A evolução do skate / The evolution of skateboarding

Foi na década de 1970 que o skate deu o seu grande salto. Primeiro os skatistas descobriram que nas piscinas que ficaram vazias devido a seca que atingiu a Califórnia, dava para se divertir andando de skate nas paredes delas, pois lembravam as ondas do surf. Em segundo, era inventada em 1974, a rodinha de poliuterano (antes as rodinhas eram feitas de ferro e mais tarde de baquelite, um tipo de plástico duro). Começava então a revolução no skate.

Após esta invenção, o skate acabou se ligando a nova cultura que nascia na época, a new wave e o punk tornando-se um esporte rebelde. Outro grande salto no skate foi a criação das novas modalidades: Slalom, Downhill, Freestyle e Vertical.

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English:

It was in the 1970s that skateboarding gave his big jump . First skateboarders found that the pools that were empty due to drought in California , you could have fun skateboarding on the walls of them , they looked like the waves of the surf . Second, was invented in 1974, rollaway polyurethane (before the training wheels were made of iron and later Bakelite , a type of hard plastic ) . Then began the revolution in skateboarding . After this invention, the skate eventually linking the new culture that was born at the time, new wave and punk becoming a rebel sport. Another big jump on the skateboard was the creation of new modes : Slalom , Downhill , Freestyle and Vertical.