Skateboarding
A skateboard is usually a specially designed plywood board combined with a polyurethane coating that is used to make smooth slides and strong durability, used mainly for skateboarding activities. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surf craze of the early 1960s, which was developed to help surfers practice when the wave was unfavorable. The first prototype of a simple wooden board with roller skates attached, and the practice was sometimes referred to as “surfing sidewalks.” The surfing group Jan and Dean even had a small hit called “Sidewalk Surfing” in 1964. In the mid-1980s skateboards were mass produced and sold throughout the United States.
A skateboard is driven by pushing with one foot, while remaining the other on the board, or by pumping someone’s foot in a structure such as a swimming pool or half pipe. A skateboard can also be used only by standing …