Skateboarding is a form of recreation and sport. Skateboarding is when a person rides and tries to balance on a small board with four wheels and tries to perform different tricks.

The objective of the sport is it can be enjoyed recreationally or competitively. In competitions athletes compete against each other in park and street style events. The skater who has the highest score out of all three rounds advances.

Each skater competes for themselves.

• Helmet to protect the skater's head in case they fall.
• Knee and elbow pads to protect their knees and elbows from injury and from getting scrapped.
• A skateboard

Tony is a professional skateboarder who pioneered modern vertical skateboarding. In 1999, he completed the first documented 900 skateboarding trick. Tony became a professional skateboarder at the age of 14 years old. After he became the first skateboarder to land a 900 he retired but continued to to perform at the annual X Games until 2003.