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On 8/18/2005 Rachel
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this is the best sk8ing movie it teaches u bout friends and how 2 have fun i love it,it is so cool that i even when 2 an old sk8 shop and bought an old time sk8board
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great
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On 8/18/2005 rachel
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ever since i saw this movie i've been totally in 2 sk8ing it is so fun
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1975 USSA contest at Jack Murphy Stadium
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On 8/18/2005
Mike Mitchell
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Time flys! 30 years ago at Jack Murphy Stadium, the USSA skateboard contest! Anyone out there remember the Pipeline Skateboard team? Aluminum boards, s#@!ty trucks and wheels?
I was on that team, 6-8 of us, all from the old neighborhood (South San Diego/ Imperial Beach, CA): Jerry Lynn, Alex Yepiz, Wesley Webster, myself, a few others whos names escape me. Any of you know us?
45yr old now, still riding (Sector9 longboard) with my 3 teenaged kids.
Daze gone by!
Mike
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ian ryson
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On 8/13/2005
ian
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Hi !!!
Dogtown skate is just the beginning ! the source of spirit !
Im french and i want to invited at my home an american to skate contact me !
i live in marseille there are the best bowl in the world !
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Cracking the Lie
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On 8/5/2005 EBasil
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Some of the skaters Mike Purpose wrote about are in the Bruce Brown surf/skate films, just released on DVD. Brown filmed the Hobie & Makaha skate teams in the late 50's and early 60's, I guess... Guess what they were doing?
The Z-boys were/are great riders, anyway.
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LODT
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On 8/4/2005 Steven K
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That was a very interesting article, I wonder about its accuracy though.
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LODT
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On 8/3/2005 Victor
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I remember Mike Purpose back in the day, he was a pretty gnarly surfer.
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south, but not "down south"
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On 7/23/2005
sc
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United States
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interesting article by Mike Purpus on South Bay vs. Dog Town
Click here for link
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lords of dogtown
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On 7/20/2005 nicktheripper
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check out z-boys.com, it a cool site. they have the lords of dogtown spin mag story. it is really good, i know cause i got a year supply for christmas back in 98. i didn't care for the mag to much, but when i read the article it made me feel lucky enough to have a copy of this mag. anyway check it out.
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good movie
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On 7/20/2005 hugh r
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I finally saw the movie last night... took my teenage son with me. I had prepared myself to dislike it, based mostly on the terrible marketing trailers that played over and over and over again. I was sure the movie would stink!
I was very pleasantly surprized and really enjoyed this movie! Nicely done... nice charactor development... filmed well... over all this is a good little movie... and my 16 year old skater son dug it too!
I will buy more than one copy when it comes out on dvd... HR
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DVD Release
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On 7/17/2005
Jack
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The DVD will release October 4th.
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LoDT
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On 7/16/2005 El Barto
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I hear Hardwicke is on the Sony lot working on a directors cut.
She is adding the stuff Columbia / TriStar had her remove for theactical release.
DVD by Christmas 2005?
Maybe even sooner...
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New old school
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On 7/15/2005
MG
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I'll tell ya one thing, there are now legions of young long hairs with clay wheel loose balled relics from ebay injuring themselves on the banks at Revere. At first I thought it was just a couple isolated retro freaks, but I've seen group after group of them. Hadn't watched people trying to find loose bearings for thirty years.
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da movie
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On 7/13/2005 sk8rat
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yea 2 yrs of hype.everyone had a boner for a month.the world goes on
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Da Movie
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On 7/13/2005
Fatboy
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United States
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So that's it? No more discussion? WTF?
When do we start bickering about the DVD release?
What about the bonus features?
How do you unlock the Easter Eggs?
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total money
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On 7/6/2005 duane
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33 15 Lords of Dogtown 4 $0.1M $11M $0.7k 126 52%
that's last weeks' rank / previous week / name / box office last week / total box office / average per screen / number of screens / tomatometer rating
it wasn't on this week's chart which means the run is over for all practical purposes
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box office
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On 7/3/2005 herbn
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what kind of money did it end up with,is it over?
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wishing
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On 6/25/2005 Shane
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He's NOT kidding....(be careful what you wish for)hehehe...
