Skateboard

=Skateboards= By Eytan research string:skateboard skateboard+timeline toc

=//__Who__//= // Surfers in [|California] wanted something to surf when the waves were flat. No one knows who made a first board, rather, it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at around the same time.- //Wikipedia

=__//What//__= // Skateboarding is the act of riding and performing tricks using a [|skateboard] .-Wikipepia // A skateboard is a ovally rectangle piece of wood with four wheels on the bottom.-Me a short narrow board with two small wheels fixed to the bottom of either end, on which (as a recreation or sport) a person can ride in a standing or crouching position, propelling themselves by occasionally pushing one foot against the ground.-  The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2006 |

=__//Why//__= surfers in [|__California__] wanted something to surf when the waves were flat.-Wikipedia = =

=When= Skateboarding was probably born sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s.-Wikipedia =1st Date = 1920s The first known skateboard type product is a three-wheeled, stamped metal device with pedal-car like wheels, and an adjustable heel cup and toe clip.-jimgoodrich.net

=2nd Date= 1930s Another three-wheeled device, the "Scooter Skate" is a skateboard/scooter hybrid; it can be ridden with its included handle or without.- jimgoodrich.net

= 3rd Date = 1984 Vertical riding takes off, followed closely by streetstyle skating. Launch ramps become popular.-jimgoodrich.net

= = = **4th Date** = 2004-2006 14,433,000 people in the USA skated from 2004-2006.-wikianswers

= Webliography =

@http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_in_the_world_skateboard en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding @http://jimgoodrich.net/skateboardtimeline.htm @http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Skateboard.aspx