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Essay / How the Media Changed the Skateboarding World
Over the past twenty years, the skateboarding world has changed a lot due to the exposure it has had through the media. The initiators of this media were skate magazines which highlighted numerous photographers and their talents. Photographs from twenty years ago only used cheap old 35mm and produced incredible artistic shots. But these old cameras have been replaced by today's photographers with high-end cameras and lenses. The two main magazines in the skateboarding world today are Thrasher and Transworld Skateboarding magazine. These two magazines have been around since the early 80s and cover every possible angle of skateboarding. Transworld has adopted