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The skateboard history

By Victoria Loenne

  • Skateboarding was started

    Skateboarding was first started in the 1950s. Mellow surfers got the idea to surf the streets.
  • Period: to

    Between 1950 to 1970

    skateboarding took fx an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today between 1950 to 1970

  • The 70´s

    The 70´s
    In the 70s took the skateboarding an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today.

  • The 80´s

    The 80´s
    In the 80's, skateboarding began to influence clothing styles, music and culture.

  • Skate parks in NYC

    Skate parks in NYC
    The first public skate park in NYC opened in the mid 90’s.

  • 2000

    Since 2000 skateboarding has become more mainstream. More money has been put into skateboarding, there are more skateboarding companies there is supporting the skaters, there are more skate parks, so thats verry nice!

  • Today

    Today
    There has been a lot happened since 1950! Today are there actually a Uptown Skate School in NYC. You can get a one on one personal skateboarding lessons at the school. Today there are even talks about skateboarding becoming an Olympic sport!