| There are so many skateboarders today it is crazy | | | | because everyone already had the first they wanted |
| recent study shows that there are over 12 million | | | | to see what the new decks would look like. The new |
| people world wide that skateboard and a third of | | | | types of wheels would come out before any new |
| those people are under the age of 18. That is one | | | | type of skateboard would. |
| good sport and a lot of people must love something | | | | Every day people will use a skateboard as a mode of |
| about the sport of skateboarding. | | | | transportation and people love to skateboard. It is |
| Skateboarding is just a sport to some but to the | | | | something that has consumed the world and the |
| people that actually love the sport it is a lifestyle. It was | | | | world's people seem to like what skateboarding has to |
| first made and rode in the 1950s and was just a piece | | | | offer so it does appear that it is staying and getting |
| of wood with wheels. Now the modern skateboard | | | | better. |
| that we are using is made from all kinds of different | | | | Most of people see skateboarding as just another |
| things like fiberglass and the wheels are not just | | | | sport and you cannot do the sport in most public |
| wheels anymore they are made from polyurethane | | | | places other then skate parks these days. It is illegal in |
| and other materials. So if you though that skateboards | | | | most places to skate where they have public property. |
| were still being made like they were back then you | | | | The real skateboarders see skateboarding as a |
| need to go look at what is being made now. | | | | lifestyle and like to live like it is every day. They will |
| Back when they were using those kinds of | | | | wear all skateboarding brand clothes and will wear |
| skateboards all the surfers in California would take the | | | | skate shoes. You can spot a skateboarder from just |
| wheels off the roller skates and put them on a | | | | the type of clothing that they will be wearing. |
| skateboard deck and make themselves skateboards | | | | Skateboarding if you look back when it started |
| to ride down the hills in California. That is far from how | | | | evolved from surfing so if you are trying to blame the |
| they are made today even though they first made | | | | cause of a great discovery on the hippies you are |
| skateboards that early and with some roller skate | | | | wrong. Skateboarding evolved from surfing and it |
| wheels. | | | | started and now today the skateboarding industry is |
| Back then when they were making those types of | | | | booming. People that are in with the sport already will |
| skateboards they looked like surfboards because they | | | | continue to do the sport forever because it will |
| were long and would turn so quick. Today | | | | become part of their every day activities and to most |
| skateboards are made from more durable materials | | | | people will be their lifestyle. So if you are a person that |
| and can be used for awhile. They sold so many | | | | wants to get started in skateboarding then you need |
| skateboards in that time when they first came out that | | | | to go buy a skateboard and try it out. |
| they had to make or come up with something new | | | | |