Skateboarding was invented by surfers when the water got to cold to surf. Originally, the surfers put wheels on their surfboards. Later, it took trend and people started making their own versions of a skateboard. ----
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Skateboarding was first started in the 1950s, when all across California surfers got the idea of trying to surf the streets.
Ally Oop in skateboarding was invented by Andy Kessler. Andy Kessler was a New York City skateboarder. He was a pioneer of skateboarding and he developed new styles of skateboarding.
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As soon as it was invented.
just to make skateboarding "better" (that thing is stupid!)
The mctwist is a skateboarding trick invented by mike mcgill
don't know but Thomas Welsh invented skateboarding
it was beilieved that surfers such as tony alva and stacey perleta created skateboarding in the winter when it was to tough to surf so they would surf the streets!
Nobody invented skateboarding as far as i know. I did a report on skateboarding for school and all i came up with is that a bunch of surfers put roller skates onto two-by-fours and called it Sidewalk Surfing around the 1960's.
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. ----
In 1963, skateboarding was at a peak of popularity, and companies like Jack's, Hobie and Makaha started holding skateboarding competitions. At this time, skateboarding was mostly either downhill slalom or freestyle. Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward and Danny Berer were the inventors.
skateboarding didn't begin from a single person, it was just people over America started creating boards with wheels on during the late 60's-early 70's