Skateboarding

I have always had a strange fascination with skateboarding. Theres a lot of history behind it and its great because we live in a generation where so many people skate. I actually first started skating when I was in second grade. I remember getting my first board. It was a zero deck with thunder trucks, spitfire wheels, bones bearings and see through grip tape. Just coasting down the street from the shop made me fall deep in love with skating. Over the years I've grown to be quiet comfortable with a board. I know almost all the tricks in the book but there is still a lot of history that I don't know about. I've always wanted to know who first created a skateboard or who decided to make it into a nation wide sport or even who was the first professional skateboarder. I even want to know what the difference is between skateboard decks. Theres so much valuable information about the sport that many people don't know so I think it will be great to create a blog and do some research on this topic. The most I've read about skating is through a Transworld Skateboarding magazine. I actually have had a pretty cool experience meeting Tony Hawk when I was in seventh grade. I skated with his son and him at the Universal Studios hotel. I got his autograph and the whole shebang. That was definitely an event that made me amped to learn more about skating. I've found a few sources that I think will help for my research. One of them can be pulled up at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding and another is http://www.skateboardingskateboards.com/skateboarding-history/. Theres a bunch of history on skateboarding on both pages so I'm pretty excited to check them out a little more and find some information. I'll be giving you some information from their pages in my next blog so stay tuned.