Skateboarding is now very common in France, but before seeing skateparks everywhere, there was the first in the 1970s. Jean-Pierre Marquant, the creator of the Banzaï skate brand, noticed that this sport was very popular with young people abroad: “since the Tahitians liked it, since the Americans like it, since the Australians like it, why not the French?
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But the beginnings of this sport are complicated: “In March 1976, there were just 3 of us to skate and then we toured France, we tried to convince people.
A strategy that has paid off, since many children in schools want to try their friend's board.
To lead to the current success of skateboarding in France and its first events at the Olympic Games.
Go back in time with Pierre Marquant who tells the story of the arrival of this urban sport in the video of our partner Brut.
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