Skateboard World Records
Skate Photography
Tricks by Rodney and Tony
Old Skateparks
Grab bag
100
What energy drink brand sponsored the attempt to do the highest drop in on a skateboard at the Rio Grande do Sul building in Brazil?
Red Bull
100
How did most skate photographers get started?
By taking photos of their friends while they were out skating together!
100
What essential trick where you jump in the air with a skateboard without grabbing the board did Rodney Mullen figure out how to do on flatgound before anyone else?
The Ollie
100
After the first few early skateparks were built in places like Oregon and Arizona which state was the place where most skateparks were being built?
California
100
What is the name of the type of camera lens most popular to film skateboarding with?
Wide Angle or Fish Eye
200
Why are most skateboarding records unofficial?
The cost to officially be in the Guinness Book of World Records is high. Usually around $15,000.
200
What is the name of the famous skate team pictured here?
Bones Brigade
Photo by Grant Brittian
200
How did Tony Hawk come up with most of the tricks he invented?
By combining other tricks together
200
What state was the oldest known skatepark build in?
Oregon!
The Albany Skate Center. A simple skate track.
200
What is the large event put on by Skate Like a Girl in Seattle called that draws hundreds of skaters from around the world?
Wheels of Fortune
300
Who dropped in on the "Biggest Skate Ramp in the World" Which was made on the side of a building in Brazil
Sandro Dias
300
When taking a skate photo what things should you see in the photo?
The skater, the take off area, and the landing area.
300
What trick did Tony Hawk invent and then name after something popular and trendy so it would have a memorable name and others would try the trick?
(A lien air to tail where you take one foot off)
The Maddona
300
What was the first nationally recognized skatepark (2nd known park), built in Tucson Arizona called?
Surf City
300
What DIY (unofficial) Skatepark is famous here in Portland and started a movement of modern skatepark building?
Burnside
400
Who holds the official record for the longest grind on a skateboard?
Jagger Eaton - 204 feet!
400
Where was the famous photo by Bryce Kanights taken? (bonus, who is the skater?)
Alcatraz, Mark Gonzalas
400
What trick did Rodney Mullen invent where you do a boardslide with your board upside down under your feet?
The Darkslide
400
Skateparks in the 70s were very experimental, what kind of terrain were they trying to replicate?
Waves of the Ocean
400
Who was the first women skater to appear in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games?
Elissa Steamer
500
How high is the highest ever ollie (unofficial world record)?
46 inches
500
When composing a photo, what should you try to have behind the skater?
A solid uncluttered background like the sky.
500
What Skateboard Brand did Tony Hawk Invent?
OR
What Skateboard Brand did Rodney Mullen Invent?
Birdhouse - Tony Hawk
Almost - Rodney Mullen (and Daewon Song)
500
What is the name of this park in Wisconsin was originally built in 1979 indoors and uncovered 24 years later and then restored and expnaded?
The Turf
500
What is the name of the NEW person who works at the front desk during skate club (Clem is training him right now)?
Scott!