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There is no recognized inventor of Skateboarding, which began as early as the 1930's. Retail skateboards were first marketed in 1958 by Bill and Mark Richard of Dana Point, California.

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Surfers in California invented skate boards.When the didn't have enough waves to surf in they made a wooden box on wheels,they called it "Surfing on the sidewalk'.

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