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hooked
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On 6/23/2005
nancy
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United States
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ok, I am a 44 year female who never even HEARD of Dogtown or any of these guys b4 this movie. Sure, I knew a few sk8er boyz when I was a teen, but...what is it about this movie? I am so hooked. I loved it and I now own "Dogtown & Z boys" and love it even more!!! The energy, the scrappiness, its like the Dead End Kids with wheels. I have seen it 4 times. i wish I could have been there....I am not saying we are draining our pool, but the ZBoys are my heroes~~~~
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devo
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On 6/23/2005 steveo
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freedom of choice
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skitch
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On 6/23/2005
slim
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United States
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We used to do it all the time but not hanging on to the back! We'd use the rear corner. For example, in the pic below, if michael j. fox was a goofy foot he'd be on the right side of the car facing it, and his trailing (left) would be hanging on to that corner somewhere (easy on a pickup truck). That way you are behind the wheels of the car so you can't get runover, and you are on the side so you don't smack into the car if they stop suddenly. Gotta watch out for the turns of course but that's easy.
Like most of the things I managed to somehow survive from my youth, I don't recommend doing it at all. (i saw my son making his little sister tow him yesterday though - he on skate, she on bike - so it's already started...)
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Skitching
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On 6/23/2005 EthanOB
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Yeah skitching just seems be pretty dangerous. An older really experienced skater here in SanFran had to get his leg amputated after having it run over in a skitching accident a few years ago. Can't remember the guys name tho, hope he's doin OK.
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Skitching
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On 6/23/2005
SamG
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I blame Marty McFly. He was doing it way back in 1955:
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skitching...
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On 6/23/2005
Michael Brooke
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anyone catch this story?
Fort Worth death highlights 'skitching' danger
01:41 PM CDT on Wednesday, June 22, 2005
By JANELLE STECKLEIN and JONATHAN TJARKS / DallasNews.com
A Fort Worth teenager’s death earlier this week is pointing to the dangers of skitching, the illegal act of being towed on a skateboard by a moving vehicle.
Daniel Roberts, 17, who was hanging on to a truck before falling off his skateboard, died Monday night at Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Lords of Dogtown, the recently released movie about the Venice, Calif., teens who revolutionized the skateboard world of the '70s, features a scene in which the main characters skitch behind a fast-moving city bus.
Several skateboarders at Suburbia Skate Community in Lewisville said this week that they have skitched, usually by grabbing the metal handles on the backs of postal trucks. When the mailmen notice they are hanging on and get angry, they said, they let go.
Tanner Jones, 11, said skitching isn’t something he does every day.
“It’s not that common,” Tanner said. “It’s like partying. It’s fun to do on occasion.”
Police still were investigating Daniel’s unusual death, said Sgt. Don Hanlon of the Fort Worth police traffic investigations unit.
“We haven’t come across it (before),” he said. “We’re treating the case very seriously and making sure everything is done correctly.”
The police must interview several witnesses, including an off-duty police officer who was in a nearby front yard, and a boy who was riding his bike behind Daniel.
One witness said the truck was going around 5 mph when Daniel was critically injured, Hanlon said. Hanlon said he does not believe Daniel was wearing a helmet.
Upon completion of the investigation, the district attorney will decide whether to charge the 20-year-old truck driver. Hanlon said a “plethora of potential charges” is possible, but because the case is rare there is no precedent.
Skateboarding safety tips
Kevin Fearn, a senior statistics associate with the National Safety Council, said skateboarding deaths are uncommon. There were no reported fatalities in 2003, the most recent year for which statistics are available, but an estimated 97,649 accidents required emergency room treatment, most often for ankles and wrists. Almost 7,000 people were treated for head injuries.
The safety council recommends that skateboarders wear all appropriate protective gear, learn how to fall to avoid serious injury, and steer clear of riding among pedestrians or behind vehicles.
Zach Cocker, 17, who works at Suburbia Skate Community, said he was not surprised to hear about the fatal accident.
“You’ve got car, wheels, body. It’s just not a good combination,” he said.
Willie Weatherly, 13, said he was concerned that the accident would give skateboarding a bad reputation.
“It doesn’t really affect me,” Willie said. “I mean you can die if you fall off the side of the street the right way. You know when you skateboard you’re taking a risk.”
East Plano’s Eisenbergs Skatepark owner, Josie Eisenberg, said skitching is fairly common, although she doesn’t recommend it. In fact, when her brother was 17, he injured his elbow badly in a similar accident, she said.
“It’s more of a daredevil thing,” she said. “It’s just boys being boys. Boys will still find something to be pulled on.”
She said more serious and fatal accidents can be attributed to vehicles in the street than in a skate park.
Eisenberg said rolled ankles is the most common injury. Inexperienced skateboarders, or veterans going for big tricks, get injured most often.
“Wear a helmet,” she said. “Know your surroundings. Use your common sense and keep your eyes open.”
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