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Skateboarding
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Skateboarding is the act of riding on or performing tricks with a skateboard. A person who skateboards is referred to as a skateboarder or skater.
Skateboarding--often portrayed in the media as an extreme sport--can be a form of art, a hobby, or a method of transportation.[1] Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report by American Sports Data found that there were 12.5 million skateboarders in the world. Eighty percent of skateboarders polled who had used a board in the last year were under the age of 18, and 74 percent were male.[2]
Skateboarding is a relatively modern sport--it originated as "sidewalk surfing" in the United States--particularly California--in the 1950s. A key skateboarding trick, the ollie, was only developed in the late 1970s.[3]

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