(Hardback)

Presents a detailed study of the urban phenomenon of skateboarding. This book looks at skateboarding history from the surf-beaches of California in the 1950s, through the purpose-built skateparks of the 1970s, to the street-skating of the contemporary times, and shows how skateboarders experience and understand the city through their sport.

(Paperback)

Skateboarders are an increasingly common feature of the urban environment - estimated at 40 million worldwide and creating a subculture of clothes, boards, music, slang and moves. This book demonstrates that street-style skateboarding offers a critique of architecture, the city and capitalism.

(Paperback)