Skateboarding

Skateboarding

Feb 15, 1950

People surfed a lot so the kids used to take off their roller blades and nail them into a piece of wood.

Skateboarding

Nov 25, 1958

Kids used to call skateboarding “side walk surfing”

Skateboarding

Aug 22, 1963

Larry Stevenson designed and made the first professional skateboard.

Skateboarding

Nov 25, 1964

Larry Stevenson made a skate company named “Makaha”

Skateboarding

Aug 22, 1965

skateboarding became very popular in venice beach

Skateboarding

Jul 27, 1966

The shoe brand “vans” got its start with the skate world.

Skateboarding

Dec 16, 1969

Larry Stevenson created a new board called the “kick tail.

Skateboarding

Aug 22, 1980

Skateboarding mostly went underground , street skating. The large skateboarding companies suffered a huge lost.

Skateboarding

Jun 25, 1987

Skateboard tricks became more difficult and technical.

Skateboarding

Oct 4, 1991

The deck size decreased from 9”- 10” to 7” -8” in width.

Skateboarding

Jul 28, 1998

People started getting big in the skate world.

Skateboarding

Mar 6, 2004

Skateboarding was earning respect as professional athletes receiving a lot of money.

Skateboarding

Mar 25, 2006

Original team member Danny Bearer died of a heart attack at age 59.