Skateboarding and the City A Complete History (PDF)

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Synopsis

Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. Skateboarding and the City presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of 60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.

Book details

Author:
Iain Borden
ISBN:
9781472583482
Related ISBNs:
9781472583451
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages:
384
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2019-01-29
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2019
Copyright by:
Iain Borden 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction