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stacy peralta the most business minded of the zboys skateboarding team
Stacy Peralta (born October 15, 1957) is an American director, as well as a former professional skateboarder, team surfer and entrepreneur. He is one of the original Z-Boys.
He was born in California. At age 11, Peralta began competing with the Z-Boys, a group sponsored by the surf shop "Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions". His second sponsor was "Gordon and Smith". The Del Mar Nationals was his first competition, a contest with two board skate categories, slalom and freestyle. He nevertheless placed well, sixth or eighth in the freestyle. Following the Del Mar Nationals, Peralta worked to master the conventional maneuvers required of competitive freestyle skating, and within eight months of his first competition became the number three skateboard freestyler at the World Skateboard Championship.[1] He even showcased his talent in the popular television show Charlie's Angels.
Peralta can lay claim to the invention of the frontside flip to fakie, although this was on the rolled-over lip of skatepark bowls—it took the young Alan Losi to take it to the coping at the Upland Pipeline skatepark. To help skaters ride this maneuver in, Stacy came up with a device called a "lapper" which was essentially a tough polyethylene flap that bolted to the front of the board's rear truck. These are rarely seen nowadays.
At the age of 19, Peralta became the highest-ranked professional skateboarder. Soon after, he joined with manufacturer George Powell to form the Powell-Peralta skate gear company. With the financial backing of Powell-Peralta, Peralta formed the seminal Bones Brigade, a skate team composed of some the best skaters at the time, many of whom revolutionized modern skateboarding. He also began directing and producing the first skating demo videos for skaters such as Tony Hawk.
Stacy Peralta is also credited in the 1985 movie Real Genius with Val Kilmer, William Atherton and Gabriel Jarret. Stacy played commander of a fictional space vehicle delivering a deadly laser toward an unsuspecting criminal during the film's opening scene.
Peralta holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film in January 2005
In 1992, Peralta left Powell-Peralta to direct and produce for television full-time. His still-lingering love of the board manifested itself in the film, Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary film regarding the legendary skateboard team known as the Z-Boys, and Riding Giants, a 2004 documentary of the history of modern big wave surfing and tow-in surfing. Dogtown won an award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Peralta also wrote the screenplay for the dramatic retelling of the Dogtown days in Lords of Dogtown (2005). His most recently released film, Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008),[2] focuses on gang violence in south-central Los Angeles. Showing his typical historical flair, he provides an insight into the origins of the infamous Crips and Bloods with a look at the social injustice of 1950s and 60s L.A.
Most recently, Peralta directed a series of television commercials for Burger King featuring the invasion of American culture into places television had never corrupted before, in the guise of science and anthropological study. Peralta helped promote the illusion this was a friendly cultural exchange. Subsequently Peralta came under attack for directing the ad.
Peralta's experience as an entrepreneur and skate demo filmmaker was adapted for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground; Peralta played himself in the game.
Divorced in the 1990s, he has one son, Austin Peralta, he remarried again in 2001 to Gemma Vizor, together they have one child, called Willow.
Peralta is one quarter Mexican on his father's side.[3
He was born in California. At age 11, Peralta began competing with the Z-Boys, a group sponsored by the surf shop "Jeff Ho and Zephyr Surfboard Productions". His second sponsor was "Gordon and Smith". The Del Mar Nationals was his first competition, a contest with two board skate categories, slalom and freestyle. He nevertheless placed well, sixth or eighth in the freestyle. Following the Del Mar Nationals, Peralta worked to master the conventional maneuvers required of competitive freestyle skating, and within eight months of his first competition became the number three skateboard freestyler at the World Skateboard Championship.[1] He even showcased his talent in the popular television show Charlie's Angels.
Peralta can lay claim to the invention of the frontside flip to fakie, although this was on the rolled-over lip of skatepark bowls—it took the young Alan Losi to take it to the coping at the Upland Pipeline skatepark. To help skaters ride this maneuver in, Stacy came up with a device called a "lapper" which was essentially a tough polyethylene flap that bolted to the front of the board's rear truck. These are rarely seen nowadays.
