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In the 1950's they would call the skaters for "Asphalt Surfers". California and Hawaii are known to be the two first spots in the world where they developed some kind of a skateboard. They used shorter surfboards and wheels made out of metal. In 1959 Roller Derby released the first official skateboard, with some new technical developments
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AT this time skateboarding was mostly just cruising, slalom or freestyl, not much grinding or tricks, was done on the street of NYC.
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In the 80's skateboarding began to influence clothing styles, music and the overall culture.
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The first skate park opened in NYD in the mid '90s
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Nowadays skateboarding are becoming mere mainstream. More money has been put into it, there are more skate parks, better skateboards and more skateboard companies to support the growing skaters.
