History of Skateboard

       I’m going to say something about the origin and adaptation about skateboard. Even though it’s about the history, it’s not that old!

     Back when 1950s in California, some surfers extended surfing to the ground so as to enjoy the affluent feeling all the time. No one knows who created the first skateboard on the world because so many people acclaimed themselves made it at that time. The first batch of skateboards (made by surfers themselves) were just some boxes or boards fixed with wheels torn from roller skates, so it often caused injuries.

     Skateboarding reached a peak at 1963, Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward and Danny Berer were celebrities at that time. But their playing style were really different from the skateboarding we see today. It’s more like dancing ballet or ice skating. I just can’t imagine that, it’s absolutely weird, isn’t it?

     Just like a fad, skateboard has straits. Around 1965, public didn’t ride it anymore, causing the factories and companies to bankrupt. But after this crisis, a revolutionary breakthrough on the material of the wheel bring people back, making another peak of its popularity.

     Nowadays, skateboard is not something just for fun, it’s an artistry and can be very   professional. Even though I won’t be an ace of it, I still enjoy it from heart. 
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Animals on Skateboard

     Hello, everybody! This week is still a week of mid-term exam to some people, so let’s take a look at some cool and interesting performing from cute animals!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                

     Look at this chimp! He(or she) is a real street skateboarder, isn’t he? After watching this, I just want to go to bed hoping to dream a dream in which I can play as fantastic as him.

     This is a video containing every kind of skateboarding animal on the internet. There’s not only dogs and cats, but also animals like goats and guinea pigs inside! And I must say most of them are really skateboarding! They accelerate by drawing their feet, just like humans, and they really enjoy the feeling of sliding. There’s only a little part of these animals that just be put on a moving board and be recorded.

     There’s a famous dog in America, called Tillman, setting a Guinness World Record for being the fastest dog on skateboard! Tillman’s keeper said that he didn’t train the bulldog for anything about skateboard. Tillman himself loved skateboarding and sophisticated it alone. How amazing! 

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Ray Barbee- Man who Create Classics

  Hello! The last post has received lots of attention (compared with the other posts of mine). I think that’s because the stair-rover’s just too fascinating, ha! But actually, I’m a little afraid that I have nothing interesting to write this week. I decide to present a celebrity in the world of skateboard at last. I hope it won’t be too boring!

  Ray Barbee is an American skateboarder. He has invented many awesome tricks and it was he who made freestyle tricks on street norm. He has many videos showing brand-new tricks and his admirable skills, which have become classics in the domain of skateboard. 

  Here is one of those classics: Public Domain. When this video was shot, Ray was just a kid and had already possessed astonishing skills. 

  In the second video,   Ban This, Ray had grown as a teenager, showing more tricks that afterward became some common skills all the players around the world try to be skilled at. 

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A Miracle in the World of Skateboard:Stair-Rover

  Hello everybody! Last week I announced that I would introduce a kind of skateboard which was super cool! The most eye-catching part of it is that it has eight wheels. It has been reported by Discovery and The Berrics , the biggest media of skateboard in the world, specifically and was given high appraisals. The most important thing is that it’s a “proud of Taiwan"!

  "Stair-Rover" is designed by a Taiwanese skatrboarder,賴柏志,and it’s his graduation work in a design school in London. Like it’s name,Stair-Rover,suggests,it permits you to wander at all kinds of awful road surfaces like gravel road, drain covers, guide bricks, lawn, and, most amazingly, stairs. Imaging that you roll over the stairs fluently even elegantly! No wonder the experience of playing Stair-Rover is generally called “city surfing”. And I have to explain more that a normal skateboard tends to trip over even if there’s just a little pebble on the road, so Stair-Rover is just like a gift from god, a MIRACLE!

  Stair-Rover hasn’t been launched, precisely speaking. People around the world can pre-order it now, but they have to wait until 2015 to get it. It costs about NT$7500.It may sounds expensive, but actually, it’s not much more expensive than a long board, and I think that’s totally worthy!  

This is not a video from youtube,To watch clearer video, click the link below!

http://vimeo.com/103649118

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