Natas Kaupas
Acting
Biography
Natas Kaupas is a Lithuanian professional skateboarder. He grew up in South Santa Monica, California in the area known as Dogtown and is of Lithuanian descent. He attended Santa Monica High School. He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders.
Known For
The Bones Brigade travels around California, Nevada, and Hawaii to different skate spots in search of a wizened old man, Won Ton "Animal" Chin.
Powell Peralta: The Search for Animal Chin
Steve Rocco, the controversial godfather of street, led a cultural revolution during the early 1990s topping the corporate giants who controlled the skateboard industry and ushering in the most degenerate, savage, innovative & entertaining era in the history of skateboarding. For better or worse his legacy shaped skateboarding as we know it today like no other.
The Man Who Souled the World
A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.
Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine
Tells the history of skateboard art and its evolution through the decades, as iconic and rebellious skateboarders and artists give firsthand experiences and stories about their art that challenged the establishment.
Sk8face
Santa Cruz Skateboards video from 1987.
Santa Cruz Skateboards - Wheels of Fire
The creators of the skateboarding magazine Big Brother go on an East Coast tour, and get into some pretty wild shenanigans.
Big Brother: Shit
Jason Jessee goes to jail and dreams of shredding the gnar.