1965 American Skateboard Championships - Anaheim, California

[@CollinGill7]

cant believe they used to compete bare footed, crazy! i hope these og's are still alive to see how far what they pioneered has come

[@SkateBoy_LetterMan]

Thank You!

[@kentduryea7109]

The "color" commentary for something like skateboarding is a hoot and a chuckle to hear.

[@skrillozedd]

This is so interesting to watch

[@my667thgoogleaccount7]

So... This is the first TV broadcast of skateboarding, huh? Woah.

[@altfactor]

As far as I know, it was the first network TV broadcast of a skateboarding competition. But "Wide World Of Sports" wouldn't cover skateboarding again until the late 1970's. I seem to recall that "Wide World" covered national or world skateboarding championships just about every year from the late 1970's into the 1990's. This year (2021), skateboarding became an Olympic sport, which should give the sport a higher profile both in the United States and globally in the future.

[@SkateEcosystems]

Skip Frye - SD legend!

[@my667thgoogleaccount7]

Lol some of this stuff is still pretty nuts even for today 😆

[@Bigpantz]

To land a head stand is pretty fucked to say the least

[@christawinquist3551]

Oh yeah! That’s my Mom, Laurie Turner at the time. Go Mom!!!!

[@skrillozedd]

That's cool

[@kentduryea7109]

Did she win?

[@Throawei]

Hell yea! If she's still with us let her know that skater girls everywhere see her!!!! Especially the "bigger" girls (she was in awesome shape btw but I get it it's the 60s) lol

[@christawinquist3551]

@@kentduryea7109Yes she did! First Women’s Skateboarding champion and was inducted into the Skateboard Hall of Fame!

[@Throawei]

Crazy no one came up with the ollie til the 70s.

[@cocosblock2951]

Agucka

[@garybirchard1185]

Show results

[@garybirchard1185]

Please show results of the 1965 world championships Anaheim California

[@kentduryea7109]

​@@garybirchard1185 I think Patty McGee won the girls competition. She was interviewed on the Mike Douglas Show in 1965.