The Search for Animal Chin

Infobox_Film
name = The Search for Animal Chin


director = Stacy Peralta
producer = Stacy Peralta
writer = Paul Gross and John Smythe
starring = Tony Hawk
Steve Caballero
Mike McGill
Lance Mountain
Tommy Guerrero
Rodney Mullen
Mike Vallely
music = Dennis Dragon, William Santschi
distributor = Powell Peralta
released = 1987
runtime = 60 minutes
language = English
imdb_id = 0378720
budget =

"The Search for Animal Chin" is a 1987 skateboarding film featuring the Bones Brigade. It is one of the first skateboarding films to have a plot.

Cast

Bones Brigade:
*Tony Hawk - Himself
*Steve Caballero - Himself
*Mike McGill - Himself
*Lance Mountain - Himself
*Tommy Guerrero - Himself

The film also includes:
* - Himself
*San Francisco Scene: Jim Thiebaud, Jesse Martinez, Bryce Kanights, Doug Smith
*Bakersfield Scene: Chris Borst, Bobby Reeves, Charlie Dubois, Ray Underhill, Adrian Demain, Donny Griffins, Kevin Lambert
*Rad Party Scene: Mike Vallely, Rodney Mullen, Per Welinder, Natas Kaupas, Arron Murray, Kevin Harris

Also, in a non-skating role is Skip Engblom as a bouncer.

Plot summary

The Bones Brigade travels around California, Nevada, and Hawaii to different skate spots in search of a wizened old man, Won Ton "Animal" Chin. The movie is of the old-school nomadic, skate-everything-in-your-path genre with interludes of stopping to rip-up a big ramp, pool or kicker. After much searching and skateboarding, they locate a large ramp in the desert. They also find a Chinese character on the inside of the ramp's spine.They conclude that in searching for Mr. Chin, they may have found his spirit. Tony Hawk mentions, "I say we look for him for the rest of our lives", insinuating that the band of friends should always skate and have fun together.

Some say Animal Chin itself represents having fun with your friends and your skateboards - which is what the skaters themselves do on their travels.

See also

*Future Primitive
*Animal Chin - Fueled By Ramen band named after the movie