’t that mean something for a little more expereincied riders. or atleast people who KNOW how to ride a skateboard

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