During this month I'll dedicate some attention to this theme: Skateboarding. Ready for some kickflips? If you ever have the chance of conceiving/designing a skatepark or a sports/skate shop or even a skateboard deck/technical component, you'll find through the following articles some useful tips and links to worthy 3D models. SketchUp will certainly help you a lot on the task and Google 3D Warehouse already has a good pack of skateboard models and collections. I've made a selection called "The 5 Star Skateboard Stuff" that compiles my favorite models in there, up to this date.
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Several ramps, rails, ledges and even skateboard deck molds are accurately modeled and nicely illustrated so you may have the chance to "Do It Yourself"...take a look!