It’s amazing that Mack Dawg productions have graced us with 20 years of innovative and heavily influential film making.  Known primarily for their snowboard films like “New Kids On The Twock” and “Pocahontas”, Mack Dawg actually got it start with a couple of skateboard films.  Originally shot with Super 8 film, “Sick Boys” documented the early street skating scene of San Francisco with a few road trips thrown in.  The film featured some of skateboarding’s true legends such as Tommy Guerrero, Bryce Kanight, Mike Archimedes, Julian Stranger, Mikey Reyes, and Natas Kaupas.  The film quickly turned into a cult classic with around 500 original copies sold.  Well 20 years later, the movie will be re-released in DVD format with all sorts of extras and bonuses.  Check out the press release below for all the info. 

PRESS RELEASE
October 21, 2008

Mack Dawg Productions to Re-Release Legendary Skate Film “Sick Boys” on DVD

In 1988 Mack Dawg Productions released a skateboarding film called “Sick Boys”. Shot entirely on Super 8 film “Sick Boys” documents the early street skating movement in San Francisco along with footage of select demos, skate camps and competitions from those formative times. The film primarily focuses on legends Tommy Guerrero, Mickey Reyes, Bryce Kanights, Mike Archimedes, Natas Kaupas, Julien Stranger, Jim Thiebaud, Ron Allen, and Steve Caballero as well as shots of Christian Hosoi, Tony Magnusson, Eric Dressen, Danny Sargent, and many, many others.

Free from outside control or industry support, “Sick Boys” was produced without any sponsors and had a limited distribution of 1,000 VHS copies worldwide. Sick Boys has become a cult classic that truly depicts how fun and care free skating was 20 years ago. From the roots of the whole street movement to classic road trips and excursions “Sick Boys” remains relevant to this day. In order to commemorate this visual history, Mack Dawg Productions is proud to re-release “Sick Boys” for the first time on DVD.

Included extras within the re-release are the “Sick Boys to Men” never-before seen interviews with Tommy Guerrero, Mickey Reyes, Bryce Kanights, Mike Archimedes, Natas Kaupas, Julien Stranger, Jim Thiebaud, and Ron Allen. These 2008 interviews provide great insight into the way skating was back then and how being a skater featured in Sick Boys has changed and intertwined their lives. Also included is a collector’s booklet with classic photographic images from Bryce Kanights, Tobin Yelland and Luke Ogden.

“Sick Boys” DVDs will be shipping in November of 2008. Don’t miss out on this special re-release because it won’t happen again for another 20 years.

Man, after watching this trailer, it really makes me regret not keeping all of my old decks, broken or not.  I think what this movie can do for skate decks is what “Just For Kicks” probably did for sneakers, which is just raise the hype that much more.  So I encourage all you kids out there, please keep your skate decks.  They will be worth something some day.  And I don’t mean worth something as far as selling in an art show, but they will be worth something to you. 

This documentary will be interesting to see so many perspectives on the skateboard graphic because it looks like some of the old pros feel that their old decks are worth thousands where as other older guys see it as unfortunate that skate decks cost that much.  Maybe they should play a game of skate to see who’s right. 

Anyway, check out this trailer at the Sk8Face movie site and feel the nostalgia looking at all these skate decks.