From its origins—roller-skate wheels attached to a wooden board—the skateboard has given rise to a vibrant culture of art, music, and sport. Used by surfers when there were no waves to ride, the ...

Like a lot of kids in the late 1970s and 1980s (and today), I rolled a lot of miles under the urethane wheels of my trusty skateboard. I kept on riding into my college years, as it was a fast ...