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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Heath Ledger wore some of Skip Engblom’s old clothes. Skip’s wife had saved them and they lent them to Ledger to help him get into character.
The real Tony Alva is at the party in Jay Adams’s house, telling his mother about Oregon.
Lindsay Lohan was originally set to have a supporting role in the film, playing a love interest for the character Tony Alva. She eventually had to drop out of the film shortly after being cast due to major scheduling conflicts. Her character was then written out of the script just before filming began.
The real Jay Adams makes a cameo appearance during the scene of the party at Jay Adams’s mother’s house.
The cameraman-skater for the pool scenes was 1980s skateboarder Lance Mountain, a Powell Peralta rider.
While filming a scene in an empty pool, director Catherine Hardwicke fell and was knocked unconscious for two minutes. Many of the cast and crew thought she had died. When she came to, the pro-skaters there said “Now you know how it feels. Welcome to the club.”
Many parts of the dilapidated pier set (e.g. the big dipper) were added using CGI to keep costs down. However, the derelict ferris wheel was real and had been purchased on eBay for a few thousand dollars.
The real Skip Engblom wanted Heath Ledger to play him
