The Zephyr Team (or Z-Boys)
The Zephyr team had 12 members:
Shogo Kubo
Bob Biniak
Nathan Pratt
Stacey Peralta
Jim Muir
Allen Sarlo
Chris Cahill
Tony Alva
Paul Constantineau
Jay Adams
Peggy Oki
Wentzle Ruml
While surfing is what pulled the Zephyr team together, skateboarding would be what would pull them apart. But not before they changed the world forever.
Skateboarding's Rebirth
Skateboarding was a hobby that had a short lived flash of excitement in the late 50's. However, in 1965 skateboarding's popularity fell off the face of the Earth. At that time, skateboarders would ride using dangerous clay wheels, and anyone who wanted to skate had to build their own skateboard from scratch.
However, in 1972, the same year that the Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions shop opened, urethane skateboard wheels were invented. These wheels made skateboarding smoother, safer, and more reasonable. Today we still use urethane skateboarding wheels.
From Pastime to Passion
The Z-boys enjoyed skateboarding as something to do after surfing. The activity grew from a hobby for the Zephyr team into a new way to express themselves, and to show what they were made of. Style was the most important aspect of skateboarding to the Zephyr team, and they pulled all their inspiration from surfing. They would bend their knees deep, and enjoyed riding the concrete like they were riding a wave, dragging their hands on the pavement like Larry Burtleman. Burtleman would touch the wave as he was surfing, dragging his fingers across it. This move in skateboarding became known as a Burt and is still in skateboarding language today to refer to dragging fingers, or planting a hand on the ground and turning around it.
The skateboarding of the Zephyr team was unique and powerful. At the same time that they were sidewalk surfing, skateboarding was growing in popularity in other areas of the US. For the rest of the country, skateboarding was slalom (riding down a hill back and forth between cones) and freestyle. Freestyle skateboarding is mostly dead today, but back then it was a huge part of the sport. Imagine ballet on a skateboard, or mixing ice skating with skateboarding. Freestyle was supposed to be graceful and artistic.
While the Zephyr team had nothing to do with freestyle skateboarding, they were familiar with slalom. Bicknell Hill ran down from the Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions shop, and the Z-boys loved to set up cones and practice Burts and slalom on the hill. The Zephyr team also had four grade schools in the Dogtown area that they would skate at. These schools all had sloping concrete banks in their playgrounds, usually because the school was built into a hill, or had water drainage issues. For the Z-boys, it was a great place to skate. It was in these places that each skater developed his or her own style. But they still had further to go - in the hands of the Zephyr team, skateboarding would be changed forever.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
how to become a pro skateboarder
Question: What Makes a Pro Skateboarder a Pro?
What Makes a Pro Skateboarder a Pro? How do you become a Professional Skateboarder? What's the difference between pro skaters and ams? A reader named Pat asks - "I've seen many good skaters. They have their own names on boards and shoes, and even have parts in skate videos. But I read on Wikipedia and Transworld skateboarding that they are amateur. Not pro. So i was like...wow, if they cant get pro's yet even with their talent, how good do you have to be to turn pro???"
Answer: Good question, robb! The designation “pro” is kinda tricky and sticky, especially since it can mean more than one thing.
Basically, a skater is pro when he or she lives off of skateboarding. So, if a skater is young, then it’s tricky to call them “pro”, because they are still in school, live with their parents, etc. But, on a very basic level, someone is a pro skater when they can live off of it – so really, it’s up to that skater. This type of "pro" is the same as in any other kind of sport. Usually this type of pro will have a few sponsors, and travel around to competitions, living off of the money generated from sponsors and competitions (sponsors like their pros to do well in competitions too, so the system feeds itself, as long as the pro keeps doing well).
However, there is a system among skateboarding companies where certain sponsors will not call a skater they sponsor “pro” until they decide that that certain skater is good enough. This type of “pro” labeling often comes with products with his or her name on them. With this kind of pro labeling, skateboarding teams will have a certain number of pro skaters, and a certain number of am (amateur) skaters. This is used more for teams who travel and do demos, and film videos.
