Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD
by Dan MacFarlane
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Actor: Dan MacFarlaneDirector: Dan MacFarlane
Brand: Vas Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 70 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-10
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Mentality Skateboarding Productions
Product features:
- Skating instructor Dan MacFarlane
- Contains fully illustrated segments on street and ramp skating, boardslides, pop shoves, ollies, nollies, frontside flips, noseslides, varial kickflips, heelflips, backside flips, and more
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DVD Reviews of Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD
DVD Review: Look no further--this is THE skate instructional DVD......
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been snowboarding for 20 years & teaching for 18,and as a staff trainer at my area, I have a pretty good feel for what constitutes good (and poor) instruction. My 10-year-old daughter started to skate this year after having snowboarded for three seasons, so when she had a hard time picking it up (the movement patterns and balance points aren't quite the same from one sport to the other at the beginning level), I began to look around for an instructional DVD. Most of the offerings out there are trick-laden action sequences, which are fine for advanced skaters, but not really appropriate for beginners.
When I previewed this DVD, I knew right away that Dan MacFarlane had done a really superb job putting this together. It's intelligently broken down into several learning phases, and all of them do a stellar job of taking what is a very fast-paced sport & breaking it down into very easily understandable (and attainable) parts. Dan's focus on stance (SO very important in any board sport), all of the phases of a given movement/skill set, and constant reference to how to move the body through the exercise & where to direct your "sight lines" are very clearly explained without being tedious or condescending. Let's face it--never-ever instruction & learning can be pretty tediuos sometimes, and it's the challenge (and hallmark of) a good instructor to make the material ineresting and relevant. My daughter & I watched it end-to-end, and then took it out to the parking lot & then into the skate park. As she continues to progress, and run into plateaus (inevitable in any sport), we just pop it in the portable DVD player & review what she's haviing difficulty with.
As the DVD progresses up through the various levels, there's a great re-cap of the skill-set that you should have in order to learn the skills in the next section, and I think that Dan also does a great job of mentioning what it is that you should have total ownership of before progressing on to the next thing. That's something I see a lot of in the snowboard world--people who try to tackle terrain & skills that they just don't have the foundation for. Let's be honest--you just don't know what you don't know, and unless someone tells you what it is you need, how can you learn what it is you need to progress to the next level? Again, just like in the lower skill levels, the intermediate/advanced material is covered with the same throughness as the other stuff, and the video sequences do a great job of showing what you need to know.
As a 42-year-old coming into this sport as a never-ever, I'll be watching this over & over again (probably a lot more than my daughter will) as I begin my journey from newbie to novice and beyond. Thanks, Dan, for creating such a well-made instructuctional DVD. Like I said before, I've seen my share of good (and bad) instruction--this isn't good instruction; it's GREAT instruction, and I hope that the review & the DVD give you what you need to enter, progress in, and enjoy the sport, regardless of how old you are when you decide to helmet up & have at it. Money & time well spent--GO SKATE!!
DVD Review: So this is what everyone is talking about!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've repeatedly heard about this video from everyone and finally decided to give it a try. This is the best skateboarding investment I've purchased since my skateboard itself! It made me wonder how people begin without it. Skateboarding Explained is that good! I was skating for 3 years before this and have been kicking myself for not getting this sooner and pondering how good I would be now if I had. This video takes you from starting out, to basics, and then the most sought out tricks beginners and intermediate skaters will want to learn. I watched it over and over the first night I received it and the next day when I went skating I was thinking very differently and skating much better immediately. After reviewing it over a week my skills drastically improved. Any age skater can majorly benefit from owning and studying this video. I have to give major kudos to Dan MacFarlane for making this!DVD Review: Skateboarding Explained
Summary: 5 Stars
From beginers, to advanced skaters, there is always something that you can work on or perfect, and with Skateboarding Explained, it can be alot easier. I first bought the dvd with a birthday gift card, and I wasn't exactly sure if it would help, or be a total waste of time, but when I watched it,it helped so much, that it was almost to good to be true that I had actually found a dvd that helped me on a different level. All of my tricks that I have learned, or have wanted to learn, have been on Skateboarding Explained.
I was at the skatepark one day, and my mom sat down with this family, and they told us that the pro himself had taught thier kid, and they gave us his number, and we called him up. I took 6 lessons from him, and have learned so much.
Skateboarding Explained is the next best thing than learning from the man himself, and I was fortunate enough to have both.
DVD Review: Small Steps, Big Payoff.
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw footage of him helping the eager young skaters of tomorrow and he literally treated each and every single kid the same, no matter how uncouth they were, that is sooo inspiring AND he stopped by every kid he saw!!! I've been skating for about 2 and a half years, I completely skipped over the fundamentals of skating and the basics, that was until I began watching this DVD. Upon watching the DVD I decided to start over; completely from scratch, which means I haven't ollied in about 3 months. I decided to begin my skateboarding renovations on my opposite "switch" foot and I can honestly say that thanks to this DVD I have completely relearned skating on my opposite foot. If anyone is skeptical of this product or anything like that just think about the kid who learned how to skate on his BAD foot, it felt worse than learning these tricks the first time! haha Please take my testimony and believe in not only this product and me, but believe in yourself that better skating IS possible. Thank you Dan Mcfarlane: Skateboarding's unsung hero.DVD Review: GREAT FOR BEGINNERS
Summary: 5 Stars
the dvd gives great instructions on the basics of skateboarding.Also has instructions for advance tricks,there is a load of slow motion features for each trick.The quality of the dvd is great.I watch this dvd as much as I can and has helped me,this is a great dvd a must buy.
Description of Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD
DVD BREAKDOWN: I. SKATING INTRO II. THE FUNDAMENTALS - EVERY SKATEBOARDER SHOULD KNOW - 8 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPALS OF RIDING A SKATEBOARD III. BASICS OF STREET & RAMP IV. THE MOST WANTED TRICKS Lake Owen Skate Camp presents Skateboarding Explained. A real skateboarding instructional, by real skateboarding instructor, Dan MacFarlane. Lake Owen is a world renowned skatecamp and a franchise of Woodward Skatecamp. Dan MacFarlane is a top ranked pro who has been skating for over 18 years, and is owner of the nationally distributed Mentality Skateboards. Lake Owen considers Dan to be their best Instructor.General DVDs
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