Quote, Paraphrase, and Citation #4

Quote: "Early skateboards were different from boards today. They were flat, short, and stiff. The wheels were like roller-skate wheels. They were made of clay and were very hard.

The skater could not make tight turns. The wheels would stop turning when they hit a pebble or a crack in the sidewalk. Still, skateboarding was new and exciting. More than a million skateboards were sold.

Skating styles were pretty simple. Most skaters rushed down hills or weaved back and forth."



Paraphrase: The skateboards that people use today are much different from the ones that people used when skateboards first came out. The old skateboards were flat, short, ans stiff. They were so stiff that it made it hard to turn corners. Some wheels were clay and others are metal. If you hit a rock or crack with these, you would stop insantly and fly forward. even though it was simple, its was still fresh and new which made it exciting.


Jay, Jackson. "Chapter 2: When Skateboarding Began." Skateboarding Basics (1996): 8. Book Collection: Nonfiction. EBSCO. Web. 20 Apr. 2010.