Like every human endeavor, it starts with one or more individuals who dare do something extreme, something they feel is worth personal sacrifice even if it means being the object of derision, even hostility. This is the way skateboarding began in the heart of Colorado's Rocky Mountains back in 1975-1976.

"ARA's Untold Story: Skateboard Racing in the Rockies: Colorado 1975-1978" is a definitive and unique history of regional skateboarding that could well be utilized as a template for similar studies in other regions of the country. Illustrated throughout, comprehensive, and impressively well researched, written, organization and presented, "ARA's Untold Story: Skateboard Racing in the Rockies: Colorado 1975-1978" is especially and unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university library American 20th Century Sports History collections in general, and Skateboarding Histories in particular." - James A. Cox (Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review)