At the age of 19, Peralta became the highest-ranked professional skateboarder. Soon after, he joined with manufacturer George Powell to form the Powell-Peralta skate gear company. With the financial backing of Powell-Peralta, Peralta formed the seminal Bones Brigade, a skate team composed of some the best skaters at the time, many of whom revolutionized modern skateboarding. He also began directing and producing the first skating demo videos for skaters such as Tony Hawk.
Stacy Peralta is also credited in the 1985 movie Real Genius with Val Kilmer, William Atherton and Gabriel Jarret. Stacy played commander of a fictional space vehicle delivering a deadly laser toward an unsuspecting criminal during the film's opening scene.
Peralta holding a producer credit for The 1 Second Film in January 2005
In 1992, Peralta left Powell-Peralta to direct and produce for television full-time. His still-lingering love of the board manifested itself in the film, Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary film regarding the legendary skateboard team known as the Z-Boys, and Riding Giants, a 2004 documentary of the history of modern big wave surfing and tow-in surfing. Dogtown won an award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Peralta also wrote the screenplay for the dramatic retelling of the Dogtown days in Lords of Dogtown (2005). His most recently released film, Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008),[2] focuses on gang violence in south-central Los Angeles. Showing his typical historical flair, he provides an insight into the origins of the infamous Crips and Bloods with a look at the social injustice of 1950s and 60s L.A.
Most recently, Peralta directed a series of television commercials for Burger King featuring the invasion of American culture into places television had never corrupted before, in the guise of science and anthropological study. Peralta helped promote the illusion this was a friendly cultural exchange. Subsequently Peralta came under attack for directing the ad.
Peralta's experience as an entrepreneur and skate demo filmmaker was adapted for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground; Peralta played himself in the game.
Divorced in the 1990s, he has one son, Austin Peralta, he remarried again in 2001 to Gemma Vizor, together they have one child, called Willow.
Peralta is one quarter Mexican on his father's side.[3
tony alva the originator of so cal skateboarding!
Tony Alva (born September 2, 1957) is one of the original Z-Boys and is considered to be one of the most influential skateboarders of all time.
He is Professional Skateboarding's first World Champion in history. He won this title in 1977.
He was born in Santa Monica,California and comes from a Mexican-American family.[1] The level of aggression with which Alva skated was in stark contrast to the traditional style of the era which was still based around tricks formulated in the 1960s. Alva and the other Z-Boys were among the first to bring skating empty pools into the mainstream. In these early days, it was noted that Alva was hitting the lip so hard that he was actually taking off, hence Alva is often credited for the first recorded aerials, a frontside air, although Alva himself claimed that George Orton was the first to perform aerials (Skateboarder magazine, July, 1978).
In 1977, at age nineteen, Alva shunned the major skate companies to form his own skateboard company, Alva Skates. Alva's company was the first company ever run and owned by a skateboarder as well as being one of the first to use layered maple plywood for the skate decks. The same year he was voted 'skateboarder of the year' in Skateboarder Magazine's readers' poll and he set the Guinness World Record for barrel jumping.[2]
Alva is featured in the documentary on Venice Beach skate culture Dogtown and Z-Boys which was fictionalized into the 2005 feature film Lords of Dogtown. He also played the role of Tony Bluetile in the 1978 film, Skateboard: The Movie.
Tony Alva recently signed a three year deal with Vans shoes and his new pro model high top was released in 2006.
Tony Alva was recently featured in the video game, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
In December 2005, Tony Alva opened two stores in Southern California locations. The Alva Shop stores are located in Oceanside near San Diego, California and, the other Alva Shop was opened in Los Angeles on Fairfax Ave. In December 2006, he celebrated the first anniversary of the stores with a party at the Los Angeles Alva Shop attended by some of the old Z-boys, current Alva Team members, MySpace friends, skate fans, and some minor celebrities including “Ryno” Ryan Opray of Survivor. Tony signed autographs and served as DJ for the catered event. The evergreen bad boy image of the legendary Z-Boy was present in the publicity post card invitation for the Alva Shop 1 Year Anniversary Party which featured a drawing of a hand flipping the bird with a lit wick coming off of the end of the middle finger as if it were a birthday candle.
