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Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

20128.01h 51m

Overview

When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.

Directed by Stacy Peralta
Box OfficeBudget: $1100

Top Cast

Tony Alva

Tony Alva

Self

Steve Caballero

Steve Caballero

Self

Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey

Self

Tommy Guerrero

Tommy Guerrero

Self

Ben Harper

Ben Harper

Self

Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk

Self

Christian Hosoi

Christian Hosoi

Self

M

Mike McGill

Self

Lance Mountain

Lance Mountain

Self

Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen

Self

Themes & Keywords

californiaskateboardingskateboarder

About Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography is a documentary film released in 2012 exploring themes of california, skateboarding, skateboarder. Directed by Stacy Peralta, it stars Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Shepard Fairey. When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.

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