The Original Z-FLEX and The Z-BOYS Reunion 

I feel like I've heard their story a million times but it's still so cool everytime I hear it. Love these guys. R.I.P. Jay Adams. Him and Emile Hirsch's portrayal of him got me into skating.

The people who disliked it were the pool owners

@9:10- "the good thing is that Jay's still here. Thank god" - Tony Alva.. TA lost a brother today RIP Jay...

The part where Alva says "Jay's still with us, thank GOD" made me tear up on the inside. I was so close to meeting him too! The only 3 days I ever spent in Cali, went to the Z-flex shop and asked if Jay was there. They told me he was, just three days before, and he went back to Hawaii. I really wish I could have met him. Bless your soul brother. The art you lived and created is eternal!!!

Here is why Jay is the GOAT. He had the total essence of what skating was supposed to be about. Freedom. RIP to the greatest.....

Rip Jay-boy the way he eat the Burger is Exactly like The way they made the character in the movie eat it lol you are truly missed

Sad to hear of Jays passing. Traveled a rough road and survived this far. Alot of others didn't. RIP Brah. Condolences to your family. Peace be with you all.

at 56 years old I can say that the Dogtown crew were an integral part of my skating. I was overseas in 1976 looking at all the magazine pictures featured in the clips here .. I was molded by those into the skater I had become in my late 40's. I had the chance to watch and skate next to people like Shogo Kubo and Eddie Eulgero at a back then new skatepark in Cherry Hill New Jersey in the early 80's. Its hard to explain how much I was influenced by these innovators of the sport. It was not a sport before but I knew it would be. I stuck with skating for love of it and it paid in dividends. I still skate after 8 lbs. of metal in my front leg. But most of all my own story was made possible by the people featured in any documentary or article about the Z-boys. For that I will thank them all. Thanks so much guys for what I was given from pictures and articles in a magazine that made my life what it was and is. Go Big Or Go Home 😄

There would be no X-Games without the Z-Boys.

skating has such rich history, I love it.

jay adams was an innovator and i dont even think he realized it.

Back in the 70's I consumed every issue of Skateboarder magazine. All you Dogtown guys were just amazing! You inspired us all.

One thing i can say about Jay is that he lived his life the way he wanted and didn't change for nobody not even money. I got to meet him years ago in Venice beach when i was doing community service. He was always like that no off button. Sad to say he died doing what he wanted to but no one can take that away from him

I was a kid in the 70's, I was a big fan of the Dog Town, Z-boys team, which got me into skateboarding myself. Thanks for all the cool memories.

I found the Dog Town video in a video store not long after release just by chance. All I saw was a 70's look with a dude on a skateboard, and narrated by Sean Penn, I rented it and brought it home. When watching it I totally tripped because these were the guy's I had in posters on my walls in the late 70's, that I would take out of skate boarder mag, and I hadn't seen them in over 20 yrs. I'm 46 now, and was just a young skate boarding punk when that stuff was going on. My first roller skates had clay wheels, and what they talk about is no joke. When you hit a pebble you flew!

Good to see ya guys still in touch, y’all were rocking when I was a young boy, had several decks I’m 51 and still skate. Love my skateboards.

Wish I still had my Jay Adams Z-Flex board with Bennett Trucks and Alligator wheels. Loaned to a friend and never saw it again.

R.I.P Jay Adams thanks for the inspiration!

Jay Adams was the great innovator.

Tony Alva looks like Gary Oldman.

East coast 70' skate rat right here. Z boys felt like they were part of my life.....never met em....they were 3600 miles away.....still felt like brothers. They started a revolution out west....we continued it east. When I visited California many years later I did a self tour of Dogtown. Went to Carlsbad where the huge cement pipes were. I remember the urban legend that some skater did a full loop on one. Christ they got so high on those creeps that it seemed possible. Those dudes were rock stars .....aint no doubt!!!

Sucks to know that jay couldn't enjoy more of his life when he finally got sober and was finally happy. Rip

Thanks for sharing this with us. Really RAD!

jay adams will always be a LEGEND

"Cool thing is Jay's still here." If only TA.. :/ RIP Homie

#JayAdams True skater/wave maker😇 I grew up I SouthBay LA, in the 70s Jay set the tone 😇🙏🏿🙏🏿😘😘🤟🏾

One thing I'm thankful for was having these guys to look up to know that thing I loved about skateboarding was the freedom to try stuff even it was stuff a few other people were doing,the guy who showed me air was blazing fast and that something I always tried to do was keep the speed and pace high for doing airs that makes things easier all you have to focus on is smoothness and your landings and keep the speed sonic so u can just flow right into the next move which really helps your creativity when you don't scrub speed you have a easier time thinking about doing radical things,rather than trying to recover lost momentum,having a giant 60 foot long 14 high and 20foot wide half pipe to play in 10 to 12 hours a day don't hurt either,thanks guys for showing me there is no limits,piece out,ah the seventys....I was there almost too young but I remember a little a front side to backside ally oop...when your ten years old how do you top that....Jesus Christ air hah ha....thanks....

Stoked. Ty

R!I!P! Jay Adams, a creature of the edge, never a dull moment...

This vid should be under Zflex channel! Thanks for posting!

