Skateboard History
Skateboarding comes from California, United States is famous for its sports surf. It is said, the surfers are looking for a sense how they can still play skating when the ocean waves are receding.
So, in the late 1940s to early 1950, skateboarding was introduced. Skateboard is a game up and do various tricks using skateboard board.
Skateboard boards when first recognized, very simple. Only a box or piece of wood is carved by hand and given a skate tire. His name was sidewalk surfing. Because this game is only played when the waves recede.
The first one to order a skateboard board for sale is Bill Richard, a surf shop owner in California. The manufacturer is The Chicago Roller Skate Company.
In 1963, skateboarding games became famous. Skateboarding companies that sprang up like Jack's, Hobie, and Mahaka compete. Skateboard athletes became an idol.
They include Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward, and Danny Berer. But, their game is different with skateboard style today. style players used to be, more like a ballet dancer in a contract.
Unexpected, in the middle of its glory. Suddenly the skateboard suffered a setback in 1965. The game was considered to be no more macho than the hula hop girl game. Many skateboard companies out of business. But, there are still many teenagers who faithfully play it in their spare time.
In 1975, the skateboard began to rise again. This is because there are races held freestyle and slalom competitions. One of the biggest is the freestyle and slalom contest in Del Mar, California. At that time, Zephyr team introduced a different style of game completely from the era of skateboarding first.
Team members Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Stacy Peralta. They do a lot of unimaginable styles on their skateboards. Suddenly, this game becomes more macho and cool among teenagers.
In the 1980s, skateboarders began to create vert ramps or land to play skateboarding. New skateboarding techniques are popping up. The most famous is Alan Gelfand. He was the one who first discovered the ollie technique in Florida in 1976.
He is now more commonly known as Alan "Ollie" Gelfand. Ollie's own technique is to play a skateboard without holding a skateboard board like it's flying.
Berskateboard is now not only in skateboarding land but penetrated into the city park, sidewalks, shopping malls like malls became a choice of play. Skate board technology is also developing more modern and more comfortable to wear.
The width of the board is 8 inches with a length of 30 to 32 inches with a tire made of polyurethane. The design is more interesting and varied. Skateboard penetrated all over the world including Indonesia.