preliminary links and descriptions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skateboarding

This is the Wikipedia site on "skateboarding". This web site tells me about the history and facts about skateboarding





http://www.skatelog.com/skateboarding/skateboarding-history.htm

This is another site about the history of skateboarding. I like this site because it tells you about the different genres of skateboarding and how it has changed over the years.




http://ezinearticles.com/?Plastic,-Composite,-Wood-Skateboards-and-Skateboard-Trucks&id=526965

This is an article on the kinds of materials that are used for skateboards. It tells you very interesting things about skateboards.


http://ezinearticles.com/?Plastic,-Composite,-Wood-Skateboards-and-Skateboard-Trucks&id=526965

This is a site that came out of the book, "extraordinary uses for ordinary things". I like this site because it tells the reader some uses for skateboards that the ordinary person wouldn't think about