William Sharp began taking surfing photographs in southern California in the early seventies. and was quickly drawn into the nascent skateboard scene, shooting friends emulating surfing moves on pavement. By 1975 he was brought in as a staff photographer for the magazine Skateboard World. During the next five years he documented the meteoric rise of the movement, capturing thousands of photographs along the way.

Back in the Day features hundreds of Sharp s astounding photos from this era, the vast majority of which have never been seen before. The work is priceless, not only for its documentary value, but for the beautiful and poetic images captured and later developed by Sharp himself (many in black and white). Pipes in Arizona, aqueducts in California, pools all over the place, the locales and images must be seen to be believed.

More recently, Ozzie Ausband signed on as an editor of the project, collecting present day quotes and assisting with the paring down of Sharp s massive photo archive. Sharp s epic photos are populated by the vanguard of the scene such as Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Jerry Valdez, Steve Caballero, and Jay Smith, among many others. The book is bound two different colors (orange or blue) and ships blind / randomly.

Editor: Ozzie Ausband
Photographer: William Sharp
Publisher:  Gingko Press

REGULAR EDITION
Pages: 468pp
Size: 13.25 x 10.5 x 1.5
Notes: hardcover, color, cover color random, out of print
Release Date: January 1, 2018
ISBN: 978-1584236412

MINI EDITION
Now in a more compact format, Back in the Day is a timeless and nostalgic collection of photographs documenting the skateboarding scene in the 1970s.
Pages: 328pp
Size: 9 x 7
Notes: hardcover, color
Release Date: July 21, 2020
ISBN: 978-3943330472