Meet Lloyd Kahn, the Counterculture Publisher Who Is Skateboarding at 91
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Lloyd Kahn, 91, continues to publish while running, paddleboarding, and skateboarding—a sport he took up at 65. A former insurance broker who quit in 1965 to join the DIY building movement, he edited the Whole Earth Catalogue and published Shelter (1973), still considered the definitive guide to hand-built homes.
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