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1950
Skate boarding started in 1950 when some surfers got that idea to “surf” in the streets. It is born In California. -
1960
firms in the U.S.A began to make these skateboards. Larry Stevenson's Makaha and Hobie Alter's Hobie began to produce the first true surfing inspired skateboards. -
1970
The skateboards began to be really popular people started to make stunts like kicktail. -
1978
Alan Gelfand invents the Ollie. -
1979
Cause of the damages of skaters the insurance rates for skate parks rise dramatically and many parks started to close. -
1980
The Plywood and freestyle skating began to pop up in the streets, skaters started to make der own wood ramps. The ollie has come into its own as the foundation for 80% of street tricks and about 60% of vert tricks, with the focus being on more technical and larger tricks.
The crises in 1979, also let to more private owned skateboard parks, owned by skaters, so skating became more an underground ting. -
1984
Peralta teams up with George Powell and makes a video. -
1987
Skateboarding started to be international -
1990
: Skateboarding was considered to be a sport, people was attracted by this funny sport. People start to sign up to Extreme Games in Rhode Island. 198,000 spectators attend the first Extreme Games. Seven sponsors -- Advil, Mountain Dew, Taco Bell, Chevy Trucks, AT&T, Nike and Miller Lite Ice -- lend their support to the event. -
1995
started to be more and more popular. From June 24 through July 1, the Extreme Games are held in Newport, Providence and Middletown, R.I., and Mount Snow, Athletes compete in 27 events in sport categories: In-line Skating, Skateboarding, Skysurfing, Sport Climbing, Street Luge. -
1996
In 1996 the Extreme Games in Rhode Island was held again. -
1997
Winter X Games started, snowboarding started here. From January 30 through February 2, the inaugural Winter X Games are televised to 198 countries and territories in 21 different languages. -
2000
: A pro skateboarder can earn from $1000-$10000 (5000-50000 DKK) -
2001
skateboarding had gained in such popularity, more participants under the age of 18, rode skateboards (10.6 million) than played baseball (8.2 million), although traditional organized team sports still dominated youth programs overall. -
2002
Skateboarding games started to pop up in Nintendo 64. -
2004
TISF started (The International Skateboarding Federation) -
2005
The Lords of Dogtown movie comes out, telling the story of the Zephyr team. -
2013
Today skateboarding is still a big sport, some new sponsors like Redbull started to sponsor Ryan Sheckler.