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History of Skateboarding
Skateboarding started in the 1950s. Surfers got the idea to surf on the streets. Nobody knows who made the first board. The old school skateboarders started with wooden boxes or decks, with roller skate slapped on. -
Skateboard started
First was skateboarding mostly downhill slalom or freestyle, not grinding or big air jumps. -
70s evolutionary
In the 70s, starts skateboarding an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today. -
Skateboarding started for real
In the 80s, skateboarding began to influence clothing styles, music and culture. -
Skateboard park
The first public skate park in NYC opened in the mid 90s. The skateboard park name is Diamondz! -
Skateboarding in Olympic sport
Since 2000 skateboarding has become more mainstream. More money has been put into skateboarding, there are more skate parks, better skateboards, and more skateboarding companies support the skaters. Today can you actually started in a Uptown Skate School in NYC, and get one on one personal skateboarding lessons. How cool is that?! People talks about skateboarding becoming an Olympic sport! -
Skate into traffic
It’s cool to having NYC’s skyline swirling around you, while you skate into traffic. Skating with yellow cabs, to the shouts of city workers, the tunes of street-artists singing, and the polices sirens as background while you pave your way through the streets. It’s a skater’s wildest dream. So TRY IT! -
Skateboarding in NYC
Skateboarding in New York is so wild. The city that never sleeps, is something every skater should try at least once in his or her life. There is nothing like skating in NYC.
