Skateboarding expansion as far as… the far East ?.
Once upon a time a 4 wheel toy called skateboard, that soon became a very serious sport, a whole lifestyle…from the far West to the far East…
Invented by surfers from Dogtown in the 60’s, skateboard with its unlimited possibilities for tricks soon became the fastest growing sport in the world. From a bunch of pionneers, estimations gave more than 1 million skateboarders only for the United States in 2006 with hundreds of skateparks. It has now spread through Europe and it reached Ukraine, just take a look here..
Skateboard appeared in France and Europe during late 60’s as a new fashionable thing from the US. Everybody thought it’s expansion was temporary and would end up like yo-yo or hula-hop, trends whitch don’t last for long.
Written by Thomas BEGUIN on August 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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