Street skateboarding

day that leave the public questioning, “What could have possibly been the cause of that?” I can recall one of these abnormal and somewhat surreal situations that happened not too long ago. It was later in the evening, and I was driving down a quiet street in order to get to friend’s birthday party. Out of the corner of eye, I saw only what I could make out to be a younger man in his early twenties riding down the sidewalk on a skateboard while wearing a purple Teletubby costume and smoking a cigarette

Dogtown and the Z-boys is a movie that represented the concept of youth subcultures. It expressed social conflicts associated with class, and culture. Although, the Dogtown movement first started off as a surfer subculture. Later, environmental, and historical consequences created the skater subculture. What is seen in this film is a minority group of teenagers from the outskirts of South Santa Monica and Venice beach. The skater subculture in Dogtown was created by the Zephyr club. In which it consisted

Paint this, it’s the late 90’s in Highland Park, L.A. County. An oriental looking boy is sitting on a wobbly wooden stool about 3 feet away watching PBS Kids in a black and white picture on 10” screen. I can still recall the flickering picture and the pixel barred pallet, also in black and white. I’m not stating I grew up misfortuned but this is one of my earliest memories, in-fact my grandmother did have a colored picture t.v. It’s the setting as the focal point, especially if some are familiar

something similar as they did in the water. Skateboarding history still has a mysterious origin. No one to this day knows who actually invented the skate board. Several people have claimed to have made the skateboard but nothing has been proven. In 1965 skate boarding’s popularity began to reach its’s top. First skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. Skateboards first

Skateboarding vs. Longboarding Everyone knows what skateboarding is and has an opinion on the sport. However, not very many people know or have even heard about longboarding. Because of this, most people just assume that skateboarding and longboarding are similar in sport and that the same stereotypes of skateboarders can be given to longboarders. That is not the case at all. Even though they may seem similar longboarding has its own unique attributes that set it apart from skateboarding. Skateboarding

The History Of Skateboarding By: Alex Hopkins Surfers in California stared skateboarding in the 1950’s when surfers didn't have the waves they wanted. So they decided to surf on concrete. They took roller skates and slapped them on to a 2x4.the surfers rode on side walks and all over the place. People were amazed to see local surfers on these new things. In the 1960’s skateboarding was the big thing. The sports popularity was at it highest. Skateboard companies had competition with

I started skateboarding when I was eleven years old. In 2010, when I was thirteen years old, I met Tony Alva at Berkeley Skatepark. At the time, I did not really know who he was except that he was a former professional skateboarder. Later that night, I went on my computer and did research about who he was and that is when I found out about the Dogtown skate crew. All of the information that I gathered that night changed my life forever. I had scene both Dogtown films, Lords of Dogtown and Dogtown

I, all my life have been one hundred percent dedicated to skateboarding. It started when I was just six years old. It has always been my favorite thing to do. I’ll be honest, I am good at it, and I have always competed well. But then I got to this point where, I was not so sure if it was for me. I questioned my skill, and love for skateboarding. You are going to find out what exactly happened. I am going to give you a little background of myself, and my skating. I am sixteen years old, and have

culture and ideology among the American youth. The documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys depicts the story of a group of outstanding surfers who decided to use their skills on land and popularized the skateboarding in Santa Monica and throughout the United States. While in the 1970s both surfing and skateboarding were the countersport cultures, the

In the article “The First Ice Skates Helped People Travel in the Winter” by Smithsonian.com, adapted by Newsela staff, the main idea is the evolution of ice skates. For example, in the section “New And Improved” Smithsonian.com states, “Today's skates are four times faster than the original bone skates. Still, bone skates served people well for thousands of years.” By saying this, Smithsonian is explaining how one way the skates have evolved, they are now faster. Another example of how ice skated