Dr. Maren Solvik, Chief Researcher

The Research

Eight studies. One question: what is riding culture, and how do we keep it alive?

Dr. Maren Solvik

Chief Researcher & Cultural Archivist

Norwegian-Chilean anthropologist. PhD in Cultural Anthropology from Edinburgh. Fifteen years of fieldwork with riding communities from Patagonia to Finnmark.

The Studies

001

Shared Roots

How Board, Wheel, and Wave Culture Cross-Pollinated Across Disciplines (1950-2000)

~4,400 words

002

Vanishing Lines

Endangered Riding Traditions and the Communities Fighting to Keep Them Alive

~4,400 words

003

Against the Current

Women Who Shaped Riding Culture from the Margins

~4,400 words

004

Ground Truth

The Terrain Crisis Facing Riding Culture

~4,500 words

005

First Riders

Indigenous Riding Traditions and the Knowledge They Carry

~4,900 words

006

The Other Side of the Line

Riding, Risk, Identity, and What Happens When the Body Says No

~4,200 words

007

Who Can Afford to Ride?

The Economics of Access, Exclusion, and Who Gets Left Behind

~3,400 words

008

What Comes Next

The Future of Riding Culture and the Role of the Collective

~3,900 words

009

Silk Roads and Salt Flats

Riding Traditions of the Global South and Central Asia

~5,100 words

010

Shaped by Hand

The Makers, Builders, and Mechanics Behind Riding Culture

~3,300 words

011

Salt and Memory

A Complete History of Surfing Culture

~5,800 words

012

Concrete Psalms

A Complete History of Skateboarding Culture

~5,400 words

013

Dirt Church

A Complete History of Mountain Biking Culture

~5,600 words

014

Banned from the Mountain

A Complete History of Snowboarding Culture

~5,500 words

Research Standards & Methodology

How we conduct research, collect oral histories, and maintain the archive.

This research belongs to riders.

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