Editing Skateboarding (section)

===2000s===
[[File:Bad-mama-jamas 0049.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.7|Skateboarder in [[Manhattan|Manhattan, New York]] (2008)]]
By 2001, skateboarding had gained so much popularity that more American people under the age of 18 rode skateboards (10.6 million) than played baseball (8.2 million), although traditional organized team sports still dominated youth programs overall.<ref name="jump">{{cite web |url = http://www.ocfamily.com/t-coverstory_action_sports0203.aspx |title = Why kids climb higher and jump farther – on their own terms |author = John Weyler |publisher = OC Metro |date = February 2003 |access-date = December 2, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102090542/http://ocfamily.com/t-CoverStory_Action_Sports0203.aspx |archive-date = November 2, 2012 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Skateboarding and skateparks began to be viewed and used in a variety of new ways to complement academic lessons in schools, including new non-traditional physical education skateboarding programs, like Skatepass<ref name="Architecture"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Skateboards coming to a gym class near you |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12708014  |date=May 9, 2006  |work=[[NBC News]] |access-date= December 12, 2012}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and [[Skateistan]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.news.com.au/world/female-afghan-skateboarder-pulls-off-fearless-big-air-at-bamiyan-buddha-site/story-fndir2ev-1226456483883 |title = Female skateboarder pulls off fearless big air at Bamiyan Buddha site |author = Simon Crerar |publisher = News Limited Network |date = August 23, 2012 |access-date = December 12, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140227010444/http://www.news.com.au/world/female-afghan-skateboarder-pulls-off-fearless-big-air-at-bamiyan-buddha-site/story-fndir2ev-1226456483883 |archive-date = February 27, 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref> to encourage youth to have better attendance, self-discipline and confidence.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.webmd.com/parenting/raising-fit-kids/move/parents-pe-questions |title = What Do You Know About PE for Kids? |author = Ellen Greenlaw |website = WebMD |year = 2012 |access-date = December 1, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121122060606/http://www.webmd.com/parenting/raising-fit-kids/move/parents-pe-questions |archive-date = November 22, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://nmai.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item/399/ |title = Ramp it Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America |publisher = Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian |year = 2009 |access-date = December 1, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140112232412/http://nmai.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item/399/ |archive-date = January 12, 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/143|title = Getting a Jump on Good Health|author = Sara-Ellen Amster|publisher = Harvard University|date = December 2000|work = Volume 16, Number 6|access-date = December 1, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120922034854/http://hepg.org/hel/article/143|archive-date = September 22, 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> This was also based on the healthy physical opportunities skateboarding was understood to bring participants for muscle & bone strengthening and balance, as well as the positive impacts it can have on youth in teaching them mutual respect, social networking, artistic expression and an appreciation of the environment.<ref name="Architecture"/><ref>{{cite web |url = http://business.transworld.net/98778/news/just-one-board-skateboard-recycling-program/ |title = 'Just one Board' Skateboard Recycling Program |author = Kelli Hargrove |publisher = Transworld Business |date = May 24, 2012 |access-date = December 1, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120823125742/http://business.transworld.net/98778/news/just-one-board-skateboard-recycling-program/ |archive-date = August 23, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ocmetro.com/t-Just-One-Board-International-Association-of-Skateboarding-Companies-donations-6-20-12.aspx |title = 'Just One Board' offers skateboarders a chance to give back to their community |author = Jacy Danque |publisher = OC Metro |date = June 20, 2012 |access-date = December 1, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150322134458/http://www.ocmetro.com/t-Just-One-Board-International-Association-of-Skateboarding-Companies-donations-6-20-12.aspx |archive-date = March 22, 2015 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wheelscape.co.uk/why-skateparks.php |title = Why a Skatepark is a Good Idea |publisher = Wheelscape |access-date = December 1, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121124073937/http://www.wheelscape.co.uk/why-skateparks.php |archive-date = November 24, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.cdc.gov/search.do?queryText=skateboarding&action=search |title = 2008 Physical Activity Guidelins for Americans  |publisher = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |year = 2008 |access-date= December 1, 2012 }}</ref>

In 2003, [[Go Skateboarding Day]] was founded in southern California by the [[International Association of Skateboard Companies]] (IASC)<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/06/celebrate_international_go_ska.html|title = Celebrate International Go Skateboarding Day Tuesday in Wilsonville|author = Vickie Kavanagh|newspaper = The Oregonian|date = June 15, 2011|access-date = December 16, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120115160735/http://www.oregonlive.com/wilsonville/index.ssf/2011/06/celebrate_international_go_ska.html|archive-date = January 15, 2012|url-status = live}}</ref> to promote skateboarding throughout the world. It is celebrated annually on June 21 "to define skateboarding as the rebellious, creative celebration of independence it continues to be."<ref>{{cite web|title=GO SKATEBOARDING DAY 2012 PICS|url=http://www.theadrenalist.com/sports/go-skateboarding-day-2012-pics/|work=The Adrenalist|publisher=Unilever|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=June 22, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531123439/http://www.theadrenalist.com/sports/go-skateboarding-day-2012-pics/|archive-date=May 31, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-jun-22-la-me-0622-skateboarders-20110622-story.html |title = Hundreds in L.A. celebrate Go Skateboarding Day |author1 = Ricardo Lopez |author2 = Andrew Blankstein |date = June 22, 2011 |work = [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date = November 18, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150611002516/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/22/local/la-me-0622-skateboarders-20110622 |archive-date = June 11, 2015 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://skateboard.about.com/od/events/a/GoSkateDay.htm |title = Go Skateboarding Day |author = Steve Cave |publisher = About.com |access-date = November 18, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130116231026/http://skateboard.about.com/od/events/a/GoSkateDay.htm |archive-date = January 16, 2013 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url = http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2007/06/11/361140/121178/en/United-States-Government-Goes-Skateboarding.html |title = United States Government Goes Skateboarding |publisher = International Association of Skateboard Companies |via = GlobeNewswire, Inc. |date = June 11, 2007 |access-date = December 8, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150610220152/http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2007/06/11/361140/121178/en/United-States-Government-Goes-Skateboarding.html |archive-date = June 10, 2015 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://business.transworld.net/100295/news/just-one-board-makes-its-mark-on-go-skateboarding-day/ |title = Just One Board Makes Its Mark On Go Skateboarding Day |author = Kelli Hargrove |publisher = Transworld Business |date = June 13, 2012 |access-date = December 12, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120627045436/http://business.transworld.net/100295/news/just-one-board-makes-its-mark-on-go-skateboarding-day/ |archive-date = June 27, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref>
According to market research firm American Sports Data the number of skateboarders worldwide increased by more than 60 percent between 1999 and 2002—from 7.8 million to 12.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Globe International Headquarters|url=http://www.australiandesignreview.com/interiors/2183-globe-international-headquarters|work=Australian Design Review|publisher=Niche Media|access-date=May 25, 2013|author=Domingo Antonio Robledo|date=June 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911040010/http://www.australiandesignreview.com/interiors/2183-globe-international-headquarters|archive-date=September 11, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

