The rise and fall of skateboarding counterculture begins and ends with "Dogtowns'" Z-Boys. A series of events leading to the exploration of a new form of athletic and stylistic expression, and a media outlet inspired a generation of rebellious youth. The fall of this counterculture is due to the media and corporate America expanding skateboarding into a popular middle class medium.
The awesome aggression and style incorporated power, fury, untamed individualism, and a free-spirited determination. This was a manifestation of living in a tough neighborhood bordering Santa Monica and Venice, California. They like all youth in a post industrial-revolution America, had time to explore and rebel against the mainstream views of America. The Z-boys like most of the youth growing up in "Dogtown" chose to surf as a means to define themselves. At the time surfing was not a socially acceptable activity. It was especially angst ridden at the dilapidated Pacific Ocean Park where they......

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Title: Z-Boys
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