Tuesday 29 March 2011

"Taking It to the Street"


2) Journal article- electronic
Yen.Yi-Wyn (2004), ‘Taking It to the Street”, sport Illustrated, Vol.101 Issue 22, page 12, Available at: http://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?hid=115&sid=898ed610-0619-4248-a4f33a830520249c%40sessionmgr104&vid=1&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPXNoaWImc2l0ZT1lZHMtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=15236887, (Accessed: 24th /march 2011)
-       this article tells us about on of the most successful skaters, Rob Dyrek.
-       He designed his own line of shoes and endorsing boards, wheels and action figures® he made lots of money

“All my neighbors think I’m a drug dealer”

“People think Skateboarding is Tony Hawk are the X games. That has nothing to do with modern skateboarding”

- Dyrek was jailed once and fined more than $5,000 for illicit skating.

“ No one can fathom that the heavyweight in skateboarding are running from caps on the weekends”.

-the article also tells us how commercial industry sells skate products® they’ re using the idea of anti-authoritarianism

“I’m filming for DC Shoes tomorrow. Most likely I’ll have to jump over a fence to avoid getting a ticket”.


post by Petra