When the California drought took hold in the 1970s, many of these kidney-shaped pools were empty, making them ideal playgrounds for freestyle skateboarders in the LA area.

The California Surf Museum will Saturday acknowledge some of the founding fathers, and mothers, of skateboarding in the 1960s ...

Judi Oyama for Santa Cruz Skateboards, 1970s. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. This photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama was taken by John Krisick at Winchester Skate Park while Oyama ...

When the California drought took hold in the 1970s, many of these kidney-shaped pools were empty, making them ideal playgrounds for freestyle skateboarders in the LA area.