1). Skateboarding consists of two styles, street and vert (“Skateboarding” para. 4). Street skateboarding involves skating stairs, rails, and ledges (“Skateboarding” para. 4). The skateboard green consists of skate half pipes which are giant wooden ramps (Skateboarding » para. 4). The basic dimensions of a skateboard deck are 81 centimeters long and 23 centimeters wide (“Skateboarding” para. 2). The 3 components of the skateboard are the trucks, the deck and the wheels (“Skateboarding” para. 2). Skillful and good skaters can imagine and perform difficult tricks (“Skateboarding” para. 1). The tasks related to skateboarding are balancing with the feet and the board (“Skateboarding” para. 1). Skateboarding was invented by surfers who wanted to “surf” on concrete (Owen para. 2). Skateboarding has been around for a while and people used to skate on dirt wheels (Owen para. 1). A company called Cadillac Wheels started making urethane and changed the skateboard (Owen para. 4). Die-hard skaters began building ramps in their yards (Owen para. 5). In 1980, the invention of VHS made it possible for children to watch skateboarding (Owen para.