Many cities also began implementing recreation plans and statutes during this time period, as part of their vision for local parks and communities to make public lands more available, in particular, for skateboarding, inviting skateboarders to come in off of the city streets and into organized skateboarding activity areas.<ref name="Architecture"/> By 2006, there were over 2,400 skateparks worldwide and the design of skateparks themselves had made a transition, as skaters turned designers.<ref name="jump"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1220532-1,00.html |title = It's All in the Swoop |author = Richard Lacayo |magazine = Time Magazine |date = July 30, 2006 |access-date = December 3, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121106002431/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1220532-1,00.html |archive-date = November 6, 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="C4WDefault-5726471">{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=316.0085&URL=CH0316/SEC0085.HTM |title=The 1999 Florida Statutes 316.0085 Skateboarding; inline skating; freestyle bicycling; definitions; liability. |work=leg.state.fl.us |date=c. 1999 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |author=The Florida Legislature (1999) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406003947/http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=316.0085&URL=CH0316%2FSEC0085.HTM |archive-date=April 6, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cprs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261&catid=82&Itemid=56&phpMyAdmin=58b368d4cb5b69c1b7d216ab094e3960 |title=Issues Facing California's Skate Parks |last1=Childs |first1=Marti |last2=March |first2=Jeff |publisher=California Park & Recreation Society |date=Spring 2002 |volume=58 |issue=2 |page=32 |access-date=December 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407073207/http://www.cprs.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261&catid=82&Itemid=56&phpMyAdmin=58b368d4cb5b69c1b7d216ab094e3960 |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url = https://archive.org/details/skateboardingins0000wixo |url-access = registration |page = [https://archive.org/details/skateboardingins0000wixo/page/9 9] |quote = skateboarding curriculum. |title = Skateboarding Instruction, Programming and Park Design |author = Ben Wixon |publisher = Human Kinetics |year = 2009 |isbn = 9780736074261 |access-date = December 2, 2012 }}</ref> Many new places to skateboard designed specifically for street skaters, such as [[the Buszy]] in [[Milton Keynes]], UK, and the Safe Spot Skate Spot program, first initiated by professional skateboarder [[Rob Dyrdek]] throughout many cities, allowed for the creation of smaller alternative safe skate plazas to be built at a lower cost.<ref name="Architecture"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url = http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000157925/news/kansas-citys-first-safe-spot-skate-spot/ |title = Kansas City's First Safe Spot Skate Spot |author = Blair Alley |magazine = Transworld Skateboarding |date= May 15, 2012 |access-date = December 3, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130529130146/http://skateboarding.transworld.net/1000157925/news/kansas-citys-first-safe-spot-skate-spot/ |archive-date = May 29, 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> One of the largest locations ever built to skateboard in the world, [[Skateboarding in China|SMP Skatepark]] in China, at 12,000 square meters in size, was built complete with a 5,000-seat stadium.<ref name="Architecture"/><ref>{{cite web |url = http://uschina.usc.edu/article@usct?skateboarding_with_chinese_characteristics_12079.aspx |title = Skateboarding with Chinese Characteristics |author = Jonathan Chow |date = June 20, 2008 |work = University of Southern California |access-date = November 2, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084431/http://uschina.usc.edu/article@usct?skateboarding_with_chinese_characteristics_12079.aspx |archive-date = April 7, 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref>

In 2009, [[Skatelab]] opened the Skateboarding Hall of Fame & Skateboard Museum. Nominees are chosen by the IASC.<ref name="Six">{{cite web|title=Six added to Skateboarding Hall of Fame|work=ESPN Action|date =November 2, 2010|url=https://www.espn.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=5749227|access-date=October 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101102222614/http://sports.espn.go.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=5749227|archive-date=November 2, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web  |url =http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2008-05-30/sports/039.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919002415/http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2008-05-30/sports/039.html|url-status=dead|archive-date =September 19, 2015|title =Hawk, other skateboarding legends slated to attend book signing at Skatelab|first=Thomas|last=Gase|publisher =Simi Valley Acorn  |date =May 5, 2008|access-date =December 22, 2012}}</ref>