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 Arduino & Raspberry Pi — The maker electronics community — sensor projects, home automation builds, and l Photography Culture — Street photography, portrait artists, landscape chasers, and the camera communit Ultra Running — An extreme endurance culture of 50-mile to 200-mile races through mountains and Climbing Gym — An indoor rock climbing micro-culture of bouldering problems, route-setting art, Punk Rock — DIY ethics, three chords, and the truth — from CBGB and the Sex Pistols to moder Competitive Eating — A niche sport micro-culture of hot dog contests, speed eating records, Nathan's