Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)

91 min · Documentation, Sport

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Directors

Stacy Peralta

Cast

Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Henry Rollins

The story

Dogtown and Z-Boys, narrated by Sean Penn, begins with the history of skateboarding in Southern California and how it had been strongly influenced by the surf culture in the surrounding areas of Santa Monica and Venice, nicknamed Dogtown. Surf shop owners Jeff Ho, Skip Engblom, and Craig Stecyk established the Zephyr Skateboard Team with local teenagers from broken homes. The sport of skateboarding evolved as the Z-Boys continued to bring edgy moves influenced by surfing.

Catalogue themes and tags

1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Aesthetics, Alternativer Lebensstil, Amateur, California, Camaraderie, Championship, Fan, Friendship, Gang of Youths, Halfpipe, Hobby, Jugendgewalt, Jugendliche, Junge Menschen, Kommerz, Kumpels, Laden, Lifestyle, Magazine, Reichtum, Seelenverwandtschaft, Skateboarding, Surfboard, Surfer, Venice Beach, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Wettbewerb, Wettkampf, Youth Culture, surf

Genres

Documentation, Sport

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