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Dogtown and Z-Boys is a 2001 American documentary film produced by Agi Orsi and directed by Stacy Peralta. [1] The documentary explores the pioneering of the Zephyr skateboard team in the 1970s (of which Peralta was a member) and the evolving sport of skateboarding.
Dogtown and Z-Boys: Directed by Stacy Peralta. With Sean Penn, Jay Adams, Tony Alva, Jeff Ament. Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.
- (13K)
- Documentary, Sport
- Stacy Peralta
- 2002-05-10
May 10, 2002 · Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.
Jun 20, 2002 · Updated 20 June 2002. Back in the 70s, in a run-down area of Santa Monica, a gang of surfer kids pioneered a new style of skateboarding, reinvigorating the dying hobby and redefining it as a ...
Jul 21, 2022 · Dogtown and Z-Boys guides the viewer through the history of skateboarding – a sport that seemed to disappear after a brief boom in the early 1960s. The now adult Z-Boys remember in the documentary how they built their own skateboards out of wooden boards and clay wheels that they refer to as “stone-age technology”.
Aug 6, 2002 · The film is a documentary that follows the lives of the original Zephyr skate group from Dogtown along Santa Monica, California, 25 years after they first got together to create the phenomenon...
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Using a mix of film that the Zephyr skateboard team (Z-Boys) shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk along with contemporary 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.