The magazine was first published in Winter 1964 as a quarterly under the name The Quarterly Skateboarder—by Surfer Publications out of Dana Point, California, US—during the first skateboarding boom. In August 1965 the title was changed to Skateboarder and the magazine began to be published bimonthly. After an initial release of only four issues between 1964 and December 1965, the publication ceased until the first major skateboard revival of the early 1970s. In his first editorial, John Severson wrote:
