similar ideas at the same time. These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom. Like you might imagine, a lot of people got hurt in skateboarding's early years!. The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. In 1963, skateboarding was at a peak of popularity, and companies like Jack's, Hobie and Makaha started holding skateboarding competitions.. Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward and Danny Berer were some well known skateboarders at this time, but what they did looked almost completely different from what skateboarding looks like today! Their style of skateboarding, called "freestyle", is more like dancing ballet or ice skating with a skateboard. Then, in 1965, skateboarding's popularity suddenly crashed. Most people assumed that skateboarding was a fad that had died out, like the hoola hoop
) Alates viiekümnendatest huvi surfamise vastu vähenes ja mõisteti, et rulatamine võib tekitada sama tunde kui sõita lainetel. Surfamise manöövreid, stiili, moodi ja suhtumist hakati kasutama ka rulaga sõites. Sellel ajal muudeti ka rula trucke, muutes nendega sõidu kergemaks ja manööverdamise lihtsamaks. Esimene rula täiskomplekt tuli müüki 1959. aastal ja selle andis välja Roller Derby Skateboard (vt lisa 2). (Ibid) 1960-ndatel viisid esimesed firmad, nagu Larry Stevenson's Makaha ja Hobie Alter's Hobie, rula masstoodangusse. Rulatamisest sai üleöö väga populaarne tegevusala ja firmad üritasid suurele nõudmisele vastu pidada. Kolme aastaga müüdi üle viiekümne miljoni rula ja esimene võistlus peeti Hermosa Beachil Californias 1963. aastal. 1965 teatas hulk ohutuseksperte, et rulatamine on ohtlik tegevus ja soovitasid poodidel rulade müümise lõpetada ning vanematel rula
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