Cinema of Stoke: Skate Movies Reviewed
4/05/2021
When I was a kid, there were only a handful of movies with skateboarding in them. These days, however, there’s a digital dongload of skate-centric movies all within a Roku remote’s tap away. Here’s some of the skate flicks I’ve been binging on during quarantine. —Michael Sieben
As seen in the March 2021 issue.
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Cameos: Bob Burnquist, Ryan Sheckler
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Cameos: Tony Hawk
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The title of this movie is very misleading. If they’d just accurately named it, the decision would be so much easier. Longboard or die? That’s easy! Hand me that shovel, bro. I’ll start digging my grave.
Cameos: Freakin’ nobody
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Cameos: Tony Alva, Andy Mac, Ryan Sheckler
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Cameos: Joey Brezinski
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![Skate Movies Slam New](/images/Adam/Cinema_of_Stoke_skate_movie_reviews/Skate_Movies_Slam_New_1x.jpg?t=1617653737)
Now, I like Tony Hawk, autobiographies, babies and teenagers all on their own, but when you combine them and have Tony Hawk reading his autobiography while a couple of teenagers make a baby, well, it just kinda makes me feel weird. And I don’t mean good weird. I mean like I wish Tony Hawk would stop reading his autobiography and I wish those teenagers would quit porking each other.
Cameos: Tony Hawk’s voice
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![Skate Movies Hardflip new](/images/Adam/Cinema_of_Stoke_skate_movie_reviews/Skate_Movies_Hardflip_new_1x.jpg?t=1617653737)
Cameos: Christian Hosoi, Brian Sumner, Luis Tolentino, Bennett Harada
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Cameos: Sage Bolyard, Rick Charnoski, Danny Minnick
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