LORDS OF DOGTOWN: tells 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 (JOHN ROBINSON), Tony Alva (VICTOR RASUK) and Jay Adams (EMILE HIRSCH) are the Z-Boys, a group of rag-tag skaters who created a new style of skateboarding that became a worldwide phenomenon.
RIDING GIANTS: From acclaimed director Stacy Peralta comes Riding Giants, the story of big wave surfing. Breaking the mould of traditional documentary filmmaking, Riding Giants uses its dynamic, cross-generational approach to profile the lives and times of the intrepid surfers who over the decades have dedicated themselves to finding and successfully challenging the biggest waves on earth. We meet Greg Noll, the pioneer, whose relentless push into Hawaii`s big surf in the late 1950s earned him the nickname "The Bull." There`s Jeff Clark, Northern California`s lone frontiersman, who, after discovering the massive waves of Maverick`s near San Francisco, rode there alone for over a decade. And finally Hawaii`s Laird Hamilton, the prototypical "extreme" surfer, a rare breed of athlete/innovator considered as the best big wave rider who ever waxed a board. Through a fast-paced combination of mediums that include classic archival photography, spectacular movie footage - both current and vintage - and contemporary interviews with the sport`s greatest surfers, experts and storytellers, Riding Giants captures the rich visual history of one of the most dramatic athletic adventures of our time.
DOGTOWN & Z BOYS: Narrated by SEAN PENN and directed by skateboarding legend STACY PERALTA, DOGTOWN & Z-BOYS is the award-winning story of a gang of discarded kids who virtually revolutionised skateboarding with an aggressive style, awe-inspiring moves and street smarts and in the process, transformed youth culture forever.
Title: Lords Of Dogtown / Riding Giants / Dogtown And Z Boys
Format: DVD
Release Date: 04 Dec 2006
Actor(s): DVD
Sku: 2082978
Catalogue No: DP05474
Category: Documentary
Disc Count: 3
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Enhanced
OFLC Rating: M
Run Time: 294 mins
Transfer Format: Widescreen
Video Format: DVD Region 4
Primary Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
Language: English