Skateboarding

No, Skateboarding is not a crime. Although Skateboarding on private property/land could be seen as trespassing and therefore skateboarding could be considered as a crime.

 Of course not, why should it be? It’s fantastic exercise and now recognised as an Olympic Sport.

 No! No matter how old you are, you are never too old to start Skateboarding.

Most definitely, skateboarding is great fun. It can be enjoyed alone or with friends.

Skateboarding doesn’t really have any rules. However if you are playing a game of S.K.A.T.E the rules are simple, if you can’t match the other persons trick, you get a letter until you’ve spelled SKATE.

Street skating is as the name implies, Skateboarding outdoors in the street.

Vert skating is the act of riding your skateboard on a ramp, transitioning from horizontal to vertical positions, thus the abbreviation “vert”.

Because it’s fun! It’s also been widely featured in pop culture, from hugely successful video games, to inclusion in pop/punk music and crossover into fashion.

Yes, Skateboarding is classed as an Extreme/Action Sport.

Rodney Mullen is widely renowned as being the inventor of many Skateboarding tricks.

Yes, Skateboarding is one of the primary Extreme sports featured in the X-Games, having first appeared in June 1995