Outdoor Recreation: Gear Maintenance, Safety & Fitness

Leisure activities like kayaking or rock climbing provide significant wellness benefits when coupled with proper gear maintenance and safety skills.

Skateboarding

How to Stop on a Skateboard When Going Downhill

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Susan Lundman

When you’ve progressed from simple skateboarding and are ready to make the commitment to traveling downhill and learning tricks, you also need to make a renewed commitment to safety.

Susan Lundman began writing about her passions of cooking, gardening, entertaining and recreation after working for a nonprofit agency, writing grants and researching child development issues. She has written professionally for six years since then. Lundman received her M.A. from Stanford University.