{"product_id":"impossible-rodney-mullen-ryan-sheckler-and-the-fantastic-history-of-skateboarding-9780762770267","title":"Impossible: Rodney Mullen, Ryan Sheckler, And The Fantastic History Of Skateboarding","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Impossible\u003c\/i\u003e aims to get skateboarding right. Journalist Cole Louison gets inside the history, culture, and major personalities of skating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cole Louison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780762770267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCole Louison is a writer for GQ magazine and has contributed to Fader, McSweeney's, the New York Times, Buzzsaw and All Things Considered. While at Ithaca College's Park School of Communications, Louison majored in journalism and reported for the Ithacan and the Ithacan Journal. He also helped found one of the top alternative college publications: Buzzsaw Haircut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUpon graduation, Louison moved to Martha's Vineyard and began reporting for the Vineyard Gazette. While there, he became an island correspondent for WGBH Boston NPR and later moved to Cape Cod to work further for the station. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a year on the Cape, a Vermont art colony offered him a writing grant, moving him to Johnson, Vermont. The one-month residency turned into a job offer, and Louison spent a year in Vermont before selling his truck and moving to New York City in fall 2004. Once there he became an editor at McSweeney's Quarterly Journal, joined the New Yorker softball team, and temped for Vogue, Esquire, and Vanity Fair before coming to GQ, where he works today while continuing to write on a freelance basis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor GQ he has covered a variety of subjects and interviewed Bill Clinton, Reggie Miller, Dave Navarro, Big Boi, Mohammad Ali, Ted Nugent, Don King, David Remnick, the world authority on Samuel Beckett, Jim Jarmusch, and Jean-Claude Killy. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Outside, and the Los Angeles Times.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Cole Louison \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47474272567453,"sku":"9780762770267","price":49.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_9171d28f-57e9-4c49-922f-6df5f011b134.jpg?v=1765396146","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/impossible-rodney-mullen-ryan-sheckler-and-the-fantastic-history-of-skateboarding-9780762770267","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}