Nobody has been able to successfully incorporate skateboarding into a fictional movie as a major plot device without making it corny. The 1978 movie Skateboard was probably the first attempt. It stars teen heartthrob Leif Garret in his pre coke binge and DUI days and also features Tony Alva as Tony Bluetile. Here’s a short clip of the archetypal sketchy outsider trying to hustle some teenage kids to form a skateboard team and make a quick buck. It’s very amusing, more so if you imagine our own Grover from GVK as the lead. The last time he tried to talk some teenagers into his van to go skateboarding he had to register his name with the neighborhood as an “offender.” Watch the clip after the jump.
A scene from Skateboard, the movie.
8 comments
bailgun
tony alva is into freestyle?
whoa. who knew?
Thor
Ellen O’neil is so hot!
cold ones
When is someone going to pay me to write me skateboard horror movie screenplay?
Kilwag
Hey Brad, don’t forget to log out of your wife’s account before posting. Unless Beth is involved in a civil union….
beth
What about Luke “Dish Dogs” Perry? My wife chatted him up regarding his new skateboard movie at LAX last month…He was all serious about it I guess…
jt
thrashin’ is available on demand right now, i’ve watched it 5 times in the last month ..
gleaming the cube was the month before.. maybe skateboard will be next month..
Paige
What about Thrashin’, man?!
Paul
Oh man that movie looks awesome.