Skateboarding Culture Region: United States, Global (origin: California) A street sport culture born in 1970s California with its own fashion, video art, DIY skatepark building, and outsider creative identity. Related Cultures Ultra Running — An extreme endurance culture of 50-mile to 200-mile races through mountains and Photography Culture — Street photography, portrait artists, landscape chasers, and the camera communit Climbing Gym — An indoor rock climbing micro-culture of bouldering problems, route-setting art, Ham Radio & Communications — Amateur radio operators, emergency communications, and the old-school tech commu Competitive Eating — A niche sport micro-culture of hot dog contests, speed eating records, Nathan's Punk — A raw, anti-establishment movement born in the 1970s with DIY ethics, three-chor