(Sick): A Cultural History of Snowboarding

by Susanna Howe

A Cultural History of Snowboarding Illustrated throughout with over 80 photographs, many in full colour, this cultural history of snowboarding takes an exhaustive look at this booming sport which will... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312170262
• ISBN13: 9780312170264
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Review of Sick

Awesome book. Every snowboardfan should read this. Nice storyline, great pics and beautifull quotes from snowboarding's legends.

Great informative book

I bought this book for a research project and it was extremely useful and informative and very interesting. I'd recommend it to anyone, but especially snowboarders(a must read). It's always good to know the history of your sport.

Not for all but great for some

This book to many may have seemed lame and false, when in fact was practically written by pioneers such as Burton, Sims, Morrow, and Kemper founders. If you were born after 86 you would get the book, if u were born before its a great, not a must, a great read. I loved it because of how much of a taboo it was, it was a current day mystery that wasn't respected at first, and needed brave people to design the board from a ski with a rope, much more than that, but great read.

(Sick) a cultural history of snowboarding

For anyone who started snowboarding after 1993 this book is a must read. No way..this is a must read for all snowboarders. I grew up in New England snowboarding on Burton Backcountry boards in my back yard. This books goes back and tells the stories of what snowboarding was all about. Back when you went riding for the fun of it...not to look cool. This book rocks and Susanna did a great job. Loved reading about the good old Jake Burton, Brushie, Roach, and Kelly days.. Man I miss those guys. Grab this book and head to the backcountry..

Evolution of snowboarding, and acceptance leads to Olympics.

This book was the ideal to read just before the 1998 Winter Olympics. I enjoyed learning about the evolution of surfing on water to skateboarding the streets, and now riding the mountains. As one who does both skateboarding and snowboarding, I can see the great similarities between the two sports. Photos that you cannot see in any of the new magazines were shown throughout the book. You got to see the first primitive boards, old school styles, and the modern ones in use. The author does not neglect mentioning the freedom and spirit of snowboarding.