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Skateboarding - The Ultimate Guide (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,407
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Skateboarding - The Ultimate Guide (Hardcover): Becky Beal

Skateboarding - The Ultimate Guide (Hardcover)

Becky Beal

Series: Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports

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From skateboarding's distant origins in the 1940s to the heyday of the Z-Boys to Tony Hawk's lifelong and lucrative career as a professional skateboarding icon, this book showcases what skateboarding was in the past and what it's now evolved into. In the last half century, skateboarding has evolved from a simple, idyllic child's pastime that originated in southern California to becoming a worldwide youth culture phenomenon. This now-mainstream action sport has spawned a multi-billion-dollar commercial market for skateboarding equipment, skateboard-related media and entertainment, as well as skate-inspired softgoods like clothing, shoes, and accessories; and it is likely to soon become an Olympic sport. Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide is brimming with fascinating history and engaging stories from skateboarding's 60-odd year existence and evolution. Covering the action sport's origins, myriad breakthrough developments, pioneering heroes, both "street style" and "vert" or ramp skating, unique popular culture, and likely future, this book will delight anyone with an interest in this individualistic and compelling athletic pursuit. Bibliography includes primary and secondary sources and current websites Glossary provides a comprehensive list of skating "lingo" Index contains a comprehensive listing of names, companies, places, and terms

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Imprint: Greenwood Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports
Release date: 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: Becky Beal
Dimensions: 165 x 241 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-38112-6
Categories: Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading > Rollerblading & in-line skating
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading > Skateboarding & snakeboarding
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LSN: 0-313-38112-7
Barcode: 9780313381126

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