On this date in 2021 skateboarding became an Olympic sport. 10 things you didn’t know about skateboarding:
The first skateboards were wooden crates with Roller skate wheels attached.
Skateboarding was initially called "sidewalk surfing" and was performed barefoot.
The first skate park was built in 1965 in Tucson, Arizona, and named "Surf City." Then in the 1970s skateboarders started practising in drained bowl shaped swimming pools. Early skate parks were based on that idea.
Making your skateboard jump into the air is called an “ollie”, which became possible when the kicktail was added to boards. The trick was invented by Alan Gelfand, whose nickname was Ollie.
Skateboarding was banned in Norway between 1978 and 1989 because there were a lot of accidents. You could be fined for even owning one. The film “Thrashin” was rated an 18 certificate in Norway because it was about skateboarding.
In the 1990s the US military trialled the use of skateboards in a program called “Urban Warrior ‘99”. Soldiers would use them to manoeuvrer inside buildings when seeking out snipers. It was concluded in the end that it wasn’t that effective.
The first gold medal for skateboarding was won by Yuto Horigome of Japan. A few days later in the women’s competition Sky Brown became Great Britain’s youngest ever medal winner, at the age of 13 years and 28 days.
The most expensive skateboard is the Louis Vuitton X Supreme skateboard priced at $59,000. Beyond most people’s budget but perhaps the richest skateboarder in the world, Tony Hawk, with a net worth estimated between 100 and 120 million dollars could stretch to one.
The Guinness world record for the longest distance travelled on a skateboard is held at time of writing by Andrew Andras who went 309 miles in 24 hours in 2017. That’s the equivalent of the distance between London and Cologne in Germany.
The record for the biggest skateboard is 11.14 metres long, 2.63 metres wide and 1.1 metres high. 12.5 times bigger than a regular skateboard. This monster skateboard was created by Americans Rob Dyrdek and Joe Ciaglia.
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From A Jack To A King
A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.
A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.
Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.
Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.
When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.
Obsidian's Ark
Teenage years bring no end of problems. Daniel Moran's include getting hold of computer games his parents don't think he should have; a full blown crush on the beautiful Suki from Zorostan; maintaining his status as a prefect and getting his homework done. He must also keep from his parents and sister the fact that he is a superhero with a sword from another world.
Trish wonders how to get science whizz Tom to notice her; how to persuade him that the best way to stand up to the school bully is to fight back. She doesn't want her friends, especially not Tom, to know she is a genetic variant with superpowers. Little does she know that Tom has secrets of his own.
Suki struggles to make friends at school when she cannot understand everyday cultural references, and they all suspect her of being a terrorist. She, too, has a secret, but is it what her classmates assume?
When Daniel stumbles upon a plot by an alliance of supervillains to plunge the world into war, he tries to alert the established superheroes, but none of them believe him. When the Prime Minister's only daughter, Yasmin Miller, is abducted, Daniel knows the villains' plan is underway. It seems humanity's only hope may be Daniel and the ragtag bunch of teenage superheroes he recruits. Can he pull together, not only his own team, but the older heroes as well, in a bid to save the Earth from a devastating war?
Trish wonders how to get science whizz Tom to notice her; how to persuade him that the best way to stand up to the school bully is to fight back. She doesn't want her friends, especially not Tom, to know she is a genetic variant with superpowers. Little does she know that Tom has secrets of his own.
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