Skateboarding became popular in Southern California in the 1970's. With more kids living in homes where both parents worked, they found they had more leeway to skating in empty Swimming Pools, which were used as ramps, during the winter months without getting into trouble. The recreational sport became a national trend with the popularity of Dogtown and Z-Boys.
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in the 60's and 70's skateboarding became popular as "surfing on concrete"
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.
I think Skateboarding is more popular.
definetly in California
Baseball. It's Americas sport although skateboarding is one of the most popular extreme sports
right now
skateboarding
its really popular
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Vert skateboarding was much more popular in the early through late eighties until street skateboarding began to rise in popularity in the early nineties. Skateboarding is much more popular presently than it was in the legacy years of the seventies and eighties. Both vert and street skating have a healthy following to date.