Agents of Change: The Story of DC Shoes and Its Athletes
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060505605 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Eric Blehm is a freelance journalist who obtained his degree in journalism with the sole intention of becoming the world's first accredited snowboarding writer. . He is a former editor of TransWorld SNOWboarding and the author of Agents of Change, The Story of DC Shoes and Its Athletes. He lives with his wife in Cardiff by the Sea, California
Felicia Lang said Four Stars. Good read.. "A must have for all extreme athletes" according to Amazon Customer. Someone recommended this book to me, and even though I've never really followed extreme sports, I found this book fascinating.Agents of Change is a book that should be read by all athletes. It showcases the lives of some of the most talented skateboarders, snowboarders, surfers, BMXers and motorcross athletes, showing not only the hard work and challengese they face, but also the preserverance, determination and courage they have. The bios on the athletes capture the audience and the photo footage is amazing I would purchase the book for the pictures and bios alone.The book also outlines the history of DC Shoes, a company that grew out . "SB from Rome" according to SB. I was able to pick up Agents of Change and I was blown away by what I saw. Not only are the pictures up-to-date and unbelievable, but the spectrum of sports presented, from skateboarding, to snowboarding, surfing, and motocross, presents a compelling argument as to why this book is relevent at all.The story of DC shoes, from it's start in a garage with kids with a dream, is as much a part of the world of extreme sports as the athletes who drop from helicopters onto halfpipes or launch themselves off of snow-covered cliffs.Told in a compelling narrative with interviews, bios, and a history of the company's inception. This book reads like
It celebrates the DC athletes who risk life and limb as the ultimate culminationof team talent in the action sports community. In less than a decade, DC shoes has become an action sports icon. In this photographic tribute, DC salutes its team members and their achievements, a new generation of sports with such athletes as: Skateboarding: Danny Way, Colin McKay, Rob Dyrdek, Josh Kalis, Stevie Williams, Anthony Van Engelen; BMX: Dave Mirra, Colin Winkelmann; Snowboarding: Todd Richards, Scotty Wittlake; Surfing: Andy and Bruce Irons; Motorcross: Ricky Carmichael, Jeff Emig, Mike Cinqmars.This is the story of a garage company that initially couldn't even afford a garage. It's DC's salute to the passion that drives people to push their personal limits -- in the business, in sports, and in life.. The three built DC shoes one T-shirt -- and eventually two shoes -- at a time from the ground up, creating in the process an international name.DC's pioneering attitude was sought out and shared by like-minded athletes, and the DC Shoes team was formed. These once-overlooked and mi
He is a former editor of TransWorld SNOWboarding and the author of Agents of Change, The Story of DC Shoes and Its Athletes. He lives with his wife in Cardiff by the Sea, California. . Eric Blehm is a freelance journalist who obtained his degree in journalism with the sole intention of becoming the world's first accredited snowboarding writer