History of skateboarding
Legend says that is was the surfers who use a makeshift skateboard as substitute for their surfboards when there were no big waves. The first mass produce skateboards replace the rustic home made ones.

In about 1962 hardwood boards with clay composition wheels instead of metal roller skate wheels were manufactured by the thousand. Improved boards allowed more difficult tricks to be preformed, previously though to be impossible. Skateboarding died out pretty much in the sixties except for the coastlines of America.

In the mid-seventies Frank Nasworthy introduced a plastic urethane wheel that delivered a smoother glide and a faster ride. Skateboarders became more adventurous, skating on steeper hills and other terrain.

Skateboarding captured the attention of American youth. Skateboard parts were designed specifically built. A lot of skate parks were shut down due to poor design and insurance.

Skateboarding went underground until the mid-eighties, when back to the future came out and kids began to pick up skateboards again.