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Films such as the 1986 Thrashin < nowiki >'</ nowiki >, Grind and Lords of Dogtown, have helped improve the reputation of skateboarding youth, depicting individuals of this subculture as having a positive outlook on life, prone to poking harmless fun at each other, and engaging in healthy sportsman's competition.

According to the film, lack of respect, egotism and hostility towards fellow skateboarders is generally frowned upon, albeit each of the characters ( and as such, proxies of the " stereotypical " skateboarder ) have a firm disrespect for authority and for rules in general.

Group spirit is supposed to heavily influence the members of this community.

In presentations of this sort, showcasing of criminal tendencies is absent, and no attempt is made to tie extreme sports to any kind of illegal activity.