Top 9 skateboarder gifts for adults

All the old Powell Bones Brigade videos are now available on DVD! If the skater you are buying for skated back in the 80s, he or she very likely remembers the Bones Brigade with love - The Powell videos, directed by Stacey Peralta, were the first big skateboarding videos to hit the market! The whole series is available - The Bones Brigade Video Show DVD, Future Primitive DVD, The Search for Animal Chin (available in "special edition"), Public Domain and all the rest. The CD of the soundtrack is also available!

David Zasloff has created a line of skateboard furnishings that make perfect gift ideas! David says, "I want to make if feel as though we took a real deck and simply manipulated it into a picture frame or bookshelf." His line currently consists of shelves using decks and wheels, and picture frames made from skate decks. He says he is also developing an office chair, mirror, ipod player, backpack/luggage, etc. All of his stuff is available at Target.com.

There are a few different skateboarding video games to choose from at the moment:

EA Skate is a very popular game, available in Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. EA Skate features a clever style of controls that brings you closer to the feel of skateboarding. Compare Prices

EA Skate It is a newer game, similar to EA Skate, that's out for the Nintendo Wii and DS. For the Wii, it uses the Wii's controls and combines them into a very active, fun experience. Compare Prices for the Wii, or Compare Prices for the DS

Tony Hawk's Proving Ground is a little stale, but it features tried-and-true controls, the top names in the skateboarding business, and an army of loyal fans. Compare Prices

Powell has done a great job in bringing old school designs and boards back to enjoy. These older shapes were made for more carving, bowl riding, and skating around parks. Newer trick boards are perfect for the popular skateboarding of today, but you just can't get the same ride. Great for getting that old feel back, for adding spice to your current skateboarding, or for art on the wall.

Disposable - A History of Skateboard Art is 228 pages of full color, featuring over 1000 skateboard graphics from over the last 30 years. But the book is far more than a gallery of photos - longtime skateboard artist Sean Cliver gives his insights into the history of the art, and also into the evolution of the industry. Disposable, A History of Skateboard Art is packed with long quotes from pro skaters, and opens a window into more than just the art, but the heart and history of skateboarding.

"The Legacy of Warren Bolster, Master of Skateboarding Photography" is a limited edition 160 page hard cover book showcasing some of Warren's finest skateboarding photos from the 1975 to 1978. Warren Bolster's pictures showed skateboarding to the world, and helped catapult skateboarding to where it is today. This book is perfect for anyone who grew up reading "SkateBoarder" magazine, or who's interested in skate history. It's a limited edition book - only 4000 copies will be printed.

Dogtown and Z-Boys is a documentary that walks viewers through the history and lives of the legendary Zephyr surf and skateboarding team. The film, directed by the famous Z-Boy Stacey Peralta and narrated by Sean Penn, is full of vintage surf and skate video footage, photos, and interviews with the Zephyr team and everyone involved. Lords of Dogtown is the famous feature film about the same events, directed by Stacey Peralta. Lords of Dogtown does a great job of staying true to the history. Both the Lords of Dogtown movie and the Dogtown and Z-Boys documentary both make great gifts!

If your skateboarder is looking for something to cruise around town on, but wants to ride more comfortably than on his or her old trick skateboard, try an Arbor longboard! Arbor makes beautiful longboards from Koa wood, straight from Hawaii. Their boards come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, and all of them are incredible. Take a look at our Longboard Reviews to see most of what Arbor has to offer, along with some other longboards.

If the skater you are shopping for is adventurous, then maybe he or she would like a unique alternative skateboard? These are boards that look or act like skateboards in some ways, but are their own animals in others. Check out this list of the top ten alternative boards, and maybe you'll find the perfect gift idea!