History Of Skateboarding

The History of Skateboarding No one knows for sure when officially skateboarding was born but most people agree it started in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

History of skateboarding. MTV Sports History of Skateboarding Part 1- mini documentary done by Stacy Peralta prior to Dogtown and Z-boys. Skateboarding Grew Out of Surfing. It seems like an omnipresent sport that has been around forever since the dawn of our days.

For many skating is more than a sport its a way of lie. Skateboarding is similar to surfing in many ways. The first skateboard competitions were flatland freestyle and slalom downhill racing.

Former 1970s skateboarding pro Kurt Hurley gives his perspective on the history of skateboarding. During the post-war period the US. That time California surfers opted to do something while the waves go flat.

See more ideas about history of skateboarding skateboard old school skateboards. In both surfing and skateboarding the person having fun stands on some board and rides it deriving lots of joy and thrill. The idea was a land surfboard and many people loved this idea.

The history of skateboarding arguably goes back to the 1920s and 1930s. The first commercial skateboards appeared in 1959 but crude homemade versions of skateboards often consisting of nothing more than old roller-skate wheels attached to a board were first built after the turn of the 20th century. Companies such as Jacks Hobie and Makaha started having real competitions consisting of Downhill Slalom and Freestyle where skaters like Torger Johnson Woody Woodward and Danny Berer paved the way for future skaters.

To many peoples surprise surfboarders are tied to creating the skateboard. Skateboarding started in the 1940s to the 1950s. People began manufacturing skateboards in large quantities in the 1960s.