Skate And Destroy: The First 25 Years of Thrasher Magazine - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0789313863 ISBN 13 : 9780789313867

Editeur : Universe Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

This book's previous title "Thrasher Insane Terrain" has sold 17,000 copies worldwide. The Thrasher audience are devoted skateboarders and this is their bible! Substantial press expected, with reviews in nationals and skate magazines. "Skate and Destroy": 25 Years of "Thrasher Magazine" is more than just a 288 page retrospective of Thrasher's first quarter century. The magazine's staff, past and present, left no file cabinet or ramp unturned in seeking out the lost photos, the covers that never were, outtakes from interviews that defined the mag, never-been-told stories of secret skate missions, and accounts from skateboarding's top pros of what Thrasher has meant to them. Filled with the adrenaline pumping, gnar photos, and original and noteworthy content fans expect from "Thrasher Magazine", this excellent volume is packed with phenomenal photos, interviews, and articles from skateboarding's leaders: Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Rodney Mullen, and Chad Muska, to name a few. Highlights from each of Thrasher's 25 years will be organized by chapter, fully detailing the evolution of the magazine and staff, with a special focus on the events of the last ten years. "Thrasher Magazine" made its debut in 1981. Published by High Speed Productions and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, it is considered to be the skateboarder's bible.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In January 1981, a group of San Francisco skateboarders put together the first issue of Thrasher magazine. Today, Thrasher is bigger and better than ever—its name synonymous with both skateboarding's roots and constant evolution. Marking Thrasher's anniversary, this jam-packed retrospective recounts skateboarding's twists and turns of the last two decades and offers a glimpse at its thriving future. New and old school skaters alike will love Thrasher: Skate and Destroy. Not only does it cover the first twenty-five years of the magazine, reprinting the best of the original columns—"Photograffiti," "Zounds," "Trash," among others—but it will feature unpublished photos, rejected covers, interview outtakes, and detailed profiles. Action-packed photos capture legendary skaters such as: Tony Hawk, Bob Burnquist, Andrew Reynolds, Tony Alva, Mike Carroll, and Lance Mountain.The definitive guide to the history and development of skateboarding, no other book will take you as close to the risk taking, bone breaking world of what has since become the world's fastest growing extreme sport. With an emphasis on the current trends that will especially appeal to today's hundreds of thousands of skaters, this will be the skateboarding bible for fans of all ages and levels. Like the tattoos carved into the arms of skaters worldwide, Thrasher is forever. This one's gonna be gnarly!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Universe Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0789313863
• ISBN 13: 9780789313867
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible