I was skating during this time. Skating brought freedom, mobility and a means of self-expression. It was an escape from the ills of life as a teen. I rode a Hawk with Rat Bones wheels. I had big feet and that deck fit. I had all these magazines plastered over my walls. It was a great time. Alone or with friends kept us out of real trouble. I had a small mobile ramp and would put it on my deck and roll it to a friends house so we could do tricks. Sprained ankles and on crutches I rode that ramp. My mom didn't even bother because she knew I was going to skate anyway. I can't imagine this time in my life without skating, Powell Peralta and the Bones Brigade. Thanks guys. You made lives better.

Good stuff. Rodney Mullen is probably the most influential skater of all time and hearing his story is heartbreaking and inspiring. He was so close to never realizing his potential and I can't imagine how different the skate scene would have turned out without his pioneering genius.

the lack of belief that Lance has in himself still, is heartbreaking ... dude was a rad rider, mate had a Mountain board I had a Cab Dragon we all loved his riding. Rodney is like a wise sage.

Lucky me! i was born same times the best culture was developed skate, snowboard, rap, , graffiti, gunge, triphop , rap metal, jungle, dubstep, house, scratch, alternative rock, break dance. All of these have shaped my life

Mid 80s was the best time to be a kid. We were blessed to be a part of all this.

I worshipped these guys growing up. Had all the gear. Bought all the merch. So many core memories unlocked.

This doc kicks and kicks back!! Awesome watch. Nostalgia is real.

Lance made the video. The most influential video of my youth.

This what happened and we all stole wood from construction sites and built ramps in the woods in the 80s just to skate! What an amazing time to grow up!!!

Those who know, know but this movie means so much to me. I've been lucky enough to meet and ride with so many of the uncles of skating and for that I am greatful

Watched this on Amazon last year. It's such a great documentary. All this happened before I was born up until I was super young so getting a long detailed account of what happened was awesome. I knew bits and pieces, but this filled in the gaps!

I was 12 in 1987 when I started skating . The freedom and sense of belonging somwhere was incomparable. Best skate doc I´ve ever seen , thanks for all the memories.

This is an amazing documentary. I had a Caballero deck in the 80s. The one story that really touched me was Rodney Mullen. Very sad. Can't imagine Mullen not being a free styler. I loved watching him as a kid. The guy was unstoppable.

Drinking water from a strangers garden hose. Glad I’ve done that !!!

I grew up down the street from Caballero, I was way younger than him but he was a legend to all of us Latin folks in the neighborhood. And being mixed, Ray Barbee was also a legend in town as well 👍👍👍

Freakin killer documentary. 🤙

I love this so much I have much respect for all of you and I am very happy that the bones brigade and many more have been a part of me and my life

Rodney is a genius, hands down, and he's so right at the end. It's an awesome doc, and I grew up in this era

i can watch this till the end of time.

I remember that Christmas of 87. I had one of those boards. So did every guy in my class. Crazy…..

Really cool documentary. Definitely brought back some great memories!

I want to say thank you.. and this doc.. was so beautiful.. thank you..........

This is great! These guys were all my heroes growing up. Its awesome to get to hear all of their thoughts and stories. Almost had me crying at times. These guys really spilled their guts on this.

It's awesome to see how intelligent, wise, committed, persevering, and talented they all were. When Caballero said "I was putting the money in the bank" I thought damn he was a smart kid most would have blown it. Yet they were/are still all amazing in their own ways. It's no wonder why they were the best b/c they gave everything to Skating. Tony also was in and Episode of The Trailer Park Boys with his Son. I mean how cool is that?

OMG! OMG! OMG! This should be EVERYWHERE!

Rodney Mullen is a creative genius. That mind and that focus isn’t just something that you can learn, he was born to be a champion and an innovator. In whatever field it may have been he would have succeeded and done so far above most others. One in a billion person a savant, but in any area he wanted to be. Purely incredible

The goat, Rodney Mullen; forever the humble skateboarding master Yoda...

I rode freestyle BMX and was never "into" skating, but the Bones Brigade and their videos were the BEST entertainment in the extreme sports category. I watched Future Primitive 100's of times. Playing GOOD music like Agent Orange, Black Flag, DK, etc.... the skate scene delivered on all levels.

