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Sizzlin' Skateboards (1978)
Tommy, Michael, and Peter are teenage skateboard fans, as are a lot of other kids in their church. So their inventive youth director begins to center activities around skateboarding. But then through jealousy and hard competition, the three boys make some discoveries that changes their lives
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Tommy, Michael, and Peter are teenage skateboard fans, as are a lot of other kids in their church. So their inventive youth director begins to center activities around skateboarding. But then through jealousy and hard competition, the three boys make some discoveries that changes their lives
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In Theaters:6/19/1978
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Runtime:48 minutes
Studio:Ken Anderson Films
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