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What it’s Like Skateboarding with 5,000 Balloons
By Skip Snead on September 17, 2014

Skateboarding has come a long way since a bunch of surfers in Los Angeles nailed rollerskate wheels to pieces of 2X4’s to pass the time when the onshore winds blew the surf out in the 1960s. They took skateboarding into swimming pools, down the streets, up ramps and all over the world. They helped kickstart a billion dollar industry and brought us household names like Tony Hawk and Ryan Sheckler. But never in their wildest dreams did they imagine skateboarding in a pool with balloons. Five thousand of them to be exact. Check out the video right here!