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Skateboarding is usually regulated by local ordinances; "the laws" governing skateboarding vary from town to town.
Skateboarding is usually regulated by local ordinances; "the laws" governing skateboarding vary from town to town.
Unfortunately some believed it is an unlawful thing and therefore was despised by so many. However, it is quite the opposite being one of the most common sport/art practiced today.
Unfortunately some believed it was an unlawful thing and therefore the sport/art was despised by so many. However, it has come to be quite the opposite being one of the most common sport/art practiced today.
The first mention of the word "skateboard" in ''The New York Times'' is a 1965 story, "Montclair Official Plans an Ordinance to Ban Skateboards"<ref>"Montclair Official Plans an Ordinance to Ban Skateboards", The New York Times, April 29, 1965, p. 37</ref> calling it "the latest juvenile fad on wheels" and quoting an official as saying "These devices are most dangerous... because of their speed on inclines and the difficulty in controlling them."
The first mention of the word "skateboard" in ''The New York Times'' is a 1965 story, "Montclair Official Plans an Ordinance to Ban Skateboards"<ref>"Montclair Official Plans an Ordinance to Ban Skateboards", The New York Times, April 29, 1965, p. 37</ref> calling it "the latest juvenile fad on wheels" and quoting an official as saying "These devices are most dangerous... because of their speed on inclines and the difficulty in controlling them."