Surfs Up

Surfing was very popular along the east and west coasts during the sixties and seventies and still is today.  Surfing culture became popular during the sixties in southern California amongst the teenagers.  Surfers drove woodies  worn bikinis or baggies, used slang words like stocked, gnarly and dude and listened to surf music such as the Beach Boys, Dick Dale, Jan and Dean and the Surfaris.  Ocean Beach in San Diego California is a village that has long been devoted to the surfing culture and was once known as the haight-Ashbury of San Diego.

  

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Sidewalk Surfin

Skateboards were first manufactured sometime in the 1940s or 50s in Los Angeles California.  They were basically just like a surfboard expect they weren't made for water.  Skating was another thing that was fun to do in the 50s besides surfing and was very similar.  Surfing was more than just a hobby but a way of life and skating proved to be the same way especially in the seventies.  By the early sixties skateboarding had grown very popular, but towards 1966 skateboard sales dropped and remained that way until the early 70s.  In the 70s skateboards were designed differently and there were more styles.  By the mid 70s skateboarders took advantage of the newly manufactured skateboards and started inventing new tricks.  Skateboarders also started skating in empty swimming pools.  Popular skateboarders of the 70s were Ty Page, Bruce Logan, Kevin Reed, and the Z-Boys.

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