Skateboarding participation up for the long term

from the NSGA Research enewsletter (5/27):

Skateboarding 10-Year Winner in Sports Participation Growth

"Among sports and recreation activities that grew more than 15% the past 10 years, skateboarding led the way with a 74.1% growth, according to NSGA. Data contained in NSGA's annual "Sports Participation - Series I and II" reports, which are now available, shows skateboarding grew from 5.8 to 10.1 million participants between 1998 and 2007. Target shooting had the second highest 10-year growth, 63.3% to 20.9 million participants.

Other sports and recreation activities showing more than 15% growth over the 10-year period included snowboarding (41.7% to 5.1 million participants); running/jogging (40.1% to 30.4 million participants); archery target shooting (37.5% to 6.6 million participants); workout at club (27.5% to 33.8 million participants); motor/power boating (24.1% to 31.9 million participants); muzzleloading (16.1% to 3.6 million participants); and exercise walking (15.6% to 89.8 million participants)" ...