I have spent my entire life a PowellPeralta and Bones Brigade fan. Still wear the merch almost daily. Still my heros. Always wished Jeff Phillips and Natas (my other favorites) had ended up there.

I LOVE IT! And just like back then, we want more! We need more! Such pieces of history on the art normal people wouldn’t even know where to comprehend.

My childhood heroes. Bones Brigade Forever. 💜

I’ve seen this countless times bones brigade and it always hits me the same as lance

1:07:40 I love this comment so much when they talk about Rodney’s level. “Getting second to him was like getting first” because they knew nobody had his skill. Rodney is such a kind hearted legend

Rodney Mullen 👑

"I guess you shouldn't stop now." I can't even imagine what those words must've meant to Rodney.

Gotta love you tube...frigging awesome documentary...

Best skate video ever! Natural acting and very comical. Stacey if you read this comment in regards to your embarrassing pondering of how people could possibly like thus video. The answer is easy! It has that retro raw amateur effect, naturalism. This film presented the first of extreme skate and travel. That makes the film iconic! I think you are trying to be a perfectionist film maker and that's fine for yourself but not for films. Riding Giants is bitchen. Hey I'm 54yrs old I lived breathed skateboarding and played this video on VHS everyday bro. All imaginative mind stimulating pure energy ✨️ for skaters like me. I did a skate demo in Santa Barbara with the Powell team. Who were on mini ramps. 1985 The eighties remain the best yrs in thus country for me, the economy, music, films cars and the starting area for A.I. 😏🤙😎📸

Thank You!

Stacy nailed it about giving kids too much attention and money.

My first "real" Board was The Brigade Caballero with the red dragon on it. Damn i was so proud. This was 23 years ago, and appart from an 11 year break, im still rocking today 🙂

This was fire!

Stacy did it geniusly.all the guys are gods of skate thank you all for introducing skate for Europe and even Hungary we grow up on propaganda and all the videos 😊😊😊😊😊❤

Wow! Great film!

That was so great to watch. Brought many tears to my eyes, and really shed a light on a lot of things I missed as a young teen in the 80's Bones Brigade for life!!! If George and Stacey can patch things up... you can too.. reach out to someone you've cut ties with. It's not always worth it.

No one beats Rodney Mullins..only Mullins. Brought philosophy to riding your board. That it wasn't the board you are riding but life itself. And you can't fall off and might as well have some style while livin.

Dogtown zboys were def first pioneers of skateboarding but bones brigade skaters took it to next level of what skateboarding is today!

The pink and yellow camo would be nutzzz it will defo be seen

Awesome video…

Awesome documentary ❤❤ BB 4EVER

Love it! Bones Brigade until I die.

Great documentary. Very well done. Nice to see people giving it another look (its from 2012).

Top tier documentary

Stacy is such an awesome human, the epitome of let’s be friends ….. forever

Had it all. Sims board, Gullwing Trucks, Kryptonic Wheels, long steep driveway... But lived in Indiana.😂

28:39 🤯😂👏 "They're more alike than 2 absolutely dissimilar people that aren't alike anybody on earth could be, but they're completely different people." -Craig Stecyk

Stacy Peralta was a brilliant marketer, in addition to being an awesome documentarian. What he did in the 80s was basically create a prototypical boy band for skateboarding. It worked, obviously. I wonder if Stacy saw the hard shift to street skating by as early as '87 or '88, and that fueled part of the angst between him and George.

This is such a good movie I hope it inspires kids to skate like Dogtown and Z-Boys inspired me to

Dope documentary now they need to make one about the Alva Posse

Sickness history lesson

skating late 80 and 90th in germany. What would life have been without? These guys an many others were like figures from a myth. extremely influential. in artclass 6th grade we turned our classroom into a skatehome, painting every detail of decks on the walls. Anybody knows the therm "skatebettie"? today sounds weird. videos were giving such an incredible feelingkicking tricks higher every time watching them. Pain was happiness hahaha

Mount Airy Maryland needs a skatepark near Watkins Park thank you Tony

Ray Barbee! 🙌🏻

Anyone wanna share their funniest timber theft stories. Mine was 10 sheets of ply on the roof rack and we didn't tie it down properly so the minute i touched the brakes they all flew forward. We just stared in shock as they flew down hill all over the road. We managed to retrieve all them before a neighbour came out.

