HI299 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Larry Stevenson, Rodney Mullen, Gainesville, Florida
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By the 1950s, the surfing craze was in full swing. Enthusiasts realized skateboarding could recreate the feeling of riding a wave. This connection with surfing influenced the trajectory of skateboarding. Maneuvres and style, to terrain, fashion and attitude. 1959, the first roller derby skateboard sold to the public larry stevenson and hobie alter began to mass-produce surfing- inspired skateboards. Bill and mark richards, bruce logan, torger johnson. Over 50 million skateboards sold within a three year period (1960- The first skateboard contest was held in hermosa beach, ca in. By 1965, proponents of sporting safety in the us pronounced skateboarding unsafe. Urged stores not to sell them and parents not to buy them. The skateboarding fad died and the sport entered its first slump. Peaks and valleys in the history of the sport are known as the ten- year cycle (cid:2) Larry stevenson invented the kick-tail during the first slump .
