Timeline of the Skateboarding in Brazil - Infographic

SKATEBOARD TIMELINE RA Z I L HOW THE The legend has it that, in 60's, when californian surfers were so bored because the sea was not good to surf, SKATEBOARD one of them had the idea to "surf in the streets. He took a wooden plank, WAS BORN? skate in line axes and nails. THE SKATEBOARD WAS BORN! BUT THE SUCCESS HAS JUST ARRIVED IN 1973, WHEN POLYURETHANE WHEELS WAS INVENTED BY THE NORTH AMERICAN FRANK NASWORTHY THE SKATEBOARD WAS NOT VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT TIME (~1960) WHAT ABOUT BRAZIL? HOW IT ARRIVES HERE? CALM! WE'LL TALK ABOUT UNITED STATES BRAZIL Almost at the same time, the skateboard arrives in Brazil, about 1960 too. And like there, in US, it had the success about 1970. SKATEBOARD BRAZIL TIMELINE MAIN EVENT 74 75 76 At the and of year 1974, as realized the first skateboard In the end of October, at 1975, in Quintal da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, was realized the first In 1976, began to apear the first skateparks and, in the same year, the skater (from Rio de Janeiro) BIG championship skateboard. Flávio Badenes won the title of the championship realized in First Federal Club (Primeiro Clube Federal), Rio de Janeiro. championship in the First Federal Club (Primeiro Clube Federal), Rio de Janeiro. 82 83 84 80 First downhill championship, emerging the first guys on modality: Márcio Tanabe, Tchap Tchura, Pastel and others. Márcio Tanabe e Duarte Yura created the first brazilian skate shoe, MAD RATS. At the same time, began appear the street skateboard. Arise the banks figure 8, premiered by Sergio Negdo, Oscar Lattuca and George Rotatori. MAD RATS 85 86 88 The brasilian team participated in the main step of World Skateboard (Germany), winning the 4th. Place in the profissional category with Lincoln Ueda Launched the Happened the First Itau Cup (Rio de Janeiro), with the presence of North American Profiessionals like Mark Gator, Joe Jonson Ken Park and Mike Laba magazine Overall In the end of 80's, were realized main competitions like Alternative Rock Skate (Alternativa Rock Skate) in São Paulo, and others competitions in brazilian northeast like in Salvador, Bahia and Recife and Pernambuco, giving a big growth to skateboard in that region. 95 96 97 (90 The Channel ESPN created the Bob Burniquist was chosen the best skater of the year. Rodil Ferrugem wins the X Games Street Skate. X-Games and began to clean the "skateboard rebel image" In the same year, happened the first brazilian wins in steps of World Circuit: Bob Burnquist in Canada TNT and Digo Menezes in germany. Fundação da Confederação Brasileira de Skate (CBSK) was created in 1999 ANOS 2000 Brazilian Skate Circuit was organized by CBSK (Brazilian Confederation of Skate) with steps in São Paulo, Curitiba, Campinas (SP) and Porto Alegre. 2001 Happened the South American Championship in S. Paulo. There was also the emergence of events with alternatives forms. 2002 First editions of Latin American X-Games, in Rio de Janeiro. Are realized the first editions of Rio Vert Jam in Rio de Janeiro. 2003 First editions of Latin American X-Games, in Rio de Janeiro 2006 The big media starts to show the skateboarding in television about cups, interviews with professionals or in soap operas. 2007 Release movies an documentaries about Skate in Brazil like "The Reality of Bob Burnquist", "Alma sobre rodas" and "O Magnata". Already this decade many Brazilians living abroad and skateboarders are sponsored by international companies. Thanks Everyone, we hope all of you liked our apresentation and understand about skateboard! 70