And how much do pro skateboarders get paid for pro endorsements? That’s TOTALLY up in the air. Some guys get loads of money to use their name, and other guys – the less known pros – can get hardly anything. It all depends on how they perform, how the sales go, and how much they are valued by that sponsor. You’ll notice at events like the X Games, when a skater does really well and the cameras are on him or her, sometimes they hold up their skateboards to show off sponsor stickers – or they make sure that certain sponsor stickers on their helmets are always seen. That’s because that sponsor pays them well, and they want to keep them happy and make sure the sponsor gets their money’s worth! It's not all bad, when you think it through - if no one was sponsoring most of these guys, they wouldn't be able to afford to travel and skate, and we would never see them. Sponsorships and endorsements can make things ugly, but they also open a lot of doors. There's a lot of room to argue on this topic, and I think arguing can be healthy (if you want to voice your opinion, visit the Skateboarding Forum).
The world of pro skaters is strange. The top pros do get a lot of money, but the top of the mountain is a small place, and while they are all usually friendly (more so than in a lot of sports), some elbowing does happen. And sometimes, guys just fall right off…
What Makes a Pro Skateboarder a Pro? How do you become a Professional Skateboarder? What's the difference between pro skaters and ams? A reader named Pat asks - "I've seen many good skaters. They have their own names on boards and shoes, and even have parts in skate videos. But I read on Wikipedia and Transworld skateboarding that they are amateur. Not pro. So i was like...wow, if they cant get pro's yet even with their talent, how good do you have to be to turn pro???"
Answer: Good question, robb! The designation “pro” is kinda tricky and sticky, especially since it can mean more than one thing.
Basically, a skater is pro when he or she lives off of skateboarding. So, if a skater is young, then it’s tricky to call them “pro”, because they are still in school, live with their parents, etc. But, on a very basic level, someone is a pro skater when they can live off of it – so really, it’s up to that skater. This type of "pro" is the same as in any other kind of sport. Usually this type of pro will have a few sponsors, and travel around to competitions, living off of the money generated from sponsors and competitions (sponsors like their pros to do well in competitions too, so the system feeds itself, as long as the pro keeps doing well).
However, there is a system among skateboarding companies where certain sponsors will not call a skater they sponsor “pro” until they decide that that certain skater is good enough. This type of “pro” labeling often comes with products with his or her name on them. With this kind of pro labeling, skateboarding teams will have a certain number of pro skaters, and a certain number of am (amateur) skaters. This is used more for teams who travel and do demos, and film videos.
And how much do pro skateboarders get paid for pro endorsements? That’s TOTALLY up in the air. Some guys get loads of money to use their name, and other guys – the less known pros – can get hardly anything. It all depends on how they perform, how the sales go, and how much they are valued by that sponsor. You’ll notice at events like the X Games, when a skater does really well and the cameras are on him or her, sometimes they hold up their skateboards to show off sponsor stickers – or they make sure that certain sponsor stickers on their helmets are always seen. That’s because that sponsor pays them well, and they want to keep them happy and make sure the sponsor gets their money’s worth! It's not all bad, when you think it through - if no one was sponsoring most of these guys, they wouldn't be able to afford to travel and skate, and we would never see them. Sponsorships and endorsements can make things ugly, but they also open a lot of doors. There's a lot of room to argue on this topic, and I think arguing can be healthy (if you want to voice your opinion, visit the Skateboarding Forum).
The world of pro skaters is strange. The top pros do get a lot of money, but the top of the mountain is a small place, and while they are all usually friendly (more so than in a lot of sports), some elbowing does happen. And sometimes, guys just fall right off…
why learn to skateboard
Looking for some reasons for picking up skateboarding? Whether you need to convince your parents that skateboarding is a respectable and valuable activity, or a parent trying to convince your kid to pick up a skateboard, or if you are just thinking about skateboarding but want to know if the pain is worth it - here are the top 6 reasons to give skateboarding a shot.
