By stefano.massari on Skatehive
~ La versione in italiano inizia subito dopo la versione in inglese ~ ENGLISH Photographs and Thoughts: The Skateboard The Subject of the Photograph These photographs show the skateboards my son and I purchased a few months ago. Description The Origins My research shows that skateboarding originated in California in the 1950s. Some surfers, during a prolonged period when good waves were lacking, invented the idea of attaching wheels to a wooden board. This discipline was initially dubbed "sidewalk surfing" by its creators. The Turning Point A further turning point in this discipline occurred in 1975, also in California. During a period of drought, it was forbidden to irrigate lawns and put water in swimming pools. One day, three kids jumped into one of these pools, modeled after those designed by Alvar Aalto. Alvar Aalto was a very important Finnish architect and designer and invented kidney-shaped pools with a concave bottom. Let's get back to the three kids. They started skating in