He is Professional Skateboarding's first World Champion in history. He won this title in 1977.
He was born in Santa Monica,California and comes from a Mexican-American family.[1] The level of aggression with which Alva skated was in stark contrast to the traditional style of the era which was still based around tricks formulated in the 1960s. Alva and the other Z-Boys were among the first to bring skating empty pools into the mainstream. In these early days, it was noted that Alva was hitting the lip so hard that he was actually taking off, hence Alva is often credited for the first recorded aerials, a frontside air, although Alva himself claimed that George Orton was the first to perform aerials (Skateboarder magazine, July, 1978).
In 1977, at age nineteen, Alva shunned the major skate companies to form his own skateboard company, Alva Skates. Alva's company was the first company ever run and owned by a skateboarder as well as being one of the first to use layered maple plywood for the skate decks. The same year he was voted 'skateboarder of the year' in Skateboarder Magazine's readers' poll and he set the Guinness World Record for barrel jumping.[2]
Alva is featured in the documentary on Venice Beach skate culture Dogtown and Z-Boys which was fictionalized into the 2005 feature film Lords of Dogtown. He also played the role of Tony Bluetile in the 1978 film, Skateboard: The Movie.
Tony Alva recently signed a three year deal with Vans shoes and his new pro model high top was released in 2006.
Tony Alva was recently featured in the video game, Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
In December 2005, Tony Alva opened two stores in Southern California locations. The Alva Shop stores are located in Oceanside near San Diego, California and, the other Alva Shop was opened in Los Angeles on Fairfax Ave. In December 2006, he celebrated the first anniversary of the stores with a party at the Los Angeles Alva Shop attended by some of the old Z-boys, current Alva Team members, MySpace friends, skate fans, and some minor celebrities including “Ryno” Ryan Opray of Survivor. Tony signed autographs and served as DJ for the catered event. The evergreen bad boy image of the legendary Z-Boy was present in the publicity post card invitation for the Alva Shop 1 Year Anniversary Party which featured a drawing of a hand flipping the bird with a lit wick coming off of the end of the middle finger as if it were a birthday candle.
Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions
Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions
"Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions" was a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop located in Santa Monica, California that opened in 1973 and closed in 1976. The building was designated as a City Landmark in 2007.
In 1971, Jeff Ho, Craig Stecyk, and Skip Engblom opened Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions, a surf shop in the Venice Beach area of Santa Monica, and also used the south wing of the facility for manufacturing their surfboards. The building is located at 2001-2011 Main Street.[1] The surf shop closed in 1976, and was reopened in 1977 by Nathan Pratt as Horizons West Surf Shop. That shop remains in operation in the same location to this date.[2]
[edit]Significance
Ho and Engblom formed the Zephyr Surf Team, made up of local surfers who frequented Pacific Ocean Park in the run down area of Dogtown. They later formed the Zephyr Skate Team, which became widely know as Z-Boys and is legendary for popularizing the sport. The Z-Boys are famous for bringing an aggressive new style to the sport, involving a surf style and skating pools. The Z-boys were based in Zephyr Productions, and it was a regular hang-out for the members. Several members were also employed part-time at the surf shop. Several now-famous members of the team included Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, and Jay Adams. The team was the subject of a 2001 documentary film "Dogtown and Z-Boys" and a 2005 Biographical film "Lords of Dogtown", both feature the Zephyr Productions Surf Shop.
