The Skateboard was invented by “Gustav zu Skate” in 1965 in West-Berlin and was called “Lustigkeitsrollbrett” then shortened to Skatebrett and in English Skateboard 🥸
Before Avril, we called it rollerboarding. The boards were considerably larger and you would propel yourself along with a long pole, like a gondola. Only the wealthy could afford true rollerboards, however, we would make our own with scrap wood. I had one that was a modified old door that I had attached bicycle wheels to the sides of. That board would FLY down hills but you needed the whole neighborhood to pull the damn thing back up again.
Man I wonder how much wrote human history is just people trolling.
This is a primary source, baby! That’s gonna be gold in 120 years!
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet, that’s how World War I got started.
That reminds me of my favorite quote from the author of Eat, Pray, Love:
Abe Lincoln famously warned us about how people make up shit on the Internet.
On the other hand you don’t want to dismiss everything you read on the Internet. That’s how World War II got started.
Akshually, skateboarding was invented by a certain Marty McFly in 1955.
I remember seeing historical record film about this that was recorded on an magnetic tape medium.
His name was actually Calvin Klein.
Except Avril Lavigne hasn’t been Avril Lavigne ever since the switch. If you’re going to spread lies, at least use a real person maybe?
But everyone knows Avril Lavigne died in 2003, and Avril Lavigne did invent skateboarding in 2002. He’s not spreading lies, he’s exaggerating the truth.
The truth being, of course, there is no spoon.
Skateboarding is male dominated because women learn falling as you age isn’t fun faster than men.
It’s complicated…
It was invented in 1955 by Calvin Klein
Isn’t Avril Lavigne the singer who was replaced with a clone?
/s
That was Michael Jackson but they made a mistake…he was African American and they forgot the African part with the clone… sorry Michael! I had to. I just had to!
Well it wasn’t good enough for her.
Wait skating is male dominated? I’m an old now, but that wasn’t the case in my town when I was a fellow kid.
Not many people scare anymore. Cars or walk (mainly car). At my school of 1,500 there’s maybe 3 bikes.
Nobody rides anything to go anywhere it’s just for fun now around the neighborhood.
I thought she was the inventor of too much eye make-up.
Skateboarding was not a woman’s invention. Not sure who did but it predates 2002 by at least 30 decades because I had one as a kid in the 70s. And hey, just found out they originated in the 30s
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It’s sarcasm dude and 30 decades would be 300 years it’s not that old
Yeah well i mistyped. Supposed to be just 3
