I grew up at the right time to have been caught up in skateboarding during the mid-eighties. What I would give to flip back through my original issues of Thrasher magazine. As a movie fan, over the last few years two interesting documentaries have come out chronically the rise and fall of two of the stars of my skateboarding youth. These guys were true “rockstars” of skateboarding who both rode the wave to incredible success and then crashed spectacularly as the popularity of vert skating ebbed in the early nineties. If you had any interest in skateboarding, both Stoked – The Rise and Fall of Gator and Rising Son – The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi are worth checking out.
Check out Z-Boys and Dogtown (Documentary) and Lords of Dogtown.
Both great films on the beginings of skateboarding in So Cal.
DI
I’m a big fan of Dogtown and the Z Boys, it is a good starting place and provides a great backdrop on the whole birth of skateboarding. These two pick it up from there and each focus on the rise and fall of a single skateboarder.
Stoked was great. I still need to see the Hosoi doc though.
Don’t forget to check out “Lords of Dogtown”. Although its not a doc, it’s a very well done coming of age drama.
Finally Hosoi is getting his full recognition these days for the influence and growth he added to the sport! He’s back full force, running Hosoi skates, and working with a new action sports website: http://www.go211.com Where you can actually friend him and message him and a bunch of other great pros! I was pumped to upload my own skate vids and have them on the same site as Hosoi, he is a god! Check out http://www.go211.com if you haven’t already, its all free!
Hosoi was a god. I remember seeing him in almost every issue of Thrasher. It is great to see that in his case, everything has come full circle and he has his life in order. Heck, apparently he lives two cities up. I am an in Newport Beach and he is in Huntington Beach. I still need to grab a classic Hosoi deck which they are producing again. Meanwhile, I am trying to get my Lance Mountain w/bonite back from my brother-in-law whom I “loaned” it to 10 years ago.
No way Holmes is on Go211. That dude totally rules. I heard he’s makin a come back after jail. What a BAMF. He pretty much invented skateboarding. The Rocket Air is like one of my favorite tricks. Dude I’ve got an original Hosoi hammerhead that my brother gave me when I was a kid. That thing is awesome. I just checked out Go211 that site is sick. Some of the videos and pics are pretty awesome.
Original naruto shippuden !! characters
Check out http://www.actionprofiles.com. It’s way better than go211.
DEar Mike,
the only thing that i have to say is that i am sick and
tired of hearing that Tony,Jay,Stacey and the rest of the boys from
D town created skating. NO DISRESPECT BUT the same FUCKIN thing was
going on down the coast in H.B. skating when the waves were flat etc. SURF SKATING!!!!!!!!! thats whats its all about sidewalk Surfing its just that T.A. and company got all the PUB. and by the way there was a mag before thrasher SKATEBOARDER published by some
mag. maybe youve heard of it SURFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats all for now
Old Bitter Surf/Skater
P.S. just turned 46 and still Surf/skate