Rip sticking

By Grace Fletcher

Table of Contents

1. Safety & Footwear pg.1 2. Getting On pg.3 3. Riding pg.5 4. Getting off pg.7

Have you ever wanted to glide over the pavement like you were flying? Well here's your chance to do just that! Just grab a rip stick and go! This book is about how to ride a rip stick and how to be safe on one.

Introduction

Enjoy!!!

1 Safety & Footwear

If you want to ride a rip stick you've got to know how to be safe on one. First,your going to need a helmet. You don't need these pieces of safety wear but you might feel better with them on. They are; knee pads,elbow pads and skateboarding gloves. Also, you don't want to go rip sticking in flip flops,boots,sandals or barefoot. If you want to be safe wear sneakers. You also look out for cracks. They can really get in your way. Especially if your first learning how to ride one. If your really good and you can go over cracks than great, but don't try to go over cracks you think are to big because sometimes they are to big and you could hurt yourself.

2 Getting on

There are two ways to get on: with help or without help. Here are the instructions for getting on with help.

First,find something to hold on to. (Person,wall,pole) set your rip stick down in front of you. Put your right/left foot (whichever one is comfortable) on the back pedal. (Which is the biggest pedal) Then put your right/left foot on the front pedal(the smallest pedal) And then your done! You've gotten your rip stick with help!

Here are the instructions for getting on without help. First,you put your right/left foot on the back pedal. This part is a little tricky,push off a little with the foot that isn't on the rip stick. Then,really quickly put the foot that isn't on the rip stick on the front pedal.

Tip:remember to lean into your turns.

Now that your on your rip stick here the instructions on how to ride your rip stick. It's kinda tricky. Wiggle whatever foot that is on the back pedal. It takes a lot of practice. You might want to hold onto something at first until your good enough. And for your own safety don't go over cracks that look to big. After you learn how to ride your rip stick pretty well you need to learn how to turn,here are the instructions on how to turn. It sounds easy but it's not. Once you get going at a pretty good speed you push with the foot that's on the back pedal. For example,if you want to go right you push back ,if you want to go left you push forward.

3 Riding

Now that your on your rip stick and riding it at some point you need to get off. There are two ways to get off,jumping off and stepping off. Jumping off is easy you just jump off your rip stick. But you have to be care full you don't fall. And stepping off you just don't wiggle for awhile and then step off. Master all of those steps and CONGRATS! You've learned how to ride a rip stick!:)

4 getting off

GlossaryRip stick

Helmet

A hard hat that protects your head during sports or dangerous activities

A board that has two pedals that you ride