sports – Ringo Lingo https://ringolingo.com Free ESL English Dictations and Tools for English Learners Tue, 19 Oct 2021 09:25:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-icon-r.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 sports – Ringo Lingo https://ringolingo.com 32 32 200435589 Skateboarding https://ringolingo.com/dictation/skateboarding/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 13:59:01 +0000 https://ringolingo.com/?post_type=dictation&p=91 Skateboarding first started in California during the 1950s.? The first skateboards were made by attaching? roller skate wheels to wooden boards, but by 1959,? companies had started manufacturing skateboards.? Skateboarding was initially known as? “sidewalk surfing” and it’s thought it was? popular with the surfing community.?

Over time it has developed into a past time that’s? popular with a wide range of people of all ages.? In 2020, for the first time, skateboarding featured as one? of the sports in the Summer Olympic Games,? with Japan winning three of the four gold medals on offer.

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