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  Skateboarding - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The invention of the ollie in 1978 made it possible for skaters to perform huge airs off vertical ramps.
The size and shape of the fourth and current generation of skateboards is dominated by one trick: the ollie.
To ollie is to fly off the ground (flat or a wall) with the board without holding onto the board and land back on the board.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skateboarding   (1363 words)

  
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The Ollie is the foundation of almost all skateboarding tricks excluding oldschool tricks.
The inventor of the ollie is Alan Gefland.
Most people can't ollie high because they only bring up their front foot, and their back foot holds the rest of the board from coming up.
www.angelfire.com /retro/crap3/ol.html   (471 words)

  
 Ollie's Memorial Page
My baby Ollie suffered from seizures all night but she was unaware of what was happening to her.
But Ollie knew--she did not want us to have to live with having made that decision--she was lying in my arms when she died.
Ollie would have liked a donation to either Boston Rescue, or United Animal Nations (since they gave her the grant to help pay Cornell) Ollie would be pleased (& I would love it) if the kindness of Ollie's Angels could carry on in her memory to help others in need.
www.geocities.com /Petsburgh/3878   (1139 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NBA - Monday roundup: Ollie chooses Cavs
Cleveland Cavaliers: Kevin Ollie, one of the most coveted point guards on the free-agent market, told ESPN.com on Monday night that he has verbally committed to signing with the Cavs.
The steady Ollie, 30, will receive a five-year deal worth $15 million, giving the Cavaliers an experienced floor leader to ease the pressure on teen sensation LeBron James, who is expected to play long stretches at point guard in his rookie season.
Ollie, who finished last season as Seattle's only true point guard after the Gary Payton trade, has played for nine teams in his six NBA seasons.
espn.go.com /nba/news/2003/0714/1580425.html   (463 words)

  
 Ollie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"Ollie is coming along nicely and has formed a tight bond with me...which is good, until someone else wants to hold him.
Ollie has taught himself several new tricks: from his outside perch, he does flips or somersaults, and his latest acrobatic feat is lowering himself upside down from the perch and hanging by one foot, then switching to the other...he does this until I seem adequately impressed, then flips upright, looking rather pleased with himself.
And that's me! I'm Ollie, a 3 1/2 year old green cheek of unknown (to you) sex.
www.mickaboo.com /see_our_birds/story.php?id=316   (392 words)

  
 Ollie Halsall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ollie Halsall died in Madrid on 29th May 1992 of a drug related heart attack at the age of 43.
In an interview for Greater London Radio at the end of April 1992 when Kevin and Ollie did a short acoustic set, Kevin referred to them as 'the elderly brothers' - and brothers they had become, born of the same Spiritual Mother.
They were each, as a friend put it, 'structures behind the edifice', both self-effacing men whose distinctive skills gelled as no other into a fluid and magical song.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~marwak/ollie   (260 words)

  
 Ollie Otter's Diary13
She told the conference attendees about how Ollie arrived when the class was doing a unit on penguins.
When Gwen saw Ollie she was so excited because she knew all about this wonderful project.
First Ollie read a ''Weekly Reader'' (He likes this issue it's about otters and penguins too his favorite thing was Whiskers.) He learned if there are no more seals there are no more otters.
www.mrsburns.com /olldry13.htm   (607 words)

  
 Skateboard Science: Glossary
kickflip: a variation on the ollie in which the skater kicks the board into a spin before landing back on it Kickflip by Tony Trujillo (Quicktime 3 movie 380k)
nollie: an ollie performed by tapping the nose of the board instead of the tail Nollie by Matt Fields (Quicktime 3 movie 350k)
ollie: a jump performed by tapping the tail of the board on the ground; the basis of most skating tricks
www.exploratorium.edu /skateboarding/largeglossary.html   (661 words)

  
 Welcome to The Ollie Halsall Archive
Peter 'Ollie' Halsall was born in Southport, England in 1949.
Ollie took up guitar and they acquired the legendary Mike Patto on vocals and finally drummer 'Admiral' John Halsey.
After less than a year Ollie quit and did numerous sessions including one track for Kevin Ayers.
www.olliehalsall.co.uk   (207 words)

  
 Ollie The Prize
Ollie smiled because he thought it was funny.
Ollie got to play with 3 kids that were older than him.
Ollie handled it pretty well, though he didn't want to be separated from his parents.
ollietheprize.blogspot.com   (1850 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Fat Ollie's Book: A Novel of the 87th Precinct   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ollie Weeks, on the other hand, is only a fairly recent addition to the series and works out of the neighbouring 88th Precinct.
Ollie is an ignorant bigot (is there any other kind?) who complements this with a complete lack of sympathy when dealing with victims families.
Ollie's proposed favour is for the detectives from the 87th Precinct to help him work the Lester Henderson murder case.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743202708?v=glance   (3203 words)

