| There are so many skateboarders today it is | | | | had the first they wanted to see what the new |
| crazy recent study shows that there are over 12 | | | | decks would look like. The new types of wheels |
| million people world wide that skateboard and a | | | | would come out before any new type of |
| third of those people are under the age of 18. | | | | skateboard would. |
| That is one good sport and a lot of people must | | | | Every day people will use a skateboard as a |
| love something about the sport of skateboarding. | | | | mode of transportation and people love to |
| Skateboarding is just a sport to some but to the | | | | skateboard. It is something that has consumed |
| people that actually love the sport it is a lifestyle. | | | | the world and the world's people seem to like |
| It was first made and rode in the 1950s and was | | | | what skateboarding has to offer so it does |
| just a piece of wood with wheels. Now the | | | | appear that it is staying and getting better. |
| modern skateboard that we are using is made | | | | Most of people see skateboarding as just another |
| from all kinds of different things like fiberglass and | | | | sport and you cannot do the sport in most public |
| the wheels are not just wheels anymore they are | | | | places other then skate parks these days. It is |
| made from polyurethane and other materials. So | | | | illegal in most places to skate where they have |
| if you though that skateboards were still being | | | | public property. The real skateboarders see |
| made like they were back then you need to go | | | | skateboarding as a lifestyle and like to live like it is |
| look at what is being made now. | | | | every day. They will wear all skateboarding brand |
| Back when they were using those kinds of | | | | clothes and will wear skate shoes. You can spot a |
| skateboards all the surfers in California would take | | | | skateboarder from just the type of clothing that |
| the wheels off the roller skates and put them on | | | | they will be wearing. |
| a skateboard deck and make themselves | | | | Skateboarding if you look back when it started |
| skateboards to ride down the hills in California. | | | | evolved from surfing so if you are trying to |
| That is far from how they are made today even | | | | blame the cause of a great discovery on the |
| though they first made skateboards that early | | | | hippies you are wrong. Skateboarding evolved |
| and with some roller skate wheels. | | | | from surfing and it started and now today the |
| Back then when they were making those types | | | | skateboarding industry is booming. People that are |
| of skateboards they looked like surfboards | | | | in with the sport already will continue to do the |
| because they were long and would turn so quick. | | | | sport forever because it will become part of their |
| Today skateboards are made from more durable | | | | every day activities and to most people will be |
| materials and can be used for awhile. They sold | | | | their lifestyle. So if you are a person that wants |
| so many skateboards in that time when they first | | | | to get started in skateboarding then you need to |
| came out that they had to make or come up | | | | go buy a skateboard and try it out. |
| with something new because everyone already | | | | |