Awful truth.STATE DEPARTMENT: MISINFORMED REPORT ON SKATEBOARDING skateboarding Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean SKATEDAILY.NET--The United States Department of State Noun 1. United States Department of State - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" Department of State, DoS, State Department, State has posted an overview of skateboarding titled "Skateboarding Grows from Casual Hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of term A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, to International Sport." It seems that skateboarding is now a topic of national importance. If it is, they certainly need to work on getting their facts straight. Here are a few highlights: * "If [tricks are] executed well, fellow skaters will offer their most superlative compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
* " ... The impact cushioned by the knee pads and helmets that virtually all skateboarders wear." * "Tight jeans are in 'because they let you see your feet.' " The article also mentions, "Tee Cherry, an American Muslim, taking a few minutes to skateboard with his young son before heading off to afternoon prayers." Is it a tad strange to call out a skate skate, fish: see ray. skate Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). dad as an American Muslim in an article created by the Bureau of International Information Programs--or is it just us? |
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