Lots of viable answers: it became acceptable.... No longer is just for the outcasts as it was in the beginning. More people got really good and thus more money was thrown into the sport then translated to a bunch of tricks to Snowboarding. and of course Tony Hawk merchandising the sport on PlayStation helped tremendously. X-Games, etc.
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Skateboarding used to be called "sidewalk surfing". it happened when surfers couldnt surf and the put trucks and wheels on the bottom. Soon after "sidewalk surfing" began, people re-dubbed it as "skateboarding" and they changed the board shape and size. Thats why longboards are accepted in the skateboarding community
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Skateboarding became a extreme sport today by what people did with the sport back when they invented it. The most extreme way of skateboarding is by vert skating. Which by the most part is showed the most by Tony Hawk, a professional vert skater. ----
Tony Hawk brought skateboarding to what it is today, he was one of the first people to do alot of big things in skateboarding.
Basketball is a more widely played sport but I guess its whoever you talk to Skateboarding is much more popular than basketball because I ask people what is your favorite sport between basketball or skateboarding and they say skateboarding.
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