I started skating at 5 roller derby metal wheels in 1960. Then at 7 clay wheels and 17 Cadillac. @ 18 road riders. They helped @ Kenter School. I designed and built one of the first skateparks in 1977 called Golf N Fun in Santa Barbara. I ran it for 2 years. I kept skating for another 25 years. But after I finally learned to surf in 1969. Skating, like thousands of us baby boomers in So Cal, was always secondary to surfing. Carving ruled the way we surfed, mostly due to less our stiffer era single fins. But we went fast and had fun with our own colorful ways. Spray on!
Skaters has 40+ years to practice on a stationary wave. Skateboarding is and always will be influenced by surfing. Even if the technical skills progression is greater . Skateboarding is the son. Surfing will always be its daddy
@@mdm2186 The only problem I have with it is that they gentrified the sport and act like they started surfing and act like asshats all around the world.