Skateboard: Difference between revisions

Skateboarding, as it exists today, was probably born sometime in the late 1940s, or early 1950s,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/brief-history-of-skateboarding-3002042 |title=Skateboarding: From Wooden Box Boards to Commercial Mainstream |access-date=May 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414144506/https://www.thoughtco.com/brief-history-of-skateboarding-3002042 |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-11 |title=THE PREHISTORIC SKATEBOARD? |url=https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2015/02/11/the-prehistoric-skateboard/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Jenkem Magazine |language=en}}</ref> when [[surfers]] in [[California]] wanted something to do when the waves were flat. The first skateboards were made from [[roller skates]] attached to a board.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/Skateboarding/articles/index.asp?article=history&topic=0 |title=Scholastic News: Skateboarding|website=teacher.scholastic.com |access-date=March 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403111056/http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/Skateboarding/articles/index.asp?article=history&topic=0 |archive-date=April 3, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Skateboarding gained in popularity because of surfing: in fact, skateboarding was initially referred to as "sidewalk surfing".<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Skateboarding: History, Culture, Tricks, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/skateboarding |access-date=2022-11-29|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|language=en}}</ref> The very first skateboards were handmade from wooden boxes and planks by individuals. Companies started manufacturing skateboards in 1959, as the sport became more popular.<ref name="Chivers 2010">{{Cite book| title= Skate Life: Re-Imagining White Masculinity | first= Emily | last= Chivers Yochim |chapter="The mix of sunshine and rebellion is really intoxicating": American Mythologies, Rebellious Boys, and the Multiple Appeals of Skateboarding's Corresponding Culture, 1950–2006|pages=27–77 |publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=9780472900459|doi=10.2307/j.ctv65sw5s.5|year=2010 |jstor= j.ctv65sw5s.5 }} {{open access}}</ref> [[Aftermath of World War II|In postwar America]], society was carefree with children commonly playing in the streets.<ref name="Chivers 2010" />

 

 

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