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New edit Subscribe like commentChris Cahill - Went to work shaping kneeboards for Nathan Pratts Horizons West Surfboard Shop.

Nathan Pratt - Later on founded Horizons West Surfboard Shop, occupying the same space as the Zephyr surf shop. He is married with two children and lives in Somis, California.

Jay Adams - Left to skate for Logan Earth Ski. Later on Adams had a hard time coping with stardom and served time in the Hawaiian State correctional facility on drug related charges. In the documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Adams was in recovery and on work release. He shrugs his shoulders in the on-camera interview and says, "I was on summer vacation for 20 years."

Allen Sarlo - Became a real estate agent and surfing champion. He lives with his wife in Malibu, California and has two children.

Stacy Peralta - Joined G&S to skate professionally. Peralta stopped skating after some time and started his own skateboard company. He discovered two promising southern California youngsters, Tony Hawk and Steve Caballero, who would become the skateboarding trendsetters in the 80's and 90's. Peralta was also a pioneer in extreme sports video, a medium he turned to to promote his skateboard company. His handheld, point-of-view filming style and rock soundtracks are the dominant style for today's action films. He later went on to direct the 2001: Dogtown and Z-Boys, a Sundance Film Festival winning documentary that he also co-wrote with Craig Stecyk. He also wrote the 2005 film Lords of Dogtown, starring Heath Ledger, Rebecca De Mornay, Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, and John Robinson. Tony Hawk also had a cameo role in that movie. Stacy Peralta has a son and lives in Santa Monica, California.

Tony Alva - Also went on to skate for Logan Earth Ski. He then went on to start his own skateboard company, Alva Skates, in Oceanside, California. He also has a signature Vans skateboard shoe. He has two children and skates pools every day.

Bob Biniak - Retired from skating in 1980. He married and went on to play professional golf. Sadly though, Biniak passed away on February 25, 2010 from a massive heart attack.

Paul Constantineau - Also went on to skate for G&S. He now works as a machinist and lives in Santa Monica, California.

Jim Muir - Owns and operates Dogtown Skateboards. He has a son and lives in Venice, California.

Peggy Oki - The only female in the Zephyr Competition team, rejected skating in favor of surfing, and has competed in surf contests all over the world. She also went to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an environmental activists and fine artist/graphic designer, and lives and surfs in Carpenteria, California.

Shogo Kubo - Is married and has two children. He works and lives in Hawaii and still surfs and skates to this day.

Wentzle Ruml - Went on to skate for Rector. He now owns and operates an aquaculture farm. He is married and lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Although the Z-Boys have moved on to other things throughout the years, the Z-Boy movement continues to this day as an expression of performance, innovation and style.

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  • this is new hampshire? wheres that stairset with the bank 40 seconds in? i wanna hit that!

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