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Action sport on skateboards
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Skateboarding
Skater in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (2019)
Highest governing body
World Skate
Characteristics
Mixed-sex
Yes, separate competitions
Presence
Country or region
Worldwide
Olympic
Since 2020
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation.[1][2] Originating in the United States, skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2009 report found that the skateboarding market is worth an estimated $4.8 billion in annual revenue, with 11.08 million active skateboarders in the world.[3] In 2016, it was announced that skateboarding would be represented at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, for both male and female teams.[4]
Since the 1970s, skateparks have been constructed specifically for use by skateboarders, freestyle BMXers, aggressive skaters, and more recently, scooters.[5] However, skateboarding has become controversial in areas in which the activity, although legal, has damaged curbs, stoneworks, steps, benches, plazas, and parks.[1][6]
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^Ocean Howell (2003). "Extreme Market Research". Topic Magazine. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
^Montgomery, Tiffany (May 12, 2009). "The state of the skateboarding industry". Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
^"Skateboarding Is Officially an Olympic Sport. What Now?". August 6, 2016. Archived from the original on August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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