Evolution of Skateboarding One faces a life of ups and downs, as it goes down, it is evolving throughout time. The Ollie, a no handed aerial or basic skateboard trick, was invented by Alan Gelfand in the late 1970’s. Similar to a doing an Ollie the rider must pop and pick the board up using their feet sailing high in the air eventually, gravity brings one down at some point, but as it is done more over time progression increases. This sport has always been an individual one. Those who took part
Skateboards In 1950, surfers in California got the idea to surf in concrete and that’s practically how skateboarding was created. But it wasn’t until 1963 that skateboarding started to gain popularity, the sport was at its peak ,but suddenly in 1965 skateboarding simply die, some of the reasons of this sudden loss of popularity was that the sport was extremely dangerous, the boards used
“Skateboarding is for the socially awkward,” I thought to myself dreading going into this project. However, after spending several hours with skateboarders Mike Thacker, Cassious Brownlee, Lance Love, Jarrell Harrison and Sean Hough, I quickly learned that my assumptions, along with most others’ were misleading. Skateboarding is a very respectable, intricate sport that involves passion, heart, determination and perseverance. Skateboarders are risk-takers in the most literal sense of the word. They
If you don’t succeed at first try try again. This saying is the main thing that kept me trying when I couldn’t land a trick or even ride a skateboard. It was a long process to learn how to ride, but in the end I’m happy that I fell hundreds of times, broke my arm, and spent countless hours to learn how to skateboard because it has made a positive influence on my life. Skateboarding has had a positive impact on my life because it’s taught me to never give up, like Conor Mcgregor has said, “there’s
The space trooper was lonely and sad because he had nothing to do except skateboarding. He lived on the moon and he noticed there would be no one to be his friend because there are no people or any other friends that live in space but one day he found an alien and the alien didn’t want to be the space trooper’s friend because the alien thought the trooper was bad. After that, the strong trooper was doing a skateboard trick but his skateboard /broke apart and then he fell over and also he hurt his
that skateboarding is not 100% accepted. But why are a lot of areas banned from skateboarding? Skateboarding should never be banned because it serves a purpose. As a part of the skateboard community, we (skateboarders) keep the youth and adults out of doing any illegal activities such as using drugs or condoning violence. In fact, skateboarding not only keeps my community safe, but keeps my friends who skate safe as well. To myself and all of the youth and adults in the world, skateboarding is not
Skateboarding is a sport that many individuals in our society do recreationally or even professionally. There are many popular locations for skateboarding that people go to watch the sport in live action. Hollyfield Park is a popular skateboarding destination that many people come to. In today’s technologically growing society, it is very hard to see people outside playing or doing something they love. Banning this sport is essentially stripping away a large community of people from having fun and
The History of Skateboarding Culture (Chunk 1) Ever since I was a little kid, the sport of skateboarding has been an inspiration to my lifestyle. Most people learn to ride a bicycle as their first “vehicle”, but that wasn’t the case with me. For some reason, my parents decided to get me a skateboard before anything, and I fell in love with it instantly. I became obsessed with the way that people rode these skateboards in a fashion that made it look so natural and easy. I started small, learning
Missing figures Brief History of Skateboarding. In the beginning, skateboarding consisted of a 2x4 and some old roller-skate wheels. Around the 1950's with the boom in the surfing popularity, skateboarding became more popular. During this time it was known as sidewalk surfing. In the 1960's is when skateboarding really took off. This is when the first skateboards were produced and sold. During this time period skateboarding consisted of cruising around the streets on your board. In 1978
Not one skateboarder has the exact same style. Skateboarding began in the late 1940’s. Its origin began with surfers in Southern California striving to recreate the sensational feeling of carving a wave. (hydroflexskateboards.com) In the early
Over the last twenty years the world of skateboarding has changed greatly because of the exposure it has had through media. The originators of this media were skate magazines that highlighted many photographers and their talents. The photographs from twenty years ago were using nothing but a cheap old 35mm and came up with some incredible artistic shots. But those old cameras have been replaced by today’s photographers with the top of line cameras and lenses. The top
Dog-town, as the locals called it, known as the z-boys in the 1970’s. Even though skateboarding was already known and invented, the z-boys are the ones who made skating famous and took it to new heights in popularity. But how did they do this? The Z-boys made this sport what it is today, and played a very important part in the history and evolution of skateboard style and quality. During the 1950’s when skateboarding first got it’s legs it was a very popular activity to take part in during vacations
April 2015 Skateboarding is Truly an Art Form “I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment” Tony Hawk. To a skater this would mean skateboarding isn’t just a sport. But also a type of art form. To some people skateboarding is a sport, to others it may be a hobby, or a lifestyle, but it’s really an art form because it allows for individual expression. Skateboarding is an art
Skateboarding Onwards to History Gender inequality is present in all sorts of sports including skateboarding. Skateboarding has been around since the 1950’s and women are not treated correctly in the sport to this day. Just because women are treated incorrectly does not stop them from skateboarding, in fact, it makes them raise with passion. Six articles provide examples of women standing up for themselves, being treated wrongly, show facts and statistics. From women starting a movement, to women
Skateboarding competitions are amazing to watch! With talented skateboarders competing the adrenaline felt by even watching this amazing sport is all consuming. It's no surprise that this sport brings in five billion dollars a year. These people have talent, dedication, drive and the ability to push fear out the window and do what they love to do: Skate. Skateboarding is an individual thing, about pushing oneself beyond personal limits, conquering fear and daring to be extreme. These are qualities
Competition Led Skateboarding Back in the 1960’s when skateboarding first became a pastime, it was not popular at all, and amongst those who did it, it was more of a dance than anything else. It wasn’t until 1975 that skateboarding started heading towards what we know it as today. The Zephyr Surf Team, based in Dogtown, began skateboarding as a substitute to surfing when the waves were choppy. They created their own style that was debuted to the public in 1975 at a competition that they won. That
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
Skateboarding Skateboarding is the best activity for a lot of people around the world. Why do a lot of people think skateboarding is the best activity? Everyone has different favourite activities that he or she would like to do for fun or relaxation. They can be anything such as soccer, basketball, jogging, swimming, reading, watching movies, playing the guitar, singing, dancing or drawing. It depends on each person’s personality. For me, skateboarding is one of my favourite activities. Like playing
Landing My First Kickflip When I first started skateboarding my goal for skateboarding was to land a kickflip. After I had landed my ollie, fs 180, pop shuvit, shuvit, I started working on the kickflip. When I first started I could hardly rotate the board. I kept trying on and off for about a week. When we went to a party there was a guy there who used to skateboard, I asked him how to rotate the board and he said that you kick down to rotate the board. When I got home that was the first thing I
teens get injured from skateboarding related accidents and need to be brought to the emergency room each year. Around 61,000 from inline skating. Thats around 125,500 injuries a year just from two skating sports alone. Kids, teenagers, and even adults don't understand the importance of using safety equipment while participating in skating sports such as these. Skateboarding is a sport where skill acquired over time. People will practice for hours on end trying to land tricks or learn a new skill.