Subculture and professional sport? The practice of skateboarding is nuanced and controversial. How resistant are the flexible skateboarders in the fleeting modernity? And where can potentials for political subjectivation be located? Sebastian Schweer examines the subversive components of skateboarding while simultaneously criticizing its unreflected glorification as urban rebellion. Using empirical examples and addressing current topics such as potential Olympic participation, sponsorship by large corporations, and attempts at urban planning integration, he describes both the do-it-yourself culture and spatial practices of skateboarding culture as well as the struggle for public space.