History of Skateboarding
When Skateboarding started
Skateboarding started in the 1900's.
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                                                                         What Skateboards were like
                                                          The first skateboards were kind of like scooters.They featured
                                                           roller skate wheels attached to a 2 by 4.Often the wood had  a
                                                            milk carton nailed to it with handles sticking out for control.
                                                           In the 1950's modifications were made to the trucks(part that
                                                           holds the wheels) and kids started to manuver more easily.
         What Skateboarding was like
           Skateboarding was mostly done in the streets,
            but some brave skaters used empty swimming
           pools. By 1965 international contests,movies(skater
           dater),a magazine(the quaterly skateboarder)and cross
          country trips by teams of skateboarders elevated the sport
          to enormous heights.
 
 
 
 

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                                                   Links to good sites about skateboarding history

                                                http://www.aloha-cruz.com/skateboarding.htm
                                                http://www.interlog.com/~mbrooke?history.htm