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Thrashin' (1986)

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osh Brolin, the "tough guy" from The Goonies, is back. Now even tougher as the extreme skateborder Corey in Thrashin'.

This is the movie that really made skateboarding popular for many youngsters.

The story is classic, Hook is the leader of the outlaw skate gang, the Daggers. When Corey disrepectfully enters their territory with cool skating and on top of all falls in love with Hook's sister, the competiotion has began. The climax at the end of the movie is the extreme downhill skateboard race with lots of cool scenes.

The movie is filled with great styles, great action and not to mention great music. Both The Circle Jerks and Red Hot Chili Peppers perform in the movie. We can also see many great and funny skateboard tricks (for example when a skateboarder rides into the side of a truck), beautiful girls and cool guys.

It displays the life we all wanted back then with wild parties, how to make a cabriolet out of a boring car, breakdancing, beaches, sun, you name it.

This is truly one of the greatest movies that describes the 80's best and put skateboarding on the map.

Comic tip: Watch carefully (and rewind to see it over and over) the funny scene when the young kid with sunglasses shouts out: "No, you be there!" Pure genious.

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A great movie that describes the skateborading environment and cool parties from the 80's.

Many great skateboard scenes and an extreme race at the end. A must see over and over again for all 80's fans.


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The swedish freestyle skateborder says "Du är för mycket!" wich translates to "You're too much!". -Thanks to Jompa

Christian Hosoi was released from prison in June, 2004. and is now a skateboarder again and has his own pro skateboard deck model that is already out for the skateboard company Black Label. -Thanks to Jose Molina

If you are interested in seeing a Carbon Copy film made in 1993, check out "Airborne" starring Shane McDermott, Seth Green, & Jack Black. Essentially the exact same story about a nice guy just trying to be himself who falls in love with the sister of his nemesis, only instead of being set on skateboards it's all done on the newest craze of the 90's, Rollerblades! The story even similarly culminates with an EXTREME downhill Rollerblading race which ultimately proves our hero to be the best skater around and reconciles his feud with the antagonist. A classic dupe on audiences, but both Thrashin' and Airborne Fans could line the movies up and watch them side by side to see that it plays the exact same; I guess it just depends on which decade one is more nostalgic over!

Famous skater, Tony Alva (one of the members of The Daggers - has the famous line, "Beat it ya Val Jerk!"), played bass in a band from Venice, CA called The Skoundrelz. You can find a song by The Skoundrelz in the movie. More on the band can be found here. -Thanks to Bozie

One of the daggers who says "For Wimps" to the breakdancers in the beginning of the movie is played by former skateboard pro Christian Hosoi. Chrisitian Hosoi went to prison for drug related charges. -Thanks to Kirk

The Swedish freestyleskater Per Welinder co-owns the skateboard company birdhouse with Tony Hawk. Per Welinder speaks some Swedish in the film and also does skatestunts in the film "Back to the Future" -Thanks to Rick &Amp; Keith Wilson

In Tony Hawk's biography "Hawk: Occupation Skateboarder", he says that he was the stunt double for Corey in the competition.

The name of ditch that Corey and Hook joust in is called "Bronson's Halfpipe." Which, if you know LA, you can easily find and is skated pretty regularly.

Robert Rusler is most famous for Weird Science and a bit part in the tv show "The Outsiders" if I'm correct he plays the older brother (Mr. Patrick's part in the movie). -Thanks to Lisa

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The skater in the LA Massacre that's lying on the ground getting his leg taken care of by medics was hurt for real during shooting, and those are real medics.

When Corey and his friends paint their VW car and cut off the roof, it magically changes to a different model with round headlights instead of square ones. -Thanks to Adam ImANPOOR

When the guys go to The Daggers hang out, after they had burned down the ramp, they ask for money for the ramp (Classic line: "I want money for my ramp!") The dude that he is talking to is supposed to reach in his pocket and pull out some change to throw in his face. Instead, if you look closely at the bottom-right corner of the screen, you will see someone hand him some change to throw. Classic..! -Thanks to John

Right at the start of the movie, when the ramp locals are testing out the new ramp, Keep an eye on the sky, it changes from clear blue sky to overcast!

