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Title: The Answer Is Never: A Skateboarder's History of the World by Jocko Weyland ISBN: 0-8021-3945-0 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Answer is Never
Comment: Is Jocko Weyland the John Steinbeck of skateboarding? Who knows. Who cares? What I do know is this is the only book that I couldn't wait to finish in a long time. If you grew up skating at any time in the 60's, 70's and '80's, and are still alive and literate, you MUST read this book. Get ready for all the long-forgotten memories to come rushing back. First skateboard? Check. First set of urethane wheels? Check. First pool ridden? Check. First skatepark? Check. First tail drop? Check. The list goes on and on.....this book will make you remember why you started skating and what a thrill it was and still is for many of us....
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Read / Important Book
Comment: This book is absolutely loaded with memories, from us old surfers who skated pools, to the kids who skate all the parks around the country and haven't bothered to experience the joy of getting chased out of public skate venues--all of us need to read this work of art. All of a sudden, all these great books have come out about our little world: Hawk's book (HAWK, OCCUPATION SKATEBOARDER) takes us inside the life of a pro (okay, well, inside the life of a god); AGENTS OF CHANGE takes us inside the world of DC Shoes and they're all worthy of putting on our coffee tables or on our bookshelves and maintaining a little bit of history. I give this book a deep asian bow... I'll love it long time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Literary History of the Sport Lovingly Told
Comment: Weyland chronicles the history of the sport from its ancestry in Hawaiian surfing through its recent emergence as a mass-marketed ESPN drawing card. While carefully charting this history, he intersperses lenghty (though riveting) tales from his own experiences growing up as a skater. These tales, which are indicative of how the skating mileau of the time shaped him, are a valuable time capusle to which many readers will relate. He manages to do all of this very artfully so that what seems to be a bi-polar stucture is nearly seamless. Few books measure up to the narrative and literary standards I expect from authors--but this one far surpasses them (a pleasant surprise). Novice skaters and parents who wish to understand skating culture should read this book and also Tony Hawk's Operation: Skateboarder. Both are fast reads (despite their 300+ pagecounts) and demonstrate two contrasting aspects of the sport and the corresponding worldviews engendered therein. Really, it's so good if Weyland waxes poetic on ice fishing I'd have to check it out. Please note that this book is a lot more fun to read than my dull review.
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Title: Skateboard Roadmap:History by Carlton Books, Skin Philips ISBN: 1858688035 Publisher: Carlton Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Concrete Wave: The History of Skateboarding by Michael Brooke ISBN: 1894020545 Publisher: Warwick Publishing Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Thrasher : Insane Terrain by Thrasher Magazine ISBN: 0789305364 Publisher: Universe Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Between Boardslides and Burnout : My Notes from the Road by Tony Hawk ISBN: 0060086319 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder by Tony Hawk ISBN: 0060958316 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 19 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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