[edit]City Landmark Designation
In 2007, the building housing Horisons West Surf Shop (formerly Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions) was designated to be demolished in order to construct condominiums.[3] Local skaters and surfers, lead by Jacob Samuel[4] began fighting to protect the building.[5] On April 9, 2007, an application was filed to designate the building as a City Landmark. On May 14, 2007, the Planning and Community Development Department of Santa Monica ruled that the building met the minimum of 4 eligable criteria, and was officially designated as a City Landmark.[6]
"Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions" was a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop located in Santa Monica, California that opened in 1973 and closed in 1976. The building was designated as a City Landmark in 2007.
In 1971, Jeff Ho, Craig Stecyk, and Skip Engblom opened Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions, a surf shop in the Venice Beach area of Santa Monica, and also used the south wing of the facility for manufacturing their surfboards. The building is located at 2001-2011 Main Street.[1] The surf shop closed in 1976, and was reopened in 1977 by Nathan Pratt as Horizons West Surf Shop. That shop remains in operation in the same location to this date.[2]
[edit]Significance
Ho and Engblom formed the Zephyr Surf Team, made up of local surfers who frequented Pacific Ocean Park in the run down area of Dogtown. They later formed the Zephyr Skate Team, which became widely know as Z-Boys and is legendary for popularizing the sport. The Z-Boys are famous for bringing an aggressive new style to the sport, involving a surf style and skating pools. The Z-boys were based in Zephyr Productions, and it was a regular hang-out for the members. Several members were also employed part-time at the surf shop. Several now-famous members of the team included Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, and Jay Adams. The team was the subject of a 2001 documentary film "Dogtown and Z-Boys" and a 2005 Biographical film "Lords of Dogtown", both feature the Zephyr Productions Surf Shop.
[edit]City Landmark Designation
In 2007, the building housing Horisons West Surf Shop (formerly Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions) was designated to be demolished in order to construct condominiums.[3] Local skaters and surfers, lead by Jacob Samuel[4] began fighting to protect the building.[5] On April 9, 2007, an application was filed to designate the building as a City Landmark. On May 14, 2007, the Planning and Community Development Department of Santa Monica ruled that the building met the minimum of 4 eligable criteria, and was officially designated as a City Landmark.[6]
jay "jayboy" adams maybe the best skater ever,by my opinion!
Skateboarding
He was born in Santa Monica, California. As a teenager in the mid-1970s, he was a member of the original Zephyr skateboard team and of the Zephyr surf team along with Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. According to fellow Zephyr skateboard team member and Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade founder Stacy Peralta Adams "is probably not the greatest skater of all time, but I can say without fear of being wrong that he is clearly the archetype of modern-day skateboarding.[1] The Godfather of modern day skateboarding, Craig Stecyk, dubbed Adams "the original 'seed.'"[2] Stecyk also wrote, "Having known Adams over the years I really can't say he's changed much. He remains one of the most spontaneous, unpredictable persons I've ever encountered... Everything you've ever heard about him is probably true, or should be anyway. Mere words could never come close to accurately describing him."[3].
He currently rides for Z-Flex skateboards and has had many guest boards throughout the years for many different companies, including companies such as Rayner's Skates.
[edit]In Popular Culture
Adams is featured prominently in the award winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys and in the dramatized film account of the Z-Boys origins, Lords of Dogtown in which he made a cameo as a party guest.
The character Iggy Van Zandt from Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is based on Jay Adams.
