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Dani Abulhawa, Skateboarding and Femininity: Gender, Space-making and Expressive Movement : Routledge
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Carolina Amell, Skate Like a Girl : Prestel
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Patrik Andersson, Natalie Porter, Out of Control : Audain Art Museum
Jason C Arnold, Kevin Wilkins, Artisan United Skateboard Illustration and Fine Art : NHS
Desiree Astorga, Rip The Ripper : Powell Peralta
Matthew Atencio, Becky Beal, E. Missy Wright, ZáNean McClain, Moving Boarders: Skateboarding and the Changing Landscape of Urban Youth Sports : University of Arkansas Press
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Leo Baker, Skate for Your Life : Penguin Workshop
Mike Ballard, Down the Memory Hole : Self-Published
Mike Ballard, Salman Agah, Skatebook 1: Steve Berra, Skatebook
Mike Ballard, Salman Agah, Skatebook 2: Paul Sharpe, Skatebook
Mike Ballard, Salman Agah, Skatebook 3: Lance Mountain, Skatebook
Mike Ballard, Skatebook 4: Mike Vallely, Skatebook
Mike Ballard, Skatebook 5: The Hellmag Takeover, Skatebook
Mike Ballard, Skatebook 6: Logan Kincade, Skatebook
Larry Balma, Tracker: Forty Years of Skateboard History : Foundry Press
Matt Barr & Owen Tozer, Looking Sideways Vol. 1 : Self-Published
Rudy Bazorda, Manifesto : Fun Not Fame
Kyle Beachy, The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life : Grand Central Publishing
Jacques Bensahkoun, The Golden Age of Skateboarding : Masala Noir & Golden Goose
Janet Eoff Berend, Vertical : Breakaway Books
Janet Eoff Berend, True Vert : Breakaway Books
Matt Berger, The Handmade Skateboard: Design & Build a Custom Longboard, Cruiser, or Street Deck from Scratch
: Spring House Press
Andy Blackford, Advanced Skateboarding : Hamlyn
Jurgen Blumlein, Skateboard Museum Zine Collection : Ginko Press
Jurgen Blumlein, Daniel Schmid, Dirk Vogel, Made for Skate : Ginko Press
Jurgen Blumlein, Dirk Vogel, Skateboarding Is Not a Fashion: The Illustrated History of Skateboard Apparel : Ginko Press
Warren Bolster, The Legacy Of Warren Bolster: Master Of Skateboard Photography : Concrete Wave
Iain Borden, Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Iain Borden, Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Jason Boulter, Unemployable: 30 years of Hardcore, Skate and Street : Thames & Hudson
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Scott Hobbs Bourne, A Room With No Windows : 19/80 Editions
Scott Hobbs Bourne, Todd Bratrud, An Act of Imagination : Paperweight Publishing
Jack Boyd, Skateboard Tricks: Step By Step Instructions & Videos To Help You Land Your Next Trick! : Self-Published
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J. Grant Brittain, PUSH, J. Grant Brittain – 80s Skateboarding Photography : Ginko Press
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Joe Broook, Joe Brook: TBW Books
Michael Brooke, The Concrete Wave: The History of Skateboarding : Warwick Publishing
Michael Brooke, Skate Legends : Olmstead Press
Michael Brooke, Nathan Ho, The Endless Wave: Skateboarding, Death & Spirituality : Self-Published
Dan Bryant, Six Year Old Sidney : Red Fez Books
Eve Bunting, For Always : Globe Fearon Co
Damien Burden, Cyst : Self-Published
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Michael Burnett, The Outskirts of Awesome : Self-Published
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James ‘Barf’ Callahan, Barf Skate Vol. 1 : Self-Published
James ‘Barf’ Callahan, The Altar of the Skate Gods : Self-Published
Thomas Campbell, Cuatro Sueños Pequeños (four small dreams) : Um Yeah Arts
Thomas Campbell, Seeing Fatima’s Eyes: Surf, Life, Stuff, Morocco, North Africa : Um Yeah Arts
Thomas Campbell, Sing Ding Aling : Museum Het Domein Sittard
Thomas Campbell, Slide Your Brains Out: Surfing in General 1997-2012 : Um Yeah Arts
Thomas Campbell, Ye Olde Destruction : Um Yeah Arts
Kenneth Cappello, Kenneth Cappello: Acid Drop : Aperture
Seb Carayol, Agents Provocateurs: 100 Subversive Skateboard Graphics : Ginko Press
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Seb Carayol, Todd Francis, Winston Tseng, Look Away: The Art of Todd Francis : Wins
