[La Enchiladita]

Skateboards did not exist when I was a kid.
Just sayin’. The author is on the young side, lol.

[JoeProBono]

My first scateboard

[CIB-173RDABN]

Skateboards did not exist when I was a kid.

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Skateboards existed long before they went commercial. In my days you would take and old pair of roller skates, a 2x4, and a wooden crate (preferebly one borrowed from the local market). Nail the skate to the 2x4, turn it over and nail the wooden box on the other side. Nail a strip of wood for a handle on the top of the box and you had free transportation.

Of course the wheels were metal and you would feel every rock in the road. And if you wanted a thrill, there was always a hill you could coast down with your only brakes shoe leather.

Somewhere along the line this little homemade toy got streamline into the skateboards we know today. But their history goes back long before the 1940s

[MediaMole]

Skateboards have been around since roller skates showed up.

Just take an old 2X4 and one of those roller skates that clamped on a pair of shoes. You would separate the front and back parts of the skate and nail them to the 2X4 — instant skateboard.

They were great heading down a steep hill, until the metal wheels hit an expansion band in the concrete.

[Mike Darancette]

Skateboards did not exist when I was a kid.

A 2x4 piece of wood with the front end and the back end of a clip on roller skate worked just fine.

[norwaypinesavage]

A friend of mine got a skate board for Christmas in the early '60s - in Northern Minnesota. Since there was snow everywhere, we skitched over to the local University (a 'College' then). The college buildings were connected by tunnels (Smart people, those Minnesoooootans). The tunnels were not level, since the college was built on hills along side the lake.

He took his first ride down one of these tunnels. I heard him yell, after the first turn: "Somebody open the door!"