Editing Skateboarding (section)

===1940s–1960s===
The first skateboards started with wooden boxes, or boards, with [[Roller skates|roller skate]] wheels attached to the bottom. Crate [[Kick scooter|scooter]]s preceded skateboards, having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board), which formed rudimentary handlebars.<ref name="Gnarly"/><ref name="SBH">{{cite web|url=http://skateboard.about.com/cs/boardscience/a/brief_history.htm|title=Skateboarding: A Brief History (page 1)|access-date=September 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301070703/http://skateboard.about.com/cs/boardscience/a/brief_history.htm|archive-date=March 1, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wave">{{cite book| last = Brooke| first = Michael| title = The Concrete Wave: The History of Skateboarding| publisher = Warwick Publishing Inc| year = 1999| isbn = 1894020545}}</ref> The boxes turned into planks, similar to the skateboard decks of today.<ref name="Architecture"/>

Skateboarding, as it exists today, was probably born sometime in the late 1940s, or early 1950s,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-02-11 |title=THE PREHISTORIC SKATEBOARD? |url=https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2015/02/11/the-prehistoric-skateboard/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Jenkem Magazine |language=en}}</ref> when [[surfers]] in [[California]] wanted something to do when the waves were flat. This was called "sidewalk surfing" – a new wave of surfing on the sidewalk as the sport of surfing became highly popular. No one knows who made the first board; it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at around the same time. The first manufactured skateboards were ordered by a [[Los Angeles]], California surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime. The shop owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Chicago Roller Skate Company<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clayman |first=Andrew |title=Chicago Roller Skate Co., est. 1905 |date=November 28, 2021 |url=https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/chicago-roller-skate-co/ }}</ref> to produce sets of skate wheels, which they attached to square wooden boards. Accordingly, skateboarding was originally denoted "sidewalk surfing" and early skaters emulated [[surfing]] style and maneuvers, and performed barefoot.<ref name="Gnarly">{{cite book |last1=Marcus |first1=Ben |last2=Grggi |first2=Lucia |title=The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History |publisher=MVP Book |year=2011 |isbn=9780760338056 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NxembYuScL8C |access-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320011028/http://books.google.com/books?id=NxembYuScL8C |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Architecture"/>{{sfn|Weyland|2002|p=21}}

By the 1960s a small number of surfing manufacturers in [[Southern California]] such as Jack's, Kips', [[Hobart Alter|Hobie]], Bing's and Makaha started building skateboards that resembled small surfboards, and assembled teams to promote their products. One of the earliest Skateboard exhibitions was sponsored by Makaha's founder, [[Larry Stevenson]], in 1963 and it was held at the Pier Avenue Junior High School in [[Hermosa Beach]], California.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rompella |first=Natalie |title=Famous Firsts: The Trendsetters, Groundbreakers & Risk-Takers Who Got America Moving! |publisher=Lobster Press |year=2007 |isbn=9781897073551 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bc-_uWnoZWwC&pg=PA30 |access-date=November 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617083449/https://books.google.com/books?id=bc-_uWnoZWwC&pg=PA30 |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thanemagazine.com/2012/08/brian-logan-interview/ |title = Brian Logan Interview |author = gbemi |work = Thane Magazine |date = August 29, 2012 |access-date = October 27, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120901100145/http://www.thanemagazine.com/2012/08/brian-logan-interview/ |archive-date = September 1, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web | last = Cave | first = Steve | title = A Brief History of Skateboarding | work = [[About.com]] | url = http://skateboard.about.com/cs/boardscience/a/brief_history.htm | access-date = November 10, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120301070703/http://skateboard.about.com/cs/boardscience/a/brief_history.htm | archive-date = March 1, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> Some of these same teams of skateboarders were also featured on a television show called ''Surf's Up'' in 1964, hosted by Stan Richards, that helped promote skateboarding as something new and fun to do.<ref>{{cite book|title= The Skateboarder's Journal – Lives on Board|first= Jack|last= Smith|publisher= The Morro Skateboard Group|year= 2009|isbn= 9780557100859|access-date= October 26, 2012|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=s3IROVSEMZ4C&q=Surf%27s+Up+with+Stan+Richards&pg=PA290|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140708213430/http://books.google.com/books?id=s3IROVSEMZ4C&pg=PA290&lpg=PA290&dq=Surf%27s+Up+with+Stan+Richards#v=onepage&q=Surf%27s%20Up%20with%20Stan%20Richards&f=false|archive-date= July 8, 2014|url-status= live}}</ref>

As the popularity of skateboarding began expanding, the first skateboarding magazine, ''[[The Quarterly Skateboarder]]'' was published in 1964.<ref name="Architecture"/> [[John Severson]], who published the magazine, wrote in his first editorial:

{{Blockquote|Today's skateboarders are founders in this sport—they're pioneers—they are the first. There is no history in Skateboarding—its being made now—by you. The sport is being molded and we believe that doing the right thing now will lead to a bright future for the sport. Already, there are storm clouds on the horizon with opponents of the sport talking about ban and restriction.<ref name="writers">{{cite web | last = Lannes | first = Xavier | title = Five writers that changed the way we read skateboarding magazines | year = 2011 | url = http://blog.istia.tv/2011/12/five-writers-that-changed-way-we-read.html | access-date = November 12, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120625231555/http://blog.istia.tv/2011/12/five-writers-that-changed-way-we-read.html | archive-date = June 25, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>}}

