There was so much heavy ripping on our site this year that we had to make a 90-minute DVD honoring the best of the best.
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The evolution of skateboarding culture in Ireland since the late 1980s.
After a long and successful career as a skater, Veronica has stepped away from competing, but continues her legacy by organizing skateboarding workshops to teach young girls from indigenous communities to skate, and to push them to fight back for the public spaces that have been occupied by men and to practice a sport that also belongs to women.
When Volcom was founded in 1991, it was the first company to combine skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding under one brand from its inception. This way of life influenced the anti-establishment style and attitude that defined a generation. The cultural phenomenon was best captured when Volcom released "Alive We Ride" in 1993: a film documenting the raw excitement and spontaneous creativity inherent to the lifestyle. Twenty-one years later, with the release of "True To This", Volcom again captures the energy and artistry of board-riding in its purest forms. Shot all around the world and showcasing iconic athletes, "True To This" is a tribute to the movement that inspired a generation and the people and places that embody that spirit today.
The second release from Birdhouse Skateboards
Prevent This Tragedy is raw skateboarding, Thrasher-style. From the deepest, beer soaked bowls to the longest, potentially nut-mangling handrails, we follow the world's gnarliest skaters as they get buck, dance with death, and set new standards of modern radical.
The beer series 6-pack is complete. Full parts by: Tony Trujillo & Fred Gall. Also Featuring: Mark Appleyard, Chris Haslam, Omar Hassan, Darren Navarette, Dan Drehobl, Emmanuel Guzman, Andrew Reynolds, Ryan Sheckler & more. Brutal bonuses include our Bu$t or Bail Contest in SF, Globe's Slaughter at the Opera in Oz, & more. Filmed on location in Israel, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Australia, Serbia, Japan, & even some spots in Canada.
Featuring Jamie Thomas, Chris Cole, John Rattray, James Brockman, Tommy Sandoval, Dane Burman, Tony Cervantes, Ben Hatchell, Tom Karangelov, and Nick Boserio.
No pads, no parks, no rules. Just pools...just a 30 minute barage of backyard barging from the sickest deathbox destroyers to boot: John Cardiel, Pete The Ox, Chet Childress, Peter Hewitt, Sam Hitz, Rune Glifberg, Dan Drehobl, Neal Heddings, Ryan Johnson, Neil Blender, Lance Mountain & hella more...
P-Stone's back with the 3rd video in the "beer series". Featured rippers: John Rattray, Pat Duffy, Chet Childress, Josh Perkins, Darren Navarette, Dan Drehobl, Aaron Suski, Emmanuel Guzman, Peter Hewitt, Lance Mountain, Neil Blender + more.
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage, exclusive interviews and a blistering rock soundtrack, DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS captures the rise of the Zephyr skateboarding team from Venice's Dogtown, a tough "locals only" beach with a legacy of outlaw surfing.
Sex, Hood, Skate, and Videotape shot, edited, and released by Ian Reid in 2006 is a legendary and infamous video that has been unavailable in it's entirety for 10+ years.
C1RCA Footwear presents it's full length video with team members Adrian Lopez, Jon Allie, Colt Cannon, Peter Ramondetta, and others.
Blind Skateboard's 2nd video since the release of the 1991 film "Video Days"
Supreme presents, "cherry" a video by William Strobeck featuring Tyshawn Jones, Sage Elsesser, Sean Pablo, Nakel Smith, Kevin Bradley, Aidan Mackey, Paulo Diaz, Mark Gonzales, Alex Olson, Dylan Rieder, Jason Dill…
PEACE, a new Element audio visual project starring Nyjah Huston, Evan Smith, Brandon Westgate, Greyson Fletcher, Mason Silva, Madars Apse, Nassim Guammaz, Tyson Peterson, Dominick Walker, Jaakko Ojanen and more.
"There aren't any other sports that have pros who show up at local spots. It certainly doesn't happen in ball-sports!" - Tony Hawk. Tony and crew set out again to amaze and astound locals who thought they could grab a quiet session at their local park only to find it filled with hoards of skateboard fans. The power of the cellphone brings in everyone from skaters and their parents to random locals who've heard the name Tony Hawk.
