Which cities have had the most influence on skateboarding throughout the years?

[RossDailey]

Long Beach

A significant amount of pros live here or are seen here regularly

Also, Ray Barbee

[kookdusoleil]

Long Beach

A significant amount of pros live here or are seen here regularly

Also, Ray Barbee

It’s in LA county. You can lump that in with LA

[Streebo]

Aspen Colorado

[figureitout]

LA
NY
Barca
SF
Sao Paulo

[decaf]

Did my first CPH open last year and, lemme tell you, that was one of the best experiences I've ever had. I know the city probably doesn't have that vibe year round, but the city, spots, landscape, no bust factor, and everything as a whole was so euphoric.

[SatanicPanic]

I gotta say tho- why is NY considered top two? There’s like one iconic spot (Brooklyn Banks), a handful of truly influential pros came from there and two important brands- FA and Zoo York. Oh and a TV show-Betty. LA is the birthplace of pool skating, tons of famous pros came from there, there are probably a half-dozen iconic spots just downtown and tons of board companies are HQ’d there. I would honestly put NYC below SF, San Diego, Barcelona, the OC and Philly. Maybe even below DC and Portland. The city is cool and all but if it had never existed I don’t think skateboarding would look that different.