Skateboarding
Since its invention in the late 1950s, skateboarding has had several separate waves of popularity. The style of each wave may have been slightly different, but they all share a youth culture of rebellion and stylish feats of physical skill and daring. Although some parents and coaches tried to make skateboarding a Little League (see entry under 1930s—Sports and Games in volume 2) sport in the 1970s, and others have tried to haveit outlawed, "boarders" are a highly independent group who have resisted attempts to take their sport from them. Marty McFly, from the 1980s film series Back to the.....
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