Skateboarding

Skateboarding is a action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard. Skateboarding can also be considered a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding will be represented at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. By 2001 skateboarding had gained in such popularity, that more participants under the age of 18 rode skateboards (10.6 million) than played baseball (8.2 million), although traditional organized team sports still dominated youth programs overall. Skateboarding and skate parks began to be viewed and used in a variety of new ways to compliment academic lessons in schools, including new non-traditional physical education skateboarding programs that are used to encourage youth to have better attendance, self-discipline and confidence. This was also based on the healthy physical …show more content…
As skateboarding spread across the United States to places unfamiliar with surfing or surfing culture, it developed an image of its own.
Gleaming the Cube, a 1989 movie starring Christian Slater as a skateboarding teen investigating the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother, was somewhat of an iconic landmark to the skateboarding genre of the era. Many well-known skaters had cameos in the film, including Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen, where Mullen served as Slater's stunt double. A common stereotype to skateboarders is that they have no manners or respect (for people or the law), they do illegal activities and smoke weed. A majority of teens are like this to a certain extent but not completely. Another big part of skateboarding, yes indeed, is fashion. Many Skateboarding companies that make decks also make clothing and other various items. Popular brands are Vans, Thrasher, Obey, Primitive, Plan B, Neff, Converse, and