{"product_id":"skateboarding-and-the-city-a-complete-history-9781472583451","title":"Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Iain Borden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Urban \u0026amp; Land Use Planning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSkateboarding and the City\u003c\/i\u003e presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images - of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills - this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032259813527,"sku":"9781472583451","price":3792.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472583451.webp?v=1769207872","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/skateboarding-and-the-city-a-complete-history-9781472583451","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}