{"product_id":"locals-only-california-skateboarding-19751978-9781934429471","title":"Locals Only: California Skateboarding 1975-1978","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne afternoon in 1975  a young photographer named Hugh Holland drove up Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles and encountered skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of the canyon. Immediately transfixed by their grace and athleticism  he knew he had found an amazing subject. Although not a skateboarder himself  for the next three years Holland never tired of documenting skateboarders surfing the streets of Los Angeles  parts of the San Fernando Valley  Venice Beach  and as far away as San Francisco and Baja California  Mexico. During the mid-1970s  Southern California was experiencing a serious drought  leaving an abundance of empty swimming pools available for trespassing skateboarders to practice their tricks. From these suburban backyard haunts to the asphalt streets that connected them  this was the place that created the legendary Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarders. With their requisite bleached blonde hair  tanned bodies  tube socks and Vans  these young outsiders are masterfully captured against a sometimes harsh but always sunny Southern California landscape in LOCALS ONLY. LOCALS ONLY features more than 120 large-format color images plus a QA format interview with the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45924211687477,"sku":"ByrdShop_1934429473","price":239.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781934429471.jpg?v=1787664280","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/locals-only-california-skateboarding-19751978-9781934429471","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}