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RadSports Guides Set I (six-book series)By Tracy Nelson Maurer
2002, Rourke Publishing, Vero Beach, FL.
Titles:
Guide to Snowboarding
Guide to Snow Skiing
Guide to Skateboarding
Guide to BMX Freestyle
Guide to In-Line Skating
Guide to Freestyle Moto-X
This energetic series offers kids a wealth of information about today’s favorite “radical” sports. Each title details how to rent and buy the required equipment, as well as suggestions of great ways to practice the necessary skills, both at home and outside on the snow, concrete, or dirt trails. Action-packed photos highlight many of the coolest tricks. Important safety tips are also highlighted, completing the solid foundation of sports knowledge offered by this fun series.
Rourke Publishing, © 2002.
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Review
RadSports: BMX Freestyle and Skateboarding
“Where can an aspiring X-Gamer find a source for basic information about these underground athletics? Enter Radsports, a new series of guides to the less traditional independent sports. Including guides to BMX freestyling and skateboarding among others, the series offers tips for equipment purchase, safety considerations, and some instruction.
The brightly colored, slender volumes of Radsports are graphically stunning. Practically every two-page spread includes high-quality color photographs illustrating tricks or equipment described in the text or just capturing the excitement of the sport. Clear but casual writing peppered with slang describes the basic techniques and terminology surrounding each sport…The importance of practice and knowledge is emphasized in each volume as Maurer cautions new athletes against looking like a poser, and basic first aid and safety considerations are included in the text. Maurer is careful to mention the dangers associated with the ignorant pursuit of riskier sports and is frank about “road rash” (scrapes from skidding across the road after being thrown from a bike or board), cuts, bruises, and even concussions that can result from careless play.
Because of the format and basic treatment, the Radsports series would be recommended best to younger (junior high) beginners. Reluctant older readers might be attracted to the series’ photography; however, more sophisticated readers could be turned off by the youthful treatment of the subject. Unlike the graphic DK treatments of snowboarding and skateboarding, Radsports combines beautiful photography with clear, commonsense and practical text for the newbie.”
VOYA, February 2002 |
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