Art&DesignSpring2025

Skateboards That Rock Rhyn Noll. Amazing graphic design and artistic imagery on skateboards made over the last forty years. Over 500 dazzling color photos with 100s of skateboards chrono- logically arranged, including construction details that make some collectors items, and related stickers, memorabilia, and racing team clothing • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 516 color photos • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-1790-3 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Flying Through the Clouds: Surf Photog- raphy of Jim Russi Jim Russi. Enter the surfing world through the lens and prose of Jim Russi. He captures the action in over 180 photos in Hawaii, Tahiti, California, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Fiji, Bali, Indonesia, and the islands off South Africa with stories from his global travels, includ- ing encounters with celebrities in and out of the surfing world • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 185 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-3861-8 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Graphic Surf: Decals, Patches, Stickers Ben Marcus. Surfing has inspired fantastic and colorful graphic designs to advertise surfboards, surf shops, wax, wetsuits, magazines, and even skateboards and snowboards. This exhibit-in-a-book is the most com- prehensive surf show ever attempted. Stickers, patch- es, and decals document the history of surfing worldwide, big-name surfboard makers, surf shops, organizations, and beaches • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 1261 color images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2948-7 • PB • $30.00 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Puerto Rico’s Surf Culture: The Photogra- phy of Steve Fitzpatrick Steve Fitzpatrick. The 1968 World Amateur Surfing Championships put Puerto Rico on the map of surfing destinations, but it wasn’t until photographer Steve Fitzpatrick relocated to San Juan that the island’s surf culture had a dedicated documentarian. Pulled from an archive of more than 50,000 captures, these 160+ dramatic images present the best surf Puerto Rico has to offer • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 285 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-4195-3 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / $64.00 CAD Surf Art! Graphics and Memorabilia Rod Sumpter. Fantastic, visually exciting surf movie posters, striking magazine covers, decals, patch- es, vintage photographs, advertising, trophies, record albums, and more from around the world. Current values included in the captions. Surfing enthusiasts everywhere will crave this nostalgic look at one of the world’s most exhilarating sports. • 11"x81/2" (279x215mm) •300 color &40b/wphotos •128pp. •978-0-7643- 2495-6 • PB • $24.95 / £22.99 / $34.95 CAD Surf NYC Andreea Waters. New York surfing is mad. Breaks are hard to access, waves are inconsistent, and winter (which produces the best waves) is brutal. Follow dedicated wave hunters to the end of the A-train and beyond and peek into this passionate way of life through authentic photography and several surfers’ per- sonal journeys • 12" x 9" (304 x 228 mm) • 64 photos • 136 pp. • 978-0-7643-5029-0 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Surfboard Wax: A History Jefferson "Zuma Jay" Wagner. The story of surfboard wax, from the early use of household candle wax through the advent of a whole industry devoted to achieving the best traction. Meet the colorful individuals behind wax companies Surf Research, Mr. Zog’s, and Mrs. Palmers and read about their early manufacturing and marketing ventures. This unique book is filled with amusing stories and over 300 pictures of the wax and its packaging • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 330 color & 29 b/wphotos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2569-4 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Surfing Nancy N. Schiffer in cooperation with San Francisco Airport Museums, Photography by Douglas Congdon-Martin. Surfing. Nancy N. Schiffer in cooperation with San Francisco Airport Museums. Photography by Douglas Congdon-Mar- tin. Over 400 color photos and a text rich in facts show important developments in surfing. From its Polynesian and Hawaiian heritage, surfing’s popularity grew in California during the 1960s and the wetsuit was an ad- aptation to cold water conditions. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 407 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-0655-6 • HC • $39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95 CAD Surf’s Up: Collecting the Longboard Era Mark Blackburn. The first book to combine a history of surfing, a grading guide for surfboards, and surfing items with an accurate price guide. It gives a complete overview of sport surfing from its ancient beginnings in Polynesia and Hawaii until 1969, the end of the longboard era. The great icons of the sport all put in appearances, making this the book all surf fans will covet • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 777 color photos • 272 pp. • 978-0-7643-1355-4 • HC • $59.95 / £54.99 / $85.00 CAD The Ultimate Collectors Guide to Surfing Post- cards Mary L. Martin with Tina Skinner. In total, 438 vintage postcards recap the last 100 years. The world’s leading postcard dealer and expert shares her expertise on dating and valuing these wonderful examples of ephemera, and the images include the Duke, Jan & Dean, and big wave action from Waikiki to the shores of New Jersey! • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •438 color & b/w images • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2909-8 • PB • $30.00 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Today’s Top Surfboards Rod