Sidewalk Surfer T-Shirts

Retro worn look of skateboarder silhouette with rainbow stripes.

Founded in 1970, California Free Former was the world's largest manufacturer of skateboards during the skateboard craze of the '70s. The Torrance, California-based company ceased operations in 1981 as skateboarding's second wave was just picking up and today, California Free Former boards are highly sought after collectibles as given the very rough and tumble nature of their usage, very few survived.

Super awesome totally radical rocking roller!

The original name of skateboarding.

All the skate boarding Dudes who love their Halloween, this pop art style design of an edgy skater taking his fiery pumpkin head for a ride is for you.

A skating inspired design of a gorilla on a skateboard with a sunset style background. This design would be perfect for anyone who like skating or skateboarding. The gorilla design has a skater appeal that looks great on t-shirts.

...and destroy!

All the skate boarding Dudes who love their bearded dragons, this pop art style design of an edgy skater taking his beardie for a ride is for you.

“I’m a surfer, and I guess I like skateboarding so much because it’s very close to surfing." ~ Ty Page

The first California Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships was held over the Summer of 1976 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California. The event was the largest skateboard competition ever held up until that time, and its significant cash prizes changed skateboarding history, as it created a true professional tier in the sport.

"I left skateboarding in ’66, because it just went dead." ~ Bruce Logan

In Dana Point, California, Bill Richards and his son Mark invented the first skateboard in 1958 by attaching a set of roller skate trucks and wheels to a wooden board. The Richards’ began selling their boards at their North Hollywood surf shop for $8 a piece in 1959, calling them 'Roller Derby Skate Boards.' Initially selling about ten a week, sidewalk surfing moved from a niche to a national sensation in the '60s, and by the end of 1965, the United States had over 15 million skaters, and the industry generated $100 million in annual sales. Not bad coming from a single idea hobbled together from existing components in the garage, huh?