While everyone was zipping around at the roller disco, a group of sun kissed California teens were looking for a place to skateboard.
Banned from public walk ways for general disorderliness, and facing a long standing draught they had a stroke of genius. The private pools of their suburban neighborhoods were drained, and they started surfing the walls of these hallowed out concrete casings.
To be a skateboarder meant more than the rubber tape, clay wheels and wooden board. When I boarded as a young teen, and before Tony Hawk, it was a symbol of rebellion. There was a lifestyle that went along with the sport. We were punk hippies, and urban surfers. We listened to death metal, anarchist punk, and the like. We also broke a fair number of bones.
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