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A skateboard is a narrow wheeled platform used for the activity of skateboarding. It is thought that skateboards arose in the 1940s and 1950s, when children would participate in soapbox (car) races, using soap-boxes attached to wooden planks on rollerskate wheels .
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A skateboard is a narrow wheeled platform used for the activity of skateboarding. It is thought that skateboards arose in the 1940s and 1950s, when children would participate in soapbox (car) races, using soap-boxes attached to wooden planks on rollerskate wheels .
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When the soap-box became detached from the plank, children would ride these primitive "skateboards". These were often used by surfers as a substitute when the waves were low.
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The skateboard has evolved since the first mass produced models in the 1960s. Boards in the past were often made in the shape of a surfboard, with no concavity and constructed of solid wood or plastic. The wheels were usually made of a clay composite, or steel and the trucks (axles) were less sturdy and initially of a 'single-action' design compared to today's 'double-action'.
