From kids attaching wooden planks to skate wheels as early as the 1900s; to the multi-million dollar industry that it is today, skateboarding has proven its longevity. One needn’t look far to see just how much skateboarding has infected mainstream culture. Just turn on your TV sets, folks. Or open any magazine. Fashion, music, art and design: you name it. You probably own a couple of items in your house that is an off-shoot, or if not directly, at the very least references the skateboarding culture. How has something so simple and uncomplicated as attaching a board to a couple of wheels become so…omnipotent?

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Skateboarding today is not the same as twenty years ago. Skateboarding has become a statement, a religion and an extreme sport. And we spectators are simply amazed with the death defying exhibitions that can be done with a simple wooden board with 4 small wheels. How is it possible to do that we say! And how does one really start at it? Well here are a few beginner skateboarding tips.

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