1. Skateboard to Try Something New
If you haven't given skateboarding a shot, and you are looking for something to challenge yourself with, then skateboarding is a perfect choice. It's unique, and while skateboarding has grown a ton in popularity over the last few years, there are still piles of people out there who haven't tried it. Skateboarding will challenge you in new ways and teach you a new skill set. Trying new things and gaining new experiences is what keeps your brain alive and active, which in turn gives you new insights into the world and makes you a better, more interesting person!
2. Skateboard for Fitness
This might seem weird at first, because of the dangers that go along with skateboarding. It's true, sometimes you will fall and scrape your knee or elbow. But, skateboarding trains your body in unique ways. A huge part of skateboarding is balance, so your core will gain strength as you skate. Plus, your legs will get a good workout as well. Skateboarding is also very aerobic, and you can easily work up a sweat while skating. It's pretty easy to loose weight when you are out pumping your board around all afternoon. If you really dig into skateboarding, you'll end up lean and tough.
3. Skateboard to Make Friends
This is true no matter your age. If you are a teenager, then there should be groups of skaters at school, and if you choose to skate, you should have several groups of instant friends if you want. Now, teenagers can be weird and mean, so who knows how that will work out, but picking a hobby other than watching TV on your couch will always make it easier to make friends. You'll be more interesting. This works for adults, too. Plus, it's easy to run into people at skateparks and make friends, or you can check at your local skate shop for local groups and clubs.
4. Skateboarding Teaches Perseverance
Sometimes you learn a trick one day, and then the next day you just can't land it. Sometimes you're doing great, and suddenly you find yourself smashing into the pavement and it hurts. Sometimes you practice the same trick for a month - or several months - and you just can't seem to get it. But you stick with it. You keep trying. You lean the value of staying with something, even when it's not easy, even when people make fun of you or don't understand you, and even when you have no one pushing you but yourself. Life is tough, and learning to push through because the payoff is worth it will help in every way.
5. Skateboard to Build Confidence
When you've been practicing a trick for a long, long time, and you finally get it, you realize something. You realize that you can do something that only a small handful of people on the planet can even do. You learn that if you try hard, you can defy gravity. So you move on to a harder trick, and then a harder one yet. You start to learn that you can skate, no matter what other people say. Sometimes this gets tied into rebellion and breaking the law, but it's also building confidence, which is key to success. It sounds cheesy, but believing in yourself and understanding how powerful you really are is important!
6. Skateboard for Fun!
All of these other reasons are good, and if you add them up by themselves you can see that there are plenty of reasons to skateboard. But, the great news is that skateboarding is also fun! And not fun like playing a video game is fun - skateboarding is that deep kind of fun that gets down into your gut. Maybe it's because of all of these other reasons chipping in, plus learning and landing a new trick, feeling the burn and the wind as you fly down the sidewalk, the click-clack sounds and crack of the tail as you olly, the pull of gravity and you bend your knees and push up a ramp or around a corner - skating rocks
1. Skateboard to Try Something New
If you haven't given skateboarding a shot, and you are looking for something to challenge yourself with, then skateboarding is a perfect choice. It's unique, and while skateboarding has grown a ton in popularity over the last few years, there are still piles of people out there who haven't tried it. Skateboarding will challenge you in new ways and teach you a new skill set. Trying new things and gaining new experiences is what keeps your brain alive and active, which in turn gives you new insights into the world and makes you a better, more interesting person!
2. Skateboard for Fitness
This might seem weird at first, because of the dangers that go along with skateboarding. It's true, sometimes you will fall and scrape your knee or elbow. But, skateboarding trains your body in unique ways. A huge part of skateboarding is balance, so your core will gain strength as you skate. Plus, your legs will get a good workout as well. Skateboarding is also very aerobic, and you can easily work up a sweat while skating. It's pretty easy to loose weight when you are out pumping your board around all afternoon. If you really dig into skateboarding, you'll end up lean and tough.
