Send info about your event to info@myskatespots.com if you want it listed.

The Bun Board skateboard – First commercial skateboard

Hermosa Guild Drug - Bun Board seller 1957 1200 Hermosa Ave, Hermosa Beach, CA, United States

In Hermosa 1957 a retired Alf Jensen built the "Bun Boards" with steel wheels and sold them e.g. through the Guild Drug store at the price 2,88USD. The name "Bun Board" comes from that the decks was trashed hickory boards that a local bakery had used for baking their buns. This was probably the first…

Roller Derby Skate board – First mass produced Skateboard

Roller Derby Skate Company La Mirada, CA factory 12745 Valley View Ave, La Mirada, CA, United States

Some say the Roller Derby Skateboard was released already 1959, but according Jim Scheller, Roller Derby vice-president that began working for the company in 1957, keep saying that their board was first out in 1963. See Google Books: he Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History and longboarderlabs.com: What was the…