Small boards with wheels mounted underneath, ridden by pushing with one foot for transportation or sport.
From 'skate' (a shoe with wheels, from Dutch 'schaats') + 'board' (wooden plank). Skateboards evolved in the 1950s from surfers in California wanting to practice on land, combining surfing and roller skating.
Skateboarding started as 'sidewalk surfing' in 1950s California, but became so popular that skate parks fundamentally changed urban architecture—cities had to redesign plazas because skateboarders shaped the physical landscape!
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