Longboard

Definition: It was actually called Sidewalk Surfing. It wasn’t until 1959 when longboarding/skateboarding hit the market place. Skateboards were sold all over the place, toy stores, convenient stores, etc. Makaha, was the first professional board distributor. Gordan and Smith made the first fiberglass boards, more popularly they were also known as G&S. But, of course, these things were very dangerous at this time in our history.

Origin : Longboarding originated in Hawaii.

As the longboard is made:  They were made out of, a plank of wood, trucks that came from roller skates and the metal wheels that were on them. It took people a while to find out clay wheels were more safe. & it took even more time to figure out wheels that were made out of urethane were not only safer, but smoother and also had more grip. Cadillac, a branch off of the longboarding/skateboarding company named Bahne, were the first company to discover the urethane formula that was sufficient for skateboarding wheels. This sport came to an abrupt death for a few years after people that the sport was to wreckless. However in 1973, often known as the second wave of the sport, that longboarding/skateboarding became a popular sport again.

longboard creator is unknown

my opinion on the longboard: I really like this sport and you spend your free time walking, make friends, and is a sport that you have to have a lot of adrenaline to practice