Abstract
The purpose of this project is to examine the growing popularity within the skateboarding and why the sport has gained such a cult following. The project as well looks into the skate culture of Atlanta through personal interviews and research. The point of this paper is to accurately depict the Atlanta skate scene, but also depicts how the Atlanta skate culture is a product of greater national development of Skateboarding as a whole over time. In the end, the project will represent the growing market of skateboarding within Atlanta, but will explain its formation due to overarching factors that have affected & are still affecting skate culture today.
Advisor
King, Shannon
Department
History
Recommended Citation
Lampkin, Zachery A., "Why Is Skateboarding so Popular? An Examination of the National Sensation that is Skateboarding and its Relation to the Atlanta Skate Market and Experience" (2016). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 7363.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/7363
Disciplines
Cultural History | History | Other History | Social History
Publication Date
2016
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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