The people and the landscape–culminated with the lack of skate parks–make skateboarding in New York unique from any other city in the world. (And if you’ve read our current Boy Meets Girl interview with Ray Mate, you know skating in New York wasn’t always the huge sport it is today.) So Ivory Serra, Andre Razo and Alex Corporan decided to capture New York’s matchless skate culture for all its glum and glory, in a book.

Bringing together legendary skaters and iconic photographers, this is the first-ever comprehensive overview of the one of the most diverse skate spots in the world. The 250 plus pages of Full Bleed will feature photos that were shot over the past 30 years and contributions from over 40 photographers including Giovanni Reda, Mike O’Meally, and female photographers Angela Boatwright, Jessica Bard, and Elska Sandor. Published by Vice Books, Full Bleed will be released around the end of April.

We caught up with (and then pestered) one of the creators of Full Bleed, Alex Corporan, who has been skating in New York since the mid ’80s and was one of the original members of Supreme. We asked him a couple questions about the book including what his favorite picture is, and discussed women in skate culture. We also got a sneak peek at the photos, shot by females, that will be featured in Full Bleed.

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