Drop in : the gender rebels who changed the face of skateboarding
(2024)
By:
Stoll, Deborah
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
796.22/STOLL,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2024]
©2024
©2024
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780358653073, 035865307X :, 035865307X, 9780358653073
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Drop In is the first book to recognize the women, LGBTQIA+, and nonbinary skateboarders who shattered the status quo and blazed a path to today's more equitable skate culture. This groundbreaking account redefines what skateboarding is and who it's for through the recounting of four extraordinary individuals' lives: Alana Smith, the first openly nonbinary athlete in Olympic history; Vanessa Torres, a record-breaking runaway living on the razor's edge; Marbie Miller, an unprecedented trans icon; and Victoria Taylor, a skate rookie turned social media star"--Jacket