Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD

Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD

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Product Description

In the Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD , skating instructor Dan MacFarlane guides you through an instructional program, packed with all the basics as well as tips for doing tricks. It contains fully illustrated segments on street and ramp skating, boardslides, pop shoves, ollies, nollies, frontside flips, noseslides, varial kickflips, heelflips, backside flips, and more.

Product Details

Publisher	Mentality Skateboarding Productions
UPC	730475821502
Number Of Discs	1
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
Format	DVD Color Dolby DVD Full Screen NTSC Widescreen
MPN	SK0150DVD
Brand	Vas Entertainment
EAN	0730475821502
Directed By	Dan MacFarlane
Release Date	2007-07-10
Label	Mentality Skateboarding Productions
Region Code	1
Title	Skateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD
Studio	Mentality Skateboarding Productions
Starring	Dan MacFarlane
Running Time	70 minutes
MPAA Rating	G (General Audience)
Aspect Ratio	1.33:1
Manufacturer	Mentality Skateboarding Productions

Customer Reviews

BUY Dan MacFarlane's SKATEBOARDING EXPLAINED dvd for your child and you'll always be happy you did.

Review by Edward F. Bujosa, 2010-08-12

I skateboarded back in the 70's with the advent of urethane wheels. I always envied the guys who looked at home on their boards and could ride aggressively (like I did on my BMX), but I never got to that "special place" on a skateboard.

Now I'm 43 and have a 9 year old son and so my time is spent being good to him instead of skateboarding, biking and playing Space Invaders at the 7-11. About a year ago at one of the many kids' b-day parties I now attend I saw a 9 year old girl skating a LOT better than the guys, some of them older than her by quite a few years. Her father gave me Dan MacFarlane's card explaining that he was the reason that his daughter could skateboard so well and that he gave lessons here in the Houston area. I finally called him after a long while and got some lessons from him for my son and now I wished I hadn't waited so long. My son learned the fundamentals of how to control a skateboard IMMEDIATELY. After only 3 lessons my son skated at a dramatically different level and with much more confidence and focus.

Well, it turns out Dan ALSO has a DVD, "Skateboarding Explained", which is aptly named. Actually, it's the best selling instructional skateboarding DVD on the market and widely recognized as the best in terms of the quality of the presentation of the material. Dan does an extraordinary job presenting the terminology, the mechanics and the physics of a trick and he does so by beginning with the most basic skills and building sequentially and logically on top of each of the previous skill sets and tricks. Once he begins to explain a trick on the DVD he will already have explained the prerequisite skills necessary to pull it off. I can't imagine a better way to teach skateboarding.

Between the slow motion film explanations, the graphic markers put on to the images and the precision instructions Dan leaves no doubt as to how to execute a trick. If you can't do the trick after watching the DVD, you simply haven't worked hard enough. The material could not be explained any more methodically and thoroughly.

If you're lucky enough to live in or near Houston don't miss the opportunity to take lessons from Dan Macfarlane himself. My son's quantum leap in understanding has increased his enjoyment of skateboarding immeasurably and has removed the hesitation that comes from not being sure how to approach tricks. Dan teaches him the proper technique and then it's up to my son to work at it until he gets it right. If you can't take lessons from Dan MacFarlane himself, the DVD is the next best thing. Oh right, and now that I've been watching the DVD with my son I'M skateboarding again and my learning curve is skyrocketing upward, also. Just because you grow up doesn't mean you have to grow old.

Thanks, Dan!

Edward
Houston, TexasSkateboarding Explained: The Instructional DVD

Look no further--this is THE skate instructional DVD......

Review by Michael Harrington, 2010-07-12

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!!

So this is what everyone is talking about!

Review by Lunar Lander, 2010-06-30

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!

Skateboarding Explained

Review by K. L. Klingler, 2010-06-19

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.

Small Steps, Big Payoff.

Review by sk8d3ck, 2010-04-09

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.

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