The first skateboards were actually more like scooters, with the bottom having roller skate wheels attached to a two by four. Once the handlebars of the scooter-like contraption were broken off, skateboarding was born. 1950It wasn't until the 1950's, when the surfing craze was in trend, that people realized skateboarding could recreate the feeling of riding a wave. This connection with surfing gave skateboarding a direction that would influence everything to come, from manoeuvres and style, to terrain, fashion and attitude. It was during this time that modifications were made to the trucks making it easier to manoeuvre. By 1959 the first Roller Derby Skateboard was for sale. 1960In the early 1960's companies such as Larry Stevenson's Makah and Hobie Alter's Hobie began to mass-produce the first true surfing-inspired skateboards. Some of the early people of surf-style skateboarding included Bill and Mark Richards, Dannu Bearer, Bruce Logan and Torger Johnson. Skateboarding became very popular almost overnight, and companies were fighting to keep up with demand. Over fifty million skateboards were sold within a three year period, and the first skateboard contest was held in Hermosa Beach in 1963. Then in 1965 a group of so-called safety experts pronounced skateboarding unsafe - urging stores not to sell them, and parents not to buy them. The skateboarding fad died as quickly as it had started, and the sport entered its first slump. Skateboarding would experience other slumps in its history. This pattern of peaks and valleys would come to be known as the "ten-year cycle," although the slumps weren't exactly ten years apart.

1970It was during this first slump that Larry Stevenson invented the kick tail, and the first generation of skateboarders laid down the foundation of tricks and style. However, they were still largely limited by equipment. Then in 1973 the urethane wheel was invented, revolutionizing the sport. The new wheels provided much better traction and speed and, combined with new skateboard specific trucks, allowed skaters to push the difficulty of manoeuvres to new levels. Tricks at this time consisted of surfing manoeuvres done on flat ground or on banks. Empty swimming pools and cylinder pipes were known as terrain for the first time. During the 1970's skateboarding experienced a large growth stage witch saw the construction of numerous concrete skate parks, a rank of professional skaters, magazines and movies. During this period modern skateboarding evolved to include vertical skating among its disciplines of slalom, downhill, freestyle and longjump.Key advances in the sport included the aerial, the invert and the Ollie, which may be the single most important trick in the evolution of skateboarding, next to the kick turn. This was the first time skateboarding had stars, some of the first really big names being Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta. The look of skateboards also changed from being six to seven inches in width to over nine inches, providing better stability on vertical surfaces. Near the end of the 70's, spiralling insurance and slowing attendance forced all but a few skate parks out of business and skateboarding entered its! Second slump.

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After the craze of skateboarding in the 19th century there was a movie created in in 2005, about the boys Tony Alva, Jay ‘Jay Boy’ Adams and Stacy Peralta titled the lords of dog town and the plot of witch was In 1970s Venice Beach, surfers Tony Alva , Stacy Peralta , and Jay Adams enjoy the life of skating and surfing the pier with board designer Skip Engblom and the other locals. One day, Skip orders polyurethane wheels for the skateboards in his shop, Zephyr Skate Shop. Teenager Sid ,a friend of the boys who works in the same shop, invites Tony, Jay, Stacy and the other locals to test the new wheels. After witnessing what the boys could now do with the wheels, Skip decides to put together a skate team, the Z-Boys. The team proves to be a success; winning many contests, Stacy, Jay, and Tony gain popularity from locals across Venice.After a time, the pier stops sporting waves for them to surf on. A stop of rain dries out the land, so no swimming pools can be filled. Using this opportunity, the Z-Boys start to ditch Skip's scheduled practices and sneak into peoples' swimming pools to skate in. After winning many major contests, Stacy, Jay, and Tony start getting noticed by major skating companies looking to take the boys from Skip. The Z-Boys become famous, appearing in various magazines. One night, Skip throws a party at his shop to celebrate the success of the team. A company owner, Topper Burks, enters the party and convinces Tony that Skip is holding him back, and that it's time to make him famous world wide. Tony accepts his offer and leaves the team. Jay leaves the team as well, looking to make more money so his mom could pay the rent on their apartment. Stacy is the last to leave, as he begins getting offers to skate as well as to appear in T.V. Sad and angry, Skip decides to shut down the Zephyr Skate Team.

The 3 boys become rich and famous. Their lives have changed: they are now skating for money rather than passion as they did before. Things start going out of control; at a major skating championship that they all take part in, Tony gets into a fight with another skater in the middle of the stadium, and gets knocked out, temporarily ending his career. Jay leaves the company he had endorsed when they sacrifice quality for cheap materials. Stacy ends up winning the competition.Back in Venice, the pier that the Z-Boys use to surf around burns down, which affects them all. Sid's long-time equilibrium problem turns out to be caused by a brain tumor, and he undergoes surgery. Though Stacy, Tony, and Jay have all gone their separate ways, they all show up at the same time to visit Sid. Stacy reveals that he is leaving his company to start his own. Sid's father had finally emptied their pool for them to skate in. Stacy, Tony, and Jay skate the pool and bring Sid into the fun on his wheel chair, referencing all the good times they had before they became a skate team.Closing cards reveal that Tony Alva went on to be a very successful skater (stating that he still sneaks into backyard pools); Stacy Peralta started Powell Peralta, a modern popular skating company that included a 14-year-old Tony Hawk as part of its team; and Jay, too, achieved the only kind of success at skating and surfing he really cared about, becoming known as the 'spark that started the flame'. Sid later died of brain cancer. His father's pool was kept empty and is known as the Dog Bowl.

CastEmile Hirsh as Jay Adams Heath Ledger as Skip Engblom Nikki Reed as Kathy Alva Michael Angarano as Sid John Robinson as Stacy Peralta Victor Rasik as Tony Alva Johnny Knoxville as Topper Burks Vincent Laresca as Chino Rebecca De Mornay as Philaine William Mapother as Donnie Melonie Diaz as Blanca Sofia Vergara as Amelia America Ferrera as Thunder Monkey Alexis Arquette as Tranny Elden Henson as Billy Z Bai Ling as Punky Photographer Shea Whigham as Drake Landon Charles Napier as Nudie Tony Hawk as AstronautStacy Peralta as TV Director Jay Adams as Party guest Tony Alva as Oregon man at party Skip Engblom as Seattle race starter Mitch Hedberg as Urethane wheels guy (who died after recording) Lance Mountain as UK policeman Eddie Cahil as Larry Gordon Laura Ramsey as Gabrielle

"Today a pro can make anywhere from $1000 to $10,000 a month," says Danielle Bostick of World Cup Skateboarding and the X Games. These earnings are based on winnings, depending on how well a skater places in any given competition and how many competitions a skater competes in during any given month. Most skaters who are sponsored also earn a monthly salary from one or more companies, which sponsors them as team riders. This is a considerable change from the past when pro skaters had to work a regular job as well as compete according to Bostick. Skateboarding can be enjoyed by kids as young as two years, but the majority of pro skaters' range from early teens to early twenties. Most skateboarders don't train in any usual sense of the word, and they don't even think about their diet. Skaters just do what they love to do: skate, all the time. Skateboarding is fun, and when having fun is the goal, it never seems like training. Of course many skateboarders do other things for fun as well, such as surfing and snowboarding, which is actually extreme sports cross-training.

Hopefully in the future Mattel or another company will actually create a hover board such like the ones from back to the future , recreating skateboarding to the next level.

Tony Alva and Victor Rasik the actor who played him.