Alen Sarlo

Allen Sarlo was born in 1958 in Venice Beach. He was one of the original Z-Boys and a keen surfer, one who'd earned his right to surf the POP by the time he was only 14 years old.

Bob Biniak

Bob Biniak pioneered vertical skateboarding in the then-new terrain of empty swimming pools, Biniak's favorite spot in the mid-1970s was a pool behind a Beverly Hills mansion that was called keyhole, for its shape. It was one of dozens the skaters essentially commandeered.

chris cahill

In the mid-1970s, Cahill lived, worked and played in Dogtown, a scrappy part of Southside Santa Monica. He decorated surfboards with an airbrush at the Zephyr surf shop there and joined the shopÎéÎ÷s surf team. A talented kneeboarder, he skateboarded with friends when they could not surf.

Jay Adams

Adams' skateboarding was greatly influenced by Larry Bertlemann, a professional surfer who was known for dragging his hands along the waves as he rode them. In 1974, Adams became the youngest member to join the Zephyr surf team that represented the Santa Monica shop Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions. When asked about Adams, fellow Z-Boy Tony Alva said, "Some kids are born and raised on graham crackers and milk, he was born and raised on surfing and skateboarding."

Jim Muir

Jim Muir was born in 1958 in Venice, California. He is a professional skateboarder and skateboarding entrepreneur. He began skateboarding in 1963. He was a member of the Z-Boys skate team based in Santa Monica, California. Muir was the first member of the Z-Boys to use urethane wheels, and convinced Zephyr Surf Shop owner Jeff Ho to order them for the team. After the Z-Boys team collapsed, he skated for Sims Skateboards and, with Bob Biniak, helped to invent the first laminated skateboards.

Nathan Pratt

Nathan Pratt was the first and last Z-Boy to make the Jeff Ho and Zephyr Productions Surf Shop his second home. Though not lauded for his skating ability, he did pursue a career in surfing.

Paul Castiano

Paul Constantineau skated, surfed and worked in the Jeff Ho shop, with Skip and Stecyk. Chris Cahill sprayed the boards and Stecyk was the artist. In the movie, there's some footage from the shop and he's the little kid in the red coat standing in front of the counters. He would clean up and rap to people.

Peggy Oki

Peggy Oki is a female American skateboarder and surfer, as well as an artist and environmental activist. She skated with the Z-Boys in the 70's and was the only female member.

Shugo Kubo

Shogo Kubo, for those who do not know, was one of the most stylish and flowing pool and half pipe riders you'd ever see. To me Skaters like Ray "Bones", Steve Caballero, and Christian Hosoi, to name a few, were cut from his cloth. Shogo was an original, an innovator, and a competitor like none of the other "Z-Boys", and he was radical too.

Stacy Peralta

At the age of nineteen, Peralta became the highest-ranked professional skateboarder. Soon after, he joined with manufacturer George Powell to form the Powell-Peralta skate gear company. With the financial backing of Powell-Peralta, Peralta formed the seminal Bones Brigade, a skate team composed of some the best skaters at the time, many of whom revolutionized modern skateboarding. He also began directing and producing the first skating demo videos for skaters such as Tony Hawk.

Tony Alva

In 1972, he joined the Z-Boys skateboard team along with Jay Adams and Stacy Peralta. Alva and the other Z-Boys (also surfers) were among the first to bring skating empty pools into the mainstream. Alva is considered an originator in vertical skateboarding and is credited as one of the first skateboarders to do frontside airs.

Wentzle Ruml

Wentzle Ruml lV was a member of the legendary Zephyr skateboard team, he was never the most prominent member of the team, but is credited with being one of the pioneers of pool skateboarding. Stacy Peralta credits Ruml with pioneering the 360 slide and Tony Alva says he was the first to pull off a 180 lip slide into a 360 roundhouse back into a 180. As the team began to dissipate, Ruml moved to Hawaii to skate and surf with Jay Adams.