Random Book Prize Opportunity

August 14, 2009 | Alan H. | Comments (98)

The book prize for this thread has been drawn.  Thanks to everyone for their excellent board names!

Hey Word Outers,

Turns out we've got a spare copy of The Skateboarding Field Manual, the nonfiction of the week for August 3, to give away.

If you're interested in it post a comment in this thread with the name you'd give your skateboard if you were Tony Hawk-level skater famous.  I'll draw the prize winner on August 21 (a week from today).

I will go first (though I am not eligible for the prize): I would name my board the Biblio-Deck.  Hilarious!

Alan H. is a web librarian who fell off a cheap plastic skateboard at age 8, busted his elbow up, and hasn't been back on one since.

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98 thoughts on “Random Book Prize Opportunity

  1. i think this book is a great book well i like it hope when you read it you like it to i finished this book in two days it was pretty easy for me plus it was pretty intresting for me to.

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  2. i think this book is a great book well i like it hope when you read it you like it to i finished this book in two days it was pretty easy for me plus it was pretty intresting for me to.

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  3. that book is really intresting to read because i really wanted to know how to ride my own skateboard, since im always falling off it all the time

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  4. that book is really intresting to read because i really wanted to know how to ride my own skateboard, since im always falling off it all the time

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  5. Ahahah I really need a manual for this…when I was seven, I skateboarded straight into a brick wall …and that was because I couldn’t break or change direction (well, I was too scared to…)….
    I would name my skateboard, the CrashBoard 000, for hopes that I never crash ever again =).

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  6. Ahahah I really need a manual for this…when I was seven, I skateboarded straight into a brick wall …and that was because I couldn’t break or change direction (well, I was too scared to…)….
    I would name my skateboard, the CrashBoard 000, for hopes that I never crash ever again =).

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  7. Oh my. I’d name mine Mamma-san. I suppose that’s what you get when you listen to Clash covers…
    Only I haven’t gotten back on a skateboard ever since I experienced a n00by fall off it. Mamma-san would be pretty neglected, even if I was supa famousss… ;(

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  8. Oh my. I’d name mine Mamma-san. I suppose that’s what you get when you listen to Clash covers…
    Only I haven’t gotten back on a skateboard ever since I experienced a n00by fall off it. Mamma-san would be pretty neglected, even if I was supa famousss… ;(

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  9. Since I think the winner’s already been drawn, I decided to post a comment. I don’t particularly want the Skateboarding Field Manual, anyways, since I can’t skateboard for my life.
    After the BBC’s Planet Earth series, I’d name mine “Awkward, Heavy Object.” XP

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  10. Since I think the winner’s already been drawn, I decided to post a comment. I don’t particularly want the Skateboarding Field Manual, anyways, since I can’t skateboard for my life.
    After the BBC’s Planet Earth series, I’d name mine “Awkward, Heavy Object.” XP

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