| Release Date: | Jan 2001 |
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| Genres: | Documentary / Sport |
| Awards: | 6 wins & 5 nominations |
| Runtime: | 91 min |
| Cast: | Sean Penn (Narrator (voice)), Jay Adams (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Tony Alva (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Jeff Ament (Himself) Bob Biniak (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Steve Caballero (Himself (skateboard champion)) Paul Constantineau (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) 'Baby' Paul Cullen (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Skip Engblom (Himself (Zephyr co-founder)) Steve Freidman (Surfer (archive footage)) Tony Friedkin (Himself) Glen E. Friedman (Himself) Marty Grimes (Himself (Dogtown skater)) David Hackett (Himself (70's skateboard champion)) Tony Hawk (Himself) Allan Jeff Ho (Himself) Jeff Ho (Himself (Zephyr co-founder)) Wes Humpston (Himself (Dogtown skater / artist)) Shogo Kubo (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Joe Leahy (50s Voice Announcer (voice)) Ronnie Jay Leipold (Himself (Zephyr surf team) (as Ronnie...) Ian MacKaye (Himself) Jim Muir (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Peggy Oki (Herself (Zephyr skate team)) Steve Olson (Himself) Stacy Peralta (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Jake Phelps (Himself (editor, Thrasher magazine)) Nathan Pratt (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Mark Reiter (Himself (70's New York skater)) Fran Richards (Himself (Transworld skateboarding...) Henry Rollins (Himself) Wentzle Ruml (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Allen Sarlo (Himself (Zephyr skate team)) Tom Sims (Himself (70's skateboard champion)) Craig Stecyk (Himself (Zephyr co-founder; writer /...) |
In the mid-70s, surfers from Venice-Santa Monica who hung out at the Zephyr Surf Shop would skateboard when the surf was quiet. Over the course of a few heady years, riding on polyurethane wheels and copying the surfing moves of Larry Bertleman, the Z-Boys invent and polish their style on a hilly street near the shop, on the asphalt slopes ringing school playgrounds, and then in swimming pools empty during California's drought. The Z-Boys astound upright skateboarders at the 1975 championship in Del Mar. Within a year, the team splinters as some players join better financed pro teams. The film ends with profiles of the stars, Jay Adams, Stacy Peralta, and Tony Alva.
