Z boys

ca. 1975, the original Zephyr (Z-Boys) skateboard team at the Del Mar Nationals, the first US national skateboarding competition — Shogo Kubo, Bob Biniak, Nathan Pratt, Stacy Peralta, Ji…

Jay Adams was a wild and aggressive freestyle and vert skater raised in Venice Beach that influenced a generation of riders. This is his life story.

Skateboard movies show tricks on the board while offering a story to keep you entertained.

Original Lords of Dogtown. Santa Monica Z-Boys

When Glen E. Friedman moved to California in the early ’70s, the first gift he received was a skateboard with clay wheels. “It was a fad at first,” he recalls. “We got into BMX bikes. Then the urethane wheel was invented, and we got back on our skateboards because you could ride without falling down... Read more »

See excerpts from a new book on the fun and irreverent hip-hop band

This fictional version of the skateboard doc "Dogtown and Z-Boys" gets rolling despite the messages that bog it down -- and it has a few gnarly tricks up its sleeve, too.