Snakeboard

A Snakeboard, also known as a Streetboard is a board that was invented in South Africa in 1989[1] by James Fisher,[2] Simon King[2] and Oliver Macleod Smith.

[2] The concept was to fuse the original skateboard with elements of snowboarding and surfing to create a fun riding experience.

The first prototype was constructed using two square wooden boards, an old roller skate chopped in half, and a piece of plumbing pipe to join them together.

James Fisher, Simon King and Oliver Macleod Smith jointly owned the patents and trademarks for the sport.

The inventors then listed their company Snakeboard International AIM market, a division of the London Stock Exchange.

The term streetboard began to be used around that time to describe any board where the wheels and trucks rotate with the rider's feet without referring to a specific brand.

The original patent for the snakeboard refers to the board as a "Pivoting Skateboard" and in recent years there has been discussions around using more technically descriptive terms such as pivotboard and pivotskate.