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skateboarding
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skateboarding

Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean was flat. In the 1970s a faster, polyurethane wheel was developed. Eventually skateboard parks were built, providing a variety of slopes and banked surfaces for sudden turns and flamboyant stunts. The skateboarding craze contributed to the emergence of snowboarding as a winter youth sport.



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Those are two of the city of Eugene's four skateboard parks - the one at Amazon Park being a smallish facility with only a few features for skateboard riders, and the one on Cal Young Middle School property a full-on bowl with ramps and rails and whatnot.
Along with age limits - the doctors' group says children under 5 shouldn't ride skateboards at all - it also recommends helmets and other protective gear for scooter and skateboard riders, and encourages communities to consider more skate parks where kids can play away from city streets.
 
 
 
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