Frank Carlson Library

For Tony Hawk, it wasn't enough to skate for two decades, to invent more than eighty tricks, and to win more than twice as many professional contests as any other skater.It wasn't enough to knock himself unconscious more than ten times, fracture several ribs, break his elbow, knock out his teeth twice, compress the vertebrae in his back, pop his bursa sack, get more than fifty stitches laced into his shins, rip apart the cartilage in his knee, bruise...

Introduces Lyn-Z-Adams Hawkins Pastrana, the most recognizable female in the male dominated sport of skateboarding.

When her aunt gets into a car accident, Anise is forced to leave her friends and surfing behind to spend the summer in Nebraska to help care for her cousins, and by doing so, forms familial bonds and new friendships that challenge her feelings of abandonment by her mother. When her aunt gets into a car accident, Anise is forced to leave her friends and surfing behind to spend the summer in Nebraska to help care for her cousins. In doing so, she forms...

Marcus spends the summer teaching his young cousin to skateboard while bringing the local outlaw bikers to justice.

The story of Stevie, a teenager growing up in Los Angeles. He struggles with his family, including his abusive old brother and co-dependent single mom. He also struggles with his richer friends at school. When Stevie befriends a crew of skateboarders, he learns some tough lessons about race, class, and privilege.

Professional street skater Rob Dyrdek and his bodyguard Christopher 'Big' Boykin are best friends and roommates. Join them in one hilarious situation after another.

This book profiles skateboarding star Tony Hawk, including his youth as the youngest of four children growing up in Serra Mesa, California, his rise to national champion, and his extreme sports tour, Boom Boom HuckJam.

A biography of the professional skateboarder who performed the first "900" at the X Games in 1999, invented numerous skateboarding moves, and helped revive the popularity of this sport.

Scooby-Doo and his friends from Mystery, Inc. investigate when a frightening skateboarder appears at a skateboarding competition.

Three cheating girlfriends in a row have given skateboarder Brennan Cross the same excuse: he wasn't meeting their needs. Desperate and humiliated, he goes to the professionals at the local sex shop for advice. Zafir Hamady, a sales clerk at Red Hot Bluewater, has an unusual theory: he doesn't think Brennan is a bad lover. In fact, he doesn't think Brennan is heterosexual. Or sexual at all, for that matter. He also can't stop thinking about Brennan....