ORIGIN OF MOTOCROSS

The sport of motocross was popularized in Europe during the 50s and 60s , mainly in Western Europe . Most events were held in open fields and pastures , and riders were the best in Europe. Even today , motocross is run outdoors , on trails of natural terrain .
The races are longer (usually about 40 minutes ) Motocross came to the United States in the mid- 60s , and the idea originated with a man named Edison Dye. He helped bring over the best riders from Europe to help showcase the sport to America . Over the coming years , some of the best pilots who came to America at the time included World Champions Torsten Hallman , Bengt Aberg , Joel Robert and Roger De Coster , along with many other great pilots . Roger De Coster is a big reason motocross became popular in the U.S. - De Coster really struck a nerve with the American fans . In those early years , the American pilots were no match for the Europeans. In most races , it was a feat for an American even finish in the top ten. But the United States had fallen in love with motocross . Slowly , they learned training techniques , conditioning , and gained experience in both races with the Europeans when they came to the U.S. , and some Americans going to Europe to compete in the World Motocross Championships . In 1973 , Jim Pomeroy became the first American to win a World Championship Motocross Grand Prix , capturing the opening round in Spain that year 's world championship series . Supercross is an ' Americanized ' version of motocross . It's basically the same riders and bikes the same , but the races are run on artificial slopes , especially in places of great stadium. The races are shorter , with many big jumps and obstacles nice crowd, and it makes time and more importantly accurately than the maximum speed . Mike Goodwin is the man who invented supercross . The first supercross was held in Los Angeles Coliseum in 1972 , Supercross Motocross helped bring to the public in a very easy way - instead of traveling out to a rural farm or pasture , the sport came to the masses - the local stadium ease of getting to the event , parking , nice food, and more seats . Today , the sport of supercross has grown from its humble beginnings in 1972 in the prestigious motorsport second largest in the U.S. , surpassed only by NASCAR in fan interest . Jeremy McGrath Supercross riders such as Ricky Carmichael , James Stewart , Chad Reed and Travis Pastrana have become household names and well known worldwide .

ORIGIN OF SKATE

In the late 1950s , in California , in the United States , surfers tired of waiting for good waves decided to create something similar to surfing , but without the use of water .

It was then that they decided to take the training wheels surfers skateboards ( skates ) and placed in a timber that had a format similar to a surfboard .

At first, the sport was called sidewalk surfing ( surf sidewalk ) and soon spread throughout the United States .

From 1963 , with the sport being practiced enough and have their own tricks and styles , the name changed to Skateboarding , skateboarding dubbed only , as we all know today .


The first skateboards and the first competitions

In the 1960s , the world of skateboarding would finally give your big jump .

The first skateboards were beginning to be marketed and was responsible for manufacturing the Roller Derby , which produced the upright shapes . Along with Roller Derby , the Makaha skateboard entered the market and was the first to produce the shapes on small surfboards with new design and format.

In 1963 , in addition to formalizing the sport like skateboarding , the first competition of this type was performed . The championship took place in the town of Hermosa Beach , California , in the United States and was won by Larry Stevenson (pictured below ) . After this competition , the following three years , sold more than 50 million skateboards worldwide .

Just to highlight , Larry Stevenson was the founder of Makaha brand , along with his wife . The two skateboards produced manually in the garage of his home.

This same Stevenson , with the growth of your brand , teamed up with practicing skateboard for a presentation in the same year of the foundation of Makaha . Names like Bruce Logan , Woody Woodward , Danny Bearer ( pictured below) , Scott Archer , Gregg Carroll , John Fries , Joey Saenz (pictured below ) , Goerge Trafton Jr. and Squeek Blank .

In this 1960s , skateboarding was totally connected to surfing and much influenced by him . Then in a stretch of beach on the asphalt was born the vertical skateboarding.


The evolution of skateboarding

It was in the 1970s that skateboarding gave his big jump . First skaters found that the pools that were empty due to drought in California , you could have fun riding a skateboard on the walls of which , as resembling the waves of the surf . Second, was invented in 1974 , the wheel of polyurethane (before the wheels were made of iron and later Bakelite , a type of hard plastic ) . Then began the revolution in skateboarding .

After this invention, the skateboard ended up calling the new culture that was born at the time, new wave and punk becoming a rebel sport. Another big jump in skate was the creation of new modes : Slalom , Downhill , Freestyle and Vertical .


With wood ramps , skateboard arises street

I left the 1970s and into the 1980s , and with it , the ramps made ​​of wood by the skaters themselves in streets, squares and courtyards of houses began to emerge in areas hitherto not used for skateboarding .

With the emergence of these ramps came a new modality , skateboard street with maneuvers railing , walls and stairs . This modality has come to dominate the scene and made ​​the Vertical was left a bit aside.

The 1980s also marked by the replacement of the influence of Punk , hitherto predominant in skateboarding , the urban culture . World Hip hop began to dominate the sport .


Skateboard in its current form
Skate on the current form
1980s went to space and the arrival of the 1990s skateboard, with the creation of new technologies and innovations for equipment they did with that he changed so much in so little time , took its current form to be .

Besides the innovations I mentioned above , skateboarding became more technical with huge maneuvers . Then in 1995, ESPN created the X- Games ( photo below ) and the sport began to further popularize . In this decade , many tracks were built and WCS ( World Cup Skateboarding 's ) ended up consolidating with the World Tour . This also gave strength to skate here in Brazil .

With the turn of the century , many shows skateboarding emerged . In addition to the X- Games , the Dew Mountain and Tony Hawk Tour Gigantesc are performed in the United States today. Besides these shows, world tours are also held in many countries , including Brazil .

Currently , skate competitions are broadcast to the world and awards for athletes often worth thousands of dollars .

Skateboarding is not an Olympic sport , however, is the protagonist of the X -games , which are the biggest games dedicated to extreme sports .


A separate chapter - Tony Hawk , the skateboard skin

Below , we will tell a little bit about Tony Hawk because there's no way to speak of the origin of skateboarding without even quote it . Remember that we will put further history of the top athletes of each sport , but for now let's just brush it on this phenomenon in the world of skateboarding.

Even in the 1990s , the "skin" of skateboarding, Tony Hawk , amazed everyone with his stunts . Practicing skateboarding since he was 14 , Tony won more than 80 titles in the world of skateboarding , among them eight X -games . He was the first to be able to run the first turning 900 degrees on the X -games 1999 after 11 unsuccessful attempts .

Known as birdman ( flying bird ) , Tony Hawk participated in numerous advertising campaigns . These include the creation of several games for video game by the Vision Action company . The first game was Tony 's Pro Skater Hakw that adds up to ten other games created with the name of the skater.

Tony Hawk is considered the best skateboarder of all time and was also the pioneer in modern vertical slopes .

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