{"product_id":"midwest-shreds-mandy-shunnarah-9781953368713","title":"Midwest Shreds: Skating Through America's Heartland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA guided tour of one of the Midwest's most vibrant subcultures, one DIY ramp at a time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American Midwest may not have a reputation as the nation's skating mecca, but maybe it should. In \u003cem\u003eMidwest Shreds\u003c\/em\u003e, Mandy Shunnarah travels around the region for a deep dive into its skating culture, detailing the activity's long, storied history there and the large and diverse skating community that calls the Midwest home today. Here, you'll learn how skating has become a form of mutual aid in Iowa, follow hard-core street skaters as they vie to become King of Cleveland, experience the transcendence of skating in a converted St. Louis cathedral, meet the anarchists who've built their own skate paradise, cinder block by cinder block, in southern Ohio, and encounter skaters from Des Moines, Madison, Chicago, West Lafayette, Detroit, and other corners of the Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith writing that revels in the crunching scrape of hard wheels, the joy of nailing a trick for the first time, and the grit required to fall and get back up again, \u003cem\u003eMidwest Shreds \u003c\/em\u003eilluminates a small corner of Midwest life and offers a portrait of the rich cultural history and diversity that makes the region what it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mandy Shunnarah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1953368719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953368713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Mandy Shunnarah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45265433067775,"sku":"9781953368713","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7210fb04-79e6-4b00-b3e5-cc834b8d0239.jpg?v=1713420850","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midwest-shreds-mandy-shunnarah-9781953368713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}