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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…
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…
https://youtu.be/rcJ9-twkBnE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU3fickcDAI&t=5m51s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOwYrTMYTgs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqrD0Vl5Vo4 wikipedia: Patti_McGee FB: Patti McGee GIRLS Skateboarding 1965 Skateboard Championships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOwYrTMYTgs
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Kanske första slalomtävlingen i Slottsskogen våren 1977(exakt datum okänt) i backen framför Smålandsgården. Mauritz Walldén var med och organiserade. Bilder och info från Johan Appelgren. Tack! Fler av Johans gamla skatefoton från Göteborg finns här.
1978 öppnas Loftet skatepark i Fiskebäck Göteborg (av Jonas-yoda Wikström och Dan Edanius?). Cover photo by Jonas-yoda Wikström. Året stämmer men vet inte datum. 1980 lades Loftet skateboardklubb ned och ramperna köptes av Skateland och monterades upp och användes för Coca-Cola cup finalen i juni 1980 på Skateland Skatepark.
Inte exakt datum, men det var under våran 1978. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ePwuMA-RU
