1950's Surfers from California decided they wanted to surf the
sidewalks and streets so they put roller-skate wheels on whatever
they could find. Boxes, surfboards, planks of wood etc.
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Skateboards originated in the 1960's in California. Surfers
nailed wheels to their skateboards and called it street Surfing. At
least I think the last part is right