Hugh Holland: Silver. Skate. Seventies.

Hugh Holland Silver Skate Seventies The Concrete Swell - VIper Bowl Hollywood CA 1976

If you love Hugh Holland’s cult Locals Only book, here’s a new Hugh Holland book (and exhibition) of never-before-seen black and white skater-in-action photos to help you beat the autumn blues.

Documenting the early Southern California skateboard scene of the 70s, ‘Silver. Skate. Seventies‘ really encapsulates the wild spirit of the early youth tribe – and for me sums up why it’s still such a seductive culture today.

The energy, the styling, the compositions, it just doesn’t get much better…

Hugh Holland - Silver. Skate. Seventies. The Gymnast Handstand - Del Mar - San Diego County 1975
Hugh Holand - Ninth Avenue Locals, San Francisco CA 1977
Hugh Holland - Silver. Skate. Seventies. Beginner Viper Bowl - Hollywood 1976
Hugh Holland - Silver. Skate. Seventies. Beginner Viper Bowl - Hollywood 1976

The book, ‘Silver. Skate. Seventies.’ is released this month (pre order here*) and the exhibition is at M+B, 612 North Almont Drive, Los Angeles, California 9006 from 19 October to 9 November. Read more here.

WORDS: Disneyrollergirl / Navaz Batliwalla
IMAGES: ‘Silver. Skate. Seventies.’ by Hugh Holland.
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