To prove I don’t hate everything out there in life (just most things), I’m giving a bullet proof vest to my favourite movie, DOGTOWN Z-BOYS.
I stumbled across this skateboarding documentary when and ex-work mate of mine started banging on about it. I decided to just go out on the hoof and buy it straight away. I have now watched it countless times over the last few years and my old flat mate Jeff can confirm my obsession with this film.
It traces vert skating back to it’s origins in 70’s LA. With a water shortage in full effect, a bunch of local surf rats hijacked the dis-used suburban swimming pools and turned the walls into waves that broke 24 hours a day. The documentary was the brainchild of one on the first skating icons, Stacey Peralta and features himself Jay Adams, Tony Alva and other main players back in the day.
Using old skool footage and Craig Steysyks photography, plus interview with Zephyr legends, it traces the story all the way from skateboardings origins, all the way to the commercially excessive 80’s, when the inevitable implosion happens.
They made their own history every day and this is a world away from the X Games. These guys were doing Evil Kenevil stunts on Freddy Flintstone type boards. Personal favourites are the Del Mar skate comp, where Jay Adams re-writes skating, backed by a searing Jimmy Hendrix soundtrack. Narrated by Dogtown fan Sean Penn it's a must for every skateboard and non skateboard fan.
Go get this movie now and show it to everyone you know !!
2 comments:
Wierdly, the other day, I was finking about when I watched this DVD round your house. It really is class. What I think is great about it is, regardless of how interested you are in skating, this film MAKES you interested in staking!
I really loved this movie, must rerent it soon
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