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Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art 3/08/2006
In the past five years there has been a glut of skate nostagia and memoribilia and the skate collector market has gone crazy. You might think that any book on skate art would be a pure nostagia trip. Well, Disposable breaks out of any pre-concieved notions to deliver 240 pages of essential skate history. This book is more than just about the graphics on the decks. Sean Cliver has documented the who, what, and why of skate graphic history. This is the story from the inside out; from a perspective only someone who worked in the skate industry as an artist could have. He knows what is important and which decks will stike a chord in any skater. He also let the artists and the skaters speak for themselves in numerous articles from skaters that only need one name: Alva, Salba, Hosoi, Humpston, Gelfand, Lucero, Caballero, Hawk, Rocco, Roskopp just to name a few. This is the 3rd printing of Disposable but the first hard cover edition. This is a beautiful book with hundreds of decks reproduced at 5 inches or larger so you can really enjoy the art. I think it a must-have documentary for anyone who cares about skate culture.
SkateRock is Music For Skaters by Skaters Skate Rock wasn't born, created or invented. Skate Rock was inevitable. Skaters are skaters first and foremost and whatever other labels society tries to lay on us are shunned. We define ourselves. A big part of that is making our own music. Musical influences from outside skate culture were filtered, twisted and adapted. Skaters took the loud fast and angry parts of punk, stripped away the fashion pose, and injected new ideas and humor to create Skate Rock. For skaters by skaters. Believe in the Skate Culture Revolution! Long live Skate Rock! The Editor
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