History’s Rarest Images: 50 Photos That Will Stop You In Your Tracks

Skateboard Revolution – 1975

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The photographer Hugh Holland says he was in the right place at the right time when he shot this image of a young beach kid. During this time skateboarding was gaining popularity all over the country but especially in Los Angeles. This picture of a kid shredding down the boardwalk in Venice Beach in this perfectly timed photo perfectly captures the origins of how skateboarding’s popularity began.



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