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ROLLING CULTURE: South Tyrol’s Skateboard History

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50 years on four wheels: Rolling Culture traces the evolution of South Tyrol’s skateboarding scene from the mid 1970s to today. What began as a handful of teenagers hacking together DIY decks from skis and roller-skate trucks has grown into one of South Tyrol’s most vibrant micro-scenes – a culture shaped by asphalt, friendship, rebellion and an unshakable belief in doing things your own way.

This book brings together more than 100 voices from across five decades: pioneers of the 1970s surf-on-asphalt era, the punk-driven crews of the 80s, the explosive 90s generation, the shop owners, photographers and community-builders of the 2000s, and the skaters pushing the scene today.

Interviews, statements, archive and current photographs, flyers and personal memories come together to form a cultural document that is both, raw and affectionate – and the first comprehensive publication on South Tyrol’s Skateboard History.

Curated by Bunker BZ and Fly Leifers/Laives, in collaboration with Papperlapapp, Kuba and Sk8Project, and supported by the local youth services, Rolling Culture is both a tribute and a time capsule: a book about style, streets, bruises, belonging – and a scene that has always reinvented itself.

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Interviews: Philipp Klammsteiner
Photography – Portraits & Cover: Andreas Bertagnoll
Editors: Bunker BZ – Jugend Kultur Treff Centro Giovani Culturale, Bozen/Bolzano & Fly – Jugendzentrum, Leifers/Laives
Supported by and created in collaboration with the South Tyrolean youth centres and associations
Published by franzLAB

Graphic Design: vonKlammsteiner
Image Research: Philipp Klammsteiner
Printing: Longo AG
Edition: 300 copies

 

ISBN 978-88-946405-4-0

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Bozen/Bolzano, November 2025

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