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Dogtown and Z-Boys Overview

Skateboarding has crossed over into the mainstream population due in large part to the humble beginnings of a group of eight teenagers in an area of Santa Monica called Dogtown. It was there that this mismatched gang of kids from broken homes formed a group known as the Zephyr Team aka Z-Boys. They rode surfboards in the morning and skateboards in the afternoon, creating a style all their own. Desperate to ride, they used guerrilla tactics such as illegally skating abandoned swimming pools in upscale Los Angeles neighborhoods. But by the mid-70s, the skateboard phenomenon had caught on, and a few of the Z-Boys were scooped up by corporate sponsors and offered large sums of money to skate on their behalf. This elevated them from freewheeling street punks to celebrity skaters; they traveled the world, showing off their cutting-edge moves. Director Stacy Peralta, one of the original Z-Boys, reunites the original crew 25 years later to hear in their own words what it was like.

Production
Agi Orsi Productions; Vans Off the Wall;

Cast Names
Sean Penn; Jay Adams; Tony Alva; Jeff Ament; Bob Biniak; Steve Caballero; Paul Constantineau; 'Baby' Paul Cullen; Skip Engblom; Steve Freidman; Tony Friedkin; Glen E. Friedman; Marty Grimes; David Hackett; Tony Hawk; Jeff Ho; Wes Humpston; Shogo Kubo; Joe Leahy; Ronnie Jay Leipold; Ian MacKaye; Jim Muir; Peggy Oki; Steve Olson; Stacy Peralta; Jake Phelps; Nathan Pratt; Mark Reiter; Fran Richards; Henry Rollins; Wentzle Ruml; Allen Sarlo; Tom Sims; Craig Stecyk;

Box Office
USD 1,293,295

Release Date
2001-01-19 (Sundance Film Festival)
2002-04-25 (premiere)
2002-04-26 (limited)

Genres
Documentary; Sport;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for language and some drug references.

Running Time
1 hr. 31 min.

Director
Stacy Peralta

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