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Skateboarding: the background, technicality, culture, rebellion,
marketing, conflict, and future of the global sport as seen through
two of its most influential geniuses Since it all began half a
century ago, skateboarding has come to mystify some and to
mesmerize many, including its tens of millions of adherents
throughout America and the world. And yet, as ubiquitous as it is
today, its origins, manners, and methods are little understood.
"The Impossible" aims to get skateboarding right. Journalist Cole
Louison gets inside the history, culture, and major personalities
of skating. He does so largely by recounting the careers of the
sport's Yoda--Rodney Mullen, who, in his mid-forties, remains the
greatest skateboarder in the world, the godfather of all modern
skateboarding tricks--and its Luke Skywalker--Ryan Sheckler, who
became its youngest pro athlete and a celebrity at thirteen. The
story begins in the 1960s, when the first boards made their way to
land in the form of off-season surfing in southern California. It
then follows the sport's spikes, plateaus, and drops--including its
billion-dollar apparel industry and its connection with art,
fashion, and music. In "The Impossible, " we come to know
intimately not only skateboarding, but also two very different,
equally fascinating geniuses who have shaped the sport more than
anyone else.
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