Starring: Corey Duffel, Jeremiah Babb, Steve Nesser, Greg Lutzka, Josh Falk &Omar Salazar. Featuring: Tony Trujillo, Neil Heddings, Paul Rodriguez, Ethan Fowler, Peter Hewitt, Chet Childress, Danny Wainright, Jake Nunn, Rodney Jones, Daniel Shimizu, Anthony Shetler, & many more.
Antizipated (2003) is the first full-length film from French crew Antiz Skateboards. Filmed and edited by Paul Labadie with the team, it captures raw European street skating with a DIY spirit, animated intros by Jérôme Cattenot and a soundtrack from Turbonegro to Fugazi. Featuring Love Eneroth, Julien Bachelier, Ben Thé, Julian Furones, Julian Dykmans, Steve Forstner and Hugo Liard, it stands as a gritty milestone in early-2000s skate cinema.
The Tilt Mode Army's Bonus Round video starred Nestor Judkins, Jerry Hsu, Louie Barletta, Jon Choi, Jon Nguyen, Screaming Lord Halba, Matt Eversole, Paul Sharpe, Cairo Foster, Zack Wallin, Jose Rojo and Caswell Berry. Plus appearances by Crazy Eddie, Colt Cannon, Justin Strubing, Marc Johnson, Jesse Erickson, Daryl Angel, Clark Hassler, Ed Devera, Sean Payne, Danny Fuenzalida and more.
In this one-of-a-kind skateboard film, we follow professional skateboarder Andy Anderson on an impromptu hometown session. We start the journey from his home—an Ambulance parked outside a community centre—and venture across town to the local coffee shop. We gain powerful insights from Andy as he weaves his way down the street, takes shortcuts through alleyways, runs through a forested ravine and skates uphill. "It's the dead space I'm excited about." We observe how his attitude toward each spot—and every random encounter—brings them to life.
When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.
A wide-ranging, definitive look at Hawk’s life and iconic career, and his relationship with the sport with which he’s been synonymous for decades, featuring unprecedented access, never-before-seen footage, and interviews with Hawk and prominent figures in the sport including Stacy Peralta, Rodney Mullen, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Neil Blender, Andy MacDonald, Duane Peters, Sean Mortimer, and Christian Hosoi.
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from Jon Watts.
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican.
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
Ten of Muhammad Ali's former rivals pay tribute to the three-time world heavyweight champion.
A searing account of what happens when raw talent and extreme personalities collide. In this unflinching, never-before-seen account of drugs and the dark side of professional skateboarding, brothers Tas and Ben Pappas' intense bond and charisma take them from the pinnacle of their sport into a spiraling world of self-destruction.
In a crime-plagued neighborhood near Miami, brutal, bare-knuckled backyard fights give young men a chance to earn money -- and self-respect.
As boxing's popularity wanes, three fighters at different stages of their career make sacrifices to pursue their dreams of becoming champions.
Over four decades, Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister has registered an immeasurable impact on music history. Nearly 65, he remains the living embodiment of the rock and roll lifestyle, and this feature-length documentary tells his story, one of a hard-living rock icon who continues to enjoy the life of a man half his age.
Behind-the-scenes documentary about how Lionel Messi succeeded in lifting the World Cup – the only trophy to have eluded him in an incredible career.
Generation Iron - examines the professional sport of bodybuilding today and gives the audience front row access to the lives of the top 7 bodybuilders in the sport as they train to compete in the world's most premiere bodybuilding stage - Mr. Olympia.
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
A detailing of the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United football players (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). The film covers the period 1992-1999, culminating in Manchester United's European Cup triumph.
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
This documentary follows superstar Bret Hart during his last year in the WWF. The film documents the tensions that resulted in The Montreal Screwjob, one of the most controversial events in the history of professional wrestling, in which Vince McMahon, Shawn Micheals, and others, legitimately conspired behind the scenes to go against the script and remove Bret Hart as champion.
The life and career of one of comedy's most inimitable modern voices, Mr. Gilbert Gottfried.
Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.
A documentary on legendary movie-poster artist Drew Struzan.