"Stoked" and the Whereabouts of 80's Skateboarders

I saw the documentary "Stoked" over the weekend, which follows Mark "Gator" Rogowski from his height of popularity to the rape and murder of a friend of his girlfriend. I remembered hearing something about this, but it occurred around 1990-91. By then I wouldn't have been paying much attention to skateboarding anymore. The film also mentions that Christian Hosoi was in prison on drug charges, and Jeff Phillips killed himself. Tony Hawk has of course fared better, with video games and television appearances. Lance Mountain is in the film quite a bit, as is Steve Caballero. I guess they both still skate. This film might be sort of a companion to "Dogtown and the Z-Boys," which is mostly more positive but also ends by mentioning that one of the prominent skaters wound up in prison (I think also on drug charges).
I have found that these films tap into a kind of nostalgia for me--am I going to be susceptible to such things, what with the Pixies reuniting? The film shows Gator as a jerk, which I think is the way I remember him. His world collapses as he converts to Christianity and his girlfriend dumps him. He says something about buying into the patriarchal tendancies of the religion, viewing his girlfriend as property. I get what he's saying, but I don't entirely see the connection to Christianity. It's of course sad in the end, perhaps partly to do with his quickly moving from doing very well for himself to not having any place for himself (the film shows a switch from vertical skating to street skating that Gator couldn't weather). A good soundtrack of Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, and Cult songs and a reminder of how reckless many of those within this subculture were brings me back to parties at some girl's house where some older prick stole my new board. It could have been worse.

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