Look Back Library ( LBL ) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of skateboard magazines , and other printed skateboard materials, through traveling exhibits and the building of publicly accessible skateboard magazine libraries.
6-519: As a "Skate Mag Preservation Society" the Look Back Library aims to promote literacy and the appreciation of printed skateboard materials, particularly magazines. The LBL engages in community outreach through exhibits of classic skate magazines; as well as, installing skate magazine libraries at local Skate shops and other venues. Founded by Kevin Marks in 2014, the Look Back Library originated from
12-527: A pet project of Marks' to improve the skate magazine library at Launch, a community skate organization located in Fort Collins, Colorado . While improving the library at Launch, he noticed considerable interest from both readers and collectors. Marks conceived of the Look Back Library as a way to place the magazine duplicates he was accumulating into a space where the public could read them. The Look Back HQ
18-400: Is a magazine dedicated to skateboarding . The first mention of skateboarding in a magazine was in 1963 when the publisher of the “Surf Guide Magazine,” Larry Stevenson, published the first advertisement for skateboards in his magazine. The first skateboarding magazine “ The Quarterly Skateboarder ” was published in 1964. Skateboarder Magazine launched in 1975. In 1981, Thrasher Magazine
24-564: Is located in San Diego, CA, with Marks spending a good portion of the year traveling and installing libraries. In 2019, Look Back Library travelled around the United States, touring a show titled 41 Years of the Ollie - a magazine cover exhibit exploring the history of the ollie . Note: *libraries available by appointment only Skate magazine A skate magazine , or skateboard magazine,
30-506: The internet, skate mags were one of the primary ways to learn about new skaters. Since the advent of the internet, many skate magazines shifted their focus online. In 2011, Ian Michna and Forrest Edwards founded Jenkem Magazine as an online skate magazine platform. In an effort to preserve skate magazines, the Look Back Library was founded in 2015. The Look Back Library is a project promoting skate magazine history, literacy, and
36-484: Was founded. Slap magazine existed as a monthly print magazine from 1992 through 2008. Concrete Wave Magazine was founded in 2002. In 2019, Transworld Skateboarding announced they were discontinuing their print magazine, continuing only as an online platform. In skateboarding, getting one's picture on the cover of a skate magazine is often a mark of success and pride. Skateboard magazines sell advertising space to skate companies to advertise their goods. Before
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