Ethnographic study of a culture reveals the insider perspective of that culture. In this article, the author chose an interesting sub-culture i.e. skateboarders and tried to present an insider view of the world of skateboarders including their psyche, their clothing, their beliefs etc.
Authors believe that skateboarding is a culture in itself which is rather debatable because authors have not described culture in detail and hence it is difficult to fathom why skateboarding qualifies as a culture. But we can suppose that since not everyone is interested in skateboarding and only a certain people religious follow this activity, it can be classified as a culture. Authors have selected some specific genres in skateboarding including street skateboards, vert skaters and air skaters. This...
Demographic patterns have been identified quite well in this article. There has been a steady pattern observed in all different types of skateboarding. Females are not as well represented as men and majority of skateboards are white Caucasians with Hispanics and African-Americans making up small minority.
Interestingly no specific dress code was found, neither was there a specific type of clothing that skateboarders preferred. Instead they saw it as an opportunity to express themselves…
