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Skateboarding is one of so many choice on extreme sport. One of the largest ever to hit the craziness of children and teenagers of our generation have been skateboarding. But how many of you should know that it really began in the early 1950s and its popularity coincided with the mania surf in California at the time? It’s true. In the early days, skateboarding all homemade and made from wooden boards attached to roller skate-and truck wheels. He is even not known yet, even as the skateboard as “sidewalk surfing” practitioners of the best are the ones who just mimic the style and moves from the surfer on time. Some people say the skateboard just evolved from “Scooter crate” looks exactly like a skateboard except that it looks like a regular scooter handlebar.

When it comes around the sixties, skateboard started to really take off. There is now a skateboard manufacturers like Hobie and the actual manufacturer surf Makaha. Their initial product looks much like a surfboard from the time. Skateboard became so popular that a magazine dedicated to it has been produced on a regular basis. There’s even a skateboard International Championship in 1965 that aired on national television. In terms of sales, the data show that skateboard Makaha’s sales figures reach USD 4.000.000 on 1963-1965, which is really a lot in those days. However, in 1965, fashion skateboarding was over. Sales dropped significantly and the magazine the skateboard shops are closed.

The second generation of skateboarders to make their presence felt in the early seventies. This started when Frank Nasworthy is able to create skateboard wheels made from polyurethane, which give skateboarders improves traction and performance. New products such as a skateboard became a big hit among common children and teenagers once again and also to young adults. Some companies are trying to create their own skateboard innovation, including the u.s. specifically designed for skateboarding. And as a skateboard became more controlled, maneuverable and started getting wide deck-10 inches wide and sometimes more. There are many experiments in skateboarding at that time, including the use of aluminum and fiberglass to replace the standard material for skateboarding, maple plywood. Soon enough, the new craze is all about who can do the best tricks. And the best is yet to come.