Skate Gallery

Us-Venice Beach-Skateboard-Feature

A young man jumps with his skateboard at Venice Beach Skateboard Park on July 4, 2011 in Venice, California. The first skateboards to reach public notice came out of the surfing craze of the early 1960s, developed to help surfers practice when waves were unfavorable. The first prototypes were simple wooden boards with roller-skate wheels attached, and the practice was sometimes referred to as "sidewalk surfing." The surfing group Jan and Dean even had a minor hit called "Sidewalk Surfing" in 1964. By the mid-1980s skateboards were mass produced and sold throughout the United States. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS

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Portugal-Housing-Tourism

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY THOMAS CABRAL --- Youths skateboard in Praca da Figueira in downtown Lisbon's Baixa quarter on February 4, 2008. Several buildings in Lisbon are undergoing renovations to restore them to their original look. For a long time promised, the makeover of the Baixa quarter, the historical centre of Lisbon which layed deteriorated and empty of inhabitants, is finally becoming a reality thanks to the town hall's renovations in the heart of the Portuguese capital. AFP PHOTO/ JOAO CORTESAO / AFP PHOTO / JOAO CORTESAO

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Brazil-Daily Life-Art-Skateboarding

A skateboader performs on a sculpture installed for the Urban Art Festival "Arte Core" at the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art (MAM Rio) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 18, 2014. The first edition of Art Core will display street culture expressions such as graffiti, music and skateboading. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA

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