The History of Skateboarding

Now before I jump into this essay, I will first give you a background on the history of the sport. The original concept that the snowboard is based upon is the “snurfer”. Developed on Christmas Day, 1965 by Sherman Poppen in Muskegon, Michigan. In 1968, Tom Sims furthered the sport by developing the very first snowboard. Then in 1977 Jake Burton Carpenter developed the first bindings and changed the sport forever.

Skateboarding has rich history of innovation and is full of intriguing stories. Many of these stories are documented in this book in great detail. However, this essay will provide you with an overview of the last nine decades.

Since its conception and development, skateboarding has been a controversial public activity. This negative reputation dates back to the origins of skateboarding and to fully understand the issue we must understand the history of skateboarding. In the 1950’s, many different surfers had the idea to put roller skate wheels on 2x4 wooden planks and “surf” the streets when they couldn't actually surf in the ocean during periods of low tide. This was the public's first impression of what would eventually evolve to become skateboarding; long shaggy haired surfers riding through the streets on planks of wood that could barely turn and would result in frequent injuries. The sport developed through the 1960’s and reached its peak in 1963. During this

Originating in California as a way surfers could be able to surf when the waves were flat. The original creator isn’t known as it seems that everybody seemingly came together with the idea at approximately the same time. The first manufactured skateboards were ordered in a Los Angeles surf shop in California. The shop owner Bill Richard organized with Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce skate wheels to be used with the boards. Towards the later 60’s, there was a trend of shops dedicated to skateboarding or “Street surfing” referred to at the time. The evolution of the board went from a rectangle piece of wood to resembling a surf board. As skateboarding continued to become more popular, the first skateboarding magazine, “The

In marching band there is a stunt called a lunge. This is when you stick your leg out in a 45 degree angle and stretch it out. When I am skating there is a trick called a staple gun. That is where I take one leg off of my board and stick in on the ground, forming a 45 degree angle. As you can tell these are very similar stunts. I am good at lunging in marching band because I am good at performing the staple gun on my skateboard. This is probably my favorite movement skill that is in marching band and in skateboarding.

Snowboarding has an amazing background and explanation of how it came to be. It all started with the people who surfed and skateboarded. They wanted something similar to do in the winter. Sherman Poppen was the creator of the snurfer (an early snowboard) in 1965. Sherman was one of the skateboarders who wanted to surf but lived in Michigan. One day he nailed two skis together and attached a rope with a handle to the front thus creating the snurfer. Sherman then called his friends, who were engineers for the Brunswick Corporation and asked them to make some of the snurfers. The Brunswick Corporation made skis, bowling balls, bowling alleys, and bowling pins. The snurfer took the world by storm, but people wanted a safe way to ride. Eventually Jake Burton Carpenter started making a new model called the ski board and this was the first company for snowboards. Jake Burton was a Stockbroker who fell in love with snowboarding and decided to take the risk and start making them. He became the founder of the

The insignificant weight, compact size, ease to carry and maneuver, magnificent flex has made it one of the best skateboards for beginners. Anyone learning the basic would find it really useful.

Have you ever seen a flying tomato? Now if you have watched the winter olympic you have, his name is Shaun White. “ Born in San Diego in 1938, Shaun White began skateboarding after following his older brother to the nearby YMCA, and took up snowboarding at the age of six. Following his top performance at the 2006 and 2010 Winter games, and a disappointing fourth-place finish in the halfpipe in 2014, White in 2018 became the first snowboarder to win three Olympic Gold medals. The ‘flying tomato’ has also claimed several medals at the winter and summer X games.” (Shaun White.) The contributions to skateboarding demonstrated by the career of shaun white proves beyond a doubt that skateboarding Hall of Fame should induc

How to begin longboarding can be really easy or really hard depends on your set-up. Skateboarding shoes are perfect, but really, any shoes with a flat bottoms work well. This will help you grip the board better than if you were wearing running shoes. While it's possible to longboard in flip flops, don't try it until you at least know what you are doing! You also need a helmet. You'll need it when starting out, and you should always wear a helmet when doing anything fast, downhill, or anything even slightly dangerous! You're gonna want to use sliding gloves even if you're not sliding itll help if you fall.

Bored Americans who had way too much time on their hands created snowboarding. In the decade of the ‘60s, snowboarding was born, getting more interesting as skateboarders and surfers joined the early developers of the sport. As the sport gained popularity, it also gained it’s haters- mainly skiers.

Now by a show of hands how many of you snowboard or ski? I am not surprised with the amount of people who do snowboard and ski. For those who have never skied or snowboarded and want to. I am here today to help you make a better decision in choosing a snowboard. Since I am a snowboarder I will only be talking about snowboards today—sorry skiers.

Originally made for surfers, the board was meant to act as a surfboard riding waves, but for pavement. In the 1960’s companies began to mass-produce these boards due to the spike in popularity. Some of the more earlier surf skaters were; Mark Richards, Bruce Logan, Torger Johnson, and Dannel Bearer (Skateboarding History). The first trick called the “Kick tail” which was established during the 1970’s as well as Urethane wheels, which provided more traction, speed, and displayed innovation (Skateboarding History). In continuation, skate parks, pros, skate magazines, and movies arose in quantity. In the 1980’s more style of skating was introduced, street style. Like the great awakening, skaters began to build their own ramps and rails to skate. The trend topic for attire was the infamous baggy pants, shirts, and retro shoes. Skateboarding finally hit exposure when they attended the first X Games. This rejuvenated skating from an underground sport to a spectator sport. The skaters who attended the X Games also get paid money that ranges from 1,000 to 10,000 a month (Skateboarding History,). These now so called “Pros” received their possessions based on wins, talent, placement in competition, and the quantity of contest they participate

Peralta shows several members of the Z-Boys explain through expert interviews, the arduous task of creating skateboards, as commercial skateboards were hard to find. Their skateboards used clay wheels, which would “lock up” and injure the rider if they turned too hard or hit a pebble on the road. This did not have any real negative effects on the Z-Boys and they continued to use this particular design until the invention of urethane wheels. Another example of the Z-Boys ingenuity is their incorporation of surfing into skateboarding. The Z-Boys all came from surfing backgrounds and incorporated these styles into their skateboarding. This emulation of “surfing on asphalt waves” would continue to used as the basic skateboarding style of the

The skateboard deck is the flat surface of layered plywood that functions as the body of the skateboard. Its sizes are categorized in four sizes and are measured in inches. The sizes range from: a micro size which is known to be 6.5 to 6.75 inches and accommodates children 5 years old or younger, a mini-size which is 7 inches and accommodates children from 6-8 years old, a midsize which is 7.3 inches and accommodates children from 9-12 years old, and lastly is the full-size which ranges from sizes such as 7.5 and anything larger than that and the full-size accommodates anyone 13 years old or older. While picking your preferred size, it is also key to consider your preferred style of skateboarding. Sizes ranging from 7.5-8” are commonly known to complement street skating and technical tricks, sizes 8-8.25” are a bit wider and it’s best practiced in pools, ramps, rails, or skate parks, while sizes bigger than 8.25” are most practiced on vert or anything old

Skateboarding is a very popular sport. The sport originated in the late 1940’s to 1950’s by surfers because the water was to cold to surf in, and the waves were flat, so the surfers put wheels on a board and called it sidewalk surfing. They took pieces of wood and attached old roller skate wheels to the bottom of them. Though then it was so that surfers could still have fun when water was cold it has now turned into one of the most popular extreme action sports around.