"Hi Everyone!, I found a Super 8 Reel from 1979, recovered it, edited it, and musicalized... It is my great pleasure to share this video with all of you, as it is an important period of my life.

Dog Town was a skateboard park that my father built and managed, I was 10 years old when Dog town opened and received the world's greatest skaters at that time, featuring legendary Tony Alva, Jim Plummer and more.... Thanks to my father, that supported me to do Skateboarding and encouraged me to do so... Now, this video will preserve those memories forever! Gracias Papá..."

Courtesy of Manuel Santos

"Born in 1970 just a few miles down the coast (a little south) I can remember climbing fences to watch the older kids skate empty pools. Most of us around that time were from divorced homes (not ALL, but most), so we had time to kill and freedoms a 9 year old today would never have as our moms had to work. When i tell people how many kids ended up in prison from what is now an affluent beach community, people usually look at me funny. Back in the day, the Beach was a rough, run down, almost a white ghetto...but it was ours, and we knew we had it good. We just had to watch our step back then"

"So awesome to see this kept alive. It brings back great memories of skating back then when I was a kid. What a great piece of history. Thank you!"

"Wow, what a great father! I could only imagine what it must have been like as a 10 yr old to have his is own skatepark and personality skate and know all the the legends! Thanks for preserving and sharing a part of of a lot of our lives as kids,,,,Man, that just took me back to very happy times in my life! Thanks bro"

"Thanks so much for posting this and putting it together!!! I graduated high school in 79 and was skating for a few years, so I grew up bacically worshiping the Z Boyz, Tony Alva and Jay and all those guys. I devoured every edition of Skateboarder Magizine, and to this day remember those pipes out in the desert, and so much more. I thought that must have been Tony watching him skate, I can almost date it by the moves that people were doing, and trying, but not quite putting off, as I remember seeing those first guys doing a rock and roll and falling back in, or the first Ollie air, or whatever. Brings back such memories! Those were freaking awesome days, oil embargo, Watergate, and all!"

"Great video! I was a keen skater in that era in the UK, I used to buy the US skateboard magazines and pore over the pictures for hours. Fantastic to see that era brought to life on YouTube!"