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Manual Labor

By Jon Coen
EXPN.com

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Please don't call it a wheelie. It's known as a manual—riding on two wheels, be they front or back, while maintaining a tricky balance of bodyweight and board control. The manual was a staple of street and park skating in the early 90's, but once big gaps and handrails came into play, the manny seemingly went the way of the boneless and walking the dog. "It was always around, but now it's coming back into skating," explains Red Bull pro Joey Brezinski, of Venice Beach, "It's one of the f ...

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