Tag: Andrea Buchetti
Theory is important but the voices of those involved provide the texture. This surf ’n skate book offers both
Edited by Michael Roberts, Kristin Lawler, and David P. Cline, Roll and Flow: The Cultural Politics of Skateboarding and Surfing (SDSU Press) takes the widespread participation of skateboarders and surfers in the Black Lives Matter movement as a catalyst to reconsider the significance of the cultural politics of surfing and skateboarding. We asked historian Matthew L. McDowell for a review. He found an “intriguing collection” combatting an ingrained cultural stereotype of skateboarders and surfers as uncaring and apolitical, a book likely to serve as a reference point in the field for years to come.
Sport in Society, Volume 28, 2025, Issue 2 | Surfing and Skateboarding
Academics in various disciplines are writing about sport. Sport in Society is a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary forum for academics to discuss the growing relationship of sport to significant areas of modern life. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Skateboarding and contested public space in Portrush, Northern Ireland: exploring tensions between resortification and DIY space-claiming through co-creative methodology by Jim Donaghey & Slaine Browne (open access).
