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California During The Golden Age Of Skate Culture


Skateboard culture in California in the 1970s has left an indelible mark on the sport and on America’s cultural identity, and photographer Hugh Holland perfectly captured the spirit of this golden age in his beautiful photo album – Locals Only: California Skateboarding 1975-1978.


Curiously enough, the drought that hit California in the 1970s helped catalyze skateboard culture’s popularity. Swimming pools and drainage ditches lay empty and dry, allowing kids to carve them up with their skateboards, some of which were simply coarse wooden boards with wheels – a far cry from today’s laminated creations.


Though Holland wasn’t a skateboarder, he still spent three years following these kids to document their unique subculture. His photo album can be found on Amazon, so if you want a glimpse into this by-gone golden age, check it out!


 


More info: hughholland.com | Amazon | Facebook (h/t: demilked, designyoutrust)

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10 years ago

way b4 my time, but i gotta say i love the 70's & 80's pics ive seen. hair and socks were long, shorts were SO short. Those sexy half-shirts. i bet it was a gr8 time.

darkknightreturns
darkknightreturns
10 years ago

I really enjoyed watching the guys at Venice Beach skateboarding. Some are extremely talented.

LittleDevil
LittleDevil
10 years ago

There's so much I don't know about this culture, when I saw "Lords of Dogtown" starred by Heath Leadger and Emile Hirsch, I got and idea of how huge it was following the origins of skateboarding legends. But I've always feel fascinated by skaters.

10 years ago

ryan sheckler was my hero...and dam cute too!

funksexual
funksexual
10 years ago

I love his photography. Some of the skaters he took in the '70s are legends in the game including Jay Adams (RIP) and Stacy Peralta.

gumball
gumball
10 years ago

Sk8ers have ALWAYS been HOTT

LittleDevil
LittleDevil
10 years ago

It's amazing how someone's memories take you in a time travel. Loaded with nostalgic feelings I can't understand since I didn't experience that golden age and all I can do is to imagine it.

10 years ago

Yes, Marshy, it was both fun & painful. I remember that in 1978 my sister got a skateboard for her birthday, and within just a few hours she & I (she was 11, I was 17) became inseparable for the next few months, because I insisted on riding it half the time. (Which she mis-remembers as, my loving her and spending a lot of time with her before I went off to college. Well, OK maybe that too.) And that at my first-ever paying job (after several volunteer jobs) in summer 1979, the money went for several cool "cornerstone" things for me, such as my own skateboard (also my first jockstrap which was just a masturbation-aid, etc.). Upon that purchase, I always continued to prefer / ride her (saggier, more flexible) skateboard and she preferred mine (harder and slightly longer).

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