Skateboarding is not readily associated with university research
projects, and no certainly scholarly approach can substitute for the
empirical knowledge gained through the act of skateboarding itself--the
movement of the body with and on a skateboard. Nevertheless, the
theoretical implications of this movement and its spatial and social
settings are ripe for exploration within a number of different academic
disciplines, from urbanism to cultural theory. Since skateboarding can
influence and touch upon so many aspects of everyday life through its
unique appropriation of and relation to the urban environment, the
theoretical reflections and discursive explorations it invites can alter
the way we think and move. This publication provides a comprehensive
insight into these discourses.