Skateboarding is winning people’s hearts all over the world and has now even made it to the Olympics, but the sport hasn’t been around for as long as you might think. Skateboarding appeared in the 1950s and was actually invented by surfers. The first skateboard was made of wood and was flat, red, and had steel wheels. After the first competition, the sport got so popular that the same year 50 million skateboards were sold. What makes skateboarding so popular with millions of people? #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com/ https://www.shutterstock.com/ https://www.eastnews.ru/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/