Pop culture is that combining different styles of books, music, fashion and other daily things that are used and enjoyed for a short period of time that contributes to the identity of a society at particular point in time. The 1960's was the decade of the smiley face found on anything around the world including T-shirts. Its popularity was at its peak in the mid to late 1960's.this decade could also be summed up with a few well chosen phrases that are perfect examples of the decade "The Space Race", "Cuban Missile Crisis", "Continuing Cold War", "Kennedy Assasination", "Martin Luther King", "vietnam", "Civil Rights And Riots", "Hippies And Flower Power", "The Beatles and Rock and Roll". This was the start skateboarding era which was started by some surfing enthusiast in California who were fustrated by the weather and put roller skates on the front and back of a wooden plank.