The magazine only lasted four issues, but resumed publication as ''[[Skateboarder (magazine)|Skateboarder]]'' in 1975.<ref name="writers"/><ref>{{cite web |url = http://vintageskateboardmagazines.com/Skateboarder1965.html |title = The Quarterly Skateboarder (USA) |work = Vintage Skateboard Magazine |publisher = Jospehdreams |year = 2007 |access-date = October 27, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121117234551/http://vintageskateboardmagazines.com/Skateboarder1965.html |archive-date = November 17, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://vintageskateboardmagazines.com/Skateboarder.html|title = Skateboarder (USA)|work = Vintage Skateboard Magazine|publisher = Jospehdreams|year = 2007|access-date = October 27, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121115093708/http://vintageskateboardmagazines.com/Skateboarder.html|archive-date = November 15, 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> The first broadcast of an actual skateboarding competition was the 1965 National Skateboarding Championships, which were held in [[Anaheim]], California and aired on ABC's ''[[Wide World of Sports (American TV program)|Wide World of Sports]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOwYrTMYTgs&feature=relmfu |title = GIRLS Skateboarding 1965 Skateboard Championships |author = Surfstyley4 |publisher = [[YouTube]] |date = April 7, 2010 |work = Starrfilms |access-date = October 27, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150606052536/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOwYrTMYTgs&feature=relmfu |archive-date = June 6, 2015 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtgbABmG18 |title = 1965 American Skateboard Slalom Championships – Anaheim, California |author = slalomvideos |publisher = [[YouTube]] |date = June 17, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190817081732/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtgbABmG18&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999 |archive-date = August 17, 2019 |url-status = live }}</ref> Because skateboarding was a new sport during this time, there were only two original disciplines during competitions: flatland [[Freestyle skateboarding|freestyle]] and [[Slalom skateboarding|slalom]] downhill racing.<ref name="Gnarly"/>

Animated cartoons of the time occasionally featured skateboard gags. Two [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Road Runner]] cartoons made in 1965, ''[[Shot and Bothered]]'' and ''[[Out and Out Rout]]'', feature Wile E. Coyote riding a skateboard.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060971/reference/ | title=Shot and Bothered (1966) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060806/reference/ | title=Out and Out Rout (1966) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

One of the earliest sponsored skateboarders, [[Patti McGee]], was paid by Hobie and Vita Pak to travel around the country to do skateboarding exhibitions and to demonstrate skateboarding safety tips. McGee made the cover of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine<ref name="Architecture"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://life.time.com/culture/skateboards-and-skateboarding-photos-1965/#1 |title = LIFE Goes Skateboarding, 1965 |author = Bill Eppridge |magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]] |access-date = December 12, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130112081721/http://life.time.com/culture/skateboards-and-skateboarding-photos-1965/#1 |archive-date = January 12, 2013 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> in 1965 and was featured on several popular television programs—''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'', ''[[What's My Line?]]'' and ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''—which helped make skateboarding even more popular at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqrD0Vl5Vo4 |title = Patti McGee Skateboard Champion Tv 1965 |author = Surfstyley |publisher = [[YouTube]] |date = January 25, 2011 |work = Starrfilms |access-date = October 27, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140601055331/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqrD0Vl5Vo4 |archive-date = June 1, 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg644sM5tSA&feature=relmfu |title = Patti McGee 1965 Skateboard Champion on What's My Line |author = Surfstyley |publisher = [[YouTube]] |date = October 31, 2010 |work = Starrfilms |access-date = October 27, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151212055608/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg644sM5tSA&feature=relmfu |archive-date = December 12, 2015 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://blog.istia.tv/2011/10/patti-mcgee-interview-with-istia.html |title = Patti McGee interview with isTia |publisher = I Skate Therefore I Am |date = October 17, 2011 |access-date = October 27, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120730091834/http://blog.istia.tv/2011/10/patti-mcgee-interview-with-istia.html |archive-date = July 30, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref> Some other well known surfer-style skateboarders of the time were Danny Bearer, Torger Johnson, Bruce Logan, Bill and Mark Richards, Woody Woodward, and Jim Fitzpatrick.

The growth of the sport during this period can also be seen in sales figures for Makaha, which quoted $4 million worth of board sales between 1963 and 1965.{{sfn|Weyland|2002|p=28}} By 1966 a variety of sources began to claim that skateboarding was dangerous, resulting in shops being reluctant to sell them, and parents being reluctant to buy them. In 1966 sales had dropped significantly{{sfn|Weyland|2002|p=28}} and ''[[Skateboarder (magazine)|Skateboarder Magazine]]'' had stopped publication. The popularity of skateboarding dropped and remained low until the early 1970s.<ref name="SBH"/><ref name="SBH2">{{cite web|url= http://www.skatelog.com/skateboarding/skateboarding-history.htm|title= Skateboarding History|access-date= September 2, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120219132259/http://www.skatelog.com/skateboarding/skateboarding-history.htm|archive-date= February 19, 2012|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Fitzpatrick">{{cite web | title = Jim Fitzpatrick Interview | publisher = I Skate Therefore I Am | date = January 6, 2011 | url = http://blog.istia.tv/2011/01/jim-fitzpatrick-interview-part-ii-1957.html | access-date = November 10, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121116232821/http://blog.istia.tv/2011/01/jim-fitzpatrick-interview-part-ii-1957.html | archive-date = November 16, 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref>