Rollerblading, skateboarding, etc Books

Following Universe’s 1000 Sneakers and 1000 Tattoos, this is a definitive collection of the world’s most iconic skateboard designs, complete with history, engineering, collectability, sports and pop culture trivia, and graphics.A must-have for diehard...

Mark Gonzales, affectionately known as 'The Gonz', is considered to be the godfather of modern street skating. After picking up a board at the age of thirteen, he achieved legendary status when we completed the iconic trick coined 'The Gonz Gap' in 1986,...

An invaluable resource, Art on Deck represents the most cohesive examination to date of Supreme's skateboard output.For 25 years, Supreme's skateboard collaborations have represented an iconic intersection between art and skate culture, ultimately...

With over 10K sold, the first edition of The Handmade Skateboard is the best-selling book on the topic of making a skateboard. Skateboarding continues to be the top extreme sport among teens and is now a $3 billion industry. Building a skateboard doesn't...

The portraits in Skaters compel the subject, the photographer, and the viewer to slow down. These images, created with wet plate collodion, offer an honest glimpse into the skateboarders' core being: pensive, tough, playful, anxious, distracted, and...

Serious skaters looking for unusual and innovative tricks will find them in this skateboarding instructional guide. The tricks run the gamut from classic old school to modern with an emphasis on diversification, creativity, and originality. Included are...

Part memoir, part document of the DIY, punk-infused subculture of skateboarding as it came of age in the 1990s and early 2000s, Ed Templeton's Wires Crossed pulses with the raw, combustive energy of Templeton's image-making from the last twenty-plus...