Boardsports are sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment. These sports take place on a variety of terrain, from paved flat-ground ...BoardsportFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchThisarticlehasmultipleissues.Pleasehelpimproveitordiscusstheseissuesonthetalkpage.(Learnhowandwhentoremovethesetemplatemessages)Someofthisarticle'slistedsourcesmaynotbereliable.Pleasehelpthisarticlebylookingforbetter,morereliablesources.Unreliablecitationsmaybechallengedordeleted.(November2013)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)Thisarticle'stoneorstylemaynotreflecttheencyclopedictoneusedonWikipedia.SeeWikipedia'sguidetowritingbetterarticlesforsuggestions.(March2009)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Boardsport" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(March2009)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage)SportsthatareplayedwithaboardasprimaryequipmentBoardsportsaresportsthatareplayedwithsomesortofboardastheprimaryequipment.Thesesportstakeplaceonavarietyofterrain,frompavedflat-groundandsnow-coveredhillstowaterandair.Mostboardsportsareconsideredactionsportsorextremesports,andthusoftenappealtoyouth.Alargeproportionofyouthpartakinginthesesports,togetherwithaestheticdamagetopropertyfromsportslikeskateboarding,hasledtomanyboardsportsbeingmarginalizedbythegreaterworldofsportsinthepast.However,manyboardsportsareever-morefrequentlygainingmainstreamrecognition,andwiththisrecognitionhaveenjoyedwiderbroadcast,sponsorshipandinclusionininstitutionalsportingevents,includingtheOlympicGames.[1]Surfingwasthefirstboardsport,originatingfromPolynesianculture.Skateboardingwastheninventedbysurferslookingto"surf"onland.[2]Itishardtoestimatewhenmostboardsportswere"invented"becausepeoplehavebeenmakinghomemadeversionsthroughouthisto