  
 Ollie Austin - Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The following pages are designed to assist anyone who appreciates good music as well as country and western music lovers who appreciate the multi award winning artiste Ollie Austin, considered by many, to be one of the finest British live performers on the theatre, club and dances circuit at this moment in time.
Ollie has a very busy venue diary and bookings are taken sometimes many months in advance of the performance date.
Until the year 2000, Ollie Austin had recorded for Foam records but in December 2000 the first recording on the Unity Music label appeared called, "Late In The Evening" followed by another in June 2002 "My Door Is Always Open" and "The Way I Am".
www.ollieaustin.info   (210 words)

  
 How to do an ollie on a skateboard
It’s not quite as easy as it may seem, and if you have gone through skateboarding 101 with the aid of the newest hit video game, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, you may be in for a rude awakening.
The ollie is a simple trick, but it does take a long time to master.
After you perfect the ollie, you can work on height by stacking other skateboards (or anything else) and jumping them.
mn.essortment.com /howtodoanoll_riur.htm   (607 words)

  
 Paradise Park Wildlife Sanctuary >> News >> Hello Ollie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ollie the White Faced Scops Owl has joined the Eagles of Paradise flying display team.
Despite her poor start, Ollie has now grown into a wonderful bird, and has an active life helping out with the shows.
Like lots of owls Ollie may appear to be all cute and fluffy, but she is in fact quite a handful.
www.paradisepark.org.uk /news/ollie.htm   (164 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NBA - Ollie heads to Milwaukee to back up Cassell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But Ollie said the contract could be up to $1 million if he reaches his $50,000 worth of incentives.
Ollie averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 assists during his career while playing for Dallas, Orlando, Sacramento, New Jersey, Chicago, Indiana and Philadelphia (twice).
Ollie fills the void behind starter Sam Cassell after the Bucks decided to not re-sign Rafer Alston.
espn.go.com /nba/news/2002/0906/1428072.html   (166 words)

  
 Help Ollie
Ollie, with the table he made at school.
Ollie's Cottage, was bought using some of the funds from money awarded in The High Courts of Justice, in settlement of a medical negligence claim.
Though with the help of the settlement, he is now at a wonderful school where he is very happy and succeeding in many new areas.
olliescottage.users.btopenworld.com /id40.htm   (208 words)

  
 Oliver North   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ollie was buying his weapons through a business owned by Richard Secord, a retired Air Force Major General.
Of course, it would have been easier for prosecutors had Ollie refrained from burning the ledger for his slush fund.
Nowadays, Ollie is a bulletproof vest manufacturer, book author, motivational speaker, part-time TV actor, and conservative radio commentator.
www.rotten.com /library/bio/usa/oliver-north   (508 words)

  
 Welcome to Ollie's Page
Ollie is a Boston Terrier girl with a serious heart condition.
Since Ollie got worse a few weeks ago, the vets have had to double the doseage of her "lasix" the drug that reduces the buildup of fluid around her heart & lungs, & have had to keep her on the high doseage in order to keep her comfortable.
Remaining on the high doseage is not good, because lasix is the drug that the vets rely on to help her if she has an cute breathing episode, but if we try to reduce it, she has trouble breathing.
www.geocities.com /Petsburgh/3878/story.htm   (1011 words)

  
 OLLIE CASE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Prior to that appointment, Ollie was the recipient of several prizes and awards including first prize out of 211 original entries in the All Ontario Amateur Talent Contest, as well as first runner-up awards in the Canadian Finals of the Yamaha International Organ Festival.
Ollie is the organist at Laurel Lea St. Matthew's Presbyterian Church, located in his home town of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, where he is also a professional piano tuner and a licensed real estate salesman.
To find out when Ollie is appearing in your area, and for information on recordings, please email for details.
www.organ.co.uk /users/ollie.html   (219 words)

  
 Ollie: On Line Information Exchange!
We hate to break it to you, but Ollie will probably not be the biggest chunk of money you dole out in order to provide a complete web solution and remote access.
Ollie packages the most commonly requested end-user features of WebSAFE into a single solution which is designed to be easy to configure and use.
In order to keep Ollie economical, many features of Ollie are pre-configured to meet the needs of the widest variety of brokers.
www.suntowersystems.com /ollie.htm   (1705 words)

  
 Ollie's Page
Since he is part Siamese he likes to talk a lot and constantly meows at me. He likes to come in a room and meow at people so they will pay attention to him and pet him.
Ollie is a very affectionate cat and loves to cuddle with me, esp. in the winter he likes to sleep under the blanket with me.
Having said all that, Ollie is just simply cute even when he doesn't do anything special at all.
www.hannasworld.com /ollie.html   (163 words)

