A fellowship study indicates there are about twelve million skaters involved in the sport and with those sorts of numbers for a sport it is immencely popluar. About 4 million of those are still developing adults. Many of those use cheap skateboards to keep from spending everything they own on their hobby.The sport has been around for half a century, since the 50s, and it is far more than a time consumer. It is considered a lifestyle by many. Before the fancy boards of today the boards in the begining were made of a surf board and some wheels but like most all inventions it has become a science and the precision manufacturing uses high tech machines to make the parts. After it evolved and now it has progressed and it now spans the globe and an entire subset of the global population has evolved to include their own attire and language. It truly has become a lifestyle that sometimes continues forever. In most cases it is not hard to spot the subset of the global population from a distance by the style of clothing they wear and even their retortic.After it evolved and now it is here to stay as laws have now been passed in many suburbs that include designated fields to board . People have embraced it worldwide and a whole industry has sprung up around this subset of the global population. One or more in this industry makes cheap skate decks for the riders to use helping ease the financial burden on the boarders. Although it may be opposed to you, maybe you need to try it and see if it is your thing.