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Many skateboard brands sell apparel and accessories as well as decks, trucks, wheels and bearings. Skateboard apparel is recognized as an integral part of the skateboard scene, and has been further developed as streetwear.
Skateboarder doing a hard-flip. A skateboard is a type of sports equipment used for skateboarding.It is usually made of a specially designed 7–8-ply maple plywood deck and has polyurethane wheels attached to the underside by a pair of skateboarding trucks.
Powell-Peralta Skateboards appeared in several films: The 1992 film Encino Man features Brendan Fraser's character Link riding a Lance Mountain Family (art by Lance's son) skateboard deck near the end. There is a Powell-Peralta poster clearly visible in Dave's room.
The following is a list of notable companies that produce skateboards and skateboarding merchandise. Companies listed may also be members of the US-based trade association, the International Association of Skateboard Companies and may have skateboarding sponsorship arrangements with individuals, venues or events.
The first skateboards started with wooden boxes, or boards, with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. Crate scooters preceded skateboards, having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board), which formed rudimentary handlebars. [8] [9] [10] The boxes turned into planks, similar to the skateboard decks of today. [1]
Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks , soft goods, accessories, and wheels.