Spanning Californian Hills to Urban Streets, Skateboarding Finds a Place in One-of-a-Kind Museum

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From its origins in the California hills to its ubiquity on urban streets around the world, the history of skateboarding spans seven decades. From fringe sports to Olympic events, surfers moved from nailed roller skates to makeshift wooden boards to practice their moves. Now, given the rising popularity of the sport, a London exhibition is to chart the path from those 1950s humble homemade boards to today’s hi-tech professional models. [{ "selector": ".cdapc-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(-116px)", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".udltz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 314px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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Details of the Design Museum show

The exhibition will open in the autumn, coinciding with the one-year countdown to the start of the Paris Olympics. It will feature about 90 rare and unique boards along with more than 100 other objects, including wheels and trucks, safety equipment, VHS tapes, DVDs, magazines, and ephemera.

'How did the skateboard get to be the way it is?'

Jonathan Olivares, the curator of the show, said: “This exhibition is centered around a single question: how did the skateboard get to be the way it is?”

Highlights of the display

A highlight will be a 1967 skateboard thought to be one of the earliest examples of a commercial board.

Also on display will be the famed skateboarder Tony Hawk’s 1982s first professional model, and Laura Thornhill’s Logan Earth Ski 1970s pro model - the first women’s pro model.

Make good sleep a priority

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Spanning Californian Hills to Urban Streets, Skateboarding Finds a Place in One-of-a-Kind Museum

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The exhibition will open in the autumn, coinciding with the one-year countdown to the start of the Paris Olympics. It will feature about 90 rare and unique boards along with more than 100 other objects, including wheels and trucks, safety equipment, VHS tapes, DVDs, magazines, and ephemera.

Jonathan Olivares, the curator of the show, said: “This exhibition is centered around a single question: how did the skateboard get to be the way it is?”

A highlight will be a 1967 skateboard thought to be one of the earliest examples of a commercial board.

Also on display will be the famed skateboarder Tony Hawk’s 1982s first professional model, and Laura Thornhill’s Logan Earth Ski 1970s pro model - the first women’s pro model.

Make good sleep a priority

The most sacred is my bedtime routine.

Simone Biles

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