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This was a great documentary about the skateboard sub-culture in the 80s. As a teen in the 80s, I was into the L.A. punk scene: DK, Black Flag, Minutemen; etc. but remember always seeing kids at high school wearing the Vision clothing and I remember seeing that Vision commercial all the time. It wasn't until my cousin gave me his Powell Peralta skateboard as a means of transportation that I started to appreciate skating. Now I'm 45 and after seeing this documentary 30 years later, I now have a better understanding of what when on back in the day with these OG skaters. It's very well made and progresses well about the different time frames and the changes that took place. Ultimately showing how street boarding became more popular with the kids, instead of the vertical skating which became a hyped up sellout style. Eventually leading to Gator's fall from grace in popularity and monetary status. Young and already washed up, he falls into alcoholism and reckless behavior. On edge and with no direction, he rapes and murders a beautiful young woman and beginning his newfound life behind bars at Folsom prison. Where he still resides to this day some 25 years later.Read full review
My boyfriend is really into skateboarding, he's been skating since the 80's and even now, this is something he really wanted to add to his collection ( of DVD's ) ... he's really into "old school" skate stuff, and I always enjoy watching documentaries & biographies of people of all sorts ... if you're into that kind of stuff you'll really enjoy this. In this film you see & hear lots of things of him and from him, also lots of input from others who were/are friends or associated with him "back in the day" ... very informative film on Gator & his life.
This is a great product. I was impressed with the movie and how well it was put together. This documentary, though about skateboarding will interest fans and non fans alike due to its content. It is an in depth look into skateboarding after the 70's and before the 90's style took over. You will love this movie.
this was a very honest look into a very tragic story. Gator had just as much talent as Hawk,Mountain, and Hosoi. He just could not deal with life when fans attention shifted from him to newer riders. If you like skateboarding and want to get a good look into of some of its great riders this is a movie for you.
It was good to see 80's skateboarding again and brought back some childhood memories that I thought I forgot. The documentary could of been a lot more in depth and longer than eighty-one minutes. It was nothing like Rising Son: the Legend of Christian Hosoi which was narrated and much more in depth than Stoked.