Editing Skateboarding (section)

==Other uses and styles==
{{For|styles of skateboarding|Skateboarding styles}}

===Transportation===
The use of skateboards solely as a form of transportation is often associated with the [[Longboard (skateboard)|longboard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://longboardgirlscrew.com/2011/12/board_shapes_and_its_uses/|title=Board shapes and its uses » Blog Archive » Longboard Girls Crew|website=longboardgirlscrew.com|access-date=2016-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229115412/http://longboardgirlscrew.com/2011/12/board_shapes_and_its_uses/|archive-date=December 29, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Depending on local laws, using skateboards as a form of transportation outside residential areas may or may not be legal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20110430/PC1602/304309937|title=Skateboarders face legal roadblocks|last=Behre|first=Robert|date=March 23, 2012|newspaper=The Post and Courier|access-date=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120134856/http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20110430/PC1602/304309937|archive-date=January 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Backers cite portability, exercise, and environmental friendliness as some of the benefits of skateboarding as an alternative to automobiles.

===Military===
[[File:USMC with a skateboard.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Soldier carrying a skateboard during a military exercise in [[Oakland, California]] (March 1999)]]
The [[United States Marine Corps]] tested the usefulness of commercial off-the-shelf skateboards during [[Urban warfare|urban combat]] [[military exercise]]s in the late 1990s in a program called Urban Warrior '99. Their special purpose was "for maneuvering inside buildings in order to detect [[tripwire]]s and [[sniper]] fire".<ref>{{cite web|title=URBAN WARRIOR '99|url=http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DMSD0002959&JPGPath=/Assets/2000/Marines/DM-SD-00-02959.JPG|work=DefenseImagery.mil|publisher=Defense Visual Information (DVI) Directorate|access-date=September 14, 2012|author=LCPL CHRISTOPHER L. VALLEE|date=March 16, 1999|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217092906/http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DMSD0002959&JPGPath=%2FAssets%2F2000%2FMarines%2FDM-SD-00-02959.JPG|archive-date=February 17, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Role of Experimentation in Building Future Naval Forces|url=http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309088739|work=The National Academies Press|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|access-date=September 14, 2012|author=Naval Studies Board|year=2004|doi = 10.17226/11125|isbn = 978-0-309-08873-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130121931/http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309088739|archive-date=November 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Trampboarding===
Trampboarding is a variant of skateboarding that uses a board without the trucks and the wheels on a [[trampoline]]. Using the bounce of the trampoline gives height to perform tricks, whereas in skateboarding one needs to make the height by performing an [[Ollie (skateboarding)|ollie]]. Trampboarding is seen on [[YouTube]] in numerous videos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Company |first=The Trampskate |title=The Trampskate Company - Home |url=https://trampolineskateboarding.com/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=The Trampskate Company |language=en-PH}}</ref>

===Swing boarding===
Swing boarding is the activity where a skateboard deck is suspended from a pivot point above the rider which allows the rider to swing about that pivot point. The board swings in an arc which is a similar movement to riding a half pipe. The incorporation of a harness and frame allows the rider to perform turns and spins all while flying through the air.