Urethane Revolution: The Birth of Skate--San Diego 1975

by John O'Malley

Book Overview

One crazy year on the California coast--in 1975 a hippie skunkworks, bred in garages and shacks, launched the modern skater movement. Strap in for a wild ride replete with two car chases, two plane crashes, a massive truck bomb, Colombian narcos, the Mafia, senior White House staff, a gypsy fortuneteller, three straight-up miracles, Jacques Cousteau, big piles of cocaine and naked hippie chicks. Author John O'Malley was in the thick of it all, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467139904
• ISBN13: 9781467139908
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"