Skateboard was the first feature film to depict the height of the 70s skateboard craze. Many refer to it as the Bad News Bears of the sport. A Hollywood agent finds himself in debt to a powerful bookie. To make a fast buck, he creates a team of exceptionally talented skateboarders and enters them in a downhill race. If they win, they will get $20,000. It’s star studded cast includes Alan Garfield, 70s teen idol Leif Garrett, skateboarding legend Tony Alva, and iconic female freestyler and member of the Skateboarding Hall of Fame Ellen O’Neal.
directed by: George Gage
starring: Alan Garfield, Leif Garrett, Tony Alva, Ellen O’Neal, Richard Van der Wyk, Steve Monahan, David Hyde, Pam Kenneally, Anthony Carbone, Patricia Hitchock, Orson Bean, Thelma Pelish
1978 / 97 min / 1.85:1 / English Dolby Digital 2.0
Additional info:
- Region Free Blu-ray
- 2023 Restoration of the film
- Interview with Director George Gage
- 2010 Commentary Track with Tony Alva and George Gage
- Trailer
- Booklet with Tony’s Alva’s Skateboard Glossary written in 1978 and essays by Skateboard Hall of Fame founder Todd Huber and Jenny Gage (director of All This Panic)
- English subtitles
