Perhaps it was not intended to serve as a sequel to the fabulous Dogtown And Z-Boys, but Helen Sticklers documentary does pick up where Stacey Peralta left off, following skateboarding into the 80s boom.
As such, Stoked is pretty successful if stylistically less ambitious demonstrating how commercialism slowly destroyed the original Dogtown spirit, while many talented boarders got derailed by groupies, drugs and dollars.
However, Stickler has another story to tell, that of Mark Gator Rogowski, a brilliant skater who flew higher than most and fell the farthest of all. You can see why Stickler was drawn to the charismatic Gator, but his story is so extreme (he is serving life for murder) that it effectively unbalances the project, and the two halves of the story the changing sport and its troubled star do not quite fit together.