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Skateboarding
20 Questions about Skateboarding
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8th Grade
10/07/2008

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Skateboard
Definition
A oval shaped piece of wood with wheels used to do tricks.
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Skateboarding
Definition
the act of riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.
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How many people skateboard?
Definition
A 2002 report by American Sports Data found that there were 18.5 million skateboarders in the world.
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Skateboarders polled who had used a board in the last year were under the age of 18.
Definition
85 percent,74 percent were male.
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Is skateboarding modern?
Definition
it is relatively modern.
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What is the most used trick?
Definition
the ollie.
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When was the ollie developed? By who?
Definition
in the late 1970s and in the early '80s,by Rodney Mullen.
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When was skateboarding developed? by who?
Definition
In the late 1940s or early 1950s, surfers in California.
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Why did the surfers make skateboards?
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They wanted something to surf when the waves were flat.
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Who made the first skateboard?
Definition
No one knows.
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What did skateboarding used to be called?
Definition
Sidewalk Surfing.
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Where was skateboarding first manufactured?
Definition
first manufactured skateboards were in a Los Angeles, California surf shop.
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What were the skateboards meant to be used for?
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By surfers in their downtime.
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Who owned the shop that sold the first skateboards?
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Bill Richard.
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who invented many of the basic tricks of modern street skating such as the Impossible and the kickflip.
Definition
Rodney Mullen.
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How many skateboarding tricks are there?
Definition
1000's.
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What country had baned skating?
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Norway.
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Do people use skating as transportation?
Definition
Yes.
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What did skateboards used to be?
Definition
wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom.
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When was skateboarding was at a peak of popularity?
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In 1963.
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