The History of skateboarding
Skateboarding has a unique hisotry which is not well known. Altough skateboarding was invented in 1950, some say ideas for skateboards arose as early as the 1930's. Skateboards were created on the California coast by surfers who were frustrated when there was no surf. They found they could use the same skills involved in surfing by nailing roller skates to the bottom of a plank of wood.
Skateboarding grew slowly until 1964. The first deck materials were solid oak, ash and mahogany. A problem remained concerning the wheels, which were made of metal. They would not turn easily, they were loud, and they locked when they hit a small pebble. In 1973 a man named Frank Nasworthy invented wheels made of polyureth
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