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Skateboard in the 50's
Skateboarding was first started in the 1950. It started of the big interest, for surfing. This was an opportunity to "surf" in the cities. -
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60`s surfing-inspired skateboards
In the early 1960's companies such as Larry Stevenson's Makaha and Hobie Alter's Hobie began to mass-produce the first true surfing-inspired skateboards -
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Skateboarding in 70's
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streetstyle 1980
skaters began to create their own wooden skate ramps in backyards and empty lots and turn previously unrideable street terrain, such as walls an handrails, into free-skate parks -
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X games 1990
the Extreme Games started agian in Rhode Island, once more exposing the sport of skateboarding to millions of people. Skateboarding was also included in the 1997 Winter X Games in the form of a CrossOver event that also included in-line skating, bicycle stunt, and snowboarding. -
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Skateboarding in the zeros
Now there is alot of competition around the world. Prof skaters can win so many money, that it is there work