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Lords of Dogtown
2005 · Film · 107 min
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
The radical true story behind three teenage surfers from Venice Beach, California, who took skateboarding to the extreme and changed the world of sports forever. Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.
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reminds me of Lords of Dogtown (2005) movie where Emile Hirsch did his own stunt of skating shirtless down a big hill.
Lords of Dogtown was the Hollywood fictionalized version. You probably are thinking of the documentary "Dogtown and Z-Boys".
I'm also a huge fan of the show...For the interested who want nonfiction but also want a compelling narrative arc, there's a great documentary by Stacy Peralta ("Lords of Dogtown," "Riding Giants") on gangs in LA, "Crips and Bloods: Made in America." It's part history, part interviews with current and former hardcore gangbangers.
Two great nonfiction books on similar subjects that are highly readable:
A Hope in the Unseen, Ron Suskind (based on Suskind's Pulitzer-winning newspaper series)
Makes Me Wanna Holler, Nathan McCall (an ex-hood turned WaPost reporter)