Dave Carnie, Boob : The King Publishing Project
Albert Fried-Cassorla, The Skateboarder’s Bible : Running Press
Lesley Choyce, Skate Freak : Orca Book Publishers
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Michael Christie, If I Fall, If I Die : Hogarth
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Jonathan Russell Clark, Skateboard (Object Lessons) : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Sean Cliver, The Disposable Skateboard Bible : Ginko Press
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Sean Cliver, Dave Carnie, The Big Brother Book
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Jono Coote, No Beer on a Dead Planet : Red Fez Books
Alex Corporan, Andre Razo, Ivory Serra, Full Bleed: New York City Skateboard Photography : Salamander Street Ltd.
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Steve Crist, Hugh Holland, Locals Only: California Skateboarding 1975-1978 : AMMO Books
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Tom Cuthbertson, Anybody’s Skateboard Book : Ten Speed Press
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Ben Davidson, The Skateboard Book : Putnam Pub Group
Garry Scott Davis, The Best Of Skate Fate 1981-1991
: Leadless Pencil Press
Garry Scott Davis, From Hands That Swallow
: Leadless Pencil Press
Garry Scott Davis, Neil Blender, Stacy Peralta, First, I Used to Build Giant Thorns : Leadless Pencil Press
James Davis, Skin Philips, Skateboard Roadmap: History, Tricks, Culture, Global Coverage, Top Skaters : Carlton Publishing Group
Pahl Dixon & Peter Dixon, Hot Skateboarding : Warner Books
Julius Dittmann, Little Skate Rats : Self-Published
Peter Ducommun, Skateboarding Vancouver: The Skull Skates Collection at the Vancouver Musuem : Concrete Wave Editions
Barbara Douglas, Skateboard Scramble : Westminster Press
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Gordon Eckler, Skate Trivia: Volume One : Ginko Press
Mackenzie Eisenhour, 1000 Skateboards : Rizzoli
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Mackenzie Eisenhour, Cliche: Resume: a Decade of Skateboarding in Europe : Ginko Press
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Daniel Fedkenheuer, The Next Wave: The History of Skateboarding: 1999 – 2020 : Self-Published
Mathias Fennetaux, No Skateboarding : Self-Published
Jim Fitzpatrick, Skateboard Stars : Stride
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Jim Fitzpatrick, Skateistan, Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan : Skateistan
Jack Francis, How to Train Your Skateboard : Skittledog
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Glen E. Friedman, C. R. Stecyk III, Fuck You Heroes: Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991 : Burning Flags Press
Glen E. Friedman, Fuck You Too : Consafos Press
Glen E. Friedman, Dogtown: the Legend of the Z-Boys – the Original Stories : Burning Flags Press
Glen E. Friedman, My Rules : Rizzoli
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Manuel Fuentes, 92-ish: skateboarding catalog : Self-Published
Manuel Fuentes, 93-ish: skateboarding catalog : Self-Published
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Brian Gaberman, A Life in Transition : Element
Dylan Goldberger, See Spot Shred : Self-Published
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Mark Gonzales, Broken Poems : Tropen Verlag
Mark Gonzales, High Tech Poetry : Contingency Publishing
Mark Gonzales, Non Stop Poetry : Printed Matter
Mark Gonzales, Sem Rubio, Mark Gonzales : Rizzoli
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Betsy Gordon, Jane Rogers, Rodney Mullen, Tony Hawk, C. R. Stecyk III, Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding : Smithsonian Books
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Jack Grant, Skateboarding : Celestial Arts
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Keith David Hamm , Scarred for Life: Eleven Stories About Skateboarders : Chronicle Books
Michael Harmon , Under the Bridge : Ember
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Michael Harmon , Skate : Laurel Leaf
