How Skateboarding Has Changed

A lot of people see skateboarding as a destructive and idiotic sport but in reality there is a lot of history behind skateboard. Skateboarding has changed drastically over the years with the tricks to the companies and even the skateboard shape it self.

The first skateboards took on the look of scooters. the skateboards were rollerblade wheels screwed to a two by four (Brooke para. 2). Usually,the wood had a milk crate attached to the wood with a handle for more control (Brooke para. 2). Five decades passed and the kids removed the milk crate and began to ride on just a two by four with wheels (Brooke para. 2). During this time thousands of rollerblades were torn apart and hammered to two by fours (Brooke para. 2). Changes to the trucks in the 1950’s made it

1). Skateboarding consists of two styles, street skating and vert skating (“Skateboarding” para . 4). Street skatingboarding consists of skating stairs, rails, and ledges (“Skateboarding” para. 4). Vert skateboarding consists of skating half pipes which are giant wooden ramps (Skateboarding” para. 4). The basic sizes for a skateboarding deck is 81 centimeters long and 23 centimeters wide (“Skateboarding” para. 2). The 3 components to skateboarding are the trucks, deck, and the wheels (“Skateboarding” para. 2). Skillful,Good skaters can come up with and do hard tricks (“Skateboarding” para. 1). The tasks with skateboarding are balance with the feet and board (“Skateboarding” para. 1). Skateboarding was invented by surfers who wanted to “surf” concrete (Owen para. 2). Skateboarding has been around for a while and people were skating on clay wheels (Owen para. 1). A company called Cadillac Wheels started making urethane and changed skateboarding (Owen para. 4). The hardcore skaters began to build ramps in their backyards (Owen para. 5). In 1980 the invention of the VHS allowed kids to watch skateboarding (Owen para.