"Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of
being the father of adolescent boys." --Michael Chabon "What a
riveting, touching, and painful read!" --Maria Semple "Fun, moving,
raw, and relatable." --Tony Hawk What makes a good father, and what
makes one a failure? Does less-is-more parenting inspire
independence and strength, or does it encourage defiance and
trouble? Kickflip Boys is the story of a father's struggle to
understand his willful skateboarder sons, challengers of authority
and convention, to accept his role as a vulnerable "skate dad," and
to confront his fears that the boys are destined for an
unconventional and potentially fraught future. With searing
honesty, Neal Thompson traces his sons' progression through all the
stages of skateboarding: splurging on skate shoes and boards,
having run-ins with security guards, skipping classes and defying
teachers, painting graffiti, drinking and smoking, and more. As the
story veers from funny to treacherous and back, from skateparks to
the streets, Thompson must confront his complicity and fallibility.
He also reflects on his upbringing in rural New Jersey, and his own
adventures with skateboards, drugs, danger, and defiance. A story
of thrill-seeking teens, of hope and love, freedom and failure,
Kickflip Boys reveals a sport and a community that have become a
refuge for adolescent boys who don't fit in. Ultimately, it's the
survival story of a loving modern American family, of acceptance,
forgiveness, and letting go.
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