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Haroshi, Haroshi 2003 – 2021: Nanzuka
Stanton Hartsfield, Jason Cohn, Surf to Skate, Vol. 1: Evolution to Revolution : Ginko Press
Stanton Hartsfield, Jason Cohn, Surf to Skate, Vol. 2: Experimentation to Realization : Ginko Press
Tony Hawk, Sean Mortimer, Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder : It Books
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Tony Hawk, Sean Mortimer, Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder : It Books
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Yoshiro Higai, Judo Air : Bueno!Books
High Speed Productions, Thrasher Skate and Destroy: The First 25 Years of Thrasher Magazine : Universe
Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher, Jocko Weyland, Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End : Soft Skull Press
Hugh Holland, Silver. Skate. Seventies : Chronicle Chroma
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Christian Hosoi, Hosoi: My Life as a Skateboarder Junkie Inmate Pastor : HarperOne
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Andy Howell, Art, Skateboarding and Life : Ginko Press
Jay Howell, Punks Git Cut! : Last Gasp
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Russ Howell, Skateboard Techniques, Safety & Maintenance : Ure Smith
Russ Howell, All You Need To Know About Skateboards : Ure Smith
Jerry Hsu, The Beautiful Flower is the World : Anthology Editions
Jerry Hsu, The Killing Season : SPA
Donny Humes, The Curb Years “Smelly Curb” 1987-2017 : Self-Published
Greg Hunt, 20th CENTURY SUMMER : Film Photographic
Greg Hunt, Alright, OK : Vans
Greg Hunt, Ninety-six Dereams, Two Thousand Memories : Super Labo
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Norma Ibarra, Para Ti (For You) : Self-Published
Independent Truck Company, Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding : High Speed Productions
Independent Truck Company, 40 Years of Ads : High Speed Productions
Alex Irvine, So You Think You’re a Skateboarder?: 45 tales from the street and the skatepark : Dog n Bone
Nobuo Iseki, 01-10 SKATEBOARDING PHOTOS : HIDDEN CHAMPION INC.
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Rich Jacobs, There is Xerox on the Insides of your Eyelids : Self-Published
Jenkem, Jenkem Volume 1 Skateboarding, Smut, Shenanigans : Jenkem
Jenkem, Jenkem Volume 2 : Jenkem
James Jebbia, Supreme : Rizzoli
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Atiba Jefferson, 15 Yearés Of éS : éS
Atiba Jefferson, Ed Templeton, Michael Burnett & Mike O’Meally, Stay Gold : Emerica
Michael Jeffries, David Apomah, Andrew Linaker, Those Bloody Kids : Shred The North
Jeff Johnson, Way High Kick Turn East Bay SF 75 to 89 : Beyond and Back Press
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Daniel & Bryce Kanights, Moments Through The Viewfinder : Self-Published
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Patricia Lakin, Skateboards (Made by Hand) : Aladdin
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Marco Laguna, Primitive Skateboarding Belgium 1978 : Self-Published
Mark ‘Trawler’ Lawer, Dam Skaters : UK Skateboard Books
Benjamin Levaux, Skateboard Echoes : Self-Published
Lincoln Design, Skateboarding Mayhem : Self-Published
Cole Louison, Impossible: Rodney Mullen, Ryan Sheckler, And The Fantastic History Of Skateboarding : Lyons Press
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Chris Long, Travis Jensen, No Comply: Skateboarding Speaks on Authority : FunNotFame
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Jim O’Mahoney, Russ Howell, HandBook Of FreeStyle SkateBoard Tricks : Cowboy Star Publications
Ben Marcus, The Skateboard: The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly: An Illustrated History : MVP Books
Amy Mattes, Late September: A Novel : Harbour Publishing
Adam McEvoy, 101 Uses for a Skateboard : Red Fez Books
Dave McIntyre, Warren Bolster, Jim Goodrich, The Gordon & Smith Skateboard Team Book : MLP Group
Sam McGuire, Hi Babe, it’s me. You. : Paragon Books
Jonathan Mehring, Skate the World: Photographing One World of Skateboarding : National Geographic
