Andijan machine-building institute

Andijan machine-building institute

Andijan machine-building institute

Faculty of Transport and Logistics

Direction "Labor protection and technical safety".

2nd course, K-101-21 group student

Khojimatova Gulnozakhon’s

INDEPENDENT WORK

Subject: English

Theme: Skateboard

Theme: Skateboard

A skateboard is a type of sports equipment used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. It usually consists of a specially designed maplewood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability. Most skateboards are made with 7 plies of this wood.

A skateboard is a type of sports equipment used primarily for the activity of skateboarding. It usually consists of a specially designed maplewood board combined with a polyurethane coating used for making smoother slides and stronger durability. Most skateboards are made with 7 plies of this wood.

The 50’s-60’s

• Skateboards created so when surfing wasn’t feasible, “Sidewalk Surfing” was available.
• Skateboards were made from roller skates and.. Well.. Boards.
• 1959, Roller derby skateboards put into production
• 1960-1965 over 50 million skateboards put into production
• 1965 Safety officials deem skateboarding “unsafe” and skate recession starts
• Skateboarding seems as though it was just a fad and dies as quick as it was born.

“The Craze and Menace of Skateboards” Life Magazine May 1965

The 70’s

"There was so much aggression...they were more like a street gang than a skate team“ – Skateboarder Magazine
Photo: z-boys 1975

• With the skate recession still in effect, Derbys and Style Competitions are in few numbers.
• 1973, Polyurethane Wheels invented skating is popularized again.
• “Z-boys” introduce an aggressive skate style that many accept as the birth of modern skating.
• 1976, the “Ollie” introduced by Alan Gelfield
• Insurance costs and dimming crowds slowed the sport down, it’s second remission hits.