Guest Post by Ricky

Skateboarding
Today I will be talking about skateboarding in the 70's and now. Skate boarding has changed.
Before the 360's you had to go around in a circle but,now there is something called a 360 kickflip, now you have to jump with the skateboard in a circle. Those are the differences between 360 now and 360 before.

Before they used to have no gear, either on the skateboard or on their body, but now on the skateboards they have a tail and they even have helmets and elbow pads too.

Competition has changed. Before the competitions were the slalom,click clack, freestyle,and even point to point. But now for the competition these days they have skate parks,street style,vert,ramps ,and even S.K.A.T.E. Those are the differences between competition now and before.

by Ricky

Guest Post by Manpreet

Skateboarding
Today I will be talking about skating in the modern day and the 70's. First I will talk about gear. In the 70's people had homemade boards but the lucky rich kids had fibreglass boards from the store. Now we have pads and helmets. People also get boards from big companies like mite gorilla and red rhino.

Competition also changed during the years from the 70's to 2009. The slalom we don't do that anymore but now we have S.K.A.T.E. We still have street style it's fun. We also have click-clack they did too but it was called tick tack.

Tricks have changed. People are a little bit more dangerous and stupid. They had a 360, now we have 360 kick flip. Moves have changed lots. We took their moves to the extreme. But It was good. In conclusion I think now is better then.

by Manpreet

Guest Post by Gurpal

''Skateboarding''
Today I will be comparing the skateboarding in the 70's and in the modern days.

First I will talk about tricks in the 70's and in the modern days. In the 70's there were tricks like click-clack, coffin, royal Christie, handstand, wheelie 360, and strut-tin stuff. In the modern day the tricks were skitching cars, pop-shovit, kickflip,360 flip, flip tricks, kick -turns, tic-tac, ramps, manual, grind, and S.K.A.T.E.

Second I will talk about competition in the 70's and in the modern days. In the 70's the only competitions were freestyle and skating over the coke cans without knocking them down. Now in the modern days there are more competitions like tricks, ramps, and jumping over railings.

And finally I will talk about the gear in the 70's and in the modern days. In the 70's mostly nobody wore gear or pads on them. And the skateboards were really small and were made of wood or fibreglass. In the modern days the people wear lots of gear and the skateboards from the bottom are full of graphics and textures.

So that's all about the history of skateboarding.
BY: Gurpal

Guest Post by Sukhdeep

Skateboarding


Skateboarding now and in the nineteen seventies

Tricks are really fun to do on skateboarding. There is a trick called Ollie. You do that by standing upside down on your skateboard. There is still a Ollie now. There are flip tricks and now they have better flips. Kick trick have been changed.

There wasn't that much gear the seventies, now there is alot of gear now because there are more dangerous stuff now. In the seventies there were homemade skateboards and now there are skateboards made by companies. The skateboards are better now because it has better stuff on it.


They do competitions to see who is better in skateboarding. Competition are almost the same now and then. There is a competition called the tic tac and now they call it the click-clack. There is another competition called a slalom that was only in the seventies. You do that by going around cans, if you knock one down you get a point off. I think there is a big difference now and in the seventies.

Skating in the 1970

Skate Parks

Skaters need places to practice their tricks safely. In the early days, skaters had to ride in parking lots and on the roads. This was not safe. Skateboarders were in danger of being hit by cars.

By the 1980s, towns and cities began building skateboard parks where skaters could go to enjoy themselves. Some early skateboard parks were small and not very well planned.

By the 1990s, skaters were designing their own parks and raising money to build them. This was a great time for skateboarding!

Most of these skate parks used wooden ramps. Wood is not the best material for building skate parks, because it wears out quickly.

Today skate parks are found in nearly every city and town. They are made of concrete, so the weather does not harm them.

This skate park has BOWLS and RAMPS and RAILS. Can you see each type of obstacle?

This is the skate park that is close to Moberly School. It is located in Quilchena Park.

Getting Vertical!

Skateboarders have always looked for new ways to get RADICAL! In the 1970s this meant riding in swimming pools to get speed and air time. Dog Town and Z Boys were the first to try this in California.

This skateboarder is getting rad in an empty pool. Look how he can grind the edge of the pool. This grind is called a 50-50.

When skaters learned how fun it was to ride in pools, they started looking for new ways to get air. They began building Vert Ramps.

This skater is getting air on a huge Vert Ramp. This is called BACKSIDE AIR, because his back is facing the ramp.

Skaters also built mini-ramps to practice their ramp skills at home.

These miniature ramps are used with toy skateboards called Tech Decks.

Wheels make a big difference...

In the 1970s, skaters used rubber wheels like the ones on roller skates:

These wheels were hard and they made steering difficult.

In 1973 Urethane Wheels were invented. These wheels provided better grip and speed.

Today, urethane is still used to make skateboard wheels. Modern wheels are printed with designs and colours that look cool.

1970s Skateboards

The Evolution of the Skateboard...

The earliest skateboards were invented in California in the 1950s! They were just wooden planks with roller skate wheels attached. The boards were hard to ride safely and skaters had a hard time steering them.

This kid took the wheels from his sister's roller skates!

By the 1960s, surfers in California were making their own boards. The decks were wooden and the wheels were rubber. Look at the shape of these boards from the 1960s and 1970s.

These boards were good for riding. They were easier to steer, and skaters were able to do tricks like this wall ride:

At the end of the 1970s, technology changed the way skaters rode their boards. The kicktail was one of the most important inventions in skateboarding history. Larry Stevenson invented the Kicktail, and suddenly new tricks and moves were possible!

See the different shapes skaters were experimenting with?

Since the 1980s, the shape of skate decks has changed again. Now skaters ride boards with a nose and a tail. The boards are smaller and lighter than they were in the 1980s. The smaller size and weight makes tricks easier to perform.

1970s Skate Tricks

Get Radical!

In the 1970s, skateboarding was a new sport. Skaters begain experimenting with different ways to ride their boards. New tricks were invented all the time.



A sweet trick that was invented in the 1970s was:

Handstand