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.
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- Year Published:
- 2019
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781472583451
- Number of Pages:
- 384
- Publication Date:
- 21/02/2019
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Authors:
- Borden, Professor Iain (University College London, UK)
- Illustrations Note:
- 200 colour illus
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781472583451