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Skateboarding La
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Author : Gregory J. Snyder
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2017-12-05
Skateboarding La written by Gregory J. Snyder and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-05 with Social Science categories.
Inside the complex and misunderstood world of professional street skateboarding On a sunny Sunday in Los Angeles, a crew of skaters and videographers watch as one of them attempts to land a “heel flip” over a fire hydrant on a sidewalk in front of the Biltmore Hotel. A staff member of the hotel demands they leave and picks up his phone to call the police.Not only does the skater land the trick, but he does so quickly, and spares everyone the unwanted stress of having to deal with the cops. This is not an uncommon occurrence in skateboarding, which is illegal in most American cities and this interaction is just part of the process of being a professional street skater. This is just one of Gregory Snyder’s experiences from eight years inside the world of professional street skateboarding: a highly refined, athletic and aesthetic pursuit, from which a large number of people profit. Skateboarding LA details the history of skateboarding, describes basic and complex tricks, tours some of LA's most famous spots, and provides an enthusiastic appreciation of this dangerous and creative practice. Particularly concerned with public spaces, Snyder shows that skateboarding offers cities much more than petty vandalism and exaggerated claims of destruction. Rather, skateboarding draws highly talented young people from around the globe to skateboarding cities, building a diverse and wide-reaching community of skateboarders, filmmakers, photographers, writers, and entrepreneurs. Snyder also argues that as stewards of public plazas and parks, skateboarders deter homeless encampments and drug dealers. In one stunning case, skateboarders transformed the West LA Courthouse, with Nike’s assistance, into a skateable public space. Through interviews with current and former professional skateboarders, Snyder vividly expresses their passion, dedication and creativity. Especially in relation to the city's architectural features—ledges, banks, gaps, stairs and handrails—they are constantly re-imagining and repurposing these urban spaces in order to perform their ever-increasingly difficult tricks. For anyone interested in this dynamic and daunting activity, Skateboarding LA is an amazing ride.
Skateboarder S Start Up
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Author : Doug Werner
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010-07-30
Skateboarder S Start Up written by Doug Werner and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Providing updated and revised chapters on safety, equipment, and basic skills, this instructional guide discusses the fundamentals of skateboarding. Presented in a helpful question and answer format, beginners will find information on buying a first board, where to plant one's feet, how to stay safe while learning new stunts, and the history of ...
Skateboarding
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Author : Steve Badillo
language : en
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Skateboarding written by Steve Badillo and has been published by Tracks Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Demonstrates famous skateboarding tricks performed by legendary riders such as Tony Hawk and Christian Hosoi, along with a brief history and step-by-step instructions for each trick.
Le Skateboard
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Author : Andy Horsley
language : fr
Publisher: Bonneuil-les-Eaux [France] : Gamma ; Montréal : École active
Release Date : 2001
Le Skateboard written by Andy Horsley and has been published by Bonneuil-les-Eaux [France] : Gamma ; Montréal : École active this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Skateboarding categories.
Cette collection présente des sports où les exploits de certains dépassent l'entendement, défient les lois de la gravité. Après une présentation sommaire du sport et de son équipement, l'étalage des acrobaties des pros en la matière. Le texte est réduit à peu de mots, les informations sont restreintes, mais les photographies, spectaculaires. Une présentation accrochante. [SDM].
So You Think You Re A Skateboarder
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Author : Alex Irvine
language : en
Publisher: Dog n Bone
Release Date : 2014-10-14
So You Think You Re A Skateboarder written by Alex Irvine and has been published by Dog n Bone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-14 with Humor categories.
