Elsewhere
The story of UK skateboarding 1987–2002
$58.99
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
10 June 2026
Summary
Elsewhere is the definitive oral history of British skateboarding. Told chronologically from the beginning of its identity shift to the start of the new millennium, the book explores the lasting influence British skateboarding continues to have on fashion, film, photography, art and media.
While British skateboarders moved the sport away from its Californian roots, embracing a different terrain with skaters in the north taking to ramps in abandoned warehouses and in t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849949422 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1849949425 |
| Author: | Neil Macdonald |
| Publisher: | Batsford |
| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 10 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 2.10kg |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 225mm x 283mm |
Critics Review
‘Majestic’
– The Idler‘An absolute treasure trove’
* The Scotsman *‘Neil Macdonald’s triumph of a book’
– Transworld Skateboarding‘Neil Macdonald’s magnum opus’
– Thrasher‘Captures UK skateboarding’s grit and rawness.’
– Huck‘A curated history.’
– HERONeil Macdonald
Neil Macdonald has been skateboarding since 1988, and writing about skateboarding for Sidewalk, North, Free and Grey since 2007. He owns one of the world’s largest libraries of printed and audio-visual skateboard media, including complete sets of all UK publications and almost every British-made skateboard film, as well as many hundreds of pieces of hardware and clothing. His Instagram account @scienceversuslife celebrates the stylistic innovation of ‘90s skateboarding.
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