Summer’s coming and with that comes a lot of flat days in the sea. Get yourself one of these great skateboards to get you through those lay days.
Skateboarders have always been given a bad rap and banned from a lot of places as dangerous. But most of these legends are just kids trying to have fun when the waves are flat and they are bored.
This is not always true some people are die hard skaters that just want to enjoy skateboarding and people like Tony Hawk have made it main stream for kids all over the world where he has made a great living from skateboarding and been the X Games champ a few times.
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years.
Check out Tony Hawk in action he is a true champ
History
First skateboards started with wooden boxes, with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. The boxes turned into planks, similar to the skateboard decks of today.
Skateboarding, as we know it, was born sometime in the late 1940s when the waves were flat. This was called “sidewalk surfing” – a new wave of surfing on the sidewalk as the sport of surfing became highly popular.
First manufactured skateboards were ordered by a LA, surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime. The owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Company to produce sets of skate wheels, that attached to wooden boards. Skateboarding was originally know as “sidewalk surfing” and early skaters performed barefoot.
Skateboarding was dangerous, resulting in shops being reluctant to sell them, and parents being reluctant to buy them. In 1966 sales had dropped and Skateboarder Magazine had stopped publication. The popularity only picked up in early 1970s.