Look Back Library

Look Back Library
Formation	2015
Founder	Kevin Marks
Type	nonprofit organization
Headquarters	San Diego, California, U.S.
Staff	1
Website	lookbacklibrary.org

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]

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]

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

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]

Look Back Library traveling exhibit of classic skateboard magazines at NJ Skate Shop in New Brunswick, NJ

Libraries

California

Slappy's Garage - San Diego
Look Back HQ - San Diego, CA*
Local Skate Shop - Lakeside
The House Skate Shop - Vista
Handplant - Laguna Beach
Socal Skate Shop - Mission Viejo
Focus Board Shop - Lake Forest
Joker's Skate Shop - Huntington
Next Up Foundation - Anaheim
Contenders Boardshop - Orange
Long Beach Skate - Long Beach, CA
Transitions - Carson, CA
Apt Skate Shop - Torrance, CA
3043 Board Shop - South Gate, CA
South Bay Skates - Torrance, CA
Unmodern Industries - Santa Fe Springs, CA
The Garage Board Shop - Los Angeles, CA
Six Stair - Los Angeles, CA*
Overcast Skate Shop - Temecula, CA
Kingswell - Los Angeles, CA
Off Top - Los Angeles, CA
Skate Punk Skate Shop - City of Industry, CA
Pawn Shop Skate Co. - Covina, CA
Crooks Skate Shop - Riverside, CA
Skateboarding Hall of Fame - Simi Valley, CA
Lighthouse Skate Shop - Santa Barbara, CA
Impact Skate Shop - Bakersfield, CA
Skate Works - Los Altos, CA
Red Curbs Skate Shop - Fremont, CA
The Orchid - Goleta, CA*
Red Curbs II - Concord, CA
San Francisco Skate Club - San Francisco, CA
Mission Skate Shop - San Francisco, CA
Proof Lab - Mill Valley, CA
Brotherhood Board Shop - Santa Rosa, CA
Street Science - Livermore, CA
Kingpin Skate Shop - San Joaquin County, CA
Woodward West - Stallion Springs, CA*
Boulevard Skate Shop - Sacramento, CA
Hangtown Board Shop - Placerville, CA

Washington

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

Oregon

Shrunken Head Skate Shop - Portland, OR
SOL SK8S - Bend, OR
Windell's Camp*

Colorado

Launch - Community through Skateboarding - Fort Collins, CO
Curbside skatepark - Englewood, CO

New Mexico

Microwave - Albuquerque, NM

Arizona

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

Virginia

Cardinal Skate Shop - Norfolk, VA

Pennsylvania

Switch & Signal Skatepark - Swissvale, PA
Ignition - Lancaster, PA
Holistic - Reading, PA
Woodward EAST*

New York

Krudco - Rochester, NY
Jamestown Skate Products - Jamestown, NY
KCDC - Brooklyn, NY[10]

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
4Dwn skatepark - Dallas, TX
Deviance Skate Supply - Wichita Falls, TX
Southside Skate Shop - Houston, TX

Oklahoma

Nine One Skate - Tulsa, OK

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

Tri-Star Skates - Cleveland, OH
Demented Skate Shop - Liberty Township, Butler County, OH

Wisconsin

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

Minnesota

Familia HQ Skatepark - Minneapolis, MN

Illinois

Ground Floor Skateboards - Rockford, IL
Fargo Skateboarding - DeKalb, IL
F A Skates - Prospect, IL

Kansas

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

Michigan

Plus Skateboarding - Farmington, MI

Missouri

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

Canada

Antisocial - Vancouver, BC
ToplessPizza Shredquarters

Australia

Hemley Skateboarding - Fitzroy, Victoria

Note: *libraries available by appointment only

References

"Lookback Library Video and Events". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
"LOCALS: BUILDING FREE SKATE MAGAZINE LIBRARIES WITH KEVIN MARKS". Jenkem Magazine. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
"Look Back Library: the World's Largest Collection of Skate Magazines". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
"How the world's biggest skate mag collection become a hub for learning". Huck Magazine. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
"Look Back Library". Next Up Foundation. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
admin (2016-04-24). "Looking Back Library – Interview with Kevin Marks by Sergej Vutuc". Confusion Magazine: International Skateboarding Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
"These Skateboard Magazine Libraries Are Fighting To Immortalise Print". Konbini - All Pop Everything! (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
"A Look into the Look Back Library". SOLO Skateboardmagazine.
"Lookback Library Video and Events". www.thrashermagazine.com.
"CATCHING UP WITH KEVIN, THE TRAVELING SKATE MAG LIBRARIAN". Jenkem Magazine. 9 July 2019.
Bland, David Travis. "Kevin Marks Brings His Archive of Skateboard Magazines to Columbia". Post and Courier.

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[1] "Lookback Library Video and Events". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[:0-2] "LOCALS: BUILDING FREE SKATE MAGAZINE LIBRARIES WITH KEVIN MARKS". Jenkem Magazine. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[3] "Look Back Library: the World's Largest Collection of Skate Magazines". HYPEBEAST. Retrieved 2020-04-21.

[4] "How the world's biggest skate mag collection become a hub for learning". Huck Magazine. 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[5] "Look Back Library". Next Up Foundation. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[6] (2016-04-24). "Looking Back Library – Interview with Kevin Marks by Sergej Vutuc". Confusion Magazine: International Skateboarding Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[7] "These Skateboard Magazine Libraries Are Fighting To Immortalise Print". Konbini - All Pop Everything! (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-03.

[8] "A Look into the Look Back Library". SOLO Skateboardmagazine.

[9] "Lookback Library Video and Events". www.thrashermagazine.com.

[10] "CATCHING UP WITH KEVIN, THE TRAVELING SKATE MAG LIBRARIAN". Jenkem Magazine. 9 July 2019.

[11] Bland, David Travis. "Kevin Marks Brings His Archive of Skateboard Magazines to Columbia". Post and Courier.