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Skateboarding

  • History

    History

    Skateboarding was found
  • Wheels

    Wheels

    Roller Derby produce a metal wheel for skateboarding.
  • Popularity

    Popularity

    Skateboarding was at the peak of its popularity
  • Companies

    Companies

    skateboarding crashed nobody liked skating anymore. Companies fell apart and those who still wanted to skate had to build skateboards on their own.
  • People

    People

    People still wanted to skate so they made wheels out of clay and decks were homemade. A man by the name of Frank Nasworthy invented urethane wheels.
  • New Wheels

    New Wheels

    With the invention of new wheels,new possibilities emerge. gaps,ledges,ditches etc. are now skateable because the new wheels can grip the concrete. From this point on, skating will never be the same.
  • Boost in Popularity

    Boost in Popularity

    In the spring of 1975 skateboarding took a boost and was very popular again. In Del Mar, California they were holding contest and a team called zephyr showed people what skateboarding was truly about.
  • VHS

    VHS

    Skateboarding continues to grow as the subculture that we all know it as. Another invention in the 1980’s played a big role for skateboarding, Which was the invention of the VHS.
  • Skateparks

    Skateparks

    Skateparks pop up everywhere and skateboarding video games lets every kid be a skater. The X-Games continues to become more and more popular.
    Skateboarders being criminals starts to come into play.
  • Popularity

    Popularity

    kateboarding has stayed the same since 1975. Other than skateboarding becoming more popular and the actual skateboard getting an upgrade it stayed the same through all those years.