The Best Roller & In-Line Skating Books 2025

1. Street Skateboarding: Flip Tricks, Used [Paperback]

With sequential photos and step-by-step instructions, this guide to a performance cornerstone--the flip trick--benefits skateboarders of all skill levels. Often combined with curb tricks and applied to such obstacles as handrails and ramps, flip tricks are commonly used as the final touch on a more complex maneuver, and, with this guidebook, readers learn the basics of such tricks while progressing toward veteran moves. A section devoted to the history of skateboarding is included with an in-depth look at the individuals responsible for the creation of flip tricks and how they came to invent this aspect unique to skateboarding.

Street Skateboarding: Flip Tricks, Used [Paperback]

2. Skating Unrinked: An Insider's Guide to Skating Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Skating Unrinked: An Insider's Guide to Skating Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area by Richard Katz

Skating Unrinked: An Insider's Guide to Skating Trails in the San Francisco Bay Area, Used [Paperback]

3. 1st In-Line: Roll Up to Get Ahead With This Streetwise Instuction Manual On In-Line Skating [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Welcome to the world's fastest growing sport -- rollerblading. Combining the exhilaration of skiing with the grace of ice skating, the popularity of in-line skating is spreading at an incredible rate. Techniques, tricks and equipment covered.

1st In-Line: Roll Up to Get Ahead With This Streetwise Instuction Manual On In-Line Skating, Used [Hardcover]

4. In-Line Skating, Used [Paperback]

In-line skating is the fastest growing recreational sport in the world. More than 30,000 copies of the first edition of this book have been sold since 1993, while participation in the sport has increased more than 500 percent. This second edition covers the latest trends in equipment, technique, roller hockey, racing, aggressive skating, and more. 107 illus.

In-Line Skating, Used [Paperback]

5. Advanced In-Line Skating, Used [Paperback]

Offers the keys to moving safely in traffic and on hills, fitness and cross-training, racing, touring, tricks, roller hockey, and more. This book is suitable for in-line skaters looking to skate beyond the rink or smooth path.

Advanced In-Line Skating, Used [Paperback]

6. Inline!: A Manual for Beginning to Intermediate Inline Skating [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. At last, a book that actually teaches you how to inline skate. Whether you're a rank beginner or a skating pro, William Nealy's Inline! will educate and entertain you like no other how-to-manual you've ever read. Nealy uses hard earned crash-and-burn skating experience, 4th dimensional drawings, and his twisted sense of humor to give you the most comprehensive, easy to understand, and detailed book on skating ever written. Inline! will teach you everything you need to know to become a seasoned blader. Learn how to skate, from taking your first baby steps on blades to more advanced techniques such as getting air, descending stairs, expert turning techniques and more. Inline! also includes chapters on how skates work, skate maintenance, safety, and the all important selection of body armor. Finally, Inline! will teach you the many ways to stop, or safely fall, while you're climbing the learning curve. All of this in Nealy's hilarious, easy to understand cartoon style that makes learning fun.

Inline! : A Manual for Beginning to Intermediate Inline Skating, Used [Paperback]

7. Rollerskating, Used [Paperback]

Rollerskating by Gloria Miklowitz

Rollerskating, Used [Paperback]

8. Inline Skating - 2nd Edition [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Speed, excitement and fun are all part of the experience when enthusiasts strap on a pair of in-line skates. What began as an off-season training activity has exploded onto the world's sporting scene, with participation growing more than 500 percent in the last 5 years. In the follow-up to the highly successful first edition, In-Line Skating (Second Edition) has been updated and expanded in its coverage of what makes in-line so exciting: roller hockey, racing, and aggressive skating. For skaters new to the sport, In-Line Skating provides five step-by-step chapters on how to master skating technique. The millions of skaters looking for new trends in the sport can brush up on their technique, train for a race, pick up roller hockey, or learn how to try some of the trick skating they see on TV. The book's highlights include: - advice on the latest in-line equipment - 104 photos and illustrations showing skating technique - 39 drills, and exercises - two race training programs for in-line skating - roller hockey rules, drills, and descriptions of necessary equipment - tips on street and vertical skating This book combines the skating and fitness expertise of Mark Powell with the skills of one of the leading skate designers in the world, former in-line racer John Svensson. Together they explain and show the skills and thrills that make in-line so appealing to skaters of all ages and abilities.

In-Line Skating, Used [Paperback]

9. Babes on Blades, Used [Paperback]

A lively in-line skating how-to for baby-booming women and a personal journey of empowerment in the Babe way, 'Babes on Blades' addresses the specific needs of baby boomers looking to rejuvenate not only their bodies, but their spirits as well. This book will inspire women of all ages to get off the settee and into the streets where they belong.

Babes on Blades : Drop Physical, Mental and Spiritual Flab Through Inline Skating, Used [Paperback]

10. The Complete in-Line Skater : Basic and Advanced Techniques, Exercises and Equipment for Fitness, Used [Paperback]

Learn America's Hottest New Sport--And Have Fun Doing It In-line skating is fun and easy to learn. It's also a great low-impact way to get your heart and legs in shape. The Complete In-Line Skater is the perfect skater's companion. Written by an experienced teacher, this book tells you everything you need to know about equipment, basic and advanced skating techniques, safety and improving fitness. Over 100 professional line drawings help illustrate the text, which includes chapters on: Equipment: The most popular models and how to select and care for the right skates for you Basic striding, turning and stopping techniques Advanced techniques to master the sport--even cross train for skiing or hockey Maneuvers to handle curbs, potholes, and other obstacles A skater's workout to build stamina and strength Pains and strains: how to avoid them List of skating terms, organizations and publications

The Complete in-Line Skater : Basic and Advanced Techniques, Exercises and Equipment for Fitness, Used [Paperback]