| How much do you really know about skateboarding? | | | | The Tony Hawk video games are among the most |
| Test out your knowledge by reading these fun facts. | | | | popular in the world. There are many versions of |
| If you know them all, you can dedicate more of your | | | | them to check out. He has spent hours being video |
| time to learning new tricks! If you didn't know many | | | | taped so that movements are very realistic to what |
| of them you can feel better now that you have | | | | he is know to do in real life. |
| brushed up on your knowledge of this sport. | | | | With the cost of gas continually increasing, more |
| More than 18 million people own a skateboard in the | | | | people are using skateboards for transportation than |
| United States. 85% of these individuals are less than | | | | before. It is no longer just for fun! Many students |
| 18 years of age. 74% of them are males. Yvonne | | | | use them on campus to be able to quickly get |
| Dowlen still competes though and he is 81 years old! | | | | around. |
| There are children as young as three years old that | | | | It is illegal to own a skateboard in Norway. The ban |
| can do the basics on one as well. | | | | was implemented in 1989 due to the number of |
| Tony Hawk has a deal with Kohl's to sell shoes due | | | | people being injured while riding them. Skateboarding |
| to having his own line of footwear. Hawk agreed to | | | | has only started to get a following in Portugal with |
| do so only if they were affordable - never over $40 | | | | the highest number of owners of boards being |
| so that everyone can afford them. He is also | | | | reported in 2008. |
| responsible for the creative designs on this signature | | | | The military began using skateboards for some indoor |
| line of shoes. | | | | maneuvers in 1997. |
| One of the crazy ways in which professional skaters | | | | Skateboarding is actually good for your health. It can |
| have helped to raise money for skate parks is by | | | | help a person to improve in the areas of balance, |
| taking part in golf fund raising tournaments. While | | | | flexibility, and coordination. It also helps to tone up |
| their fans don't see it as enough action, these events | | | | muscles and to strengthen the heart. |
| definitely generate plenty of income for the cause. | | | | Concentration and hand/eye coordination improves |
| The culture of skateboarding emerged in California. It | | | | when a person skateboards. It can help a person to |
| was mainly designed as the ground equivalent of | | | | be able to focus their attention for a longer span of |
| surfing in the water. The first skateboards actually | | | | time on other activities in their life as well. |
| had handles on them that allowed a person to move | | | | One of the biggest failures in marketing for Levi |
| them. | | | | brand of jeans was when they tried to appeal to the |
| Approximately 800,000 people are seen by medical | | | | style of skateboarders. |
| professionals annually due to skateboarding injuries. | | | | There are new facts about skateboarding all the time |
| Less than 40% of individuals that do this sport | | | | so take some time for it. When it is too cold outside |
| where the proper safety equipment for it. | | | | to skateboard, don't let it get you down. Go online |
| There are some famous movies out there that | | | | and find some new facts to get you by until you can |
| depict skateboarding. One is called Gleaming the Cube | | | | ride your board once again! You can impress your |
| with Christian Slater. This film debuted in 1989 and is | | | | friends too with the information you learned about |
| still one of the best with this type of action | | | | skateboarding in the mean time. |
| portrayed in it. | | | | |