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Skater Girl: A Girl's Guide to Skateboarding

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We bought this book for our daughter who has recently developed an interest in skating. We are very pleased with this book for a few reasons...

1) All the pictures of the girls in this book are tasteful, meaning they're not dressed in attire that may, by some, be considered inappropriate and the opposite of modest. That was the major reason we gave it to her- kids are more impressionable these days.

2) This book broke-down a lot of preconceived ideas she had about skating. She has an older brother who is also into skateboarding and although her interest was strong, so were her inhibitions to skate around boys. That is all but gone now, and we believe this book helped to give her the courage to skate in front of her brother or his friends.

3) It is a teaching book! It actually has helped our daughter with those 'tricks' the kids are always trying to do. She hasn't put it down since we gave it to her (in fact, I believe she has it right now!). As soon as she's read a section about a new trick, she jumps on her board to goes to try-out what she's just read.

If you have a girl-skatboarder in your family, then buy this book. It's been a blessing for our daughter and I'm sure it will be for yours too!!!

Hands down, this is a great book.
I'll definitely be giving this book as a present.

But I have to admit, I didn't expect it.

"Introduction to ___" - type books have the propensity to make me feel like a three year old, or to go over my head.
But Segovia does neither. She doesn't pander, nor does she try to woo the reader with an overload of tech-y terms.

Instead she speaks directly, simply, honestly, and perhaps most importantly, she speaks with true knowledge and love of the sport.

Skillfully blending straightforward instructions with really cool facts about the history of skateboarding (which she is a part of !! hall of fame!! ), this book made me want to go find that skateboard that's been in the closet.

I recommend this book to any age group, any experience, any background in skating-- anyone with an interest in learning about skating, learning to skate, or even just for the pictures!

I love skating and this book was really great -- I want to give it to one of my friends for her birthday.

I absolutly love what this book's about. I am a female skater myself, and love to hear more about female empowerment! So naturally, I was really excited about this book. Not only that, but it's got really helpful information in it, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Got this book as intro for daughter who expressed interest in skateboarding. Great book on attitude, safety, warm-ups, learning routines. Highly recommended.

My daughter loves this book. I love that its a skateboard book for "girls". Its so hard to find anything that is geared towards them & this book does a great job for that. She refers back to it all the time!

Bought this in conjuntion with a skateboard for my 8 year old niece. She got busted 5 times reading it with a flashlight when she was supposed to be sleeping. Her extra words were "I know everything I need to know about skateboarding".

The seller sent in immediately and I couldn't be more pleased!

My 10 year old daughter loves this book and says she's learned how to do tricks from it. It has cool pictures and even stuff about encountering boys at the skate park. Get this for your 'skatergirl'!

This is the first book on the market just for girl skateboarders. This is awesome! It shows girls how to enjoy skateboarding without being scarred. This book will take you through all the steps from the beginning to the end so you can be stoked on skateboarding. Enjoy it while you can! Peace out...