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Travis Millard, Hey Fudge : Narrow Books
Andrew Morgan, The Skateboard ABC : Self-Published
Jody Morris, Tom Green, 20 Plus: Photography By Jody Morris : Half Acre
Frank Morrison, Kick Push : Bloomsbury Children’s Books
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Fred Mortagne, Anton Corbijn, Geoff Rowley : Attraper au vol: Catch in the Air : Um Yeah Arts
Fred Mortagne, Hand in Hand : Cliche
Sean Mortimer, Stalefish: skateboard culture from the rejects who made it : Chronicle Books
MTV, Boards: The Art and Design of the Skateboard : Universe
Rodney Mullen, Sean Mortimer, The Mutt: How to Skateboard and Not Kill Yourself : It Books/Harper Collins
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Mark Munson, Steve Cardwell, Skateboard Stickers : Harper Design
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Nations Skate Youth, Nations Skate Youth Book : Self-Published
Tootie Nienow, There Goes Patti McGee!: The Story of the First Women’s National Skateboard Champion : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Rhyn Noll, SkateBoard: Retrospective Collectors Guide : Schiffer Publishing
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Brandon Novak, Joe Frantz, Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir : Citadel
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Cole Nowicki, Right, Down + Circle: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater : ECW Press
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Cole Nowicki, Laser Quit Smoking Massage : NeWest Press
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Paul O’Connor, Skateboarding and Religion : Palgrave
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John O’Malley, Urethane Revolution: The Birth of Skate – San Diego 1975 : History Press Library Editions
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Martina Overstreet, Michal Nanoru, We Cut the Meat Board
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Doug Palladini, Vans: Off the Wall : Abrams Books
Anthony Pappalardo, Heaven or Las Vegas : Adult Inc.
Anthony Pappalardo, Makies Skateboards : Adult Inc.
Robert Petrone, Dropping In: What Skateboarders Can Teach Us about Learning, Schooling, and Youth Development : University of Massachusetts Press
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Jim Phillips, The Skateboard Art of Jim Phillips : Schiffer Publishing
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Jim Phillips, Surf, Skate & Rock Art of Jim Phillips : Schiffer Publishing
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Sierra Prescott, Shredders: Girls Who Skate : Ten Speed Press
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Quartersnacks, TF at 1: Ten Years of Quartersnacks : PowerHouse Books
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Tino Razo, Party In The Back : Anthology Editions
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Adam Reber, Illustrated by Jimbo Phillips, Keep on Pushing : Self-Published
Matt L. Roar, My War : Spork Press
Ricky Roberts III, Thank You Skateboarding : Self-Published
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Aaron Rose, Christian Strike, Alex Baker, Arty Nelson, Jocko Weyland, Beautiful Losers : D.A.P./Iconoclast
Aaron Rose, Garry Scott Davis, C. R. Stecyk III, Dysfunctional : Ginko Press
Craig Rothney, Harry & Daisy Learn to Skateboard : Red Fez Books
Maggi Russell, Bruce Sawford, The Complete Skateboard Book Style, Technique, Stunts & Safety : Harper Collins
Walker Ryan, Top of Mason : Self-Published
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Paul Schiek, Diptych, the Deconstruction of Skateboarding : These Birds Walk and Don’t Fly
Dave Schubert, Abandon Ship : Seems
Patty Segovia & Rebecca Heller, Skater Girl: A Girl’s Guide to Skateboarding : Ulysses Press
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Ivory Serra, The Serra Effect : Drago
William Sharp & Ozzie Ausband, Back in the Day, The Rise of Skateboarding: Photographs 1975 – 1980 : Ginko Press
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Kent Sherwood, Jay Boy: The Early Years of Jay Adams : Rizzoli
