The skateboarders in Lords of Dogtown are strange and beautiful things: graceful, sinuous, arcing into concrete, transforming graffiti-spattered streets into an ocean of dips and waves. Their lanky, ...

Catherine Hardwicke's gritty adaptation of skateboard docu "Dogtown and Z Boys" got shredded at the B.O. this summer. This misfire goes a long way toward explaining the unrated, extended cut of "Lords ...

In the summer of 1975, modern skateboarding was invented in the Santa Monica and Venice Beach areas of California. The young members of the Zephyr Team, sponsored by a permanently stoned surfboard ...

As long as the skateboarding rules in "Lords of Dogtown," this saga stays close to the essential vibe of the exploits of a rag-tag Venice crew profiled in Stacy Peralta's scintillating docu, "Dogtown ...