The attitudes and idiosyncracies of 50 different skateboarders considered and classified. From humble beginnings through to the modern day multi-million dollar industry it has become, skateboarding has been dragged from its outsider roots into the mainstream world. While the grizzled 80s skate veterans are up in arms that you can now buy a skateboard from nearly every mall or high street in nearly every town from LA to NYC, the fact of the matter is the skateboarding community has snowballed from counter-culture activity into a sport that appeals just as much to the underground as it does to the average kid on the street. Now you’re just as likely to see a skater sneaking into a local school as you are live on ESPN. With so many different strains of the skate family tree, it’s hard to keep track of all the different tribes out there, and that’s where So You Think You’re a Skateboarder comes in. Fifty examples from the contemporary skate scene are examined in an attempt to unravel what makes skaters tick. Skaters include the Pushy Parent spending every Sunday at the local park trying to convince his kid to love skating in the same way he did. Or the “friendly” Local, who’s been determinedly skating the same spot for the last 10 years and will be damned if he’s going to share it with any newcomers. The Wannabe Gangster spends as much time trying to nail bigspins as he does trying to emulate Biggie, and the Piss Drunk has spent the last four hours eyeballing shots of tequila and is about to attempt to boardslide the next handrail he can find.
Skateboarding
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Author : Steve Badillo
language : en
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Release Date : 2003
Skateboarding written by Steve Badillo and has been published by Tracks Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Contains photographic sequences with narrative text that describe thirty-four skateboarding tricks, including old school, spine, and new school stunts, and includes an interview with skateboarder and coach Steve Badillo.
Street Skateboarding
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Author : Evan Goodfellow
language : en
Publisher: Tracks Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Street Skateboarding written by Evan Goodfellow and has been published by Tracks Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A step-by-step instructional guide for street skateboarders on how to execute a variety of curb tricks.
Palm Angels
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Author : Francesco Ragazzi
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2014-09-16
Palm Angels written by Francesco Ragazzi and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-16 with Design categories.
Featuring large-format photographs of skaters in Venice Beach and Manhattan Beach, Palm Angels is the definitive book on the L.A. skateboarding scene, capturing the style and street culture of the world's most elite communities of skaters. Photographed by Francesco Ragazzi, the Italian art director of Moncler, Palm Angels features a special focus on the look and fashions of skate culture. While it emphasizes dramatic movement through stunning images taken in various Los Angeles neighborhoods, it is less focused on describing tricks as it is about conveying the sensation of men and women engaged in an epic, all-consuming activity. Through art photography, this book hopes to do for skating what Bruce Weber and others did for surf culture, elevating it from what once was an exclusive and localized American pastime to a far-reaching cultural phenomenon. In the spirit of the photography taken of the legendary Z-boys of Dogtown, Ragazzi provides readers with a firsthand glimpse into skateboarding in its modern form, still very much infused with effortless style. Palm Angels includes an introduction by Pharrell Williams (known to the skate community as Skateboard P), who has been instrumental in popularizing the skate look and has propelled it all the way to the high streets of fashion capitals like Paris, New York, and Tokyo.
Skateboarding And Religion
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Author : Paul O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-10-02
Skateboarding And Religion written by Paul O'Connor and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture. Drawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O’Connor contends that religious identification in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increasingly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth, celebrity, iconography, pilgrimage, evangelism, cults, and self-help.
Skateboard Video
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Author : Duncan McDuie-Ra
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-09-20
Skateboard Video written by Duncan McDuie-Ra and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-20 with Social Science categories.
This book is about skateboard video and experimental ways of thinking about cities. It makes a provocative argument to consider skate video as an archive of the city from below. Here ‘below’ has a dual meaning. First, below refers to an unofficial archive, a subaltern history of urban space. Second, below refers to the angle from which skateboarders and filmers gaze upon, capture, and consume the city—from the ground up. Since taking to the streets in the early 1980s, skateboarding has been captured on film, video tape and digital memory cards, edited into consumable forms and circulated around the world. Videos are objects amenable to ethnographic analysis while also archiving exercises in urban ethnography by their creators. I advocate for taking skate video seriously as a (fragile) archive of the urban backstage, collective memory across time and space, creative urban practice, urban encounters (people-to-people and people-to-object/s), and the globalization of a subculture at once delinquent and magnificent.