Skate by Numbers

4 wheeled skateboard, complete with handles and axles to help steer the skate, was first invented in the mid 1940s.

1963 The year Larry Stevenson started Makaha Skateboard Company to mass produce his surfboard shaped skateboard design.  The unique shape offered a better ride on the concrete wave.

100 competitors took part in the first ever skate contest, that same year, in Hermosa Beach, California.

3,000,000 boards were sold in a three year span since their first manufacturing.

1965 the year skateboarding’s popularity took a dive, deeming it as another fad which had died out.

10 years later, in 1975, skateboarding took off on an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today.

50 MPH, the speed a skater can reach when riding with their bodies parallel to the road and their hands behind their back. Wooooohooooo!

85% of skaters polled to have used a board in the last year were under the age of 18.

74% of those skaters were male.

67, the age of Pattie Mcgee, the first pro female skater. To this day, she still loves skating.

900 degrees, record for the most rotations while in mid-air, held by Tony Hawk.

11.14  meters, 36 feet by 7 inches, holds the Guiness World Record for the longest skateboard ever designed.

242 miles, the longest distance, covered by Ted McDonald, in a 24 hour period.

1976 the year the pilot episode of Charlie’s Angels featured Farah Fawcett on a Skateboard.

$1000 to $10,000. The typical salary of a pro skater today per month, based on winnings.

2 years old, the age of our world’s youngest skaters.

18.5 million skateboarders in the world were reported in 2002.

6-21, June 21st, has officially been proclaimed, Go Skateboarding Day! by the U.S. House of Representatives.

2005, The year Stacy Peralta’s movie, Lords of Dogtown, opened.

44.5 inches, record for the highest ollie by Danny Wainwright from England.

1/3 of skateboarding injuries are suffered by skaters who have been skating for less than a week.

2007, year Six Flags in San Antonio, Texas opened, “Tony Hawk’s Big Spin”, a skateboard themed roller coaster.

2100 skateboard parks were built in a span of four years.