It's a strange day and age, when I can write a blog about skateboarding schools! Just a few short decades ago, skateboarding was mostly unknown, or had a very rough reputation. A lot of skaters still do - there are loads of people out there who HATE skaters! And, to be honest, there are a lot of skaters who are equally mad at the world! And, in the middle of all that, today I wrote up a new list of international skateboarding schools. That's right, there are several skateboarding schools all over the world! Now, these aren't the same things as skateboarding camps - for this list, I put in established schools, most of which run year round. There are a few in America, and ones in Canada, Japan, Germany, and England. Crazy, huh?! Check out Skateboarding Schools Worldwide!
I'd like to add to this list. I know there are more schools in the states that I haven't listed, and there have GOT to be more around the world. Korea? Spain? Australia?
So, let's make this list bigger - if you know of a legitimate skateboarding school (not just some guy named Mike who will teach you to skate behind a dumpster somewhere... unless he's really good at it!), either post a comment below, or e-mail me! Also, if you have ever been to one of these schools, post a comment and tell the world what it was like! I haven't been to any of them, and it would be good to know if any are particularly good or bad!
- On a related note, if you skate and live somewhere outside the US or Canada, and you'd like to share what it's like, I'm always trying to add countries to the Skateboarding Around the World article - email me and let's talk!
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We were sitting around talking about who and when the skateboard was invented. We checked all the sites and blogs. I actually posted coments on 2 sites. “Wiki answers” was one..
I grew up in Coronado Ca. I’m still boarding and am 61. But back then in the 50’s one of the older brothers of a friend named John Pickens, added a piece of quarter round to the tail of his steel skate board. This gave the rider more control and before long we were doing wheelies, hopping curbs, spinning 360’s and more. I believe this was the first improvement to the basic board and launched skateboarding into a real sport..