There are good and bad times in skateboarding—from the eminence days of the 1980s when Tony Hawk and Christian Hosoi accomplished rock star status for their vert slope ability, to the dull periods of the 1990s when tremendous jeans and dish slices consigned skaters to lo-fi decadence.
In its present cycle, skateboarding is alive and flourishing. What makes it incredible is the means by which different it is in style and character. There is nobody model for a skate organization to be...