Who cares if it’s 20 degrees outside right now? On planet Michele, we can imagine we’re in Southern Cali in the 70s!!!
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Locals Only: California Skateboarding 1975-1978 by photographer H U G H H O L L A N D captured these extremely cool images in the 70s just as skateboarding was born.
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The images remind me of sons who until recently wore their hair very long and shaggy like surfers (though we’re in the landlocked Midwest).
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Hugh Holland’s new book Locals Only: California Skateboarding 1975-1978 (Ammo Books) contains these and other tres cool images.
Peace to you right where you are.
~michele
Yes! I needed to see pictures like these today. Everything is pure white outside, covered in snow.. which is beautiful, but I miss the sunshine sometimes. 🙂
I love your blog because I see so many different things here… I learn a lot with you! 🙂
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com