The Man Who Souled the World

Aug 8, 2007

1h 27m

★ 6.3

Overview

Steve Rocco, the controversial godfather of street, led a cultural revolution during the early 1990s topping the corporate giants who controlled the skateboard industry and ushering in the most degenerate, savage, innovative & entertaining era in the history of skateboarding. For better or worse his legacy shaped skateboarding as we know it today like no other.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Whyte House Productions

The Man Who Souled the World Trailers

Cast

Self

Steve Rocco

Self

Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña

Self

Johnny Knoxville

Self

Sean Cliver

Self

Rick Kosick

Self

Mike Vallely

Self

Jeff Tremaine

Self

Celeste Baily

Self

Cerina Leigh Baily

Self

Larry Balma

Self

Salvador Barbier

Self

Steve Berra

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