Tony Alva invented the frontside air, the skater attitude and maybe even the dirt ‘stache. It’s about time he got his own documentary! OC’s glitterati converged for the very special premier of
The Tony Alva Story. Tony Alva invented the frontside air, the skater attitude and maybe even the dirt ‘stache. It’s about time he got his own documentary! OC’s glitterati converged for the very special premier of
The Tony Alva Story.
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Newport Beach, the jewel of the OC
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Vans brass. They’re the ones who foot the bill on this masterpiece, after all
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Here we go …
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Hitting the line. First up: Pope Skates homies
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Bring your planks, if you got ‘em!
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‘When are they making that Variflex doc??!’ all the young people want to know
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First lieutenants in the Grosso Army. We salute you!
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Tight, tight …
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Handsome surf fams, everywhere
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Alva and Alba are actually the same name. Discuss among yourselves
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And … the Director! Congrats, Mothra!
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Filmmakers Buddy and Rick, barside with the legendary Ray Flores
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And masterlenman John Malvino. Wow!
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Cinephiles, DFL
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OC legends Ig and Jinx, holding court shoe-side
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The Indy/Waffle connection. Powerful
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Holy shit! Groundbreaking Alva ad photog
Raul Vega?! Not bad!
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Oh shit! Daggers!
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Wait, he’s cool. Close call
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Rush at the front
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‘Wait. There’s not gonna be any Trackers in this movie, is there?!’
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Posters turned out killer, no?
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Wafflemasters Steve Van Doren and Omar Hassan
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Ed going in for some of those HB hook-ups
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Is this the photo you were concerned about, Deanna?
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None finer
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‘John Fallahee?’
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‘Never heard of him!’
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Legend overload!
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Harts and Neck, reliving their Pimpit.com heyday
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Is Duncan the only one who remembers how to make a
proper Alva Posse face around here?!
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And we’re in!
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Rush at concessions
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Of course Steve offers to pay
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Popcorn was free tho – Alva style!
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It’s the little touches, no?
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Beach Blvd and Fairfax, coming together for TA
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Brigaders – front row!
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Movie premiers are a great place to make new friends. Jus’ sayin’
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Purps in the jean jacket ain’t falling for no flash in the eyeballs!
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Whoah! I mean Ho!
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Half the Pabiches, popcorned AF
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Broken femur, professor Schmitt’s still having more fun than the rest of us!
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Killer slide show on the big screen before the movie
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Insane outtakes
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And then … of course brunch happens when you’re Hollywood Coan!
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Real talk tho
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They nailed it
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Charno, too!
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Soak it in, Scorceses
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Killer flick filled with all the incredible imagery and hilarious zingers you’ve come to depend on from the LL crew
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And then finally, the Mad Dog takes the stage
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After Christ’s embrace, of course
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Q&A portion. Some serious knowledge got dropped
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AND some laughs
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But yeah, serious shit mostly
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Outside, swag hounds feasting
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They had a wall of all the killer
Wynn Miller shots
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Feast your eyes!
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And then there was a giant film fest afterparty with fancy foods and people and the whole deal. I just ended up hanging around the skaters. Probably for the best. Cheers TA doc crew! Thanks, Vans! Keep it’ going TA!