The Search for Animal Chin

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The Search for Animal Chin
Directed byStacy Peralta
Written byPaul Gross and John Smythe
Produced byStacy Peralta
StarringTony Hawk
Steve Caballero
Mike McGill
Lance Mountain
Tommy Guerrero
Rodney Mullen
Mike Vallely
Music byDennis Dragon, William Santschi, Johnny Rad
Distributed byPowell Peralta
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
65 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Search for Animal Chin is a 1987 skateboarding film featuring the

Bones Brigade
. It is one of the first skateboarding films to have a plot, rather than simply a collection of skateboarding stunts and music videos.

Plot summary

The Bones Brigade embark on a quest to find the first skateboarder, the mythological Won Ton "Animal" Chin who had gone missing. Their journey takes them to different locations including

half pipe
featuring a spine and a tunnel. They never find the actual Animal Chin, but come to realize that in their search they discover the true meaning of their journey, the pure fun of skateboarding.

Cast

Bones Brigade
:

The film also includes:

Also, in non-skating roles are Skip Engblom as a bouncer and Gerrit Graham as Alan Winters, the head of Slash Skates.

Legacy

The iconic ramp featured in the movie was rebuilt at Woodward West Skatepark in Tehachapi, California for the 30th anniversary of the film. The original Bones Brigade reunited and skated the ramp design that no one has skated in 30 years - the original was torn down after filming.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Watch the Bones Brigade skate the recreated 'Animal Chin' ramp 30 years later". Grind TV. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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