Styles of skateboarding
The original style is freestyle skating. This is where you do tricks on flatground , usually not moving and not popping.
Below is Rodney Mullen in a freestyle competition in 1986
Vert skating became popular after this and so did street skating.
Below is Bob burnquist skating in the Xgames
Below is an example of early street Skating, a part from Plan B's video Questionable
Since then, Vert skating has died out and is not popular any more. Street skating has progressed and is more popular than ever.
This recent video by Cody McEntire that is a good example of modern street skating