Stalefish: skateboard culture from the rejects who made it
"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.Stalefishcaptures 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 readStalefish. Honestly. Read it.Stalefishwould 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.Stalefishcaptures 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.comSean Mortimer tackles the culture of skateboarding after taking us into the lives of Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen.Stalefishcovers 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