Skateboarding LA : : Inside Professional Street Skateboarding / / Gregory J. Snyder.
Inside the complex and misunderstood world of professional street skateboardingOn a sunny Sunday in Los Angeles, a crew of skaters and videographers watch as one of them attempts to land a “heel flip” over a fire hydrant on a sidewalk in front of the Biltmore Hotel. A staff member of the hotel deman...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Alternative Criminology ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 54 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Professional Street Skateboarding
- Subculture and Self- Preservation
- Skateboarding and Urban Space
- Overview
- Part I. Immersion
- 1. Skateboarding and the City
- 2. Skate Spots
- 3. Skateboarding Basics
- Part II. The Professional World
- 4. Professional Street Skateboarding
- 5. The Production of Skateboarding Tricks
- 6. Skateboarding as a Career
- Part III. Skate Spots
- 7. Skateboarding and Architecture
- 8. Landmark Achievements
- Part IV. Resistance
- 9. Skateboard Activism
- 10. Matt Gottwig
- Coda
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author