During the 1970s, a small group of
longboarders honed their techniques. Some of the more notable longboarders from
this period, such as Tom Sims and Brad Stradlund were profiled in a 1978
SkateBoarder magazine article entitled Cult of the Longboard. These
pioneers saw longboarding as a form of self-expression, and were influenced by
surfing polyurethane wheels (affectionately referred to as "thane" by
longboarders ), longboarding did not reach a high degree of prevalence during
the 1970s.
Longboards
lived on as an underground sport with home hobbyists continuing to make boards
in their garages or strap trucks onto snowboard decks using old Kryptonic
wheels from the 70's or roller skating wheels.
In the
early 1990s, SECTOR 9 started mass-producing and selling longboards. The 1990s
also saw a change in truck technology: reverse kingpins made longboarding more
stable.
QUESTIONS
1. True or false:
A. The longboard
was a success in the 70
B. The first
riders the longboard were influenced by the surf.
2. In your own
words base don the ideas in the text, answer the following Open questions:
A. The one who
was the first massive manufacturer the longboards?
B. Started
mass-producing of longboards by...?
3. Sinonyms:
A. over
(paragraph 1)
B. axes
(paragraph 2)
D. zone
(paragraph 3)
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