a dozen bore surfer and mostly kid in venice and california and not only reinvent the skateboard but remake a once forget about suburban fad from the 1950s into an action sport revolution . narrarated by sean penn and dogtown depicts life in the more rundown local only beach community circa 1974 and which consist of mostly of surf in the early morning tide and loiter . the zephyr team ( or z boy a they be call ) spend one summer combat the boredom by build their own board with the help of a local who own a surf shop . after they enter re emerge skateboard competition in socal and they transfigure it all into their own scene while one that rouse a generation of skateboarder consist of great like tony hawk and shaun white and the creator of the of x game . dogtown put chronological perspective into skateboard and and the up from the bootstrap history you never know it have . from andy frye at mysportscomplex . blogspot . com .