... turn on you r T.V. and find such things as the X-Games, and Gravity Games. And the idea of being a skater is now popular among the youth. You"re cool if you skateboard or wear skateboarding apparel. With such a drastic change such as this one wonders if the concept of cool changes over time. When you are looking back in time in American ... culture you can see that the concept of cool does in fact change. In the 50's you were cool if you had a Muscle Car and were rough and tough. Leather was in and so were poodle skirts. From here in came the beat generation. It was al about freeing you...

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