Who invented flip skateboards

Wiki Content. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Jesse Humphreys peforing a kickflip The Kickflip originally Magic Flip is a street skateboarding Skateboarding Trick invented by professional skateboarder Rodney Mullen where the Skateboarder swipes his foot at an angle Skateboard in order to make it flip degrees along the board's long axis.

Categories Tricks Add category. Cancel Save. In , the first artificially created skate park was inaugurated and new parks emerged with new elements such as vertical ramps and kickers. In the mids, skateboarding reached Germany. The American soldiers brought the trend with them and by Munich became the first German skateboard center. In Munich Neuperlach, the first skate park was built, first skateboard magazines followed and in the first German skateboard championships were held in Munich.

All the different riders with their individual styles enhanced lots of new tricks. Therefore, skateboarding hardware was developed further and further: Shapes changed, boards became wider, got more concave and they featured nose and tail. That was the birth of street skateboarding! The s Rodney Mullen was one of the first riders who transferred the Ollie for different maneuvers onto the streets and spread a new style of skateboarding. Next to other fun sport activities like BMX or inline skating, street skateboarding developed more and more and became very popular.

Next to these magazines, a few smaller ones were founded and more skate shops opened. Because of this, the popularity of skateboarding continued to grow. A global dissemination of new tricks and unseen skate maneuvers allowed the first skate videos on VHS. Videography has become increasingly important to the scene. Titus Dittmann was instrumental in the development of skateboarding in Germany. He imported skate-related products from the US and organized contests and various skateboarding events.

For that reason, skateboarding became more and more famous in Germany. From the mids on, it was possible to earn good money as a professional skateboarder and the skateboard industry boomed in the US. In the late s, companies like Powell Peralta , Santa Cruz and Vision dominated the international market of the scene. The fashion was mainly determined by shoes. Shoes by Vans, Converse or Vision became flagships for the skateboarding scene. Skateboarding was now absolutely established the US and in Germany and vert skateboarding was replaced by street skateboarding.

The number of skateboarders increased significantly and professional skateboarders became more and more famous just like baseball or football stars. From the s to now In the early s, skateboarding went through a further depth phase due to the increase in various trend sports. So skateboarding went back to its roots. But because of the digitalization, skateboarding maintained its presence in public. From the mids, the modern skateboarding experienced a next high phase, which continues until today.

Due to numerous magazines, all the events, videos and last but not least the internet, skateboarding became common worldwide. Gonzalez Flower Power 8. Majerus Flower Power 8. Berger Flower Power 8. Mountain Flower Power Blue 8. Mountain Flower Power Black 9.

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