Stacy Peralta

of not telling him was that he left them without even telling his parents where he was going or what he was doing losing their respect and trust. The idea of the large impact of nurturers also connects with the movie Riding Giants directed by Stacy Peralta, which talks about Bill Hamilton becoming the father of Laird Hamilton, who was a surfer and how Bill inspired Laird to become a top surfer. Bill Hamilton was Laird’s role model and nurturer the day he met him and changed him into the man he

The second film directed by Stacy Peralta that I have scene is Crips and Bloods: Made in America. Just like his other documentary films, this film takes a historical perspective. I was introduced to this film last month when we were covering historical documentaries. I believe that I had seen parts of this documentary but I had never watched the entire film until now. Crips and Bloods: Made in America was released in 2008 and explores the origins of the Crips and Bloods, two of the most prominent

So this is my topic and this is my research for how skateboards have advanced through my words 1950s This was the earliest known advent of what we would recognize as traditional skateboarding, beginning in California, where surfers invented a plank on wheels to simulate surfing on land. According to Wikipedia, the first skateboards were originally manufactured for surfers to use when they weren’t in the water. Crafted out of square wooden boards with a set of skate wheels from roller skates, Wikipedia

The skateboards been around for a long time but wouldn't you want to know how it was first made? Or what it originally looked like, or even why it was made? It all started in Santa Monica, California where surfing was rad and thrashing was bad! People loved to skateboard as much as they did surfing. Skateboarding was just a new way, on land! People loved to do manuals, 180s, 360s and shred the nar in empty pools! Larry Stevenson was born in california and loved to surf in santa monica. He was born

An exclusive club that was started by a group of delinquents and a piece of oak with wheels screwed on, later became the phenomenon that is now known as skateboarding. Wanting to show this evolution, Stacy Peralta directed, Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary that captures the history and the iconic moments of skateboarding. The trend of skateboarding was rapidly losing interest in the 70’s until a group of rebellious surfers, commonly known as the Z-Boys, decided to transfer their unique lifestyle

In addition to having a gay character, the show prominently features characters from other minority groups. Andy Samberg is Jewish and though his character’s last name boasts an Italian background (Peralta), seemingly offhand comments in the script suggest that Peralta is Jewish as well. Besides Captain Holt, there is a second black character, Sergeant Terry Jeffords (Terry Crews). Based on Jefford’s physique and problematic stereotypes plaguing black men, one might assume that he

Skateboarding has rich history of innovation and is full of intriguing stories. Many of these stories are documented in this book in great detail. However, this essay will provide you with an overview of the last nine decades. The first type of skateboards were actually more like scooters. These contraptions, which date back to the early 1900's featured roller skate wheels attached to a two by four. Often the wood had a milk crate nailed to it with handles sticking out for control. Over the next

involved. This is what Zlatan Ibrahimović a world-famous soccer player, and Chris McCandless, the main character of Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer went through in life, a proper role model was not present. The men in riding giants a documentary by Stacy Peralta, like Greg Noll, just left everything behind back at home to experiment with their lives by surfing. Nobody stopped any of them from going, because nobody cared enough. Getting out there every day in the water was a risk of losing their lives.

The factors of the effects of oppression in the lives of African American teenagers is the opposite of the factors in which that would produce “The American Dream”. The restrictions and exclusions of the government, history, and irrational mindsets has caused many African-American teenagers to depend on unorthodox alternatives for the use of spare time, making money, and the feeling of acceptance. Oppression of African-American teenagers has caused poor education, violence, gang activity, broken

20th century South Central Los Angeles in Menace II Society and--An ethnographic investigation and comparison of the film Menace II Society and the social and economic issues in South Central Los Angeles in the 20th century Introduction Before the picture even starts rolling in the film, a question which represents the economic issues of a place where poverty pervades a third of the population is posed