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Forever Ago

Skateboards: When Roller Skates Met Surfboards

Forever Ago

Lemonada Media

History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.45.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The first skateboards didn’t come from a store. Kids had to make them from scratch! And they made for a bumpy ride… Joy Dolo and twelve-year-old pro skater Minna kickflip their way through history with reporter Chris Greenspon. We’ll get the scoop on low-tech early skateboards and the skaters who innovated their way to a smoother ride. Plus, we’ll talk with a skater who wants to change the world with four wheels and a deck. You can support Brains On and Forever Ago at brainson.org/donate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

And we're back! It's opening day at the 2095 Intergalactic X Games!

0:07.0

Ender in the middle of a fierce lineup of skaters at this hoverboard park competition.

0:11.0

Yes, Mina. We've seen some gnarly runs and I think it's anybody's game today.

0:17.0

I have to agree with you there Joy. Before we went to break, we saw some incredible stuff from Floor B and Jiggle B.

0:23.0

Yes, the Limless Telekinetic Orb with that winning personality, she tells the best jokes.

0:28.0

She hails from Kepler 439B and skates using telekinetic powers, using just her mind to move the board.

0:35.0

And move the board she does.

0:37.0

You know, Mina, this was quite the hot button issue at the Intergalactic skateboard Federation last year.

0:42.0

Jiggle B was the first caplarian to go pro and the Federation had to decide.

0:46.0

Should telekinetic skaters compete with everyone else?

0:50.0

After much debate, they decide to left telekinetic or being like Floor B and Skate in regular competition.

0:56.0

Oh, now entering the hoverboard park is this year's only Earthling competitor, Lacey Baker the third.

1:03.0

Man, it's getting harder and harder for these humans every year.

1:06.0

You can say that again, my human. They've got zero tentacles to do an octokanemball all you've with.

1:12.0

No telekinetic is the pot 50 foot high always with.

1:15.0

Not even a fifth limb to work with. It's real tough luck.

1:18.0

Oh, Lacey sticks a triple-turbo boost kick with a crazy precision.

1:23.0

Awesome, those are mad skills for a human.

1:26.0

And to finish, she's coming in a hot, hovering backwards to attempt a 720g self flip.

1:31.0

Yeah, she's upward in midair just a second longer than it seems like she'd be physically possible.

1:38.0

Dude, do that some various intergalactic beings.

1:41.0

You may see an Earthling on the podium today for the first time in two decades.

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