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Link Blog: Skateboarding
From a very young age I was seduced by the elegance of skateboarding.
Growing up watching the likes of:
Rodney Mullen – The greatest street skater of all time, single-handedly pioneering street skating as a whole into what it is today.
Ryan Sheckler – The “Gap God,” from a young age capable of clearing enormous gaps, while now as an adult riding for Plan B.
Bob Burnquist – A personal favorite. A really good guy that was always pushing the boundaries of skating ramps.
I began using words like gnar, sick, and stoked.
I became extremely fine-tuned in my observation of tricks and their assorted, complicated names and variations.
There are skaters all over the world, united by a passion. When traveling the world, you can expect to speak to skaters of all different nationalities. Here is a map of the languages spoken around the world.
I would go from town to town, skating all the different parks in my area.
If you’re interested in finding a park to skate, take a look at this map.
Check out these videos for some classic skating:
Linguistic Articles
There are many linguistic websites/blogs out there. Seth and I have found a compilation of websites that we found interesting. We share below some fun and interesting linguistics sites.
1- http://linguistlessons.blogspot.com/
This is a classic linguistics blog. The author reviews and writes about miscellaneous things that relate to linguistics. He/she is most likely a linguistics professor.
2- http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/
This website has many links for articles and utilities that the author found useful. It is a great place to find linguistic inspiration.
3- http://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor
If you don’t know what reddit is, it is a hub for miscellaneous blog type groups. There are many out there, but this one is for linguistics humor.
4- https://www.pinterest.com/ncihc/linguistic-humor/
Much like the reddit, there is a Pinterest for linguistic humor as well. This one has more photos and images that are quite funny.
5- https://instaedu.com/Linguistics-online-tutoring/
Do you need a linguistic tutor to help with homework and understanding? Here’s a website that hooks people up with tutoring for linguistic help.
6- http://linguistlist.org/ask-ling/
Don’t need a tutor, but have a problem/question that needs answering? Here’s a website where you can ask professional linguists anything!
7- http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/why-major-linguistics
What is linguistics? This website shares general information to convince the lingu-idiots into being linguistics majors.
8- http://www.studyspanish.com/
a free online Spanish class with courses ranging from beginner to advanced.
9- http://www.spanishdict.com/
this website gives extensive word definitions in Spanish and also conjugates any verb that you can think of in the Spanish language.
10- http://8tracks.com/cherryamy/bonito
this website teaches the viewer the Spanish language through auditory segments and music.
a website used as an aid to teach a variety of different languages.
This website compares languages to one another.
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