  
 AUE: FAQ excerpt: "ollie ollie oxen free"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At [...], [The URL that was given for 'ollie ollie oxen free' is no longer valid.
There is an item on the subject that appears to be Jesse Sheidlower's at .] Jesse Sheidlower writes: "'Ollie ollie oxen free' is one of about a bajillion variants (I know -- I counted) of a phrase used in various children's games [...], especially hide-and-(go-)seek.
The most common of these has 'oxen' replacing 'out(s)' in, giving 'all-ee all-ee oxen free'; with the 'all-ee' reinterpreted as the name 'Ollie' [the nickname for Oliver...].
www.alt-usage-english.org /excerpts/fxollieo.html   (175 words)

  
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She'll be feasting on turkey flavored baby food (it's the easiest thing for her to eat) until she regains her appetite and starts eating crickets again.
Customs are still trying to determine what type of fish she brought into the country and have not yet charged her with an offence.
It's not a reality but it could be true if only she would love me. The only thing I have to offer her is my tiny lizard heart and a box of crickets.
ollieheartscrickets.blogspot.com   (2787 words)

  
 Skateboard.com Curbwax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The reason you need to learn how to ollie, and ollie well, first, is simple: When you first learn how to ollie, your nose goes up, and your tail barely leaves the ground.
It may be helpful for you to ollie at first by putting your wheels in a crack (so you don't roll), or maybe in between two walls you can out your hands on (it will help boost you up).
Their flatground ollies are second to none, they are powerful and they appear to be effortless.
www.skateboard.com /frontside/SkateLife/Features/HowToOllie   (1012 words)

  
 Ollie & Drugs
OLLIE NORTH AND DRUGS By Dennis Bernstein and Howard Levine >From *The Texas Observer* This article is posted to the internet by permission of the authors.
But I think you would be hard pressed to show a concerted government backing or involvement in [drug trafficking]." It is just that kind of attitude, Castillo said, that led officials to ignore North's operation, allowed him to evade prosecution for drug dealing, and now has him poised to move into the United States Senate.
"There was nothing covert going on in El Salvador regarding the Ollie North operation and narcotics trafficking," Castillo said.
www.csun.edu /CommunicationStudies/ben/news/cia/961120.castillo.html   (1580 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Kukla, Fran, and Ollie
Outside of Howdy Doody and the Muppets, Kukla and Ollie were probably the most popular and successful puppets ever to appear on television.
Allison stood in front of it, her head on a level with the tiny proscenium, and chatted with Ollie, the falsetto-voiced Kukla, and the other regulars in the puppet cast.
Kukla, Ollie and the rest died with him in 1985; Fran Allison died in 1989.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100686   (613 words)

  
 Oliver Reed - A Tribute
We are not here as a reference point for Ollie's undoubted acting achievements - this is a personal mission, to celebrate the fact that in a world full of brainless sheep, there are still some people out there who believe that life and people are more important than money and possessions.
As many Brits will be aware, the British film and TV establishment saw fit to virtually ignore his sad demise, as Ollie liked to do things his own way - we hope within these pages to provide a suitable means of tribute for those wishing to pay their respects to Ollie.
Since his death the U.S film industry has honoured Ollie; the U.K film and television industry still seems to treat him as something of a laughing stock.
www.olliereed.co.uk   (453 words)

  
 Ollie-- Bob's Trick Tips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The no-handed "Ollie Air" was done by Allan "Ollie" Gelfand.
The flat ground ollie is simply a timing trick, in which you jump into the air and snap the tail of your board on the ground at the same time.
Your first ollies will be about 1 inch up, which is just fine.
www.bobstricktips.com /tricktips/ollie.shtml   (541 words)

  
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As some of you may know, the ollie originally appeared as a vert trick, done frontside, by Alan Gelfand.
According to an email I got from Ollie himself, the year was 1978.
Learning to ollie can be frustrating, because magazines and videos always show guys how can ollie over small cars, fire hydrants, benches, etc. I would say, however, that if you concentrate on learing small but solid ollies, you will learn better.
skateboard.frafra.de /ollie.htm   (505 words)

  
 Ollie - Skateboard-City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By popping your board and jumping you will get your board a little bit off the ground, then by dragging your front foot up the board to the nose, you will suck the board higher and even it out, to be even with the ground.
This is because it is the most important thing in an Ollie, at least when your learning.
Start small Ollie hockey sticks around 8 sticks is usually a deck high so from their on you need to stack decks cause it is easier to put a deck up then to put 8 hockey sticks stacked up.
www.skateboard-city.com /Ollie.php   (476 words)

  
 Ollie's Journal - Bravenet Web Journal
Quote for Ollie: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Ollie: I think more of you read this than my IRL friends, anyway.
Josh: Ollie, we need to have some of these smiles at pweb.
rahl22.bravejournal.com   (5819 words)

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