Skateboarding involves riding on and performing tricks with a skateboard. Those who skateboard are often called skateboarders, Skaters, Boarders or woodpushers, though the latter is more often used as a derogatory term. Skateboards can be used for recreational activity, as form of art, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding is seen as an extreme sport which has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years since the 1970s. Old school skaters Like Rodney Mullen, Alan "Ollie" Gelfan, George Orton and Tony Alva have all contributed to the development of skateboarding as you may know it today. Tony Hawk's legendary computer games have more recently launched Skateboarding into a huge sport with over 18 million skateboarders worldwide ! It appeals to skaters from all walks of life and all ages and races. With good quality basic setups from just ?30, it's also an affordable sport to get into as a beginner, without going to toyshops and buying poor quality cheap boards which are more likely to put youngsters off the sport than get them into it. Ukskate has a large stock of good quality affordable skateboards, Trucks, decks, wheels, grip, fixings etc in our Skateshop based in our Skatepark in Stockport