Archive for the ‘Brain Puzzles’ Category
Expand Your Mind With Sudoku
If you are more into number games than words, then Sudoku is an excellent mind expander. I had tried to do it on my own but found it went into the ‘too hard’ basket. On a visit to our son and his wife in England, Paul sat between me and his Dad and showed us the basic rules. We still have to stick to the easier levels, however practice makes perfect (I hope).
These two sites offer different levels of difficulty. Happy mind flexing!
The Boom Boom Huck Jam
The Boom Boom Huck Jam has been a major event in the world of extreme sports since 2002. It is the development of professional skater Tony Hawk and takes place annually. This event started out quite by accident as in 2002 Hawk was invited to Las Vegas to perform. He wanted to invite the best of the best to come and to perform as well. This isn’t just an event for skaters but also for BMX riders and others.
Since then, Hawk has taken this show on the road year after year. He has had some amazing stops along the way. One year they performed in Arizona as part of the Super Bowl extravaganza. Another year they went to Texas to perform at Six Flags. There are many great athletes that take part in it. Hawk is now taking the show on the road, and it stops in many locations every year.
Thrilling Skateboarding Amusement Park Rides
There are many places out there where you can find skateboarding amusement park rides. You are in for a great adventure with them as well. Even if you don’t skateboard you should give them a try. They are great fun for the entire family. The one downside that I have noticed are the lines though. When you get to the amusement park head to them first so that you won’t end up having to wait as long.
In Denver Colorado at Elitch Gardens there is the Half Pipe. This is a fun ride that looks like a giant skateboard. There are people strapped in a circle at two different points on the skateboard. As it moves rapidly from side to side and upwards, the people will be spinning. The feeling that you get when you are coming back down is like floating on air. Many people that get off this ride head right back to the line to ride it again!
How to Create a New Board Game
A new board game can be built around a simple idea. For instance, you can create a board game where you roll a standard die and move a checker across a checkerboard a number of squares equal to the number thrown.
You decide to make this a blocking game where you lay down tokens to block your opponent. Each player will have 32 tokens of one color.
Troubled Kids Benefit from Skateboarding
Many kids in our society are labeled as troubled from a very early age. There are many labels out there including ADD and ADHD that can be attached to them by doctors, parents, and our teachers. Then they end up taking daily medications which often have some serious side effects to them.
Various forms of physical activity, including skateboarding, can help these children to benefit in a variety of ways. What is now known is that for many of them their brains aren’t developed the same way as other children. They may be much more advanced. So when you are talking about an 8 year old boy, he may have the brain development of a 12 or 15 year old.
Types of Skateboarding Tricks
There are tons of wonderful skateboarding tricks out there that you can try. They range in level of difficulty as well. There are different types of tricks that you can learn depending on your skills and what you are interested in. Should you decide you want to compete in various competitions you will need to learn several of them so you have a good chance of scoring lots of points.
For those of you learning tricks for the first time or not having access to the skate park, lip tricks are very common. They involve using a ramp that you can buy for a low price or that you can even build yourself. It does take time though to get the combination of speed and angles correct with them. If you build your own ramp make sure you do research on the angle for them boards or you will have a harder time performing tricks with it.
What are the Most Difficult Skateboarding Tricks?
There are various skateboarding tricks out there that a person can choose to perform. They range in degree of difficult from beginners to advanced. Some people find mastering a particular trick easy while others struggle for a very long time to learn it correctly. The challenge of it all can be part of the thrill though because you can see yourself getting better and moving forward.
The most difficult skateboarding trick out there has been performed by very few. It is the Triple 360 Flip. This is a very intense move that takes a great deal of time and skill to master. Today there are only a handful of people that can successfully complete the Triple 360 Flip. It continues to be one of the tricks that people strive to master. There are lots of injuries and accidents that result from all of their efforts though.