From this point on, skating will never be the same. 1973-75: Fiberglass boards made by surf shops out of fin material become popular with the surf crowd. Companies experiment making skateboard decks, using everything from wood to aluminum. The first full-length skate movie, Spinnin' Wheels, is released.
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1958: The skateboard is made from roller skates attached to a board. This is really where it all starts. 1959: Roller Derby mass produces a skateboard with metal wheels. 1963-66: Surfboard companies like Makaha and Hobie start making better-quality skateboards with clay wheels and trucks that are made for skating. The first skate contest is put on in Hermosa Beach, California, in 1963.
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Most skateboards are about 32 inches (81 cm) long and 9 inches (23 cm) wide. A skateboard comprises three major parts: the deck (the board upon which the rider stands), the trucks (the construction that attaches the wheels to the deck), and the wheels.
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While I have no interest in ever doing a half-pipe (a modern skateboarding ramp), when it comes time to autograph the vintage skateboarding cards that have yet to be invented, I'll be ready. And getting back in shape has become my top priority of late.
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In 2013, Tim Keller, the former 14-year-old leader of the Palisades Skateboard Team in Los Angeles, California (one of the top teams in the country in the '60s), wrote an article about the team and the beginnings of skateboarding called Skateboarding's First Wave: A Palisades Story.
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1958: The skateboard is made from roller skates attached to a board. This is really where it all starts. As surfing becomes more popular, skating becomes a way to surf when there are no waves—sidewalk surfing.. 1959: Roller Derby mass produces a skateboard with metal wheels.
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Those early wheels were usually steel, which offered a rough ride, to say the least. Worse, steel wheels offered little or no traction, so riding these boards was pretty much a straight-ahead proposition. In the late 1950's, the first commercial skateboards appeared, though most boards were still homemade. By the 1960's, some advances in roller skate design led to the appearance of clay wheels. These were an improvement over metal wheels, but not by much.
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The first commercial skateboards appeared in 1959, but crude homemade versions of skateboards, often consisting of nothing more than old roller-skate wheels attached to a board, were first built after the turn of the 20th century.
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This led then 9-year-old Donny of the team -- now Don Burgess, not so little, a grandfather, and an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer (Forrest Gump) -- to look for some vintage skateboarding footage that his father had taken of the group.
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There are variations of the skateboard, most notably the longboard, which can run from 38 to 60 inches (96.5 to 152.5 cm) in length. The sport of street luge began with the use of longboards, ridden in a prone position down a steep hill. The street luge vehicles are still essentially skateboards but are up to 8.5 feet (2.6 metres) long and have supports for the head and feet. They can reach speeds of 80 miles (130 km) per hour. Other modifications to the skateboard include sails for wind-aided riding and blades for skating on ice.
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when did skateboards first appear
Skateboards first appeared in 1950. Skateboards first appeared in 1950. 