[edit]Legal problems
In 1982, Adams was involved in the beating death of the gay man Timothy Withers. He was convicted of assault in that case and sentenced to six months in prison. [4]. He was also in and out of prisons through the next two decades as he struggled with drug addiction. [4]
He served two and a half years of a four year sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon, after being caught on a wiretap acting as a go-between for a buyer and seller of crystal methamphetamine. He was released to a halfway house on July 8, 2008 for the remainder of his sentence.[4]
[edit]Personal life
He is married to Sonya Gharsallah, with whom he has a daughter, Venice. He also has a son, Seven, from a prior relationship. [4]
[edit]Further reading
DOGTOWN-The Legend of the Z-Boys, C.R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman, Burning Flags Press, 2000, ISBN 0-9641916-4-4
JAY-BOY - Classic photographs by Jay Adams stepfather, Kent Sherwood, Concrete Wave Editions, 2006, ISBN 0973528664 *[1]
Scarred for Life - Eleven Stories About Skateboarders by Keith Hamm, Chronicle Books, 2004, ISBN 0811840530
He was born in Santa Monica, California. As a teenager in the mid-1970s, he was a member of the original Zephyr skateboard team and of the Zephyr surf team along with Tony Alva and Stacy Peralta. According to fellow Zephyr skateboard team member and Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade founder Stacy Peralta Adams "is probably not the greatest skater of all time, but I can say without fear of being wrong that he is clearly the archetype of modern-day skateboarding.[1] The Godfather of modern day skateboarding, Craig Stecyk, dubbed Adams "the original 'seed.'"[2] Stecyk also wrote, "Having known Adams over the years I really can't say he's changed much. He remains one of the most spontaneous, unpredictable persons I've ever encountered... Everything you've ever heard about him is probably true, or should be anyway. Mere words could never come close to accurately describing him."[3].
He currently rides for Z-Flex skateboards and has had many guest boards throughout the years for many different companies, including companies such as Rayner's Skates.
[edit]In Popular Culture
Adams is featured prominently in the award winning documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys and in the dramatized film account of the Z-Boys origins, Lords of Dogtown in which he made a cameo as a party guest.
The character Iggy Van Zandt from Tony Hawk's American Wasteland is based on Jay Adams.
[edit]Legal problems
In 1982, Adams was involved in the beating death of the gay man Timothy Withers. He was convicted of assault in that case and sentenced to six months in prison. [4]. He was also in and out of prisons through the next two decades as he struggled with drug addiction. [4]
He served two and a half years of a four year sentence in the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Oregon, after being caught on a wiretap acting as a go-between for a buyer and seller of crystal methamphetamine. He was released to a halfway house on July 8, 2008 for the remainder of his sentence.[4]
[edit]Personal life
He is married to Sonya Gharsallah, with whom he has a daughter, Venice. He also has a son, Seven, from a prior relationship. [4]
[edit]Further reading
DOGTOWN-The Legend of the Z-Boys, C.R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman, Burning Flags Press, 2000, ISBN 0-9641916-4-4
JAY-BOY - Classic photographs by Jay Adams stepfather, Kent Sherwood, Concrete Wave Editions, 2006, ISBN 0973528664 *[1]
Scarred for Life - Eleven Stories About Skateboarders by Keith Hamm, Chronicle Books, 2004, ISBN 0811840530
history of powell peralta american skateboard company
Powell Peralta, originally founded by George Powell, is an American skateboard company.
George Powell studied engineering at Stanford University and started making homemade skateboards in 1957. In 1974, Powell's son came and asked for a skateboard. When Powell pulled an old one out of the garage, his son complained it did not have urethane wheels. Powell became interested in skateboarding again, as he realized urethane wheels improved a skateboard's ride. With this prompting, Powell started making his own skateboards and wheels. He bought urethane and baked his own wheels. He also used some of new materials like aluminum and fiberglass to fabricate his own composite boards. One of the test riders of one of his flexible slalom boards was Stacy Peralta.
When Powell was laid off from his job in the aerospace industry, he packed up and moved from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara to start his own skateboard manufacturing business. In 1976, George built the Quicksilver ProSlalom deck which he marketed through Sims. This was followed by the Quicktail.
George started to make wheels too. He developed wheels named Bones because of their white color.
Skateboarding changed and George Powell moved into wood laminates.
In 1978 George teamed up with Stacy Peralta. Peralta was a big name in skateboarding and took over team management and advertising. In 1979 they created a skateboarding team called the Bones Brigade, which included many of the best skateboarders of the era. Powell Peralta developed a signature art style with a skeleton motif and their artwork stood out in the market. Arguably, they were the most popular skateboarding company in terms of deck and wheel sales throughout the 1980s, producing the now famous Tony Hawk Iron Cross deck as well as the McGill Skull and Snake; Caballero Dragon; Lance Mountain Future Primitive graphics and the Ray Underhill cross graphic along with continuing to produce Bones wheels. Powell Peralta went on to produce the Bones Brigade videos which became some of the most influential skateboarding videos of the era.
