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Celebrating Larry Stevenson, skateboard innovator

The father of what we know as the mass-produced skateboard passed away at age 81. How has the industry grown since he first began to churn out boards?
A boy jumps with his skateboard during a sunny day on March 17, 2012 as unusually warm temperatures hit Prague.
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