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The Rise and Fall of Skateboarding
In the 80s it became this thing because we were skating the empty pools and there was this attitude. And so that was another spike in popularity, but then a lot of skate parks were opening in those days. But liability became too much for these skate facilities and they just started closing very quickly. That's when skating took to the underground and became more street centric. Your dad helped to form the National Skateboard Association Which sanctioned most of the events through those years? How did how did he get into skateboarding? Just he saw he saw me and and He saw how much I loved it and he saw a very a serious lack of organization.