| Skateboarding culture has developed over the years, | | | | influence is still there now, especially in the kind of |
| and is an extremely diverse fusion of surfing culture, | | | | t-shirts skaters wear. |
| punk culture, street culture, hip hop culture, and hard | | | | As some punk morphed into hard rock forms this hard |
| rock culture. | | | | edge became noticeable. |
| You can see all the different strands blend into what is | | | | More fusion came in when street culture embraced |
| a firmly entrenched skateboarding culture now. It has | | | | skateboarding, and so then you had the hip hop culture |
| taken most of the cool elements from these genres | | | | having a huge influence on it, from clothes, to how you |
| and created its own identity. | | | | wear your clothes, how you act and move. It is |
| Initially it relied heavily on surfing culture in the 1950`s | | | | exciting to see all the different strands merge into this |
| and 60`s, due to the fact that skateboarding grew out | | | | fantastic, strong identity that skateboarding now has. |
| of and from surfing. So it used many of the same | | | | Skateboarding culture is now a thriving and constantly |
| slang terms, which are still used today, and the whole | | | | evolving subculture, that has movement, clothes, music |
| ethos was tied to the apron strings of surfing. | | | | and attitude at the heart of it. |
| As punk culture grew, and skateboarding culture | | | | As music and clothes subtly change, then so do |
| moved away from its roots to embrace this, | | | | skateboarders looks change, although their identity |
| skateboarding began to be seen as a rebel thing, and | | | | now is an extremely strong look, and any changes |
| this was conveyed in its attitude and clothes. The punk | | | | from this will be a very gradual process. |