[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08lVuhv_Va8&w=700] Tom Paxton wrote this in...1964? Widely covered. Beautiful track.
A competitor at the first intercollegiate skateboarding championships at Wesleyan sits down on his board while he rides past spectators in this photograph from 1965 (photo - Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images). Click here for the full slideshow.
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