Getting Nowhere Faster is a 2004 American documentary

Documentary film

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 about female skateboarders. The documentary features skateboarding

Skateboarding

Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...

 footage of the world's best female skateboarders, as well as a fiction film

Film

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 called The Skatepark Hauntings of Debbie Escalante. The skateboarding footage is interwoven with scenes from the film.
The DVD

DVD

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 features an option to watch only the skateboarding footage, or the storyline sections of the feature.

Plot

Debbie Escalante and her partner, the Cowboy, haunt a skate park, until a group of female skaters leave their dance class to combat Debbie.

Featured saters

• Amy Caron
  Amy Caron
  -Skateboarding:Caron is at the forefront of a small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding at the age of 12.-Skateboard videos:...
  
  
• Vanessa Torres
  Vanessa Torres
  Vanessa Torres is a professional skateboarder.Vanessa is one of the top skateboarding women in the world. She is featured in several women's skateboarding videos such as AKA: Girl Skater and Getting Nowhere Faster...
  
  
• Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins
• Alex White
• Kenna Gallagher
• Faye Jaime
• Lauren Mollica
  Lauren Mollica
  -Skateboarding:Lauren Mollica is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. Mollica started by snowboarding, and only skateboarded off and on until she graduated high school.Her sponsors include Gallaz and Rookie.-Skateboard videos:...
  
  
• Van Nguyen
• Elizabeth Nitu
• Nugget
• Stefanie Thomas
• Patiane Frietas
• Lauren Perkins
  Lauren Perkins
  Lauren Perkins is a professional skateboarder and model from Los Angeles, California.-Skateboarding:Perkins is one of a very small group of professional female skaters. She began skateboarding in 1998 when a skate park was built close to her house...
  
  

Cameos

Elissa Steamer

Elissa Steamer

Elissa Steamer is an American professional skateboarder.-History:Steamer began skateboarding in 1989, turning pro in 1998 when she won the women's street section at Slam City Jam 1998. She won the same section in 1999. In 2003 she was voted Female Skater of the Year by Check it Out Girls magazine....

, Cara-Beth Burnside

Cara-Beth Burnside

Cara-Beth Burnside, nicknamed "CB", is a pioneer of women's professional skateboarding and snowboarding from Orange, California and ranks amongst the top female athletes in these sports in the world...

, Jen O'Brien, Monica Shaw

Monica Shaw

Monica Shaw is a professional skateboarder from Sydney, Australia.-Skateboarding:Monica Shaw is one of a small group of professional female skaters and regarded as the best female skater in Australia. She was introduced to skateboarding by her 3 older brothers...

, Lisa Whitaker, Jessie Van Roechoudt

Jessie Van Roechoudt

Jessie Van Roechoudt is a professional skateboarder from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.-Skateboarding:Roechoudt is part of a very small group of professional female skaters. As a child, she was on her school's volleyball team, but was inspired to begin skating when she saw other skateboarders...

, Lacey Baker

Lacey Baker

Lacey Baker is a professional skateboarder from Covina, California who focuses primarily on street tricks.-Skateboarding:...

DVD bonus features

• Bonus skate footage of several skaters
• Tour footage
• Skate footage from the public
• Slideshow

Sponsors

• Element Skateboards
  Element Skateboards
  Element Skateboards is a skateboard manufacturer and surfwear retailer based in Irvine, California. It is a subsidiary of Australian clothing giants Billabong International....
  
  
• Etnies
  Etnies
  thumb|Picture of an etnies shoeEtnies is an American footwear brand based in Lake Forest, California, and owned by Sole Technology, Inc. In 2003, etnies, along with the city of Lake Forest, California opened etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, the largest public skatepark in the state, with over of...
  
  
• SG Magazinehttp://sgmag.com/skate/
• PETA2http://www.peta2.com/

External links

• roychristopher.com