I can remember some of the first boards that came out that were cheap (and nasty) very hard wheels that slid sideways around corners and sent you flying if you were not careful. They had bright hard plastic decks too. ...
The snakeboard was invented in 1989 by James Fisher and Oliver Macloed Smith. Its creation came about as a progression from the original skateboard design, taking in aspects of snowboards and surfboards. The difference between a snakeboard and a skateboard ...
After attempts to make a skateboard out of a single roller skate and plank of wood I was lucky enough to get a 'real' skateboard in the late seventies called "Super Slalom Flyer'. It had a red thin moulded plastic ...