The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970's.

Stacy: [in full skate gear] So, what's up with Tony? You guys still skate with him?
Jay: He's competing with the sun for the center of the universe.
[Stacy shrugs, walks off]
Jay: [to Sid] Stacy looks like a stock car.
Skip: Yeah, this is Skip Engblom and the Zephyr Skateboard Team. Here's our entry fees. Now where's our trophies?
Skip: Look, man. These kids are at a tender age. They tense easily, okay?
Gabrielle: Hey! You totally blew me away!
Jay: What? You wanna blow me?
[the Z-Boys laugh]
Gabrielle: Maybe!
Tony: I just wanted Dad to see the stupid trophy.
Kathy Alva: Who gives a shit about Dad?
Skip: Yeah, hey, man, listen. You stood up for your friend. We're proud of you.
Tony: [yelling at the judges] This contest don't mean shit to me anyway!
Jay: Dude, you just got patty slapped.
[boys begin to laugh]
Skip: Hey, I'm not bailing your asses out of jail.
Montoya: [a crash is heard outside] Oh, shit. Get the gate, get the gate.
Cop: Hey, get back here!
Montoya: Close the door, come on. Quick.
[they close the shop gate]
Cop: Get back here!
Skip: It was supposed to keep them out of trouble, man!
Skip: Oh, nice socks, man. Nice socks. Nice socks.
Skip: You gotta approach every day as if it's your last!
Tony: I wanna make money, get laid every night. I wanna do it all right fucking now.
Jim 'Red Dog' Muir: Hell yeah, I'm gonna make out with two chicks tonight!
Jay: [as the Z-Boys drive by two elderly women on the street] Kiss me, granny! Get me some of the vintage ass!
Tony: [to Stacey] Grab your pad and take notes, Peralta!
Skip: Yeah, hi. This isn't a library... so it's ten bucks to browse. You got ten bucks?
Customer: Didn't bring any money today.
Skip: Yeah, well, why'd you come into my store, then, asshole?
Skip: He's not one of us, man. You know, he's not a pirate.
Chino: Going to work, Peralta?
Skip: Yeah, get a haircut, man.
Stacy: Skip called me ''bro''!
Kathy Alva: Skip called you ''bro''?
Stacy: Yeah, he said ''bro''!
Kathy Alva: No, he didn't.
Stacy: Yes, he did. He said ''you look hungry, bro''.
Kathy Alva: He said ''you look hungry, bro''?
Stacy: Yes, totally!
Kathy Alva: Skip Engbloom doesn't call anybody ''bro''.
[laughs]
Kathy Alva: Should my weight be on my back foot?
Stacy: Yeah, well, that's how I do it. But it might be different, though, the whole center-of-gravity thing for girls.
Skip: Hey, I'm not bailing your asses out of jail.
Montoya: [a crash is heard outside] Oh, shit. Get the gate, get the gate. Cop: Hey, get back here!
Montoya: Close the door, come on. Quick.
[they close the shop gate]
Skip: It was supposed to keep them out of trouble, man!
Restaurant owner: [Z-boys are being rowdy] You can't act like that here! This is a family restaurant.
[Sid throws food at him, he grabs Sid, and drags him over the table]
Montoya: [Trying to stop the owner] HEY! This is a family restaurant!
Skip: Yah man, I mean those boys are gettin' too big for their boots man
Billy Z: Whatever you say, Skip
Skip: Aw man c'mon, don't you get it? Those kids are gettin' offers man
Billy Z: [yells] So why don't you cut 'em in on some of the profits?
Skip: What profits dickhead? This is a surf shop!
Jim 'Red Dog' Muir: Dude, What the hell are we supposed to do on this fricking table top?
Jay: [talking to Kathy] Gimmie Kitty!
Sid: [smoking medicinal marijuana] The, uh, doctor prescribes it now.
[hands him the joint]
Sid: Heard you were sick, too.
Jay: Hell, yeah.
Tony: What's wrong, Jayboy? Don't got no hair on your inch worm yet?
Skip: [at the diner] Hey you guys made a mess at that contest today... They look at you as the enemy now, right?
Montoya: But it's good to have enemies! A toast!
[everybody raises glasses]
Kathy Alva: A toast!
Montoya: To the boy kings... You're all a bunch of filthy pillow biters!
[Sticks his fork in his glass of water, and splashes the Z-Boys]
Jay: [after telling Stacy he didn't make the team] Sorry.
[Touches his chest]
Jay: What's that, huh?
Donnie: She's uh, she's crazy, Jay.
Jay: That's why you love her... Right?
Astronaut: Hey, can I try that?
[points at Stacy's skateboard]
Stacy: Sure!
[hands him his skateboard]
Astronaut: [Astronaut steps on it, the board slips underneath and he falls on the ground] It's the moon boots...
Jay: [to Sid] I'll let you bang my mom!
Jay: [the Z-Boys want to drain and skate Sid's pool, Sid comes out of his house] What did he say?
Sid: "Sid, are you high? The pool's for swimming!"
Jay: Tell him we'll fill it back up when we're done.
Sid: He said if you got hurt, you'll sue him.
Jay: We're not gonna sue him.
Sid: He said your parents would.
Stacy: Our parents can't even afford lawyers.
Tony: Hey, let me talk to him.
Sid: Hey, the only Mexicans my dad talks to push lawnmowers.
[Tony grabs him playfully]
Kathy Alva: Take your boxers off.
Jay: No way.
Chino: Wear em with pride, man!
Jay: [nasally, mocking tone] Yeah, wear em with pride, man!
Chino: [grabs jay's shirt] Or we'll rip them off your bony little backs! You understand?
Jay: [scared look] Yeah...
Tony: [after Sid wipes out, HARD, and is unconscious in the pool] Dude, are you okay?
Sid: I can't feel my feet!
[takes out a joint, sets in mouth]
Sid: But, then again, I can never feel my feet!
[laughs. Tony slaps him, he starts groaning]
Sid: [Talking about Tony] There's a Mexican in my pool and he's not pushing a lawn mower.
Stacy: [now knowing about Jay and Kathy being together] When were you going to tell me you were with her?
Jay: You couldn't handle her.
Reef Ryan: Pass me the doobie Stacy... come on you fucking homo.
Skip: They wanted it gone, man, they wanted it gone.
Skip: [after Stacy received the Z-boys t-shirt at the diner] You earned it, bro...
Sid: Yeah, you're one of us now!
Jay: That maggot has always been one of us.
Skip: Yeah, wear it with pride, man.
Stacy: You know I will!
Skip: Hey, Stacey, that t-shirt will get you more titty than you ever dreamed of, man!
[laughs]
Kathy Alva: I got my boy covered, Skip.
[laughs]
Stacy: [Jay is rolling the window in Stacey's car up and down, breaks off the handle] Damn it, Jay! Do you know how much this is gonna cost me to fix? you're an idiot!
Jay: [gives friends a scared look] Sorry...
Stacy: [about starting his own team] i already have a logo.
Jay: A logo! Screw the team, I mean... You got a logo!
Tony: This is our time, bros!
Jay: That's bullshit, bro. We surf and we skate every day. We get to do whatever we want.
Jay: [Biniak yells in Sid's ear, making him wipe out] dude, he's got that inner ear thing!
Bob Biniak: Suck my inner ear, Jay-Boy!