The History of Skateboarding

Skateboarding is born

Mar 13, 1940

Skateboarding was first brought into this world in the 1940s and 1950s.

Girls started skating

Apr 13, 1945

1945 is when people noticed girls started to skate

Skateboarding was looked down upon

Feb 15, 1950

Skating wasnt payed attention to. No one cared for it and people looked down on it.

Police have had enough

Mar 15, 1955

Police and Citizens are done with skateboarders. They are thought of as bad and devilish.

Skateboarding was considered illegal

Jul 14, 1959

Skateboarding was so looked down upon it was considered illegal by the eyes of police and citizens. It was never actually illegal though.

First skate contest

Apr 13, 1963

In 1963 Makaha formed the first professional skateboard team, and that same year the first skateboard competition was held in Hermosa, California. It included events in freestyle and downhill slalom skateboarding.

Skateboard wheels were changed

Oct 29, 1969

Wheels use to me clay but now they have changed them to polyurethane

Skateboarding takes off

Jun 6, 1975

summer of 1975 is when skateboarding really took off. The Z-boys and other skate teams were competing around the world.

Thrasher mag was created

Mar 15, 1981

Thrasher magazine was created and skateboarding became well known around the world.

The skateboard changed

Apr 13, 1984

More and more skate companies were being produced and they started coming up with new ways to shape the skateboard