This guide is designed to provide guidance to SDSU students, faculty, and the broader community in finding information on the history and culture of surfing and skateboarding. This guide highlights materials from the Surfing Collection in SDSU's Special Collections & University Archives, materials in the SDSU library's general collections, and links to other useful websites, portals, organizations, museums, and archives.
The SDSU Library is also interested in developing a Surf and Skate collection fund and is open to providing naming rights for any interested individuals and organizations.
About the Surf/Skate Studies Collaborative:
The Surf and Skate Studies Collaborative (SSSC) at San Diego State University (SDSU) is an interdisciplinary research collaboration of SDSU faculty from a variety of academic disciplines across the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences that focuses on the lifestyle sports of surfing and skateboarding and their various progeny like snowboarding and windsurfing. The SSSC serves as a space for scholars and artists from around the world to share their work in a variety of venues, including international conferences, an international journal, guest lectures, movie screenings, technology/innovation workshops, art exhibits and community outreach. The SSSC also offers courses on surfing and skateboarding for students at San Diego State University. Students will soon be able to earn a certificate in Board Studies under the umbrella of the new Sport and Society major/minor offered at San Diego State.