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Dr. Skaterock, Vintage Skaterock: Skateboard Music of the 1960’s and 1970’s : Skaterock Publications
Slap Magazine: Deconstruct: ’92-’02 : High Speed Productions
Jack Smith, The Skateboarder’s Journal – Lives on Board : The Morro Skateboard Group
Craig B. Snyder, A Secret History of the Ollie: Volume 1: The 1970s : Black Salt Press
Gregory J. Snyder, Skateboarding LA: Inside Professional Street Skateboarding : NYU Press
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Peter Soutullo, Megan Brown, skate[scape] skate + escape : Self-Published
C. R. Stecyk III, Glen E. Friedman, DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys : Akashic Books
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Deborah Stoll, Drop In: The Gender Rebels Who Changed the Face of Skateboarding : HarperCollins
Studio Rarekwai, Stickerbomb Skateboard: 150 Classic Skateboard Stickers : Laurence King Publishing
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Jenny Sampson, Skater Girls : Daylight
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Ryan Stutt, The Skateboarding Field Manual : Firefly Books
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Ed Syder, My Skateboard Life : Blank Slate Books
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Ed Templeton, The Cemetery of Reason : Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.)
Ed Templeton, Nobody Living can Ever Make me Turn Back : Gold Thread/Emerica
Ed Templeton, Tangentially Parenthetical : Um Yeah Arts
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Ed Templeton, Wayward Cognitions : Um Yeah Arts
Ed Templeton, Wires Crossed : Aperture
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Thrasher, Thrasher: Insane Terrain : Universe
Thrasher, Thrasher Magazine’s Mail Drop, 38 Years of Envelope Art : High Speed Productions
Pete Thompson, ‘93 til: A Photographic Journey Through Skateboarding in the 1990s : Goff Books
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Jennifer Torres, Catalina Incognito (4) Skateboard Star : Aladdin
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José Vadi, Chipped : Penguin/Random House
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Paul Van Doren, Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans : Vertel Publishing
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Elias Vidal, In Search of the Concrete Wave : Self-Published
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Porous Walker, Fine Sketch Vol. 1 : Self-Published
Brian Joseph Wangenheim, Skateboarding Around The World: beautiful pictures of skateboarding : Self-Published
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Brian Joseph Wangenheim, Skateboarding Around The World Volume 2: beautiful pictures of skateboarding : Self-Published
Karl Watson, My First Skateboard : Self-Published
Karl Watson, My First Skateboard: Jonas Meets Jack : Self-Published
Jocko Weyland, The Answer Is Never: A Skateboarders History Of The World : Grove Press
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Jocko Weyland, Iain Borden, Richard Gilligan, Paul Seawright, Richard Gilligan: DIY/Underground Skateparks : Prestel
LaVada Weir, Skateboards and Skateboarding: The Complete Beginner’s Guide : Piccolo Books
Cindy Whitehead, It’s Not About Pretty : Girl is NOT a 4 Letter Word
Mark Whiteley, This is not a Photo Opportunity : Ginko Press
Kevin Wilkins, Spike Jonze, Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide to Tricks, Ramps, Gear, Setting Up – And Letting Go! : Running Press
Alicia D. Williams, Mid-Air : Simon & Schuster
Indigo Willing, Anthony Pappalardo, Skateboarding, Power and Change : Palgrave Macmillan
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Nathan ‘Chip’ Wolfstein, Skateboard Safety: A Guide to Safe Skateboarding : Skateboard Safety Publications
Tony Wood, Coping Mechanism : Red Fez Books
World Artifact Society : World Artifact Society
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Amir Zaki, Tony Hawk, Peter Zellner, California Concrete: A Landscape of Skateparks : Merrell Publishers
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