Skateboarding has grown in popularity over the last several years and anyone that rides a skateboard can be called a skateboarder. Most skateboarders are males although a few females engage in the sport as well. A skateboarder not only engages in the art of skating around on a board, they engage in a lifestyle. Where there is one skater there are usually more very close by, as they do skate together in groups.
Skateboarders can be seen everywhere from shopping mall parking lots to city sidewalks. This sport has grown so much over the past fifty years that it is now known worldwide. The first skateboarders had to make their own skateboards which was usually very simple and made from planks with wheels attached. Eventually, some of the more enthusiastic skateboarders decided it was time to design, create and manufacture new and improved skateboards. Teens were greatly attracted to these news boards because it allowed them to learn more tricks and daring stunts.
By the end of the 1990s many skateboarders became known as punkers. However, there are still many regular teens, Goths, nerds and even a few adults that love the sport of skateboarding.
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