check this out

this was a site i found for an assigment and its actually pretty cool. You get updated on the latest skateboard brands from the magazines shown on the site. Theres a bunch of videos showing you cool tricks about skateboarding. Theres much more but those were the two big things i saw that i liked about the site so go check it out :).
http://skateboarding.transworld.net/

HOW TO MAKE A CUSTOM SKATEBOARD

how to make a custom skateboard video:

image of some of the brands skaters use

FDR SKATEPARK

Created by skaters, for skaters, it is considered within the skateboarding community to be an excellent park with endless speed lines. The park has several "areas", including the core park that lies under the aforementioned overpass, the neighboring and connecting pool section, and a mini ramp and vert ramp. South Philadelphia's FDR Skate Park has been described by professionals and in magazine articles such as Thrasher and Skateboarder to be a concrete, skateboard 'paradise', The original core of the park includes features like the "Bunker," a 60-foot-long (18 m); the "Dome," a 4-foot (1.2 m) wall of concrete that climbs up into a burly overhang11-foot (3.4 m) next to the Bunker with brick coping and provides privacy from the road; a 6 ft patch of humps called the "Amoeba", this park provides a challenge for skaters of all skill levels, even professionals. As mentioned the park is situated right under the I-95 highway overpass, right off Broad Street, so it is protected from rain and snow.