Skateboarding Facts – Learn Faster With A Good Skateboard!

As a beginner skateboarder, you can go to a department store and buy the first cheap skateboard you see, but there is a big chance you might not enjoy it as much as you could. Wheels do not turn well, trucks are crappy. That won't be a good start. To start off right and enjoy skateboarding from the beginning, buy a good quality board. This doesn't mean you have to buy the most expensive skateboard out there, no, there is Read More

Skateboarding in the Eighties to the Present

Skateboarding traces its roots to the seventies but it really reached the peak of its popularity in the mid-eighties to the present when major skateboard manufacturers propelled it to new heights. First, they started with half-pipe and vert ramp skateboarding. The manufacturers upgraded the boards to make their decks very wide and to equip them with larger and wider wheels. As the years went by, the focus shifted to street skateboarding, which brought about a few changes in deck shape Read More