... intended to sell more products, or to an attempt to advance the aims of the snowboarding industry in some way, although, those have been the effects of this trend. As skateboard shops began to realize that this was the ultimate crossover sport, little corner shops began to expand and the birth of a new sub-culture arose; snowboard culture. The incipient stages ... of this new culture came at a time when the economy was low and it was tough times for many retailers. Most ski areas rejected the idea of opening their doors to snowboarders. I remember stories told about the newspaper runnin...

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... intended to sell more products, or to an attempt to advance the aims of the snowboarding industry in some way, although, those have been the effects of this trend. As skateboard shops began to realize that this was the ultimate crossover sport, little corner shops began to expand and the birth of a new sub-culture arose; snowboard culture. The incipient stages ... of this new culture came at a time when the economy was low and it was tough times for many retailers. Most ski areas rejected the idea of opening their doors to snowboarders. I remember stories told about the newspaper runnin...

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... and Puma trainers. Each of their sentences on average contains ninety per-cent swear words. Combine their foul mouths with their shocking sense of dress and you have created a scally. Tough-break. The girls wear huge (and I mean huge) gold hoop earrings and buns scraped to the top of their heads with a mass of gel. This is often accompanied by a pushchair ... one from down the road." Need I say more? Skaters Their wardrobes comprise a variety of Quicksilver, Billabong and O"Neill clothes. Their outfits are accompanied by a trendy skateboard held under their left arm, casually slung of c...

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... . I am always trying to think before I speak especially when I'm emotional or feeling so strongly about my point of view. Being in Catholic School all of my life, I have learned how tough it can be and how important it is to learn how my pride can effect my life and how to hopefully control it. I have learned how to do so to ... pride. I either get defeated or don't successfully complete my task and suffer the consequences from not doing so. When I get a good test grade or accomplish doing a new trick on my skateboard, I am filled with happiness, and such great pride. It hurts to fall or...

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... down in tears and talks about how he hated himself because he could never feel he was good enough. He's doing much better now, not stealing anymore, but he has a tough decision: Does he want to remain in that competitive environment?" If youth sports can have so much influence on the 10-year-old psyche, it can also disrupt the development ... 10, pretty much half quit by 11," says Ethan Machurat of Amesbury, Mass., who's now 13 and still plays soccer, baseball and basketball, and has taken up lacrosse. "A lot just skateboard and don't do anything else." Analysts disagree on what account...

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... turn on you r T.V. and find such things as the X-Games, and Gravity Games. And the idea of being a skater is now popular among the youth. You"re cool if you skateboard or wear skateboarding apparel. With such a drastic change such as this one wonders if the concept of cool changes over time. When you are looking back in time in American ... culture you can see that the concept of cool does in fact change. In the 50's you were cool if you had a Muscle Car and were rough and tough. Leather was in and so were poodle skirts. From here in came the beat generation. It was al about freeing you...

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• Grade Level: High School