Like we wrote earlier, in 1969 Larry Stevens invented the kicktail which would change skateboarding shapes forever. Hands of innovative people like Larry Stevens, who invented the kicktail in 1969 and changed skateboarding forever. The board shapes of the time expanded the sport as an industry and ultimately put more skateboards into people’s hands. While this type of skating ultimately resulted in its near extinction, there were a ton of industry lessons learned so to speak and certain cornerstones of skate teams, skate brands, even skate shops were first born in this era. with long haired California teens curving through cones and handstanding for minutes on end. It is around this time we start to see skateboarding competitions hit national T.V. (A lot like the penny boards of today.) In many ways, we owe a lot to these boards. These boards were flat or actually drooped down the ends in what is known as a ‘cambered’ deck, where the middle of the board is either flat or most prominent. Naturally, the first appearances of shapes resembling their older surfboards siblings came in the 1960s. As you might have guessed it, people started to recognize the first skateboards as an offshoot of surfing culture, especially in California.
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