Skateboarding is sooo underrated. These guys are pros, grandmasters. The was they explained skateboarding is so mesmerizing and makes you wanna become a skateboarder

I first saw the Lords of Dogtown outside a DVD shop back in middle school, it was on a poster. My mom eventually got me the DVD and my brother and i loved it. I was Tony and he was Jay. It's crazy cuz I'm 25 now and Jay is no longer here. These guys honestly helped me . This is my first time watching this and it shows how short life is as well how much fun it must've been back then

sick video...thx for posting!

Thanks for this

I cud sit and listen to z boys story's all day

I still can't believe that you are gone

thank you tony. tony alva and jay adams are the people i wanted to skate like. i live in the mid west. we don't surf much here. but the way i wanted to skate was like jay and tony.

Jay we miss you man your still in our minds much love

Wow. That brought back memories. I had one of those old fiberglass boards when I was a kid. Looking back, it's amazing how the technology improved from the mid seventies to the early eighties. Now I'm way too old to be on a board, but cruise around my town on a carbon board that was beyond anything I could conceive when I was on that Z-Flex that I thought was the greatest thing ever.

Rip jay jayboy adams the spark!

R.I.P Jay a true legend

Awesome video, love this classic style.

RIP JAY ADAMS

So glad you got this documented. This is real history

Tony's got " true grit" glad you're still here, I know you loved Jay

A W E S O M E ! ! ! Back in the day, I had a Z-Woody board!

awesome as always,,rip jay adams you the man

JAY WAS THE SKATEBOARDING GOD...R.I.P

They can still do this after 45 years and these guys are fun to watch if you really like vintage skateboarding and I'm no expert but they make pool surfing aka going up the sides and coming down real easy

I remember flipping through the mags, watching the videos, trying all the tricks, not many people had pools in mn but we did find a couple. Such good memories

Skateboarding def keeps you young , these guys are up and age and still look good 👍🏾

Happy Birthday, T.A. ! Keep on skating, surfing and inspiring, bro !

Thanks for making this. Love this era!

LEGENDS NEVER DIE!! Duane is tearing that bowl up!

Aww..Jay! ...Jay, you were incredibly gifted, love you

I started skateboarding in the 70's, in north Texas, until the insurance companies closed them down. My senior year of High school I ran into sum Hardcore punkrock skaters. Skated until the middle 90's. Best times of my life!! These guys were Gods to us. Z boys made skateboarding!!! Nuf said!!

Jay is the skateboarding god!

Omgosh I'm in love..I' can't...they are so amazing, EKKK!! ^.^

Those guys are the reason why pools are no longer built with curved walls.

RIP Jay Adams

I grew up in Hollywood. In my neighborhood was Hollyweird Stoners , just catching the Z boys. They were kids watching the idols. Awesome time. A lot of OP, puka shells and Vans.

I have a picture in one of my skate mags I cant find of a guy skating a pool in 1963 on clay wheels. Anyone know anything about this?

Cool seeing the Jacksonville guys talking about Kona, my old skate park 🤘

Gary Oldman put on a Oscar worthy performance during this video. He looks pretty solid in dreads too. /tips hat

How does this only have 3,000 likes!?!?

I dont skate but a couple of my friends did and my step dad did. I wish I could have lived during the time when skating set fire.

Straight up OG Skate-Soldiers por vida.

R.I.P Jay Adams. My mom was sick with cancer, laying in her bed with her ipad watching his funeral service on-line. R.I.P. Momz.

Hearing Alva say jay’s still here.. thank god! You know that’s so true even today. Jay is forever / dog town is forever

Wicked awesome 😎🤙. Mid-60s we were using shaped plywood on roller skate trucks on sloped driveways.

This is so cool man!!

sad to hear that 2 pioneers of the sport that gave me a reason to get out of bed in the morning & still does have left us.

Jay Adams. Best ever.

JAY ADAMS MY FAVORITE SKATER EVER!

Me and my lil Brother did the skater life; this has been our life😇

we need a z boys podcast these days

I had a red Z-Flex board as a kid and I wish I still had it today😢

Thank God for James Adams

We had ZBoys in the 70s; our parents worked sooo much to get it😘 This was our life🙏🏿 maybe why I’m what #JayAdams made me🤔

Great video! What is the first song played? I need to know! Thanks

Gotta Respect Your Roots . Mad Love

17:08 _"...coz when you're younger, growin' up skateboardin', those are the best times of your life."_ So true, even from me, here on the (relatively) cold and windy west of Scotland. :)

That was a gnarly blast!!

Whats the song on the intro, RIP Jay Adams

I watch this as a kid. Broke my wrist skating a week later

9:25 gnarly wipe-out for sure! jay standing eating his burger haha :) rest in peace man, lets hope theres some bad ass bowls to skate up there.

Hey there guys anybody know where I can find the soundtrack or any id's of this doc ? Thanks

where was the reunion? Wanted to see them all together

"Cool thing is, Jay's still here. Thank God." This was uploaded 5 months before he passed. R.I.P.

so good can see twice!

What is the band and song name of the first song from this vid?

Rest In Peace Jay boy.

I’ve loved skateboarding ever since i saw lords of dog town when i was like 10 too bad ive never been any good at it lol these guys are legends

To see the respect Jay got from these guy's says it all he was/is the top dog

1986 till I die ...that's was my p.w. on Tony hawk pro skater & I was 9 that's when I started skating

Id also like to see an origional Alva team reunion that would be killer

Was the last bowl they were skating in the video the dog bowl???

Of all of the Legends in all the sports Jay Adams is probably the most humble rest in peace big brother

I love that z flex board with T&C logo

What’s the song in the very beginning intro?