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, Tony Alva and Jay Adams are the Z-Boys, a bunch of nobodies until they create a new style of skateboarding that becomes a worldwide phenomenon. But when their hobby becomes a business, the success shreds their friendship.

John Robinson
as Stacy

Emile Hirsch
as Jay

Rebecca De Mornay
as Philaine

William Mapother
as Donnie

Julio Oscar Mechoso
as Mr. Alva

Victor Rasuk
as Tony

Nikki Reed
as Kathy Alva

Heath Ledger
as Skip

Vincent Laresca
as Chino

Brian Zarate
as Montoya
Wuchak
***The birth of skateboard culture*** In the mid-70s, the accomplishments of the innovative Zephyr skateboarding team of Venice, California, are dramatized based on events chronicled in skater Stacy Peralta’s documentary “Dogtown and Z-Boys” (2001). John Robinson plays Stacy, Emile Hirsch plays J...