3. Skateboard to Make Friends
This is true no matter your age. If you are a teenager, then there should be groups of skaters at school, and if you choose to skate, you should have several groups of instant friends if you want. Now, teenagers can be weird and mean, so who knows how that will work out, but picking a hobby other than watching TV on your couch will always make it easier to make friends. You'll be more interesting. This works for adults, too. Plus, it's easy to run into people at skateparks and make friends, or you can check at your local skate shop for local groups and clubs.
4. Skateboarding Teaches Perseverance
Sometimes you learn a trick one day, and then the next day you just can't land it. Sometimes you're doing great, and suddenly you find yourself smashing into the pavement and it hurts. Sometimes you practice the same trick for a month - or several months - and you just can't seem to get it. But you stick with it. You keep trying. You lean the value of staying with something, even when it's not easy, even when people make fun of you or don't understand you, and even when you have no one pushing you but yourself. Life is tough, and learning to push through because the payoff is worth it will help in every way.
5. Skateboard to Build Confidence
When you've been practicing a trick for a long, long time, and you finally get it, you realize something. You realize that you can do something that only a small handful of people on the planet can even do. You learn that if you try hard, you can defy gravity. So you move on to a harder trick, and then a harder one yet. You start to learn that you can skate, no matter what other people say. Sometimes this gets tied into rebellion and breaking the law, but it's also building confidence, which is key to success. It sounds cheesy, but believing in yourself and understanding how powerful you really are is important!
6. Skateboard for Fun!
All of these other reasons are good, and if you add them up by themselves you can see that there are plenty of reasons to skateboard. But, the great news is that skateboarding is also fun! And not fun like playing a video game is fun - skateboarding is that deep kind of fun that gets down into your gut. Maybe it's because of all of these other reasons chipping in, plus learning and landing a new trick, feeling the burn and the wind as you fly down the sidewalk, the click-clack sounds and crack of the tail as you olly, the pull of gravity and you bend your knees and push up a ramp or around a corner - skating rocks
skateboard riser or shockpad
Definition: A riser or shock pad is a flat pad that can be mounted between the truck and the deck. Risers come in all kinds of shapes, colors and thicknesses, as well as varying degrees of stiffness. Ususaly, a riser is plastic and a shock pad is more rubbery, but the names get swapped around a lot. They do very similar things.
Riser and shock pads do two things -- first, they help prevent wheel-bite. This is where, when turning, your wheel touches the bottom of your board and gets stopped suddenly. As you can imagine, having a wheel on your skateboard stop suddenly is is a bad bad thing to have happen.
Shock pads and riser pads also prolong the life of the skateboard deck by reducing the strain that the deck gets from the abuse put on the trucks. Skateboards without riser pads usually get small stress cracks where the trucks meet the skateboard deck. Riser pads reduce this problem.
Many skateboarders do not like to use risers, however, because they make the skateboard taller. A taller skateboard is harder to do technical street tricks on, and even the fraction of an inch that a riser pad adds can make a difference
Riser and shock pads do two things -- first, they help prevent wheel-bite. This is where, when turning, your wheel touches the bottom of your board and gets stopped suddenly. As you can imagine, having a wheel on your skateboard stop suddenly is is a bad bad thing to have happen.
Shock pads and riser pads also prolong the life of the skateboard deck by reducing the strain that the deck gets from the abuse put on the trucks. Skateboards without riser pads usually get small stress cracks where the trucks meet the skateboard deck. Riser pads reduce this problem.
Many skateboarders do not like to use risers, however, because they make the skateboard taller. A taller skateboard is harder to do technical street tricks on, and even the fraction of an inch that a riser pad adds can make a difference
skateboard baseplate
Definition: The baseplate is the rectangular metal part of the skateboard's trucks that gets bolted onto the bottom of the skateboard deck.
