When I was living in Austria, age 5-10 with my Military parents, My brother and I used to skateboard around the different Parks there. Yup, Wood boards with steel wheels at first, but Mom and Dad upgraded us to rubber wheels soon. Don't think the Austrian public ever saw a skateboard before. You should have seen the stares we got. Also, we used to ride the streetcars to get to the Parks. People were always asking what we had.....