Editing Skateboarding (section)

=== Film ===
Skateboarding was popularized by the 1986 skateboarding cult classic ''[[Thrashin' (film)|Thrashin'<nowiki/>]]''. Directed by [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]] and starring [[Josh Brolin]], it features appearances from many famous skaters such as [[Tony Alva]], [[Tony Hawk]], [[Christian Hosoi]] and [[Steve Caballero]]. ''Thrashin'<nowiki/>'' also had a direct impact on ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]'', as [[Catherine Hardwicke]], who directed ''Lords of Dogtown'', was hired by Winters to work on ''Thrashin{{'}}'' as a [[production designer]] where she met, worked with and befriended many famous skaters including the real Alva, Hawk, Hosoi and Caballero.<ref name="Architecture"/>

Skateboarding was, at first, tied to the culture of [[surfing]]. As skateboarding spread across the United States to places unfamiliar with surfing or surfer culture, it developed an image of its own. For example, the classic film short ''[[Video Days]]'' (1991) portrayed skateboarders as "reckless rebels".<ref name="Architecture"/>

California duo [[Jan and Dean]] recorded the song "[[Sidewalk Surfin']]" in 1964, which is the [[Beach Boys]] song "[[Catch a Wave]]" with new lyrics associated with skateboarding instead of surfing.