Sumpter. Hand-crafted custom surfboards from all over the world, many featuring amazing artwork. Manufacturers and artists include Robb Havassy, Todd Proctor, Chuck Bassett, Hobie, Kimo Greene, and Stewart (US), Josh Dowling, Len Dibben, and Steve Friedman (Australia), and Rod Sumpter (UK), plus many more. Measurements and current values included • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • over 500 color photos • 160 pp. • 978-0-7643-2764-3 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Skateboard Retrospective: A Collector’s Guide Rhyn Noll. Skateboarding history in 693 color photos of decks, wheels, trucks, and other gear that illustrate the sports’ dramatic changes in design and graphics. Famous riders in action, a huge list of skateparks in the USA, and a glos- sary of skateboard lingo. Full pricing information is provided • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 693 color photos •192pp. •978-0-7643-1122-2•HC•$39.95 / £36.99 / $56.95CAD Skateboarding: Past-Present-Future Rhyn Noll. Meet the outstanding, courageous men and women of skateboarding from the birth of the sport to the present. The daring people who live the fun and push the bounds of speed, ver- tical takeoffs, and stunts are featured here through 100s of color photos and first-hand accounts • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 100s of color photos Index • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-1845-0 • PB • $29.95 / £27.99 / $42.95 CAD Skateboard Parks: Design & Development Scott Bradstreet. Provides a well-organized recounting of the history of skateboarding and its regulations, facil- ity types, and all possible components. The process for developing and operating a skateboard park is includ- ed, with discussion about preliminary planning, envi- ronmental review, design, construction, management, and operations • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 174 color photos& illustrations •128pp. •978-0-7643-3274-6 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Scars & Stripes: The Culture of Modern Roller Derby Andréanna Seymore, Foreword by Suzy Hotrod. Through photographs and com- mentary from nearly 100 skaters, coaches, fans, and referees, this book captures the entrepre- neurial spirit of the participants, the extraordinary bonds that form, and the invigorating and infec- tious fanaticism that characterizes every bout • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 160 color photos • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-4689-7 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD FDR Skatepark: A Visual History Nicholas Orso. A visual history of the world’s largest DIY skateboard park, this book contains photos from more than 25 contributors, from amateurs with disposable cameras to professional photographers, documenting the park’s 15+ year history. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215mm) • 138 b/w& color images • 168pp.•978-0-7643-4110-6•HC•$34.99/£31.99 / $48.99 CAD I Pity the Dolls Greg Rivera, Quang Le & Mike Essl. This book features the largest collection of Mr. T mem- orabilia in the world, including over 150 homemade soft sculpture dolls collected and documented over the past 25 years. The dolls were made from a pattern book by Miss Martha Originals from Gadsden, Alabama, that in 1983 could be bought at thousands of craft stores in the country, including Walmart. Inspired by the Cabbage Patch Kid craze of the 1980s, the dolls were made in an unknown amount but probably exist in the thousands • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 315 color images • 224 pp. • 978-0- 7643-5724-4 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD The Meaning of Life According to Bikers: The Biker Book for Charity Edited and Intro- duced by Louise Lewis, Foreword by John Paul DeJoria. Motorcycle riders from all walks of life— from Main Street to Wall Street, Hollywood to Washington, DC—peel back their “badass” masks and answer one question: What is the meaning of life? Their answers smash the typical biker stereotype while enlightening and entertaining. • 7" x 7" (177 x 177 mm) • 90+ color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-5596-7 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / $35.99 CAD No Mercy: Roller Derby Life on the Track Jules Doyle. This visual record gives a compre- hensive view of modern roller derby through 353 images capturing all the crushing hits, stifling blocking, and nimble jamming • 113/4"x9" (298 x 228 mm) • 353 images • 208 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3836-6 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / $56.99 CAD Roller Derby / Girl Gang: An Art Anthology Jamie Kendall. This explosive collection features more than 400 roller derby and girlgang–inspired artworks from 52 of today’s most kick-ass artists from around the world. With posters, logos, fan art, pinups, and more, Roller Derby / Girl Gang serves as a scrapbook of rough-and-tumble, fun-loving girls banding together- to take on the world. Includes a playlist of favorite bad-girl anthems curated by the artists, and lists of their all-time favorite girl gangs. • 8 1/2" x 10" (254 x 215mm) •424 color &b/w images •160pp. •978-0-7643-5909-5•HC•$34.99 / £31.99 / $48.99 CAD Roller Derby Art: Women, Wheels, & Wicked Fun Sherrie Cullison Pfouts. Today’s roller derby is a wildly popular woman’s contact sport international in scope. This grass roots sport is built on fun. Fliers, hand- bills, logos, and posters promoting bouts for more than 50 leagues around the world convey the thrill of roller derby’s glamour, grit, and glory • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 240 color images • 192 pp. • 978-0-7643-3063-6 • PB • $29.99 / £27.99 / $42.99 CAD SURFING SKATEBOARDING ROLLER DERBY | 119 ROLLER DERBY • SKATEBOARDING • SURFING