The baseplate is usually held onto the deck using skateboard hardware (nuts and bolts, usually specific sizes and lengths). Sometimes, the baseplate will have a riser or shock pad sandwiched in between itself and the deck.
The reason for shock pads is to keep the deck from developing stress cracks. A lot of skaters don't use shock pads though - especially since if you are a very aggressive skater, you will likely break your board long before stress cracks are a problem. However, if you are a more casual skater, then shock pads might be a great idea for you.
Risers add a little height to the skateboard, which can be important if you are using larger wheels. Large wheels without risers can result in "wheel bite", where you go for a deep turn and the bottom of the deck touches the wheel, stopping that wheel instantly. This can end in some gnarly wrecks! But, if you have smaller wheels and your trucks aren't too loose, this shouldn't be a problem.
The baseplate is usually held onto the deck using skateboard hardware (nuts and bolts, usually specific sizes and lengths). Sometimes, the baseplate will have a riser or shock pad sandwiched in between itself and the deck.
The reason for shock pads is to keep the deck from developing stress cracks. A lot of skaters don't use shock pads though - especially since if you are a very aggressive skater, you will likely break your board long before stress cracks are a problem. However, if you are a more casual skater, then shock pads might be a great idea for you.
Risers add a little height to the skateboard, which can be important if you are using larger wheels. Large wheels without risers can result in "wheel bite", where you go for a deep turn and the bottom of the deck touches the wheel, stopping that wheel instantly. This can end in some gnarly wrecks! But, if you have smaller wheels and your trucks aren't too loose, this shouldn't be a problem.
who invented skateboards
Question: Who Invented Skateboards?
Here's a very common question - who invented skateboards?
Answer: The answer? No one knows!! It's true! Many people have claimed that they made the first skateboard, but the truth is that we will probably never know who really made the first skateboard.
Sometime in the 1950s, all over California, surfers got the idea to try surfing on pavement. It seems that several people got the idea at the same time. Skateboarding was just sort of spontaneously created, without guidance or planning.
These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom. It was a crazy time, more about having fun than forming skateboarding into something that would rock the planet for the next 60 years.
Slowly, the wooden boxes with wheels turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today.
Here's a very common question - who invented skateboards?
Answer: The answer? No one knows!! It's true! Many people have claimed that they made the first skateboard, but the truth is that we will probably never know who really made the first skateboard.
Sometime in the 1950s, all over California, surfers got the idea to try surfing on pavement. It seems that several people got the idea at the same time. Skateboarding was just sort of spontaneously created, without guidance or planning.
These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom. It was a crazy time, more about having fun than forming skateboarding into something that would rock the planet for the next 60 years.
Slowly, the wooden boxes with wheels turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
lightning bolt clothing
Lightning bolt clothes see lightning bolt tshirt plus lightning bolt surf stuff like lightning bolt t shirts. Lightning bolt hat or lightning bolt t shirt a retro lightning bolt tee in vintage lightning bolt clothing.
Vintage Lightning Bolt
In the 1970s, Lightning Bolt created some of the most fashionable sportswear, revered by vintage clothing enthusiasts today. Under the direction of Duke Boyd, founder of the popular Hang Ten clothing label, Lightning Bolt Sportswear was destined to become another "Nike." However, the company dissolved in 1985 after an internal power-struggle tore it apart at the seams. The clothing was mostly Tshirts but lots of Cordiroy shorts in a multitude of colors and the symbol was usually in the lower corner of the shorts.
Vintage Lightning Bolt
In the 1970s, Lightning Bolt created some of the most fashionable sportswear, revered by vintage clothing enthusiasts today. Under the direction of Duke Boyd, founder of the popular Hang Ten clothing label, Lightning Bolt Sportswear was destined to become another "Nike." However, the company dissolved in 1985 after an internal power-struggle tore it apart at the seams. The clothing was mostly Tshirts but lots of Cordiroy shorts in a multitude of colors and the symbol was usually in the lower corner of the shorts.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Skate
Skateboarding was first started in the 1950s, when all across California surfers got the idea of trying to surf the streets. No one really knows who made the first board -- instead, it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at the same time. Several people have claimed to have invented the skateboard first, but nothing can be proved, and skateboarding remains a strange spontaneous creation.
