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Soon, a friend from a Hawaiian company challenged NHS to make 500 skateboards. With the surplus of fiberglass lying around they decided to use the stocked materials to fulfill and make skateboards. Their first Santa Cruz skateboard was produced in 1973. The batch of 500 skateboards sold quickly, and a demand for many more boards ensued.
Judi Oyama was born in 1959, in Santa Cruz, California. She began skateboarding at 13 years of age in her driveway. Her brother built her first skateboard in his wood shop class at Aptos Junior High. [4] [5] [6] She attended Aptos High School and was inducted into the Aptos High School Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. [7]
Steve Olson is a 1970s-1980s era American professional skateboarder and contemporary artist [3] originally from Orange County, California.. In 1979, he was sponsored by Santa Cruz Skateboards, turning professional alongside of teammates Duane Peters and Steve Alba.
Jim Phillips is an American graphic artist known for his contributions to surf and skateboard culture. He is best known for creating the iconic Screaming Hand logo for Santa Cruz Cruz Skateboards, a design widely regarded as one of the most recognizable in skateboarding history.
Independent Truck Company is an American skateboard truck manufacturer based in Santa Cruz, California. Established in 1978, the brand is currently owned by NHS, Inc. and has an extended list of sponsored team riders. The trucks are made by Ermico Enterprises, in the bay area of San Francisco.
Skateboarding legends pay tribute to the iconic stairway of iconic stairways — a historic landmark where the evolution of the sport has come into view.
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At 16, Kaupas impressed Engblom when he arranged a manufacturing and distribution arrangement with the much larger company, Santa Cruz Skateboards. It is claimed by some in the skateboarding community that Kaupas pioneered rail slide manoeuvres in the late 1980s while at a Pro-Am skate contest held in Oceanside, California .