Frank Nasworthy's Wonder Wheels

ISBN-10
0325035210
ISBN-13
9780325035215
Category
Inventors
Pages
16
Language
English
Published
2013
Author
Gary Miller

Description

"Forty years ago, Frank Nasworthy came up with one little idea that saved skateboarding from extinction. What do skateboarders do now that they couldn't do before! Gravity - defying tricks!" --Cover page [4].

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