Palm Angels by Francesco Ragazzi

Featuring large-format photographs of skaters in Venice Beach and Manhattan Beach, Palm Angels is the definitive book on the L.A. skateboarding scene, capturing the style and street culture of the world's most elite communities of skaters. Palm Angels features a special focus on the look and fashions of skate culture while it emphasizes dramatic movement through stunning images taken in various LA neighborhoods, it is less focused on describing tricks as it is about conveying the sensation of men and women engaged in an epic, all-consuming activity.