Fruit of the Vine

DVD Edition. Includes 20 additional minutes of footage and interviews with Tony Alva, Salba and Pat Quirk. Documenting the incredible and often dangerous lengths that skateboarders go to in order to ride deserted, empty swimming pools, FRUIT OF THE VINE is a collection of stories shot in 1999 while directors Coan Nichols and Rick Charnoski traveled from southern California to Seattle and around the east coast in search of pools to ride, some legendary sites having been skated for over 20 years. Not a historical documentary but a lively portrait of everything that comes with skating pools, from quiet obsession to bruised and bloodied knees, FRUIT OF THE VINE profiles the people who search for, find, break into, and ultimately glean some use out of these haunting pieces of the American suburban wasteland. The film includes interviews with many important skateboarders such as Tony Alva, Lance Mountain, Steve Baily, Steve Alba and Shaggy.