Fifty years later, skateboard pioneer returns to Lebanon where epic trip began

Jack Smith stands in front of the safety vehicle holding his 1976 replica skateboard, the same style board he will ride on select portions of his cross-country journey featured in the documentary The Last Push. Photo by Brandon Cominsky

Fifty years after beginning a cross-country skateboard journey in Lebanon, Jack Smith is returning to retrace portions of the route for a documentary about his historic 1976 trip.

In the summer of 1976, Smith, Jeff French, and Mike Filben traveled from Lebanon to Williamsburg, Va., completing the first documented skateboard crossing of the United States. This August, Smith will retrace parts of that route as filming begins for a documentary he is putting together on…

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