Shred It! (opens in new tab)

A new coffee-table book traces the unlikely rise of British skateboarding, beginning in the 1980s, when the sport found its own rainy, grungy identity far from its Californian roots By Carolina de Armas “Do you understand why we ride a piece of wood?” asks Fuckshit—a character nicknamed after his favorite compound expletive—in Jonah Hill’s skateboarding film, Mid90s. “Like, what that does to somebody’s spirit. You know? Just tryin’ to keep a positive attitude even though it’s hard as hell.” T...