After a year on the Cape, a Vermont art colony offered him a writing grant, moving him to Johnson, Vermont. While there, he became an island correspondent for WGBH Boston NPR and later moved to Cape Cod to work further for the station. Upon graduation, Louison moved to Martha's Vineyard and began reporting for the Vineyard Gazette.
He also helped found one of the top alternative college publications: Buzzsaw Haircut. While at Ithaca College's Park School of Communications, Louison majored in journalism and reported for the Ithacan and the Ithacan Journal. I read it in one sitting." -Bret Anthony Johnston, best-selling author of Corpus Christi and Remember Me Like ThisĬole Louison is a writer for GQ magazine and has contributed to Fader, McSweeney's, the New York Times, Buzzsaw and All Things Considered. The Impossible is some of the finest writing on skating I've seen. It honors the beauty, danger, and complexity of the sport, and lays bare its physical and psychological demands, and greatness. The Impossible is a universal story, told in imminently readable fashion by a tremendously talented writer." -Michael Koryta, New York Times best-selling author of The Ridge and Those Who Wish Me Dead "The book provides a deep and nuanced insight into how contemporary skateboarding has evolved and where it will go. John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Blood Horses and Pulphead "I'd never so much as stood on a board, let alone heard the names Sheckler and Mullen, but I found myself entranced by the fascinating cultural movement they created.
And even obsessive freaks should stick around for the tale Louison has so lucidly spun. Until now, only obsessive freaks had any idea how interesting this sport is.
Ian Crouch, The New Yorker "The last time I thought seriously about professional skateboarders, I was hoping to become one. "David Foster Wallace on a skateboard." - GQ "With its infectious enthusiasm, precise lyricism, and rigorous deeply-felt reporting, the book brings to life the sport's historical roots, its cultural significance, and most of all, its artistic possibilities.
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