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Skateboarding was never meant to exist.
Born from flat ocean swells, shaped in drought-stricken suburbs, and perfected in late-night carparks, it became a sport built on falling, and the quiet art of trying again.
Join sports historian Michael Wiltshire as he drifts through the unlikely rise of skateboarding, from backyard pools to Olympic gold, tracing the gentle persistence that turned a simple wooden board into a global language of movement.
A slow, calming story about balance, gravity… and the strange peace found on four small wheels.
By Sleepy SportSkateboarding was never meant to exist.
Born from flat ocean swells, shaped in drought-stricken suburbs, and perfected in late-night carparks, it became a sport built on falling, and the quiet art of trying again.
Join sports historian Michael Wiltshire as he drifts through the unlikely rise of skateboarding, from backyard pools to Olympic gold, tracing the gentle persistence that turned a simple wooden board into a global language of movement.
A slow, calming story about balance, gravity… and the strange peace found on four small wheels.