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Read the true origins of Billy Moon a.k.a. SKATEMAN® based on the original Feature Film Motion Picture screenplay by John Ballard
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The Series
BOOK #1 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
Casualties of War
The true origins of SKATEMAN®
His one chance of turning pro denied, Billy Moon is on the run – from the cops, his home, and the Hellish nightmare that stole his life. No time for payback. He's got to find some way to survive on the streets.
Follow Billy and Angel's torturous journey as they fight to escape their past, hitching from Saginaw's icebound streets, working their way across America's heartland to the Wild West coast of California. There, they'll forge a new identity for themselves, fixing up a ramshackle shack near a carnival circus skater's paradise called Venice Beach.
Meet the runaways they encounter – the bladers and the boarders, like Paco Cruz, left to fend for himself after his family is "disappeared."
Meet the muck-raking journalists of The Scorpion as they begin to uncover a deadly cut-throat operation. And Ras Jon, who runs a Rastafarian beachfront coffee joint, dispensing lethal martial arts tactics along with his I-tal food.
ISBN 0-932279-61-9
BOOK #2 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
Mental Slavery
Dreams shattered. Your back up against the wall. No way out.
Everyone you loved, everyone you counted on – gone. When all is ripped out of you, your heart and your guts torn open – your mind goes numb.
But you can skate, man. You gotta keep rollin'. When he's got nothin' left, there's nothin' left for Billy to lose – except his life.
ISBN 0-932279-62-7
SAVE $15.00! Buy BOOKS #1 & #2 together and receive Bonus Photo Book ONE – for free.
Bonus Photo Book ONE
Collector's Item
274 color photos from the original 35 mm film negatives
No AI
ISBN 0-932279-67-8
SAVE $15.00! Buy BOOKS #1 & #2 together and receive this Bonus Photo Book ONE – for free.
BOOK #3 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
Evolve or Die!
At a life-threatening crossroads, Billy faces an unexpected choice – a challenge coming from a most unlikely source.
It's a fearsome test of his will to fight. For his freedom. For justice.
An unsurmountable trial that could get twisted when Paco, backed by a sassy soul singer named Jyll, and a venerated local Curandera each fail to piece back together his broken spirit and ravaged body.
ISBN 0-932279-63-5
BOOK #4 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
Necessary Madness
An abandoned compound…
The skeletal remains of rusted machinery strewn about. The smell of rot - overpowering. All is not what it seems and you don't know what you may find… Once you go inside.
ISBN 0-932279-64-3
Bonus Photo Book TWO
Collector's Item
167 color photos from the original 35 mm film negatives
No AI
ISBN 0-932279-68-6
SAVE $15.00! Buy BOOKS #3 + #4 together and receive this Bonus Photo Book TWO – for free.
Photos / Interviews & Pro Award Winners
Coming Soon
Merchandise
DVD
SKATEMAN® “True Roots” Booklet with 19 Photos and text
42 minutes
UPC 8-22154-24019-0
$19.95
The origins of SKATEMAN® plus never been seen before vintage footage from skating’s transitional breakthrough year
Just when you thought you knew everything about the history of skating comes along this eye-popping mind-splitting mini documentary of the industry's true roots. The world of Flatliners will never be the same when the West Coast wave of sidewalk surfers smacks down on the east coast.
The year is 1979… The place is the "big apple" New York City… ESPN hasn't been born. Thrasher and Transworld magazines are but a glimmer in the eyes of their founders.
In-line skates are still a roller's wet dream. Tony Hawk is a 10 year old. Forget baggy pants, skull beanies and high-tech shoes. The "look" is tight short-shorts, multi-striped socks, red and blue "off the wall" sneaks. And the "weaponry" of choice: Tracker Trucks, Cadillac wheels, and a plastiflex Malibu board.
Major car manufacturers like Volvo, Jaguar and Triumph plunge into the skateboard business – just as it is about to go belly-up in the early 80s, as does Mattel (Barbie doll) Toys, In this game called evolution, some die – some survive (mutate and procreate). Ever hear of the extinct "mouse board" or the V-angled "Wheelee Board"?. . . They're all in here, plus some unheard of breakthrough products like:
- * 1st prototype 45 MPH motorized skateboard
- * 1st awesome attempt at a snowboard – the "Snow Skate"
Seeing is believing!… Witness more
East Coast pro champs demo their cutting edge tricks and stunts: with freestyle 360s, double boarding, handstands, highjumps.
- * 1st skateboard half pipe in Manhattan
- * 1st Boogie Night club scene at New York's infamous downtown Roller Disco "the Roxy"
- * 1st pro skate-dancer demo in Central Park "When Quads Were King"
- * 1st NYC SGMA Trade Show where skating manufacturers demo their latest freaky products.
WHEELS
SKATEMAN® “Evolve-or Die!” Skateboard Wheels
Set of Four
Available in 52mm or 54mm
$85.00
POSTER
SKATEMAN® Movie Poster
11” x 17” inches
glossy color
UPC 8-22154-24026-8
$19.95
STICKERS AND DECALS
Vintage SKATEMAN® BlueCross
6 Pak, 1+1/2 inch round
$6.00 (set of 6)
Sticker
6 Pak, 1”x5”
$6.00 (set of 6)
BOOKS
BOOK 1 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
aka SKATEMAN® in
Casualties of War
174 pages $14.95
BOOK 2 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
aka SKATEMAN® in
Mental Slavery
130 pages $14.95
Bonus Photo Book ONE
Collector's Item
274 color photos from the original 35 mm film negatives
$14.95
SAVE $15.00! Buy BOOKS #1 & #2 together and receive Bonus Photo Book ONE – for free.
BOOK 3 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
aka SKATEMAN® in
Evolve - or Die!
174 pages $14.95
BOOK 4 of the SKATEMAN® Action-Adventure series
aka SKATEMAN® in
Necessary Madness
147 pages $14.95
Bonus Photo Book TWO
Collector's Item
167 color photos from the original 35 mm film negatives
$14.95
SAVE $15.00! Buy BOOKS #3 & #4 together and receive Bonus Photo Book TWO – for free.