Lance is a legend he had the best style !! Come on ..

that was decent id like to know more about what takes place when the team goes on to form their own companies to be continued

Rodney Mullen, what a sweetheart, and SOOO far outside the box of whatever anyone had ever thought of, he was playing 4d chess from the very beginning

Amazing dudes...

i watched this film about a year ago and i started to skate vert and then bought a powell deck and now im better at vert than street😭

Anybody here know the Campbell Brothers surfboards and the logo Rodney had on his shirt? Campbell bros is two of the figures and Rodney’s shirt had one

Awe, I’m so sorry Rodney much Iove out to you ❤️

Im 44 years retired 90s skater 😊ive skatet all my life but now just chilling cruise sometimes but i had so much others problem s so i quit that one of my dummest things i did but i still love skating follow the skaters still have a lot of skate art in my apartment yet even broken Boards 😂and still use skate brands clothes and shoes i love skateboard and awesome it s so good now im so impressed by the generation who skates now but i have some favorite skate movies from my time and Movies like this i watch at least once a year. My advice to all teens and youth stop do stupid things buy a skateboard and enjoy life. You will have friends for life and so much fun and always be true to your own style thats skateboard for me dont care about others stuff when you skate it pure freedom so thankful for all skaters ✌🏼 Go skate and have fun and thank to all the legends and people who push us to learn new tricks. Who dosent love skateboard now a days in my time we had even enemys of skateboard lol but we stuck together and had fun but was to much hardcore punk so i did stupid things my biggest regret but i feel now a days it s all love. We was more 2 types of skaters in my day the people who did ent gave a f and bad habits and you had the other s who was more careful and only skatet did nothing wrong. But dont get me wrong we was all skate freinds but different types and hobbys when we dident ride. But when we ride we ride all day drank some and ate some and ride all night and when we started travel around to skate are the best memory s of my life ✌🏼🤟🏼But so glad we all love sk8 now a days dont have bad habits just skate and you will love your life thats my advice to all the youngsters 👍🏼Just my opinion Greetings CZ 75 Shadow ✌🏼💯🇧🇻🇨🇴🙏🏼

S.I.N.A.C. it was a great time

👍👍👍!!!!!

Legends

🖤.

😊

Kickflip!!!

Bummer that Steadham didn't get much recognition & on the Powell site that still sells his board they say that Steadham regrets his decision to quit the team to this day.

im now off to watch rodney mullen from the ground up doc.

We need a documentary about the making of animal chin

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No disrespect to anyone but tony alva def started first ollie when he came out of the pools they skated back in day!

a long time ago no one had skateboarders and iphones...ijs.

The documentary forgets to account for a national recession and ballooning insurance premiums for the parks in the decline in skateboarding. It wasn't just bad park and equipment design that killed off skateboarding in the early 80s.

Lance was probably tha second to do the mctwist . He was definitely no everyday skater .

It makes me sad to see that Lance had so much internal strife over his skating. Growing up in the desert, there were no pools or half pipes. We didn't even have curbs on the roads. Watching Lance in the Bones Brigade was the only connection that I could personally make to skate boarding. I could emulate Lance's tricks. Without Lance, skateboarding wouldn't have existed for me. Lance Mountain; still one of my favorite skaters.

Peralta went from a male model to uncle Joey from full house. Getting old is the pits, man.

PERALTA IS REAL?? I thought he was just in the game of THUG

everyone had that Hawk haircut

I bet Stacey still has the Volvo.

Whos frank hawk? If ur talking about tony he's still alive

Hawk was a calculator whereas Hosoi was a Cadillac.

i was a famous skateboarder and never made any money from it only some really awesome skateboards...like yeah right.

I was the long lost 10th member of bones brigade. I was hurt they didn't include me. 😂😂😂

4:25 wait….what??

If they were the amateurs, who were the pros?

Of course they were some of the best BUT When it comes to judging,who you know and who likes you,without a doubt,can a difference..and for none of them to admit this is dissapointing

Animal Chin is amazing. The retrospective embarrassment over it is lame.

@53:53~54:30

Damn , when you think about it , if not for Hosoi , the powell team would have just won every single skate event . Christian and Duane Peters , but peters kinda just faded into the background, still on the scene, just not competively.