Learn All About The Best Videos Of Skateboarding

If you were a kid especially in the 1970s or 1980s, the skateboard was your mode of operation. If anybody remembers the old "Back to the Future" movie series, that's just one of the kinds of fun you could have on a skateboard back then. Skateboards from that time period were definitely seen as "cool," too.

Let's just put it this way; if you were on a skateboard you were "cool." Then again, if you knew how to handle yours and could turn on a dime, you were even more popular among your friends. It was definitely a great time to be a skateboarder and just feel free. There wasn't a need for elbow pads, helmets, or anything else, because a few scrapes and bruises meant you were riding hard.

Before the era of widespread skateboard parks (although there were some), users had to get creative -- and did so. (Actually, skate parks first became popular during the 1970s and skate stars of that time became modern heroes of sorts, but skate parks began to fall out of favor toward the end of the 1970s, forcing skaters back to the streets, as it were.

Since the streets were pretty much the only place to be, the urethane wheel was born. It allowed skateboarders to get better traction and speed to really push the limits. This allowed a new twist to the "sport," which allowed for curved banks and empty swimming pool sides. Actually as long as there were curves, skateboarders were there.

There are many different tricks that were invented back then, which allowed the skaters to show off their abilities once they mastered them. One of the first tricks that were invented back in the old days was the Ollie. With that said, even today the Ollie is usually the first trick that new skateboarders learn how to do. This trick is done by snapping the tail of the skateboard down, slide your feet up along the skateboard at the same time as you jump. Once you do this it will look like you lift the skateboard off the ground while it sticks to your feet.

Because skating parks began to close, skateboarders had to get creative with how and where they skated. Many skateboarders would build their own ramps out of plywood and put them on the edge the curb on their driveway to give them extra height on their jumps.

Today there are many different skateboarding venues that are polished and in great shape. But that isn't how they started, as most of them came from the rugged grassroots stage back in the 70's. This roughness and edge that was created back then, has never left and probably never will.

If you or someone you know is a huge skateboarder, there is still a little "dangerous" and "bad" feeling that is portrayed. Whether skateboarders today look rebellious like 30 years prior, or they're slicked up in a tournament worth thousands of dollars, it's an attraction like no other. Heck, the pros can easily rake in $10,000 a month today, but they owe it all to the guys and girls before them.

Best of all, skateboarding doesn't have a training regimen. All they do is what they love, which is skating. Granted, today's game is a complete sport with venues, boarders from all over the world, and tricks like you wouldn't believe. However, there will always be an edge to skateboarding that time cannot take away.

So go on. Take a look at some videos of skateboarding online and see just how fun it is. And if you've got a little bit of that kid left in you (or if you still are that kid), maybe you just want to give it a little bit of a try, with elbow and knee pads and helmet, of course.