Trivia

The character Topper Burks (played by Johnny Knoxville) was loosely based on Bunker Spreckels, an heir to the Spreckels Family Sugar fortune. His step-father was Clark Gable and at the age of 21 Spreckels inherited an estimated $50 million. His fortune allowed him to travel the world and become acquainted with Tony Alva and many other professional skaters portrayed in Lords of Dogtown. He died suddenly at the age of 27 in Hawaii of unknown causes. See more