I read this book of essays from the author, Rachel Kushner, who grew up in San Francisco in the 90s. She spent her formative years working in SF bars, after graduating from high school. Her second book didn't portray skateboarders in a positive light. Below is a link from an assay in her second book. It's a pretty good read:
"When I see people waxing romantic about the golden days of skateboarding, I am ambivalent. Caught up in the uglier parts. I think of people who were widely considered jackasses and who died in stupid ways suddenly being declared “legends.” I can’t let go of the bad memories. The constant belittling of us girls. The slurs and disrespect, even though we were their friends and part of their circle. Can’t let it go, and yet those people, that circle, come first for me, in a cosmic order, on account of what we share."
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/18/the-hard-crowd