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"SPIDEY" At SksterCon 2017
MADE IN VENICE IS AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL COME TO THE HEARTBEAT OF SKATEBOARDING, FROM ITS BIRTHPLACE ON THE STREETS OF VENICE AND SANTA MONICA - AKA "DOGTOWN" - TO THE LOCAL SKATEBOARDERS WHO'VE HELD UP ITS "TRADITIONS" FROM THE EARLY '70s AND STILL DO TODAY.
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MADE IN VENICE TAKES YOU ON A RIPPIN', SHREDDIN' RIDE WITH THE SKATEBOARDERS OF VENICE FROM "RAISING HELL" ON THE BEACH IN THEIR TEENS TO TURNING PRO AND PUTTING "STREET SKATING" ON THE GLOBAL MAP. BUT, AS YOU'LL FIND OUT IN THE MOVIE, DEFYING GRAVITY ON A SKATEBOARD WAS EASY COMPARED TO GETTING A SKATEPARK. THEIR BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF ALL WASN'T BECOMING SKATEBOARDING LEGENDS. IT WAS ABOUT GETTING WHAT THEY DREAMED OF… A SKATEPARK ON VENICE BEACH… FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PRO SKATERS OF TOMORROW. MADE IN VENICE … A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM… CAPTURES THE FIRSTHAND STORIES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF 40-PLUS YEARS OF SKATEBOARDING THAT STARTED WITH THE Z-BOYS, CONTINUING WITH ITS LEGENDARY "STREET SKATERS," AND THE MAKING OF THE NOW-ICONIC VENICE SKATEPARK.
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