In the late 1980s, smaller skater run companies like World Industries appeared and took market share from the bigger companies. Powell Peralta suffered as many of their riders defected and either set up or rode for those new independent companies. At the end of 1991 Stacy Peralta left Powell Peralta.
The company was re-branded as Powell Corporation, and despite severe financial problems initially, Powell continues to make skateboard products today, including Bones bearings and wheels, which are very popular with pros and amateurs alike. Powell has also revisited their enormous market success of the 1980s with their new line of re-issue decks under the new brand, Powell Classic. These have proven to be widely popular with the generation of 70s and 80s skaters who remember and esteem the intricate pop art style graphics of the classic decks.
In 2005, George Powell and Stacy Peralta teamed up once again to re-issue some of the original pro models under the Powell-Peralta brand. New reissues include models from Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Jay Smith, Steve Caballero, Ray "Bones" Rodriguez, Frankie Hill and Ray Underhill. Some of Powells am team has looked promising recently. Such as Mark Suchu who placed high in E.s skate.
George Powell studied engineering at Stanford University and started making homemade skateboards in 1957. In 1974, Powell's son came and asked for a skateboard. When Powell pulled an old one out of the garage, his son complained it did not have urethane wheels. Powell became interested in skateboarding again, as he realized urethane wheels improved a skateboard's ride. With this prompting, Powell started making his own skateboards and wheels. He bought urethane and baked his own wheels. He also used some of new materials like aluminum and fiberglass to fabricate his own composite boards. One of the test riders of one of his flexible slalom boards was Stacy Peralta.
When Powell was laid off from his job in the aerospace industry, he packed up and moved from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara to start his own skateboard manufacturing business. In 1976, George built the Quicksilver ProSlalom deck which he marketed through Sims. This was followed by the Quicktail.
George started to make wheels too. He developed wheels named Bones because of their white color.
Skateboarding changed and George Powell moved into wood laminates.
In 1978 George teamed up with Stacy Peralta. Peralta was a big name in skateboarding and took over team management and advertising. In 1979 they created a skateboarding team called the Bones Brigade, which included many of the best skateboarders of the era. Powell Peralta developed a signature art style with a skeleton motif and their artwork stood out in the market. Arguably, they were the most popular skateboarding company in terms of deck and wheel sales throughout the 1980s, producing the now famous Tony Hawk Iron Cross deck as well as the McGill Skull and Snake; Caballero Dragon; Lance Mountain Future Primitive graphics and the Ray Underhill cross graphic along with continuing to produce Bones wheels. Powell Peralta went on to produce the Bones Brigade videos which became some of the most influential skateboarding videos of the era.
In the late 1980s, smaller skater run companies like World Industries appeared and took market share from the bigger companies. Powell Peralta suffered as many of their riders defected and either set up or rode for those new independent companies. At the end of 1991 Stacy Peralta left Powell Peralta.
The company was re-branded as Powell Corporation, and despite severe financial problems initially, Powell continues to make skateboard products today, including Bones bearings and wheels, which are very popular with pros and amateurs alike. Powell has also revisited their enormous market success of the 1980s with their new line of re-issue decks under the new brand, Powell Classic. These have proven to be widely popular with the generation of 70s and 80s skaters who remember and esteem the intricate pop art style graphics of the classic decks.
In 2005, George Powell and Stacy Peralta teamed up once again to re-issue some of the original pro models under the Powell-Peralta brand. New reissues include models from Alan "Ollie" Gelfand, Jay Smith, Steve Caballero, Ray "Bones" Rodriguez, Frankie Hill and Ray Underhill. Some of Powells am team has looked promising recently. Such as Mark Suchu who placed high in E.s skate.
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