Skateboarding Research Paper

Skateboarding began in the early 60’s, and was invented so that surfers had something to do when the waves weren’t good. In the 80’s, skateboarding started becoming more than just riding your board down the street. Skateboarding was now all about style and doing tricks. This led up to the rise of modern day street skating in the 90’s. However, skateboarding was generally very frowned upon, and didn’t have many followers. The people who did skateboard were very passionate and stuck to their sport and group of friends. Skateboarding was all about being different. As the years have gone by, however, skateboarding popularity has increased to proportions that were unheard of in the 90’s. Skateboarding has even become a part of pop culture. This …show more content…
One day, skateboarding won’t be considered

cool anymore, and those who skated only because they wanted to be cool, will lose interest. A true skateboarder will start skateboarding not because it is the cool thing to do, but because it is something that they think is fun, and they appreciate being different from the crowd. A true skateboarder will stick with skateboarding through the good times and bad times. They will think of skateboarding as a way of life, not just a hobby. Another reason skateboarding needs to go back to the way it was, is the fact that skateboarding companies are benefiting greatly from this rise in popularity. In fact, they are benefiting so much that they have become lifestyle companies, rather than skateboarding companies. This will hurt the industry greatly, because these bigger companies will take over and overrun the small companies that are actually run by skateboarders. One value almost all skateboarders have, is loyalty towards small companies, like a local shop or business. The increase in popularity of skateboarding and these larger companies will cause these smaller businesses to go out of