So I just watched the (totally bad-ass) documentary about the birth of extreme skateboarding Dogtown and Z-Boys. I decide to read up on the participants online, and what should I find but that a fictional movie of the story is in pre-production- the scary part? The director is to be Fred Durst. WTF??
How emberassing, after the actual guys showed themselves to be surprisingly thoughtful and articulate in the documentary they are to be represented by the worst stereotype of the “skater-punk” when Hollywood tells the story…
That was one of the most boring documentaries I have ever sat thru. I like skateboarding and I really enjoy skate videos, but they spent too much time on the surfing aspect IMHO.
Obviously I am alone on this though because its a pretty popular movie.
I really enjoyed the movie mainly as it’s rare to see the definite beginning of a movement. Basically every “extreme” sport can trace it’s origins or owes it’s popularity to a bunch of kids in California.
I grew up West L.A. and went to the same schools as all of those guys. They are a few years older than me but I knew a lot of the second generation though I didn’t skate myself. It’s amazing to me that those guys actually started a movement.
I was back in the area in the mid-80’s and saw this trendy type wearing a baseball cap that said “Dog Town” on it with the little logo that all of the skate punks used to draw on their notebooks. I was absolutely floored that it had become stylish. That idiot probably paid $25 for that cap.