The skateboard : the good, the rad, and the gnarly: an illustrated history
Marcus, Ben2011
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The story of the simple skateboard is part-thriller, part-underground, underdog success tale. Its chock-full of innovations, far-out graphic artistry, and ever-more-incredible hot-dogging feats
Main title:
The skateboard : the good, the rad, and the gnarly: an illustrated history / by Ben Marcus; photography by Lucia Griggi
Author:
Imprint:
Minneapolis MVP 2011
Collation:
255 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
ch. 1 Round, Round, Get Around: Skateboarding Prehistory -- ch. 2 Steal Wheels: The First Skateboarders Rolled Their Own: 1947-1959 -- ch. 3 Bust Your Boom: The Fast Rise and Faster Fall of Skateboarding: 1959 to 1965 -- ch. 4 Going Underground: Skateboarding Disappears: 1965-1972 -- ch. 5 Plastics: Urethane Accelerates Skateboarding from the Flintstones to the Jetsons and Then It All Goes Boom! 1973-1980 -- ch. 6 Up And Out: Skateboarding Moves Away from Sidewalk Surfing and Into the Air: 1981 to 1991 -- ch. 7 Hazardous Recreational Activities: Shaking the World From Street Level while the X Games Rock Vert: 1992-1999 -- ch. 8 Anything Goes Big: It's all Fine and Dandy Here in the First Decade of the 21st Century
ISBN:
9780760338056 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.22 SKA
Local class:
796.22
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
123727
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 796.22 SKA | Available |