November 14, 2024
Sports Column

Comments for: Before skateboarding there was sidewalk surfing

I’m not entirely certain when the phenomenon arrived here in Maine, but as memory serves, my first recollection of sidewalk surfing with skateboards in Bangor started about 1965. According to Wikipedia, the skateboarding encyclopedia, the hobby originated during the 1950s as an offshoot of surfing. Read More

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