SKATEBOARD TIMELINE
1950
SKATEBOARDING WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA IN THE EARLY 1950'S. NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT YEAR IT WAS INVENTED OR WHO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA BUT MANY PEOPLE SAY THEY DID TO GET CREDIT.
1960+
IN THE 1960'S SKATEBOARDING RAPIDLY GROWS IN POPULARITY WHEN NON-SURFERS TURN TO SKATING.
1963
THE POPULARITY HAS REACHED ITS PEAK AND SKATE COMPANIES ARE NOW STARTING TO HOLD COMPETITIONS.
1965
SKATING DIVES IN POPULARITY BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FAD.
1966+
SKATEBOARDING CONTINUES, BUT MANY COMPANIES ARE DYING OUT ONE BY ONE, AND SKATERS ARE FORCED TO MAKE MOST OF THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.
1975
A SKATE COMPANY HELD A HUGE CONTEST FOR ANY TYPE OF SKATERS. AFTER THIS CONTEST, SKATEBOARDING CLIMBS IN POPULARITY.
1978
ALAN GELFAND INVENTS THE OLLIE.
1979
SKATEBOARDING TAKES A DIVE IN POPULARITY AND SKATE PARKS AROUND THE WORLD ARE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN.
1980+
MOST SKATERS CONTINUE TWO SKATE BUT IN A MORE UNDERGROUND WAY. SMALL SKATE COMPANYS RUN BY SKATERS GIVE BIG COMPANYS THE IDEA TO MAKE BIGGER COMPANYS FOR SKATING.
1984
THE FAMOUS SKATE COMPANY "POWELL" IS CREATED. SKATE DVDS BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR AND GIVE SKATERS A CHANCE TO GET SPONSORED.
1985+
SKATEBOARDING TAKES ANOTHER DECLINE IN POPULARITY. MOST SKATERS ARE FORCED TO SKATE STREET, AND THE PRO VERT SKATERS (VERT IS A TYPE OF SKATEBOARDING THAT INVOLVES GETTING HUGE AIR OFF OF HUGE JUMPS) ARE NOW LOSING MONEY DUE TO POPULARITY.
