"It started with metal roller skate wheels nailed to wooden crates. The boxy devices later simplified into planks of wood. And as surfing became increasingly popular in the late 1950s, the idea to surf the streets became a natural progression."
Yvonne Villarreal in the Los Angeles Times reviews "Skateboard: Evolution and Art in California" at Santa Monica's California Heritage Museum. (The exhibit also screens the original color version of the first skateboarding movie, 1965's Skaterdater.)
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