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Look Back Library
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Look Back Library (LBL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of skateboard magazines, and other printed skateboard materials, through traveling exhibits and the building of publicly accessible skateboard magazine libraries.[1][2][3]

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Mission

As a "Skate Mag Preservation Society" the Look Back Library aims to promote literacy and the appreciation of printed skateboard materials, particularly magazines. The LBL engages in community outreach through exhibits of classic skate magazines; as well as, installing skate magazine libraries at local Skate shops and other venues.[4]

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The Look Back Library at KCDC (skateshop) in Brooklyn, NY has many old and new issues of skate magazines from Thrasher to Strength to Slap
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History

Founded by Kevin Marks in 2014, the Look Back Library originated from a pet project of Marks' to improve the skate magazine library at Launch, a community skate organization located in Fort Collins, Colorado.[5][6] While improving the library at Launch, he noticed considerable interest from both readers and collectors. Marks conceived of the Look Back Library as a way to place the magazine duplicates he was accumulating into a space where the public could read them.[2] The Look Back HQ is located in San Diego, CA, with Marks spending a good portion of the year traveling and installing libraries.[7][8]

41 Years of the Ollie

In 2019, Look Back Library travelled around the United States, touring a show titled 41 Years of the Ollie - a magazine cover exhibit exploring the history of the ollie.[9]

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Look Back Library traveling exhibit of classic skateboard magazines at a skate shop in New Brunswick, NJ
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Libraries

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California

Washington

  • Unknown Board Shop - Bellingham, WA
  • All Together Skatepark - Seattle, WA

Oregon

Colorado

New Mexico

Arizona

  • Cowtown - Tempe, AZ*
  • Mortal Skate Shop - Tucson, AZ

Virginia

Pennsylvania

New York

New Jersey

  • NJ Skate Shop 1 - Jersey City, NJ
  • NJ Skate Shop 2 - New Brunswick, NJ
  • High Voltage Cafe - Asbury Park, NJ

Massachusetts

  • The Edge Indoor Skatepark - Taunton, MA

Maryland

  • Vu Skate Shop - Baltimore, MD

North Carolina

  • Backdoor Skate Shop - Greenville, NC

Georgia

  • Ruin - Dunwoody, GA

South Carolina

  • Continuum - Charleston, SC[11]

Florida

  • The Boardr - Tampa, FL*

Texas

  • Crooks - El Paso, TX
  • AltaVista Skate Shop - San Antonio, TX
  • Devotion Skateboard Company - Dallas, TX
  • Deviance Skate Supply - Wichita Falls, TX
  • Southside Skate Shop - Houston, TX

Oklahoma

Nebraska

  • Precision Skate Shop - Lincoln, NE

Kentucky

  • Riot Skatepark - Louisville, KY

Indiana

  • Minus - Indianapolis, IN
  • Rhett Skateboarding - Bloomington, IN
  • Killer Skatepark - Evansville, IN

Tennessee

  • Hunt Supply Co - Nashville, TN
  • Sixth Avenue Skatepark - Nashville, TN

Ohio

Wisconsin

  • Cream City Skatepark - Butler, WI
  • Freedom - Madison, WI

Minnesota

Illinois

Kansas

  • All City Skateboarding - Wichita, KS
  • River Rat Skate Shop - Lawrence, KS

Michigan

Missouri

  • Missouri Vortex aka Hermann's Hole, near Hermann, MO*
  • Escapist - Kansas City, MO

Canada

  • Antisocial - Vancouver, BC
  • ToplessPizza Shredquarters

Australia

Note: *libraries available by appointment only

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