These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom. Like you might imagine, a lot of people got hurt in skateboarding's early years! It was a sport just being born and discovered, so anything went. The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. During this time, skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun after surfing.
In 1963, skateboarding was at a peak of popularity, and companies like Jack's, Hobie and Makaha started holding skateboarding competitions. At this time, skateboarding was mostly either downhill slalom or freestyle. Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward and Danny Berer were some well known skateboarders at this time, but what they did looked almost completely different from what skateboarding looks like today! Their style of skateboarding, called "freestyle", is more like dancing ballet or ice skating with a skateboard.
Then, in 1965, skateboarding's popularity suddenly crashed. Most people assumed that skateboarding was a fad that had died out, like the hoola hoop. Skateboard companies folded, and people who wanted to skate had to make their own skateboards again from scratch.
But people still skated, even though parts were hard to find and boards were home made. Skaters were using clay wheels for their boards, which was extremely dangerous and hard to control. But then in 1972, Frank Nasworthy invented urethane skateboard wheels, which are similar to what most skaters use today. His company was called Cadillac Wheels, and the invention sparked new interest in skateboarding among surfers and other young people.
In the spring of 1975, skateboarding took an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today. In Del Mar, California a slalom and freestyle contest was held at the Ocean Festival. That day, the Zephyr team showed the world what skateboarding could be. They rode their boards like no one had in the public eye, low and smooth, and skateboarding was taken from being a hobby to something serious and exciting (Read more about the history of Dogtown and the Zephyr team). The Zephyr team had many members, but the most famous are Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta.
But that was only the first big jump in the evolution of skateboarding - continue to the next page for the rest of the history...
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Skateboarding was first started in the 1950s, when all across California surfers got the idea of trying to surf the streets. No one really knows who made the first board -- instead, it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at the same time. Several people have claimed to have invented the skateboard first, but nothing can be proved, and skateboarding remains a strange spontaneous creation.
These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels slapped on the bottom. Like you might imagine, a lot of people got hurt in skateboarding's early years! It was a sport just being born and discovered, so anything went. The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. During this time, skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun after surfing.
In 1963, skateboarding was at a peak of popularity, and companies like Jack's, Hobie and Makaha started holding skateboarding competitions. At this time, skateboarding was mostly either downhill slalom or freestyle. Torger Johnson, Woody Woodward and Danny Berer were some well known skateboarders at this time, but what they did looked almost completely different from what skateboarding looks like today! Their style of skateboarding, called "freestyle", is more like dancing ballet or ice skating with a skateboard.
Then, in 1965, skateboarding's popularity suddenly crashed. Most people assumed that skateboarding was a fad that had died out, like the hoola hoop. Skateboard companies folded, and people who wanted to skate had to make their own skateboards again from scratch.
But people still skated, even though parts were hard to find and boards were home made. Skaters were using clay wheels for their boards, which was extremely dangerous and hard to control. But then in 1972, Frank Nasworthy invented urethane skateboard wheels, which are similar to what most skaters use today. His company was called Cadillac Wheels, and the invention sparked new interest in skateboarding among surfers and other young people.
In the spring of 1975, skateboarding took an evolutionary boost toward the sport that we see today. In Del Mar, California a slalom and freestyle contest was held at the Ocean Festival. That day, the Zephyr team showed the world what skateboarding could be. They rode their boards like no one had in the public eye, low and smooth, and skateboarding was taken from being a hobby to something serious and exciting (Read more about the history of Dogtown and the Zephyr team). The Zephyr team had many members, but the most famous are Tony Alva, Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta.
But that was only the first big jump in the evolution of skateboarding - continue to the next page for the rest of the history...
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