{"product_id":"right-down-circle-tony-hawks-pro-skater-paperback","title":"Right, Down + Circle: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCole Nowicki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRight, Down + Circle\u003c\/i\u003e is a lightning-speed time machine held together with grip tape and wallet chains. It immediately transports to an era of CD collections, ripped band tees, and sibling video game rivalry.\" -- Sarah Berman, author of \u003ci\u003eDon't Call It a Cult\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A tender tribute to a fragile time, a frontside 360 ollie that feels like a hug.\" -- Elamin Abdelmahmoud, author of\u003ci\u003e Son of Elsewhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"With incisive and heartfelt writing, Cole Nowicki unlocks the source code of the massively influential cultural phenomenon that is \u003ci\u003eTony Hawk's Pro Skater\u003c\/i\u003e and finds wonderful Easter eggs of meaning within. Even non-skaters will be wowed by this examination of youth, community, risk, and authenticity and gain a new appreciation of skateboarding's massive influence upon our larger culture. This is my new favorite book about skateboarding, which isn't really about skateboarding -- it's about everything.\" -- Michael Christie, author of the novels \u003ci\u003eGreenwood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf I Fall, If I Die\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1999, the bestselling video game \u003ci\u003eTony Hawk's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePro Skater\u003c\/i\u003e was released, and a new generation was exposed to skateboarding culture and everything it embodied, including its tumultuous history with popularity, outsider status, and rebellion. Kids and adults alike could now spend hours in their own homes playing as actual skateboarders, learning the vernacular, listening to the music skateboarders loved, and having fun onscreen before trying to skate IRL in the driveway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eRight, Down + Circle\u003c\/i\u003e explores how a video game starring the most famous pro skater in the world brought skateboarding culture -- and its ever-shifting markers of music, subversion, and coolness -- to the masses and ultimately transformed the culture it borrowed from in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Pop Classics Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eCole Nowicki\u003c\/b\u003e is a Vancouver-based writer, producer, publisher, and lifelong skateboarder. He was a columnist for \u003ci\u003eKing Skateboard Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, lead writer for the acclaimed skateboarding documentary series \u003ci\u003ePost Radical\u003c\/i\u003e, and writes the skateboarding and pop-culture newsletter \u003ci\u003eSimple Magic\u003c\/i\u003e. His freelance work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.09 x 7.03 x 4.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764939653408,"sku":"9781770417168","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f7e36c09dc37b14e0758da997dc645c8.webp?v=1780258251","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/right-down-circle-tony-hawks-pro-skater-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}