Epic timeline of Skateboarding

The Birth of a Skateboard

Jan 1, 1940

Skateboards were created Jan 1st 1940 skateboards started out with wooden boxes

1960s First manufactured skateboard

Apr 11, 1960

Skateboards in the 1960s brought the first manufactured skate

Renovented SkateBoard wheels

Jan 1, 1972

Jan 1st 1972 Frank Nasworthy reinvented SkateBoard wheels

The ollie

Mar 7, 1978

. In 1978,a skater named Alan Gelfand (nicknamed "Ollie") invented a maneuver that gave skateboarding another revolutionary jump.

The Xgames

Mar 7, 1995

The XGames the first extreme sports competition In Rhode island