Boardheads - 52min Documentary

Watch Full Film Here: vodsite.journeyman.tv Board sports define the tough, trendy, wild young kids who dice with death as they wow and surprise. But there’s another side to the 'too cool for school' boarding frenzy. It's about autistic children taking to surf boards, skateboards bringing sport and a life to a guy with no legs, underprivilaged kids strapped to snow boards, kids from the ghetto finding a new lease of life and confidence riding a big wave. Boardheads is the slick and surprising story of an international community of adrenaline junkies who find a spiritual home on a board and want to 'share the stoke' with those who need it most. "If I didn't have a skateboard I'd be pretty miserable", Mark Lee says as his powerful arms push his skateboard along, "Skateboards are my legs". Boardheads love a buzz and communion with something totally outside of themselves, "you're riding in a different universe". But now the escapism that defines board sports is offering the underprivilaged, the disabled, the handicapped, a way to rise out of themselves. To find thrill and exhileration and discover a physical confidence they never thought they could have. "If I can inspire people with disabilities to do something, that's what I'm here for". In South Africa street children who never had a chance to surf are encouraged by instructor Gary; the only catch is they have to go to school. "We didn't allow them to go surfing and it was the last time they bunked". Gary's programme tries ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 4m 35s Date Found: Thu, Jan 13 2011 5:58 AM Category: Entertainment Date Produced: Thu, Jan 13 2011 5:41 AM View Count: 0