In the scene where Chrissy sneaks back into the house after a first date with Corey. Hook has a dagger earring in his left ear, that dissapears then re-appears when the cameras change angles. -Thanks to Dvd Playa

When Corey and his gang are skating through the streets the guy called Radster was skating in regular stance when only his lower half was visible but, when you see all of him he is skating in goofy stance, there was no such thing as switch stances in old school skateboarding so his skater double must have had a different stance to the actor. -Thanks to Adam ImANPOOR

Right at the start of the movie, when the ramp locals are testing out the new ramp, you can see a hanging microphone at the top of the screen! -Thanks to Adam ImANPOOR

In the first scene with the Daggers, where they come down the hill and over the "ramp-locals" car, if you look closely you will see they are stopped at a red-light with lots of cross traffic, when the daggers come they're suddenly at a stop sign with no cross-traffic.

When Corey and Chrissy leave the nightclub, Chrissy hops on a skateboard and starts spinning. When she starts she is standing regular footed and rotates backside (toward the toes), when it cuts to a close-up of the board, the person is standing goofy-foot and spinning frontside (toward the heels).

During the chase scene, with the daggers chasing Corey, one of the daggers goes over the side of a parking garage rampway. When he goes over there is ivy growing on the edge of the wall and down, when it cuts to the other view there is no ivy and the skater apparently plumets to his death. -Thanks to Josh Staley

When Hook enters the nightclub, he is wearing a leather jacket. But when the mosh starts, he is wearing a denim jacket! -Thanks to Martin Rossouw

In the scene where Corey visit's Smash skates factory, "the man in charge" takes a wheel and bounces it. He throws it down, then there is a split second delay, and you can clearly see the wheel gets thrown back to him. He looks startled, and pretty unsure of his catch. It's hilarious. -Thanks to TJ

On the movie poster, where Josh is standing in the courageous pose, his wrist guards are on backwards. -Thanks to Rodney Fan

The night that Corey and Chrissy meet, as the night progresses we see Chrissy's hair get distinctly shorter then longer when she arrives home in the morning. -Thanks to Shannon Reed

During Corey and Chrissy's fun-filled night out on the town you see Chrissy throw down her white high heels and bow to an Asian man, then she turns around, grabs Corey's hand and continues running through the streets without ever picking her shoes back up. Then the next shot she mysteriously has her shoes again! -Thanks to Rocco

At the beginning, when the Ramp Locals are waiting for Bozo to get up the ramp, Tyler and Radley mysteriously change sitting positions.

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Venice Beach, CA was used as the location for Corey's first encounter with the ramp locals. [Thanks to Jesse]

The "Johnson Half Pipe" used for the joust scene in the movie is alive and well - and totally skateable. All I'll say is that it's in L.A. [Thanks to Bozie]

Can you help? Do you know any of the Los Angeles, S. California filming locations used for Thrashin'? [Please send them in]

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A soundtrack album was never released, and some of the songs were never even released on the artist's own albums. This is the full soundtrack listing for the film [Thanks to Rick]:

"THRASHIN'" by Meat Loaf
"THAT'S GOOD" by Devo
"TEQUILA" by Chuck Rio
"ARROW THROUGH MY HEART" by Jimmy Demers
"WANT YOU" by The Bangles
"BLACK EYED BLONDE" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
"DON'T THINK TWICE" by France Joli
"TOUCH THE SKY" by White Sister
"DANCIN' IN JAMAICA" by The Tribe
"PLAYGROUND" by The Truth
"HEY" by Fear
"MANIAC" by The Screaming Sirens
"LET THE LOVE BEGIN" by Jimmy Demers and Carol Sue Hill
"WILD IN THE STREETS" by The Circle Jerks
"BURNIN' (FOR YOU)" by Rebel Faction
"STARING DOWN THE DEMONS" by Animotion
"COULDN'T CARE MORE" by The Fine Young Cannibals

During the scene where Boze catches the give-away skateboard deck, the band playing live on stage is none other than the future rock legends The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the song they are playing can be found on their debut album... -Thanks to Dan Renfrow

The name of the Chilli Peppers song is 'Blackeyed Blonde'. -Thanks to Duffy

Rebel Faction have since been going by the name Hesterquinn. They are now once again reviving the Rebel Faction name. Here’s their website.

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Thrashin' Movie Details
Year:
1986
Studio:
Fries Entertainment
Director:
David Winters
Starring:
Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, Pamela Gidley, Brooke McCarter, Josh Richman, Brett Marx
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Great skateboarding
Cool parties
Meet nostalgic actors from the 80's
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