Extreme Sports - Skateboarding

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Skateboarding



Skateboarding can be traced all the way back to the 1950's, but it got really really started in the 1960's. It was very popular from the 1970's to the 1990's. And thanks to Tony Hawk's series of video games, it made it a bit more popular in the 2000's. Tony Hawk is basically recognized as the Babe Ruth of skateboarding, however there's other greats like Geoff Rowley, Jamie Thomas and Ryan Sheckler (some speculate he's gay/bi, but that's another story for another day).



I've been skateboarding since I was 9 years old. It's too bad that I never really pursued it more. I could have been as awesome as Tony Hawk! However, I never persevered with it. Despite my high pain tolerance, I just decided not to get into it.



Anyone else here into skateboarding? I haven't skateboarded in a very long time. I still have my skateboard from when I was 12. I do not have my first skateboard, since it was a plastic piece of shit made by Powell.