Stalefish: Skateboard Culture from the Rejects Who Made It - Softcover

Sean Mortimer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811860426 ISBN 13: 9780811860420

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2008

Synopsis

How is being a pro skater different from being, say, a professional golfer? Veteran skate journalist and former pro skater Sean Mortimer has interviewed the top skaters of all time to answer that question in different and hilarious ways. Tony Hawk, Stacey Peralta, Rodney Mullen, Daewon Song, and Chris Haslam are handful of the skaters who opine on ollies, demos, mass riots, near arrests, and the various ways in which skating is bad for your love life. With over 50,000 words straight from the skaters themselves and graphic black and white photographs, "Stale Fish" functions as a gritty oral history of professional skating.

About this title

Product Description:

A classic collection of skateboarding lore and legend straight from the heart of the icons that created it. History and the those that created it by skating luminaries including: Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Steve Olson, Stacy Peralta, Jamie Thomas, Lance mountain, Tommy Guerrero, Russ Howell, Mike Vallely and more. An essential reader for any skater/fan. (spo)

Review:

"A classic collection of skateboarding lore and legend straight from the heart of the icons that created it." Juice Magazine "Skateboarding's formative years and milestones eroded before they were documented. Stalefish captures those stories in a way skateboarders old and new can relate to. A necessary book." Transworld Skateboarding "So, if you are a skater, or have ever been one, you need to read Stalefish. Honestly. Read it. Stalefish would also be a great read for anyone interested in the history of skateboarding, or skate culture. And really, I can't imagine a better way to represent skateboarding than with a book like this. Stalefish captures the personal and individual aspects of skateboarding perfectly. And that's really what skateboarding is. Read this book. You'll love it. Steve Cave, About.com Skateboarding Guide "This ain't no run of the mill history lesson. It's more like sitting down at a bar to hear Mike Vallely tell his story about how he didn't want to be the face of change for skating or hear how Tony Hawk had his first kiss at Del Mar or how Daewon Song thought that he sucked at one point. No boring "Skateboarding adapted from surfing..." commentaries, only the juicy details from the pros that made the scene what it is today. Highly recommended." --Turntablelab.com Sean Mortimer tackles the culture of skateboarding after taking us into the lives of Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen. Stalefish covers skateboarding from the vantage point of those who were there making it a cultural phenomenon from the beginning until modern day. With historic heavyweights Stacy Peralta, Steve Alba and Lance Mountain to modern-day culture makers Daewon Song, Jamie Thomas and Chris Haslam, this isn't a book that will tell you what happened; it's a book about the people who made it happen telling you how it went down. SBC Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0811860426
• ISBN 13: 9780811860420
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192