Stacy Peralta

to recovery due to the hole he had dug himself with years of his life spent in and out of prison. In Josh Dickey’s article, Original 'Z-Boys' Skater Jay Adams Dead at 53, he states, “His friends had said he was excited about turning his life around, using the prolonged surfing trip as a jumping-off point into a more settled, sober third act” (Dickey). This quote shows how much better he was doing compared to his past. He was sober again and was even allowed to go to Mexico on a surf trip. Even though Jay is no longer here today he will always be remembered by his contribution to skateboarding rather than his negative past. "’He was like the original viral spore that created skateboarding,’ fellow skateboarder and documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta told The Associated Press on Friday. ‘He was it’" (HollywoodReporter.com). Even other great skateboarders recognize that Jay will always be understood to be one of the founders of the sport that skateboarding is…

Muscle Beach was founded in 1934, by California Department of Parks and Recreation. Originally located in Santa Monica later moved to Venice. By the year 1950, Muscle beach developed worldwide fame by popularizing physical culture with acrobatics, bodybuilding, and contributing to the nationwide health and fitness movement. 1) Muscle beach not only signifies one of the main stereotypes of Californians, but also shows to be a place where people can go to take their frustrations out on the…

We all have heard of Spider Man. He was the average teenager until he was bitten by a radioactive spider. I like Spider Man but I believe there are a lot of things missing in his movies. The police and government are portrayed poorly, as to assisting Spider Man or lack there of. Spider Man goes about doing his own thing, outside of the law. He is something we can all relate to and I believe that is why a lot of people like him. Most people would say they want to be like Spider Man because of his…

During the 1970's a group of skaters called the Z-boys created a punk style that still exists today. The skaters were part of a skate team called The Jeff Ho Zephyr team that's where they got the name Z-boys. The start of Z-boys was in 1973 when Jeff Ho opened his surf shop in Venice beach California. The first Z-boy was Nathan Pratt when he was 14 years old. He was hired to work as a surfboard maker and the founder of the Z-boys. By 1974 the Z-boys had 5 members Allen Sarlo, Jay Adams, Tony…

interrogated like a criminal. In the documentary, Peralta shows the Watts Riot of 1965 as an example of urban unrest. According to Healey (2013), he compares race riots during the 19th century and the urban unrest of 1965 by expressing that it “consisted largely of attacks by blacks against the symbols of their oppression and frustration” (p. 256). The causes of the Watt Riot of 1965 were de facto segregation and discrimination. Police discrimination resulted into many African Americans having a…

was everything” As a consequent result of the impact of the thriving new surf style happening in the Hawaiian Islands, I skated with a radical new excellent free edge surf style. My style was dynamic and specific qualification a glaring appear differently in relation to the made standard style of the time which was still based around traps portrayed in the 1960's. My aptitudes, rose fit style and charming nature incited me changing into a pro skateboarder and exceptionally noticeable in my…