Stacy Peralta

Stacy Peralta, one of the original Z-Boys and founders of Powell-Peralta, breaks down his new documentary based on the Bones Brigade. Read up and get a proper skate history lesson.  

Prior to 2001, Stacy Peralta was “just” known as one of the young luminaries of skateboarding, a wunderkind skater who turned his sense of civil disobedience into some of the most influential tricks and techniques in the sport’s history. But after “Dogtown and Z-Boys,” Peralta became something of an official biographer for skateboarding as a whole, not just creating a riveting documentary but spawning the fictionalized version of his younger...  

"Bones Brigade" also features cameos from the likes of Shepard Fairey, Ben Harper and Fred Durst, whose every appearance earned loud and vocal derision from the premiere night crowd. The interviews are all shot in a warehouse decorated with skating ...  

Exploring board graphics, design and creativity in skate culture from the 1960s to today, the exhibition features boards including Tony Hawk’s first signature model and a board owned by skateboarder Stacy Peralta. Board will be on display at the National ...