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(Sick): A Cultural History of Snowboarding

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For anyone who started snowboarding after 1993 this book is a must read. No way..this is a must read for all snowboarders. I grew up in New England snowboarding on Burton Backcountry boards in my back yard. This books goes back and tells the stories of what snowboarding was all about. Back when you went riding for the fun of it...not to look cool. This book rocks and Susanna did a great job. Loved reading about the good old Jake Burton, Brushie, Roach, and Kelly days.. Man I miss those guys. Grab this book and head to the backcountry..

I enjoyed some of this book however, some of the information presented in this book as factual, in fact was not. Also her historical section was deviod of reference to many of the true pioneers of the sport. As entertainment it is ok as a giuide to snowboarding and it's cultural history, it falls far short. It's as if it was written by someone who really doesn't know much about snowboarding and just asked people for their opinions, taking them at face value.

This book to many may have seemed lame and false, when in fact was practically written by pioneers such as Burton, Sims, Morrow, and Kemper founders. If you were born after 86 you would get the book, if u were born before its a great, not a must, a great read. I loved it because of how much of a taboo it was, it was a current day mystery that wasn't respected at first, and needed brave people to design the board from a ski with a rope, much more than that, but great read.

Awesome book. Every snowboardfan should read this. Nice storyline, great pics and beautifull quotes from snowboarding's legends.

I bought this book for a research project and it was extremely useful and informative and very interesting. I'd recommend it to anyone, but especially snowboarders(a must read). It's always good to know the history of your sport.

This book was the ideal to read just before the 1998 Winter Olympics. I enjoyed learning about the evolution of surfing on water to skateboarding the streets, and now riding the mountains. As one who does both skateboarding and snowboarding, I can see the great similarities between the two sports. Photos that you cannot see in any of the new magazines were shown throughout the book. You got to see the first primitive boards, old school styles, and the modern ones in use. The author does not neglect mentioning the freedom and spirit of snowboarding.

Fake, pretentious, and totally dumb if you know anything about snowboarding. If snowboarders were like bands, this writer would be the cheesy a&r rep trying to be cool while making money off the peeps.