Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

Jan 21, 2012

1h 51m

★ 8.0

Overview

When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Nonfiction Unlimited

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography Trailers

Cast

Self

Tony Alva

Self

Steve Caballero

Self

Shepard Fairey

Self

Tommy Guerrero

Self

Ben Harper

Self

Tony Hawk

Self

Christian Hosoi

Self

Mike McGill

Self

Lance Mountain

Self

Rodney Mullen

Self

Stacy Peralta

Self

George Powell

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