Dogtown and Z-Boys part 1/8

A documentary about the history of skateboarding (with german Subtitles). It won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Using a mix of film 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.
Much of the archival footage used in the film came from teenagers who wanted to be a part of the Z-Boys group but were not good enough skateboarders so they got to be a part of the Z-Boys group by filming and photographing them.
The film's $400,000 budget was financed by Vans, Inc., whose skateboarding shoes Stacy Peralta had been paid to endorse during his days as a professional skateboarder.
Dogtown is the nickname of a portion of "the Santa Monica, California area that Pacific Ocean Park bridge[s].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.
According to Stacy Peralta in a 2008 interview, "Dogtown has sold over a million DVDs and more than 700,000 VHS."

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[perianecc]

gimme eng subs please!

[PKJohansson]

@perianecc the audio is in english (?) i also don't have the time to write down the subs, sorry

[MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881]

Thumbs up if you think if it wasn't for z-boys their wouldn't be any skateboarding

[dirtynuke]

"Yeah I was on summer vacation for about 20 years."

[nocknights]

"bay and main"! that's where the shop was? that's pretty much yuppie town now.

[SkyesTurnBlack]

@MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881 : as much as i love and respect the z-boys, somebody else would have invented it at some point.

[bme619]

@MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881 as they said later in the documentary "If it wasn't for craig stecyk skateboarding could have easily become baseball it could have become a novelty." Im proud of what the z boys did for skateboarding and I'm proud I got to see the zephyr shop earlier this year if it wasn't for the z-boys skateboarding would have died in the early 80's or it would look pretty shitty.

[edn172]

heaven 

[PowellShredder666]

I think its great that Sean Penn narrates this. Especially since Jeff Spicolli from Fast Times At Ridgemont High was a total spoof of the whole Cali surf/skate scene. Spicolli's down with Zephyr!

[vicosal1]

Heres what I got out of it............Cholos mexican bangers changed the entire culture of America. Zboys-grew up around cholos and took the modern style of tattooing -the ripped up dickies and vans from their mexican american counterparts. The gang they grew around is 120 years old

[kt19605]

The shit!!! Those were the days..

[Plozen]

I was wondering if anyone could help me find the raw footage of the dogbowl sessions. Does anyone know if such footage even exists?