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Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472583451)
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Iain Borden
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xSkateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart.
Skateboarding and the City presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images - of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills - this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.Author: Iain Borden
ISBN-10: 1472583450
ISBN-13: 9781472583451
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2019
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.80lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.50w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2019
By Iain Borden
xIain Borden is Professor of Architecture & Urban Culture, and Vice-Dean Education, at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. Alongside numerous academic publications on architecture, cities, critical theory, public space, film and photography, Iain has been a skateboarder for over 40 years, and has advised numerous city authorities, charities, developers and the media about skateboarding culture and skateparks.
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