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Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide (Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports) by BACKY BEAL, Becky Louise Beal, Beal, Becky is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Overview: 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. 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. Presents a comprehensive guide to the s

Who reads Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide (Greenwood Guides to Extreme Sports)?

Author

BACKY BEAL, Becky Louise Beal, Beal, Becky

Publisher

Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780313381126

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Sports, Anthropology