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1950
Skateboarding was created by California surfers as a way to surf concrete streets. -
A new sport
Nobody knows who made the first board, but in the attempt of surfing the streets a new sport was born. The old school skateboarders started out with wooden boxes or decks, with roller skate wheels slapped on. -
1970
At this time, skateboarding was mostly downhill slalom or freestyle, not much grinding and no big air jumps done on the street of NYC. During the 70s, due to freestyle contests, skateboarding took an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today. -
1980
During the 80's, skateboarding began to influence clothing styles, music and culture. -
1990
The first public skate park in NYC opened in the mid 90’s. Diamondz! -
since 2000
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. Mad props for that. -
Today
Today you can actually attend the Uptown Skate School in NYC, and get one on one personal skateboarding lessons – how mainstream is that?! There are even talks about skateboarding becoming an Olympic sport. Sick. -
Skatboarding in New York
Skateboarding in New York, the city that never sleeps, is something every skater should try at least once in his or her life. There is nothing like skating the concrete jungle.
