| The skateboard is a certain device which was | | | | skateboarders, high jump skateboarders, downhill |
| conceived as a means of surfing outside of water. | | | | skateboarders, long jump skateboarders and so |
| The history of skateboards cannot be specifically | | | | on. |
| traced back to a certain age but is indeed very | | | | Today with the popularity of skateboarding |
| fascinating. Some hold the belief that the art of | | | | especially in the Western parts of the world the |
| skateboarding began on the beaches of California | | | | surfing enthusiasts are developing a special |
| while some other hold other that the background | | | | fascination over the skateboards and this is |
| of skateboarding can be traced to some other | | | | leading to an increase in the manufacture of |
| place. In the recent times however skateboards | | | | skateboards of different types. There are also |
| are seen as an emblem of youthful energy and | | | | certain trivia attached to that of the skateboard. |
| vigour. In the early era of 1930s the kids in the | | | | In the year 1993, on 17th August Thomas Welsh |
| United States attached the roller skates to a | | | | was issued patent # 5,236,208 for a skateboard |
| board which measured up to two to four inches. | | | | which would be platform steerable. Following that |
| But it was not before 1958 that the modern | | | | Allan Ollie Gelfand invented Ollie which was again a |
| range of skateboards was invented. | | | | trick of skateboarding where in the skateboarder |
| Talking about the design of the skateboards it can | | | | would jump into the air with the skateboard |
| be easily claimed that they were inspired from | | | | completely attached to his feet. Though there |
| that of surfboards. In the initial phase they were | | | | was a lapse in the popularity of the skateboards |
| quite similar to that of the surfboards but in the | | | | in the 70s and 80s it has made a huge comeback |
| following times there was a change in the design | | | | again both in the arena of pastime and sport in |
| due to that of the commodities. The first range | | | | the contemporary times. In the United States |
| of skateboards was manufactured in the year | | | | skateboarding ranks sixth when it comes to the |
| 1965. They were thick by one inch and had in | | | | talk of the sports which has the largest number |
| them rubber wheels and also cast iron trucks. | | | | of participants. In the coming years also it is likely |
| With varied range of skateboards available the | | | | to remain the major attraction as well as the |
| skateboarders are also able to classify | | | | centerpiece of the youth culture of America. |
| themselves accordingly like free style | | | | |