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Skateboarding was born from the minds of bored surfers in Southern California who sought some fun when waves were lame. Now it's a top extreme sport and part of a multimillion dollar industry. Dust off your deck and see how much you know.While the sport's popularity grew in the 1970s, it was invented in 1967.
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Stacy Peralta could only dream of doing what Tony Hawk did when he nailed the first 900.
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If you know your skateboarding history, then you probably know that it was called sidewalk surfing in its formative years.
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It was invented in California, and that state remains the hottest spot for skateboarding.
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Because of a skater's tendency to break his or her fall, a wrist injury is most common.
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Norway banned the sale of skateboards from 1978 to 1989.
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There are skate parks all over Southern California, but the first one was built in Carlsbad.
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Showing how popular the sport has become, half a million decks are cut and sanded every month.
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The third most popular sport for teenagers, 9.3 million kids take to the streets each year on a skateboard.
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Hope you guessed high in this case. It's a $3 billion industry.
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