Skateboarding History Timeline
The most recognized iconic moments in skateboardings history span several decades. Here’s a list of some of the most important ones…
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Cadillac Wheels
Baldy Pipe: 1972 on clay wheels
When I first skated Baldy Pipe we were skating on clay wheels. Everyone has an early story of Baldy Pipe. These are my first memories. When I first visited Baldy Pipe in 1972 there were no signs of anyone having been there. It was about 6 months before there were any indications of other skaters.
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1960’s the Hiltons left Skateboarding for Hotels
THIS IS SOME REAL EARLY SKATEBOARDING HISTORY, hope you like reading it! My friend Tara knows Steve Hilton of the famous Hilton family and I asked her to ask Steve if he remembers me and my brother Bruce skating and competing against each other back in the 1960’s! Steve and Davey Hilton were 2 of
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1975 Bahne/Cadillac mens division
This pic says it all that I took about the beginning of skateboarding history of the 1970’s! This is the men’s division at the 1975 Bahne/Cadillac contest. This pic is my most talked about pic I have ever posted having to do with skateboarding! Bottom left sitting is Woody Woodward and just above him sitting
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Gregg Weaver
Find Gregg on Social Media Born on January 9, 1961 in San Jose, California, Gregg Weaver aka the Cadillac Kid, was one of the biggest stars during skateboarding’s re-emergence in the mid 1970s. He was featured in some of the very first Cadillac Wheels ads (the urethane wheels responsible for skateboarding’s rebirth), appeared on the
Frank Nasworthy
Introducing polyurethane wheels to skateboarding with his Cadillac Wheels in 1973, Frank Nasworthy paved the way for the second great boom of skateboarding in the 1970s. Skateboarding’s popularity had waned in the ’60s after reaching its peak with freestyle. Everything had seemingly already been done with the standard clay wheels of the time. Then Frank,