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Bogazianos Skateboarding LA: Inside Professional Street Skateboarding Gregory J. Snyder Skateboarding LA Inside Professional Street Skateboarding Gregory J. Snyder NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York www.nyupress.org © 2017 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Snyder, Gregory J., author. Title: Skateboarding LA : inside professional street skateboarding / Gregory J. Snyder. Description: New York : New York University Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017010913 | ISBN 9780814769867 (cl : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780814737910 (pb : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Skateboarding—California—Los Angeles. Classification: LCC GV859.8 .S595 2017 | DDC 796.2209794/94—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017010913 New York University Press books are printed on acid- free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppli- ers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Also available as an ebook For Luna, I’m over the moon. — Love Daddy Contents Acknowledgments xi Prologue 1 Introduction 5 Professional Street Skateboarding 9 Subculture and Self- Preservation 12 Skateboarding and Urban Space 16 Overview 22 Part I. Immersion 1. Skateboarding and the City 35 A Quick History of Skateboarding 35 Ollie, Nollie, Regular, Goofy: Trick Basics 40 Public Plazas: Filling the Voids 47 The “LA School” of Urban Sociology 51 Skateboarding Subculture 55 2. Skate Spots 63 Scanning the Terrain 63 The Ethos of Progression 70 Excavating the City: Historic Skate Spots 76 Skate and Appreciate 86 3. Skateboarding Basics: The Grammar of Skateboarding Tricks 89 Name That Trick: Stoner Plaza 89 Grammar Counts 90 Learning to Skateboard: Aaron Snyder 93 Troy’s Story 100 Old Man Skateboarding 103 vii viii | Contents Part II. The Professional World 4. Professional Street Skateboarding 109 The Skate Plaza at Stoner Park 109 Career Stoners 113 June 9, 2015 122 Shorty’s and Darkstar: Aaron Snyder 124 Behind the Scenes at Street League Skateboarding 133 Street League Revisited: October 2, 2016 140 Skateboarding and the Subculture Career 144 The Street Not Taken: Robbie McKinley 148 5. The Production of Skateboarding Tricks 152 The Skater 153 The Photographer 155 The Filmer 156 RB Umali: The Filmer’s Toolkit 158 The Skateboard Team 163 6. Skateboarding as a Career 166 The City and the Subculture Career 166 Subcultural Enclaves 168 The Model of Subculture Profitability 170 The Ethnographic Imagination 173 Subculture Media and the Digital Turn 175 Pay Scales 177 The Vulnerable Careerists 178 Part III. Skate Spots 7. Skateboarding and Architecture 183 Skaters’ Response to Defensive Design 183 Resisting Arrest 185 DIY Urban Design 186 DIY Skate Spots: Fixer Uppers 187 DIY Skate Spots: From the Ground Up 191 8. Landmark Achievements: The Creation of Subcultural Landmarks 194 Urban Public Space 195 Spot Progression 200 Contents | ix The Carlsbad Gap 202 Profitable Spots 205 Defensible Space 206 Part IV. Resistance 9. Skateboard Activism 215 The Courthouse: A History 215 Decriminalizing the Courthouse 220 Legalized Skateboarding: Day 1 233 Courthouse 2.0, Day 2 234 Go Skateboarding Day 2015 240 10. Matt Gottwig: Circle Complete 243 Coda 249 Appendix: Interview with Alec Beck, Transworld Magazine 253 Glossary 259 Notes 263 References 273 Index 281 About the Author 297
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