A brief history of skateboarding and the manufacturing process

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Skateboarding was first discovered in mid-1950, along with the development of surfing in the California, United States. First appeared, skateboarding is still created by human hands and made of wood combined with the tire shine wheel and connected by trucks of roller skates also a very thick and heavy. At that time people are not familiar with the name 'skateboard', but 'sidewalk surfing'. Period-era started when Marty McFly used in a movie called "Back To The Future", Marty here using skateboards as a mode of transportation media.

First Generation
Mid-1960, a skateboarding game is pretty mainstream in America. Two brand, the Hobie and Makaha saw the hole, and began producing skateboards, so the audience of the game is no longer bother to make a skateboard. They can buy directly and instantly play it. Skateborad popularity began to increase when a local magazine that discusses this game was rising, the Skateboarder Magazine. Being a media which are very helpful to know skateboarder for more details on this. Makaha as one brand at a time it's really incredible profits, as many as 4 million Americans in a period of two years (1963-1965).

Second Generation

Beginning in 1970, Frank Nasworthy, began his career in the skateboard world by designing skateboard with polyurethane material is more famous with the name "Cadillac". Seeing the glory of skateboard, the more companies vying with each other to make this land as their business fields. One is a stand-Tracker Trucks in 1976. Skateboard be produced is much better than the previous skateboard on the market, Banana Board to board quite a trend at the time, its compact shape and elastic to make a board that is selling in the market. Not to mention the game of colors and designs are very attractive found on board. The glory did not last long, a very large cost to make the skate park becomes a problem in that era, and finally in the early 1980s began skateboarding is not heard from again.

Third generation

After disappearing for a while, skateboarding started to rise again in mid-1980. In this era many skateboarders who started creative and have sufficient funds so that they are able to make the vert ramp area for skateboarding. If at first the only skateboarder gliding just play that way, then it's time for the players to thank Alan Gelfand. Alan is the person who first discovered the technique ollie, and therefore his name more known as Alan "Ollie" Gelfand.

After Alan Gelfand, so now turn to Rodney Mullen who give a new touch to the world of skateboarding. Mullen created a new style that is pretty extreme freestyle skating which is the starting point of modern skateboarding. Styles such as "flatground ollie, the ollie kickflip, the heelflip and 360 flip" is a creation of boredom in a style that's all. Afterwards, other styles created as "with short noses, slide rails, and large soft wheels."

Tired of the skatepark, then the skateboarders started looking for something more challenging, until public facilities such as shopping centers, sidewalks and city parks into fields for them. Style of game they were pretty extreme finally got the attention of the authorities extra tight, from terguran to severe sanctions must be received by the skaters who tertarngkap. Yet it does not deter them, even in some countries finally began to follow how to play like that even in Indonesia itself had also contracted the virus.

The Fourth Generation

Papan skate pun mulai menunjukan perubahannya kembali. Lebar papan kini mencapai 8 inci dengan panjang 30 sampai 32 inci dengan ban yang terbuat dari polyurethane. Steve Caballero menjadi salah satu pelopor pada era ini. Selain bentuk papan baik itu desain, gaya para skaters pun terlihat lebih menarik dibandingkan dengan tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Gaya berpakaian mereka secara tidak langsung juga terinspirasi oleh musik-musik yang biasa didengarkan para skaters, mulai dari black music hingga musik cadas. Celana jeans yang dipadukan dengan t-shirt menjadi salah satu pilihan wajib.

The photos below are skateboard board manufacturing process;