The award-winning book on the birth of modern skateboarding.

Over 1200 images & photos illustrate this 912-page unprecedented work.
A Secret History of the Ollie is the winner of 7 book awards, including 3 gold medals, and was chosen as one of the Top 10 Photobooks of the Year by Mother Jones magazine. Regarded by many as "the bible of skateboarding," this is a book that should be in every home, school, and public library.




A Secret History of the Ollie skateboarding book


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Summer 2021

Signed copies available exclusively here.

Hardcover, 9"x7"x2", 912 pages, over 1200 images and photographs. All copies of A Secret History of the Ollie from this website and eBay are signed by the author and come with an assortment of stickers and bookmarks.


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Review
Skate Culture, October 2018

"This book was a massive undertaking, and Snyder approaches his subject with the passion and detail of a historian. It's no wonder that the book has received multiple awards and accolades. It's actually somewhat shocking that such a detailed narrative could be compiled -- and, what's more, that someone would take the time to piece it together into a coherent narrative. . . . [A Secret History of the Ollie] is not about tearing down, it's rather about rounding out and filling in the gaps of a neglected narrative . . . if what you are after is a broader, more rounded out history that is going to significantly add to your appreciation and knowledge of the skateboarding scene then you are going to want this book."

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A Secret History of the Ollie skateboarding book

AWARDS & RECOGNITION


TOP 10 PHOTOBOOKS
Mother Jones Magazine
San Francisco

BEST IN CATEGORY:
GENERAL TRADE ILLUSTRATED

58th Annual New England Book Show
Symphony Hall, Boston

BEST IN SPORTS
Independent Press Awards
New York

BEST IN SPORTS
NYC Big Book Awards
New York

GOLD MEDAL
Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year
American Library Association Conference, Orlando

GOLD MEDAL
20th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards
BookExpo America BEA, Chicago

GOLD MEDAL
FAPA President’s Book Awards
Orlando



"A Secret History of the Ollie is the most important book in the history of the four-wheel sport."

— Surfer Today


"[A Secret History of the Ollie] sheds a very bright light on a revolutionary time in skateboarding."

—Thrasher Magazine


"Craig Snyder's work is much more than a secret history of the Ollie. It is a first-rate account of skateboarding….Set against the backdrop of the sun-drenched coastal towns of Southern California and South Florida of the 1970s, this book transports readers to the era in which the acrobatics of today's X Games were born."

— H. Michael Gelfand, James Madison University


"Everyone thinks they know skateboarding's history but what they really know is a series of half-facts compounded by hype and amnesia. This book will rewrite skateboarding history as we know it."

— Betsy Gordon, curator of "Ramp It Up," Smithsonian Institution


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AS SEEN IN STAF MAGAZINE

A SECRET HISTORY OF THE OLLIE has been featured in STAF Magazine, one of Europe's premier contemporary culture publications, based in Malaga, Spain. The article includes some of the rare photographs from the book, a selection of page spreads, and a lengthy interview with Craig B. Snyder in both Spanish and English.

"When you hold this book in your hands for the first time, the thing that may come to mind is the Koran or the Bible….and in some ways, it has become such a sacred text within the world of skateboarding and skate culture."
— Francisco Daniel Medina, STAF Magazine


A SECRET HISTORY OF THE OLLIE
VOLUME 1: THE 1970s • CRAIG B. SNYDER

BLACK SALT PRESS
Hardcover
912 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1930287003
ISBN-13: 9781930287006
Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 2.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
Retail: $60.00
Printed in the U.S.A.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
• TOP 10 PHOTOBOOKS Mother Jones
• BEST IN GENERAL TRADE ILLUSTRATED 58th Annual New England Book Show, Boston
• GOLD MEDAL Foreword Reviews: Book of the Year Award in Sports
• GOLD MEDAL FAPA President Book Awards
• GOLD MEDAL 20th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards
• BEST IN SPORTS NYC Big Book Awards
• BEST IN SPORTS Independent Press Awards, New York



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