Why is a skateboard curved?

Answer 1

the shape of the deck has evolved through out the years to meet the needs of skateboarders

Answer 2

its better for flipping it and if it hit you leg it would cut your leg off. Then you would would have to go to the hospital to get it either cut off or a robot leg. I wouldn't like that, but they do make good robots in Japan. They have contests and stuff there. But Tokyo is overpopulated and smogish so I wouldn't move there if I were you. Even if I was there I wouldn't be able to tell if I were in Japan or China people the people look so alike. Sorry that was mean. So why is a skateboard curved at the ends? Because Chinese people look the same as Japanese

Answer 3

Dear young blood, the curve(concave) in a skateboard is for doing tricks like ollies, kickflips, heelflips and etc. now the cancave in a board creates a kind of boost to pop you and the board in the air when you are doing an ollie or any other trick. but to do this it takes practice and detemination.

i hope this helps

Answer 4

I'm not sure exactly what the question means regarding "that shape," but the safest assumption is the popsicle stick shape that most of today's "street skateboards" are shaped.

There is a ling evolution of Skateboarding shape history and everything comes down to form and function of each particular era. For instance, during the sixties, when sidewalk Surfing was the rage, skateboards were shaped like miniature surfboards, with a pointed nose and a tapered tail, and various lengths which allowed for tighter or wider turns.

During the seventies, when kicktails appeared and the urethane wheel was manufactured, the riding, and the tricks, that people started doing benefited from a wider shape and larger wheels. People tried all different kinds of materials during this time, and the best riders of the era became sponsored. The skateboarders began dictating what worked and what didn't. So the shapes, sizes, and materials that the best riders liked and rode themselves became the standard of the era.

This same evolution is true when examining the ten inch wide boards that emerged at the end of the seventies and persevered into the 1980's. The most popular terrain of the day was big fast skateparks, followed by big, fast vertical ramps and boards in the popular 10" x 30" size with 60mm to 63mm wheels became standard.

Sometime around 1984, as the skateparks closed and backyard ramps fell victim to insurance hassles, the kids who were considered diehard skateboarders took to the streets. As the flatground ollie was revolutionizing the way "street" skateboarding was performed, the leaders of this era began to cut down larger skateboards from 10" to 9" or even 8.5" shapes. Garry Davis and Tommy Guerrero were the first two skateboarders to have pro models that were smaller than other boards or the day, although several pros, including Steve Caballero and Gator, had "mini" models that were smaller versions of their regular boards and served the same purpose: a smaller, lighter boards was easier to ollie with and became more functional for the current skateboarding that more people were starting to do.

As the 1980's became the 1990's, the tricks once again evolved, as kickflips, shove-its, manuals, and switch skateboarding became the most progressive skateboarding. As the skating evolved, the shapes evolved as well. Skaters began discovering that a smaller board with a more asymmetrical shape was more functional for the kind of skateboarding they were doing.

Over the last twenty years, boards shapes have, for the most part, stayed similar to these shapes. They got narrower for a while, but seem to have settled in at the 7.5 to 8.5 range, with wheels, which were once as small as 40mm, now averaging in the 50mm to 55mm size. Of course, larger and smaller wheels and boards are available, and there has been a recent revival of board shapes from the eighties and nineties, and even the seventies.

There are also many longboard shapes, freestyle boards, and boards that pool skateboarders tend to like.

Answer 5

* by the pressure you push it gets more speed

Answer 6

for tricks, olley, manual,and maybe to stop is you slam the back down

Answer 7

If you leave the skateboard outside in the rain/snow for long periods of time

the board could warp but its not very probable

If this didnt help sorry