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P3: Pipes, Parks, and Powder : Growing up as an only child in a small town in Massachusetts, all Todd Richards wanted to do was play with his Star Wars toys in the woods behind his house - and, oh, be a ninja. When he started high school, he transferred his obsessive tendencies to a new hobby that was sweeping the nation: skateboarding. But fighting off the Massachusetts weather and tangling with his parents over skateboarding and its ripped-jeans, bleached-hair image made him one depressed kid during the winter of 1987. That's when a friend introduced him to snowboarding and revealed to him a whole new world. As Todd's career and skills advanced, he found himself no longer in the shadows of legendary snowboarders, but at the forefront of a new wave of snowboarding fanaticism that was sweeping the nation. He spearheaded the movement that pushed snowboarding from a derelict sport to the forefront of the Olympic games and into the American mainstream. Through stories of his wild experiences on tour, blow-by-blow details of his most famous victories (and most crushing defeats), and more than one hundred photos, Todd relates the story of his life, the history of his sport, and what it's like to be one of its biggest stars.

Categoría		Sub-Categoría
Biografía y Autobiografía		Sports
Deportes y Recreación		Winter Sports

ISBN 13:9780060761790
ISBN 10:0060761792
Formato:Tapa Suave
Idioma:Inglés
Páginas:287
Tamaño:8.82" l x 5.98" w x 0.87" h
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Grado: Non-Classifiable