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Skateboarding

Requirements

1. Use the following safety gear and know why it should be worn when skateboarding: helmet, elbow pads, knee pads, high top boots, wrist support gloves.

2. Name all the parts of a skateboard.

3. Completely disassemble and reassemble a skateboard, repacking the bearings and setting wheelnuts and truck pivoting nut at correct tension.

4. Demonstrate eight skateboarding skills which will include some of the following and do them to the instructors satisfaction on authorized property. Five of these should be demonstrated on a skateboarding ramp.

  • a. Tick Tack—from a standing start to a minimum of 10 meters on level ground
  • b. Ollie—minimum of 10 centimeters
  • c. Rail Slide—minimum of 1 meter
  • d. Drop In—off a ramp 2-3 meters high
  • e. Gurreo Slide
  • f. 4-Wheel Look Up
  • g. Pump on a ramp up to the Coping
  • h. Acid Drop
  • i. Kick Flip
  • j. Ollie up a Gutter
  • k. Front-Back side grind
  • l. Carve
  • m. Pump

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Patch history

Earlier designs of this patch. See all outdated insignia.

Old Skateboarding patch

Skateboarding

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This patch was specific to the North American Division. This honor was discontinued due to safety and insurance concerns. The AY Honor Skateboarding honor can still be found within the South Pacific Division, albeit with very different requirements.

Adapted from AY Honors/Skateboarding on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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