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Random Facts of Skateboarding:
  1. Rodney Mullen invented more tricks we use today than any other skateboarder.

  2. Danny Way won his first pro contest in 1989.

  3. Evan Hernandez, the Baker AM, is only 14 years old.

  4. Greg Lutzca, Illemunium rider, and Jon Aliie, Zero rider, both grew up in Wisconsin.

  5. Frank Nasworthy invented urethane wheels for skateboards.

  6. A revert is a 180 degree turn after a trick.

  7. A barley grind is a 180 to switch smith.

  8. Eric Koston read his acceptance speech for Transworld Skateboarding from a paper napkin.

  9. RickMcCrank was born in Peterborough, Canada.

  10. Rodney Mullen got his first skateboard on New Years Eve, 1978.