From its origins—roller-skate wheels attached to a wooden board—the skateboard has given rise to a vibrant culture of art, music, and sport. Used by surfers when there were no waves to ride, the ...

The cheapest option is the wooden skateboard. It costs approx. $75. Despite not being the fastest, it’s great for beginners. It beats sprinting around town on foot. If you are flushed with the ...

This Bahne skateboard, now part of the National Museum ... inventive figurehead for skateboarding throughout the 1980s, when wooden ramps replaced parks and fish-shaped boards of layered hardwood ...