Week 14- Last Week

     Overall, in this 20% project I failed. I did not complete all blogs like I was supposed to, I only did 6 blogs for the whole year. I did not use my time wisely in class, I would be lacking off and wasting time. I would be doing something else instead of doing this. I regret not doing my work because I am now receiving a bad grade in my English class.

        For my 20% project presentation I also failed because me and my group members were not ready nor prepared. It would seem that we did it at the last moment but we didn't we actually took time to do it but we didn't put effort on it. When we all went up there we didn't know what to say/do. I don't deserve a good grade for the presentation because we didn't do a very good job, I know that me and my group members would've done a better job then the cheap presentation we showed. I believe that this project was a good idea because I learned a lot about this. I also learned other things that my peers did for their 20% project. 

Week 10

I haven't done any blogs for the past months. I'm really behind in my work and my grade for this project is really low. I haven't done blogs because I don't have a person that I could record skating. Also, it's hard for me to think about what to write about. It probably shows that I wasn't responsible these past months because I haven't done anything nor even tried to do something. This week I'm actually doing a blog I'm taking my time and really being honest on this. At least, I'm not being a quitter and I'm really trying my best to raise my grade and I'm going to keep on trying my best.

Week 5

This week we will show how to do a kick flip:

Step1: Put your back foot flat across the tail of your skateboard, and put the ball of your front foot right behind your front trucks

Step2: You drag your front foot up the board

Step3: Instead of kicking your board just try to tap in above, when your board is above the air drag both legs above the skateboard and just see the skateboard flip. Try not to put both feet near the skateboard.

Step4: Keep holding your balance, once you see board almost landing try to keep your feet even and both at the both tip of the board

Step5: Once you catch the skateboard with your back foot, you'll want to put your front foot on the skateboard too

Step6: Finally, when both legs are on the board just roll away.

 

The first trick shown in this video is the Kick flip. Thanks for watching.

Week 4

This week my partners and I are going to show how to do a Varial Kick-flip trick. It would be an easy trick if you know how to do a kick flip or an Ollie. If not we will post up a video of showing how to do a kick flip or Ollie for the beginners.

Step1-  place your front foot just like a kick flip.

Step2- Pop the tail not for an Ollie but for a shove-it.

Step3- Perform a slight but swift kick it.

Step4-  Prepare your body for landing a shove-it; you may need to move over a few inches to land.

 

 

Thanks for watching this video hopefully it helped out. Keep checking my blog for more.

 

Week 3

Trick:  Pop-shuvit

1 step- Put your feet just like an Ollie, but have your back foot more in the toe side pocket of the tail, the place where you start the shove it with your back foot. Your front foot is just like for an Ollie, but the heel is hanging off a bit more.

2step- Bend your knees, not that much at first, but just enough to jump.

 3 step- Scoop the tail just like for a shove it, but a bit harder so the tail smacks the ground, giving a popping sound, while jumping, go forward and the way the board is spinning, this is so you can keep up with the board. This should cause the board to spin 180 in the air.

4 step- Stay above the board, watching it spin.

 5 step-When it spins 180, catch the board with your feet, and land on the trucks.

Week 2

For this week the thing that I want to teach you guys is how to skate regularly on a skateboard because for some people it could be hard for them to keep their balance on a board

The only thing you have to do is:

1.Place your weakest leg on the board and try to keep your balance.

2.With your strongest leg, push off.

3.Once the board has start rolling, place both legs on the board. Try to keep balance.

4.When the board starts to slow down, repeat 2 and 3

If you're barely beginning to skate I recommend you to keep skating till you know how to keep your balance and know how to go fast.

Week 1

Hello, my name is Gricelda and my partners names are Erik, Jesus, and Juan. We gathered up to make a project for our English class, this project is called '20% Project' . My group and I decided to make many skating videos so that teens could learn how to skate better and learn to do tricks. We will be going step by step.  For our first week we will be making our first skating video for blog viewers. We will do our videos step by step and make them last 2 minutes or less. We will just post up a quick video showing an example how far we are going to teach.