Skateboarding Culture: The History Of Skateboarding Culture

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The History of Skateboarding Culture (Chunk 1)
Ever since I was a little kid, the sport of skateboarding has been an inspiration to my lifestyle. Most people learn to ride a bicycle as their first “vehicle”, but that wasn’t the case with me. For some reason, my parents decided to get me a skateboard before anything, and I fell in love with it instantly. I became obsessed with the way that people rode these skateboards in a fashion that made it look so natural and easy. I started small, learning how to ollie off and up curbs and what not, but slowly started setting goals for myself and found myself jumping off of stair sets by the time I had finally gotten comfortable with the board. In this paper, I will be outlining the amount of cultural impact that the skateboarding scene has had throughout the world ever since it was invented. Many people seem to think that it is just a certain “punk” brand of teenagers who feel the need to scoot around on wheels, but in many ways, skateboarding has broken into the mainstream through forms of fashion, music, art, and even film making. For example, clothing brands such as Quicksilver, Volcom, Supreme, Diamond Supply Company, Vans, and Nike SB have risen to the forefront of streetwear and casual attire and many …show more content…

My overall goal for this project is to educate my peers on the fact that skateboarding and street culture go hand in hand, as well as gain a way to delve deeper into the history of skateboarding through both my mentor, Shawn Thompson, and through sources such as Thrasher Magazine, Skateboard Magazine, and

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