Skateboarding: Grinding it's Way into Sports

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This paper's claim is that skateboarders should not be portrayed as delinquents, vandals, or insurance liabilities, but as athletes participating in an individual sport wherever they can to the best of their abilities. It provides an overall summary of the history of skateboarding as a sport, latest trends and social nuances of different skateboarding techniques.

Table of Contents
I. The history of skateboards and skateboarding.
II. Street skating
III. Skateparks
IV. Description of a dedicated skateboarder.
V. Skateboarding is an athletic sport
VI. Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Stereotypes are what takes the sport of skateboarding and turns it around from a sport to a problem. People view skateboarders as rule breaking, rebellious vandals just because their playing field happens to be where they are not supposed to be. Not only this but people will think of some skateboarders as "punks"; because of the clothes they wear and the music they listen to. No one will take the time or effort to view skateboarders as what they really are, athletes. Instead they would rather bash the sport because of the image that skateboarders have been stuck with due to the stereotypes and false accusations of the lifestyle of the modern skateboarder. "

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