Dogtown and Z-Boys (Deluxe Edition)
starring: Tony Alva, Bob Biniak, Paul Constantineau, Skip Engblom, Tony Friedkin
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The Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarding video chronicles the overnight impact of the Zephyr team on skateboarding in the early 1970's and the eventual collapse of the team later in the same decade. This video is directed and co-written by skateboard legend-turned-filmmaker Stacy Peralta and narrated by actor Sean Penn. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In the early 1970s, a group of young surfers from a tough neighborhood south of Santa Monica took up skateboards and offhandedly changed the world. At least it appears so after watching Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary about how twelve "Z-Boys" (including one girl) resuscitated a dead sport and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon, namely high-flying "vert" (i.e. vertical) skateboarding and punk rock abandon. Director Stacy Peralta, one of the original Z-Boys, and Craig Steyck, the photographer whose publicity first made them famous, would have you believe that with empty pools as their springboard, the clan single-handedly carved a niche that grew into what is now referred to as "extreme sports" (snowboarding seems particularly implicated). Degrees of accuracy aside, the hoard of original footage Peralta and Steyck have access to makes for an engaging portrait of "accidental revolutionaries" whose mythology as expressed by themselves (all but one of the original crew give extensive interviews) and those they influenced (including Henry Rollins, Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, and Sean Penn, who narrates) is far more entertaining than any evenhanded version could ever hope to be. --Fionn Meade
The Dogtown and Z-Boys skateboarding video chronicles the overnight impact of the Zephyr team on skateboarding in the early 1970's and the eventual collapse of the team later in the same decade. This video is directed and co-written by skateboard legend-turned-filmmaker Stacy Peralta and narrated by actor Sean Penn. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Amazon.com:
In the early 1970s, a group of young surfers from a tough neighborhood south of Santa Monica took up skateboards and offhandedly changed the world. At least it appears so after watching Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary about how twelve "Z-Boys" (including one girl) resuscitated a dead sport and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon, namely high-flying "vert" (i.e. vertical) skateboarding and punk rock abandon. Director Stacy Peralta, one of the original Z-Boys, and Craig Steyck, the photographer whose publicity first made them famous, would have you believe that with empty pools as their springboard, the clan single-handedly carved a niche that grew into what is now referred to as "extreme sports" (snowboarding seems particularly implicated). Degrees of accuracy aside, the hoard of original footage Peralta and Steyck have access to makes for an engaging portrait of "accidental revolutionaries" whose mythology as expressed by themselves (all but one of the original crew give extensive interviews) and those they influenced (including Henry Rollins, Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, and Sean Penn, who narrates) is far more entertaining than any evenhanded version could ever hope to be. --Fionn Meade
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- AWESOME!
"Dogtown and Z-Boys" is a documentary on the Z-Boys of Venice, California from the tough Dogtown neighborhood.
The Z-Boys aka the Zephyr team literally revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive in-your-face style that shredded the competition.
Growing up in the 1970's, the documentary is blessed with old school footage (that is great quality compared to many surfing films that came out in the early 90's) that I just kept repeating... "sick".
... Read More
Rating: - A wonderful walk thru skateboarding history
As someone who grew up wanting to be a skater, was not very good, I remember reading about many of these guys and watching skate movies that featured several of them.It was great to see how the whole movement came about.
I found it very interesting to see the areas of Venice and The Santa Monica Bay and what they looked like at that time.I spent four summers lifeguarding Venice Beach in college and recognized alot of the locations or recall hearing about "the old days" from those ... Read More
Rating: - Growing Up In Dogtown
Dogtown and Z-Boys brought back the feel and culture of Venice and Santa Monica in the 70's.I was born and raised there and remember hearing about many of the skaters depicted in Dogtown. Especially Tony Alva, everyone knew who he was.One night while at a teenage party in Malibu he managed to offend one of my girlfriends who promptly pushed him into the pool.This movie brought back so many memories of that time.Anyone who grew up in the 70's is sure to love this movie.All the skaters of ... Read More
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- Poor side o' town diversion goes international
It's always great to watch something grow and evolve: just as baseball probably got started in backyards and parks many centuries ago, skateboarding has kick-started its' own "learning curve", and it seems to be a much faster pace than America's Favorite Sport.
The kids with a few bucks could buy (I hope) a nice plank of maple or oak...then fashion something funky for cement, asphalt, or what swimming pools are made of.
These young guys found a spot to enjoy themselves, to hone their craft, ... Read More
Rating: - Fast shipping
I recieved this right away and in new condition, just as promised. Thanks you very much!
- AWESOME!"Dogtown and Z-Boys" is a documentary on the Z-Boys of Venice, California from the tough Dogtown neighborhood.
The Z-Boys aka the Zephyr team literally revolutionized skateboarding with an aggressive in-your-face style that shredded the competition.
Growing up in the 1970's, the documentary is blessed with old school footage (that is great quality compared to many surfing films that came out in the early 90's) that I just kept repeating... "sick".
... Read More
- A wonderful walk thru skateboarding historyAs someone who grew up wanting to be a skater, was not very good, I remember reading about many of these guys and watching skate movies that featured several of them.It was great to see how the whole movement came about.
I found it very interesting to see the areas of Venice and The Santa Monica Bay and what they looked like at that time.I spent four summers lifeguarding Venice Beach in college and recognized alot of the locations or recall hearing about "the old days" from those ... Read More
- Growing Up In DogtownDogtown and Z-Boys brought back the feel and culture of Venice and Santa Monica in the 70's.I was born and raised there and remember hearing about many of the skaters depicted in Dogtown. Especially Tony Alva, everyone knew who he was.One night while at a teenage party in Malibu he managed to offend one of my girlfriends who promptly pushed him into the pool.This movie brought back so many memories of that time.Anyone who grew up in the 70's is sure to love this movie.All the skaters of ... Read More
- Poor side o' town diversion goes internationalIt's always great to watch something grow and evolve: just as baseball probably got started in backyards and parks many centuries ago, skateboarding has kick-started its' own "learning curve", and it seems to be a much faster pace than America's Favorite Sport.
The kids with a few bucks could buy (I hope) a nice plank of maple or oak...then fashion something funky for cement, asphalt, or what swimming pools are made of.
These young guys found a spot to enjoy themselves, to hone their craft, ... Read More
- Fast shippingI recieved this right away and in new condition, just as promised. Thanks you very much!
