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The real Skip Engblom wanted Heath Ledger to play him.

Emile Hirsch claims the hardest trick he performed for the film was bombing down Bicknell Hill in Venice because he had to do the trick fast, shirtless, and with the camera car alongside him.

To prepare for his role as young Jay Adams, Emile Hirsch flew to Hawaii to spend time with Jay Adams who had just been released from jail for assault and drug charges and had just gotten married.

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.

Emile Hirsch already had some experience as a street skater from Southern California prior to appearing in this film.

Jay Adams: The real Jay Adams, during the scene of the party at Jay Adams's mother's house.

Stacy Peralta: The real Stacy Peralta plays the director of the Drei Engel für Charlie (1976) episode during the montage of the boys rising to fame.

Tony Alva: The real Tony Alva is at the party in Jay Adams's house, telling his mother about Oregon.

Skip Engblom: The real Skip Engblom appears as a race starter at the Seattle Event.