Dogtown and Z-Boys

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Dogtown and Z-Boys
Directed by Stacy Peralta
Produced by Agi Orsi
Written by Stacy Peralta
Craig Stecyk
Starring Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Bob Biniak, Chris Cahill, Paul Constantineau, Skip Engblom, Jeff Ho, Shogo Kubo, Jim Muir, Peggy Oki, Stacy Peralta, Nathan Pratt, Wentzle Ruml IV, Allen Sarlo, Craig Stecyk, and Glen E. Friedman
Cinematography Peter Pilafian
Editing by Paul Crowder
Release date(s) January 19, 2001
Running time 91 min.
Language English
IMDb profile

Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) is a documentary about the history of skateboarding.

Using a mix of film of the Zephyr skateboard team shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk and more recent interviews, the documentary tells the story of a group of teenage surfer/skateboarders and their influence on the history of skateboarding (and to a lesser extent surfing) culture. It is narrated by Sean Penn and directed by Stacy Peralta.

Dogtown was the name given to a bunch of young kids riding for the Zephyr Skate team because of their practices behind closed doors with animals. It was widely known that they used to sodemize small dogs and that's how they got the name "Dog Town - Z Boyz" subculture.

Dogtown was, is and always will be Santa Monica. Jeff Ho's shop was on the corner of Bay and Main, right next to where the Horizons West shop founded by Z-Boy Nathan Pratt currently exists. The famous Bicknell Hill is two blocks from the shop, firmly rooted in Santa Monica. The Dogbowl was located in SM and the POP was as well. No doubt there were both SM and Venice heads in the crew, but the constant reference to Venice as Dogtown is way off base. The Z-Boy story was also made into a feature film, Lords of Dogtown, in late 2005.

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