{"product_id":"inline-a-manual-for-beginning-to-intermediate-inline-skating-9781634043649","title":"Inline!: A Manual for Beginning to Intermediate Inline Skating","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaugh while you learn basic and advanced techniques for inline skating and rollerblading from an expert and renowned cartoonist!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Nealy revolutionized learning how to inline skate. Whether you're a rank beginner or a skating pro, William's \u003ci\u003eInline!\u003c\/i\u003e educates and entertains like no other how-to manual you've ever read! His hard-earned crash-and-burn skating experience, four-dimensional drawings, and twisted sense of humor give you the most comprehensive, easy-to-understand, and detailed book on skating ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInline!\u003c\/i\u003e teaches you everything you need to know to become a seasoned blader, from taking your first baby steps on blades to more advanced skills such as getting air, descending stairs, expert turning techniques, and more. \u003ci\u003eInline!\u003c\/i\u003e also includes chapters on how skates work, skate maintenance, safety, and all the important body armor. Finally, \u003ci\u003eInline!\u003c\/i\u003e teaches you the many ways to stop-or safely fall--while you're climbing the learning curve. All of this is delivered in William's hilarious, accessible cartoon style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside you'll find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntertaining and educational content for beginners and experts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eBasic skills to advanced techniques like descending stairs and jumping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eImportant information on skate maintenance, safety, and more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eRiotous cartoons that make learning fun!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're an armchair skater or a guerrilla blader, this is the book you've been waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam \"Not Bill\" Nealy\u003c\/b\u003e was a wild, gentle, brilliant artist and creator turned cult hero who wrote 10 books for Menasha Ridge Press from 1982 to 2000. William shared his hard-won \"crash-and-learn\" experiences through humorous hand-drawn cartoons and illustrated river maps that enabled generations to follow in his footsteps. His subjects included paddling, mountain biking, skiing, and inline skating. His hand-drawn, poster-size river maps of the Nantahala, Ocoee, Chattooga, Gauley, Youghiogheny, and several other rivers are still sought after and in use today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He and his wife, Holly Wallace, spent their adult years in a home William built in the woods on the outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, along with an assortment of dogs, lizards, pigs, snakes, turtles, and amphibians. William died in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis longtime friend and publisher, Bob Sehlinger, wrote: \"When William Nealy died in 2001, paddling lost its Poet Laureate, one of its best teachers, and its greatest icon. William was arguably the best-known ambassador of whitewater sport, entertaining and instructing hundreds of thousands of paddlers through his illustrated books, including the classics: \u003ci\u003eWhitewater Home Companion Volumes I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eII, Whitewater Tales of Terror, Kayaks to Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and his best-known work, \u003ci\u003eKayak, \u003c\/i\u003e which combined expert paddling instruction with artful caricatures and parodies of the whitewater community itself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Menasha Ridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50394528219410,"sku":"9781634043649","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9bd4317-52e5-4ed9-8001-9bb4d94194e9.jpg?v=1729008327","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inline-a-manual-for-beginning-to-intermediate-inline-skating-9781634043649","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}