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Powell Peralta: The Search for Animal Chin (1987)
Directed by Stacy Peralta
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Overview
The Bones Brigade travels around California, Nevada, and Hawaii to different skate spots in search of a wizened old man, Won Ton “Animal” Chin. The movie is of the old-school nomadic, skate-everything-in-your-path genre with interludes of stopping to rip-up a big ramp, pool or kicker. After much searching and skateboarding, they locate a large ramp in the desert. They also find a Chinese character on the inside of the ramp’s spine. They conclude that in searching for Mr. Chin, they may have found his spirit.
Length 66 minutes
Actors
Steve Caballero | Skip Engblom | Gerrit Graham | Tommy Guerrero | Tony Hawk | Mike McGill | Rodney Mullen | Lance Mountain | Mike Vallely
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/11/2011 | N/A | DVD | N/A | 4.5 stars |
| 06/02/2011 | N/A | DVD | N/A | 3.5 stars |
| (Average) 4 stars |
Viewing Notes
Film #6 of BTSNAT was a pick from Jenni! We had watched this a few days before to see if it’d fit and I was a little worried that all the skate scenes would end up being too boring for people, but it seemed it went over like gangbusters with quite a few people.
Chin is the first skate movie with a plot and while it’s super thin, it’s still a fun little watch with cornball dialog from from Bones Brigade: Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, and Steve Caballero.
I especially love the scene of them in the car rapping, the whole “I danked and ganked by body” conversation at Tony’s ramp, and the scene in the club.
The nice thing about Chin is that if you’re not a huge skate fan, you get to see history in the making as it really set the bar for skate videos and changed how they were made forever. Also seeing a young Tony Hawk is pretty cool.
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