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"There was so much aggression...they were more like a street gang than a skate team"
-SkateBoarder Magazine circa 1975

Zephyr Skateboard Team circa 1975

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(upper row L-R) Shogo Kubo, Bob Biniak, Nathan Pratt, Stacy Peralta, Jim Muir Alan Sarlo Chris Cahill, Tony Alva

(bottom row L-R) Wentzle Ruml IV, Peggy Oki, Jay Adams, Paul Constantineau

Jeff Ho "Baby" Paul Cullen Arthur Lake Marty Grimes Wes Humpston Dennis "Polar Bear" Agnew Larry Bertleman The Lords of DogTown (Spin Magazine 1999) DogTown Story in The LA Weekly (2001) 1970'S Pool Riding Symposium < 1970'S Bank Riding Article Skate Crews - SkateBoarder Magazine (2001) the BULLDOG Story: A Z-Boys.com exclusive Jay Adams with Z-Boys.com (2001) while incarcerated Wentzle Ruml IV with Z-Boys.com (2001) Shogo Kubo with Z-Boys.com (2001) Skip Engblom's lost 1977 interview The Z-Boys and the original DogTown crew are household names among skaters. Yet, many of the people they have interacted with are not nearly as recognizable. Z-Boys.com feels that the more one knows about them, the more one can truly appreciate all that went into their skating and their place in history. The Z-Boys.com "Who’s Who!" is an attempt to include everyone who has in one way or another contributed to the original DogTown scene. CLICK HERE OR BELOW TO FIND OUT MORE * * * * * * * * * * ONCE AGAIN Z-BOYS.COM GAVE YOU THE SCOOP BEFORE ANYONE ELSE! Online and never released to the public, rough deleted scene from the documentary "DogTown and Z-Boys"...The very loose rough cut discusses the original DogTown articles. It begins with some material that will be familiar to those who have seen the film, but then goes on to show various quotes from the stories and an entire scene that is an homage to the DogTown godfather Craig Stecyk III that was cut entirely. Narrated by Stacy Peralta before Sean Penn was signed on to narrate the film. 1975 Aspects of the Downhill Slide 1976 Fish Eyed Freaks and Long Dogs With Short Tails 1976 The Westside Style or Under the Skatetown Influence 1976 Frontier Tales or any Resemblance to any Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental 1977 Stranger Than Fiction 1977 Sequential Overdrive or Dog's Eye View 1977 Vicious Lies... 1977 Truth or Consequences 1979 Dead Dogs Never Lie ALVA SKATES 1970'S PRINT AD ARCHIVE DOGTOWN SKATES 1970'S PRINT AD ARCHIVE GLEN E. FRIEDMAN'S JUICE MAGAZINE DOGTOWN CHRONICLES THE ORIGINAL DOG BOWL "There was so much aggression...they were more like a street gang than a skate team" -SkateBoarder Magazine circa 1975 © 1997 - 2018 Z-BOYS.com