bowl skating
Curved concrete surfing
Bowl skating is skateboarding in a bowl—a smooth, curved concrete structure resembling an empty swimming pool.
Skaters ride up and down the walls, using the transitions between flat bottom and curved sides to build speed and perform aerial tricks.
The style emerged from 1970s California, when skaters began riding drained backyard pools during droughts: She spent the afternoon bowl skating at the skatepark.
- halfpipeU-shaped ramp for tricks
- vertUpright orientation, abbreviated
- copingManaging under strain
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
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