Movie Description:
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator charts `80s skateboarding legend-turned-convict Mark "Gator" Rogowski`s transformation from local hero tointernational superstar, as bigbusinessmoved in and skateboarding became a global passion.As part of an elite crewof top pros, Gator held rank with skateicons TONY HAWK, STEVE CABALLERO, JASON JESSEE and LANCE MOUNTAIN, who in the film recall theculture shock to teens colliding with wealth and stardom. The charismatic, egocentric Gator strove for celebrity, but when styles inskating shifted, his waning fame skiddedinto infamy in a shocking act ofviolence. Six years in the making, Stoked mixes high voltage skate footage,home movies, eighties nostalgia, music and interviews to create an unfor-gettable portrait of an era anda man.
