Amazon.com Review
"Snowboarding," writes Susanna Howe, "has burst into our lives and become a vessel of meaning." Hyperbole? Sure, but as sports go, snowboarding
is hyperbole. Showy, daring, dramatic, and hip, it's pure hotdog;
Sick covers all of it. Mixing healthy doses of snowboarding's colorful history, fashions, techniques, competitions, and competitors,
Sick whizzes by fast and rebellious--like the sport itself.
Review
"Snowboarding has suffered through an army of lame-ass, out-of-touch journalists. Luckily for us, Susanna Howe is not one of them. She is a great writer. More important, she is a snowboarder."--Lee Crane, Editor, Snowboarding Online
"Sick is just that. It both shatters and enhances the myths about snowboarding, its combative rise to glory, and its eventual appropriation by the mainstream. Sick is must-reading for anyone who wants to know how a simple sport helped shape pop culture."--Joe Donnelly, Executive Editor, Stick Magazine
"Proof positive that snowboarding is more than a sport and has an engaging, dynamic story that everyone should hear. It's all here, recounted in 'siiiick' detail."--Billy Miller, Senior Editor, Transworld Snowboarding
"Susanna Howe has done an amazing job of sifting through a multitude of myths, trends, and agendas to compile the most complete account yet of snowboarding's short but fascinating history. Anyone who wants to have a clue as to what snowboarding is really about should read Sick. The photos-- especially those from the sport's early days-- are phenomenal."--Dana White, Former Editor, Snowboard Life, Articles Editor, Condé Nast Sports for Women
"From early wooden toys to the Olympics, Susanna Howe has written a comprehensive history of snowboarding and its independent culture. Well-researched and written in a personal voice, Sick is an examination of a lifestyle that anyone with a yen for freedom will understand."--Jeff Galbraith, Senior Editor, Snowboarder Magazine
"After twenty years of living in the middle of this sport, it's cool to see the whole thing laid out in a book. Susanna took the time to cover every angle and, more important, to understand the engine behind this industry: riding."--Jake Burton, Founder and President, Burton Snowboards
