| Skateboarding is to take action of riding as well as | | | | the shop, completed an agreement to the Chicago |
| doing or performing some tricks using a tool called a | | | | Roller Skate Company to make some set of skate |
| skateboard. The person who is doing skateboarding is | | | | with wheels attaches to a square lumber board. |
| denoted to as the skateboarder or the skater. This | | | | Skateboarding was originally referred to as a sidewalk |
| may be an art, a fun activity, a job for the others, or | | | | surfing, along with early skateboarder followed the |
| just their way by means of transportation. | | | | style of surfing and maneuvers. |
| Skateboarding is somewhat modern. This is been | | | | The skateboarding began to change by the |
| shapely and inspired by skateboarders all over the | | | | development of skate parks or ramp skating. Early |
| years. At 2002, around 18.5 million are present | | | | skate activities have consisted mostly of two |
| skateboarders of the world. The 85% of these | | | | dimensional tricks as of riding only two wheels, high |
| skateboarders is at the age of 18. 74% of it was | | | | jumping on a bar then land on the board once more |
| males. | | | | is known as "hippie jump", the "pivot" is spinning in |
| Skateboarding is almost certainly born in late 1940s or | | | | the back wheel jumping long from one board to a |
| 1950s during the surfers of California desired much | | | | different board or "slalom". |
| thing in surfing if ever there are flat waves. Nobody | | | | In 1965, the international championship broadcast |
| knows who formulated the first skateboard, | | | | skateboarding on the national television and was then |
| somewhat; it seems that some people come up with | | | | popularize in that time on a national magazine called |
| same thoughts at the same time. The first skaters | | | | Skateboarder Magazine. The development of this |
| begin with wood of boards or boxes attaching a | | | | sport through this period is also seen in the sale |
| roller skate wheel at its bottom. The boards are | | | | figures of Makaha that quoted $10million value of |
| turned into a plank and eventually the companies' | | | | board sales with in the year of 1963 & 1965. The |
| produces deck of pushed layers of lumber like the | | | | fame of skateboarding drops and remains low up to |
| skateboard top decks today. | | | | 1970s because the youth were faded in recent years |
| All through this time, skateboarding is seen as for fun | | | | because of the figure of the skateboarding as of |
| rather than surfing. The 1st surf shop manufacturer | | | | rebellious. Some cities continuously oppose the building |
| of skateboards is at LA, California, designed to be for | | | | of skate parks, for fear of increasing crimes and |
| the surfers of their time. Bill Richard, the owner of | | | | drugs throughout their area. |