Skateboarding

When i was 11 i discovered long boarding. I was watching youtube video’s one day about hover boards or something and found a video of someone riding down one of the steepest hill which is Baldwin Street in New Zealand which has a gradient of 35%. It's not the steepest hill in the world just the steepest drivable one. So this guy was going a little over 70mph on this long skateboard kinda thing and binge watched long boarding for the next week. I figured out the best brands what to put on it and…

The first time I ever saw someone roller blade they I thought. WOW! It amazed me how people could do that. Have you ever wondered about the history of roller blading. Like who invented the first pair of roller blades, and when were they invented? Is it even considered a sport? Also, what is the difference between roller blades and roller skates Who invented the first pair of roller blades, and when were they invented? The first pair was made by and man in the 1700’s that went by the…

For as far back as fifty years in addition, surfing legend Tom Morey has been planning custom surfboards and is known as one of the world's principal creators of surfboards and surfboard sorts. Some of his more popular plans are known as the Blue Machine, the Camel, the Peck Penetrator, the WaterSkate, the Morey Boogie, the Morey Doyle delicate surfboard, and his most recent configuration sorts the Swizzle, the SUP Blazer and the Heater. I am certain that most every one of you have known about…

While skateboarding is most commonly considered as a recreational activity, it can also be used as an active and effective means of transportation. Therefore, skateboarding is often treated as a type of transportation tool. At Cal Poly Pomona, skateboarding along with other coasting devices become increasingly popular for students as an alternative means of transportation, but at the same time, they appear to the decision makers as a target for policy actions. Under current school policy,…

it was made with metal wheels. From 1963-1966 Surfboard companies began to make skateboards using clay for the wheels and trucks that are made for skating. During this time the first skate contest held in Hermosa Beach, California. By 1964 Skateboarding was being…

thing that comes into your mind when you think of a “skateboarder”? Graffiti, vandalism, shady looking kids, trouble makers? A stereotypical label has been put on us skaters and our reasons for why we skate. Now, in the eyes of a skater, what is skateboarding? Freedom, a hobby, a sport, a community, a shared interest. It’s amazing the feeling you can get from a piece of wood with wheel on it. If you couldn’t tell already, I am a skateboarder myself, and I have many friends who skateboard and…

ago when “Surfers in California got the bright idea to surf concrete and invent skateboarding.”(The Evolution of Skateboarding, 1) Do you want to hear more information about the invention of the skateboard? Well, you don’t have to ask me twice. “Skateboarding. The origin of the first skateboard has never been proven as it seems to have been the spontaneous invention of multiple people.”(The Evolution of Skateboarding, 2)…

Skateboarding has developed into a worldwide captivation as far back as its rough birth as an activity wear. There was the famous Z-Boys skate group of Dogtown, a pack of surf renegades who cut discharged swimming pools with four-wheeled boards of wood. There was the road skating furor of the '90s, eventually making such skateboard famous people as Ryan Sheckler and Rob Dyrdek. In any case, most importantly, there was Tony Hawk. A pioneer of the generally worshiped activity don for a wide…

Skateboarding wasn’t always popular with society. Skateboarding was in a drought twice, but it managed to get its fame back. More and more people just stopped skateboarding because it was becoming boring since there wasn’t much to do on it at the time. People didn't really think of skateboarding as a sport, especially parents. Most people just thought it was something to keep kids busy when they were bored (Hozie). Parents didn't mind them making boards because it was something to keep kids out…

positive values such as responsibility, individuality and creativity through skateboarding to all people of all generations. Tony Hawk first found skateboarding as a platform for expression and he used it as such. Hawk spent most of his time in the skatepark creating new and crazy tricks such as the kickflip McTwist and the frontside 540. Hawk’s new tricks quickly spread throughout the sport and the media. Skateboarding is one of few sports that allow the full freedom of expression that is one…