Amped : how big air, big dollars, and a new generation took sports to the extreme /: how big air, big dollars, and a new generation took sports to the extreme. (©2004)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Amped : how big air, big dollars, and a new generation took sports to the extreme /: how big air, big dollars, and a new generation took sports to the extreme. (©2004)
- Main Title:
- Amped : how big air, big dollars, and a new generation took sports to the extreme
- Further Information:
- Note: David Browne.
- Other Names:
- Browne, David, 1960-
- Contents:
- Prologue: the awards show -- Pump it up until you can feel it: riding high and low with BMX -- The boys on the skate bus: going big with Tony Hawk's gigantic skatepark tour -- Core-mart: scenes from the world of shoes, videos, gear, and the industry within -- Skatetown and cabin b-boys: going extreme at summer camp -- Eat dirt to the beat: the music-sports connection -- Lights, camera, grind: Madison Avenue's extreme makeover -- Contest as metaphor: braving the pipe, the rail, and the mainstreaming of snowboarding at the U.S. Open -- They got game: ESPN, the X Games, and the quest for the gold -- Moto rising: freestyle motocross and the two-wheeled sky kiss -- Epilogue: the awards show, the day after.
- Publisher Details:
- New York : Bloomsbury
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Copyright Date:
- 2004
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (292 pages)
- Subjects:
- 796.04/6
Sports & Recreation -- General
Extreme sports -- Economic aspects -- United States
Miscellaneous items
United States
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781596917309
- Related ISBNs:
- 159691730X
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-285).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.321775
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