Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding [Paperback]

Independent Truck Company (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: High Speed Productions (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965727181
• ISBN-13: 978-0965727181
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #44 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Skateboarding

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have Book for Skateboarders., September 27, 2004

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Michael C "Michael C" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding (Paperback)

This book is chock full of excellent photos from the beginning of company to now. It does an excellent job of explaining the mystique and fanatical devotion to Independent Trucks. "Bikers have Harleys, Skateboarders have Independent Trucks" pretty much sums it up. More than just a product, Independent Trucks and their iron cross logo have become an icon for more than 2 generations of skateborders. The book details the development of the product and the fanatical devotion that followed. This is the ultimate coffee table book for any skater or skate fan.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old school, new school, whatever school...this book rocks!, February 18, 2006

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Lansing D. Mcloskey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding (Paperback)

There are a bunch of "retrospective" skate books that have been published in the last several years (Legacy of Warren Bolster, Bulldog's Art, Dogtown & Z-Boys, Skate Legends, Concrete Wave, Insane Terrain, etc.). Most focus on one particular facet/era/person. While for the most part they are all really good, Built to Grind is one of the best...and by *far* the biggest (weighing in at nearly 5 pounds!). Of course it portrays Indy trucks as being the center of the skateboard universe from the earliest old school all the way to the present (um, like, um, wasn't there a little company called "Tracker" that made trucks that *most* of the pro's rode for like a decade? And Gullwing? And dozens of others? etc.). But aside from the blatant self-promotional "pro-Indy" propoganda, the book really is an *excellent* document of all types of skating from early roots to backyard pools to ramps to new school street/stairs/rails. TONS of killer pics, and not too many stoopid captions. Buy it now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars built to grind, February 21, 2006

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Sone Anoutheung (san diego, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Built to Grind: 25 Years of Hardcore Skateboarding (Paperback)

I got this for my husband. He couldn't put the book down!