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201487 minNot Rateddocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Sports Technology Addiction

Danger Dave

201487 minNot Rateddocumentary

6.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Over five years, filmmaker Greg Hunt documents a professional skateboarder's decline amid excessive partying and personal turmoil.

Sports Technology Addiction

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Over five years, filmmaker Greg Hunt documents a professional skateboarder's decline amid excessive partying and personal turmoil.

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Dave, a professional skateboarder, faces challenges in his declining career. Over five years, filmmaker Greg Hunt documents Dave's life filled with partying and personal struggles. The film covers the pressures and realities that athletes experience in the extreme sports industry. It examines Dave’s choices as he confronts the consequences of his actions. "Danger Dave" runs for 87 minutes and was released in 2014.

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