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Here is a video of Original Skateboards' Sean Burke. The guy is good. You wont see any huge ledges or massive gaps. This guy gets creative with anything. 


Earlier I showed a video from Japan, those guys made anything into a skate spot. This guy takes even nothing and turns it into a skate spot. 


The real issue with modern freestyle skating is that the old guys just seems to do it right already. Lets be honest Rodney Mullen has been out doing this stuff for years. If you don't know him here is a link. 






Now the real question we have to ask. Why is freestyle skating like this, not big anymore? Has it just out grown itself, or are we bored of it?  We all know its hard to do, but why does it not get the respect anymore?
People forget the roots of skating. This is it. Freestyle skating started what is now known as street skating. You know the guy from "My name is Earl?" Well its pretty crazy but the main actor from that show was actually a huge skater back in the day when "street" skating was taking its name. Look it up.

Now the truth of it is. This type of skating is part of skate culture, without this forgotten past time basic tricks would not be around. So take some time to learn these old school tricks because without them skating would have died a long time ago.

Back in the day before skating turned to the kiddos, skating was simple. We've all seen the lords of dog town. That movie was about the moment skating got big. Seriously during that time the big skateboard manufacturers where toy makers. I'm not even kidding. I mean the same people that made kids toys made skateboards. It was during the time of the movie lords of dog town that skate companies started getting big. What happened?

Well look it up! just kidding I did some research so that you don't have to. In 1963 skating exploded it was huge, but in 1965 skating had died. Yes died. It was thought to be a fad and anyone who wanted to skate had to make there own boards. Talk about dedication. In 1972 Cadillac Wheels was started, they where made out of rubber instead of clay. This sparked new interest and skating was off again. This was around the time the Z boys were skating. This was the very beginning of freestyle skating. Lets pick up the pace. In 1978 the ollie was invented. From there on skating exploded. Seriously the history of skating is awesome.

To put it short it goes through stages. Every five years or so skating becomes less popular and in another 5 years something big happens and people get interested again. Its the people that love the essence of skating like these freestyle skaters, doing the same old school tricks. What I am saying is, if you love it keep it up.