According to most sources, the first shoe to ever cater specifically to skateboarding would be Vans…
“In 1976, skateboarders began wearing Vans shoes and asked to have different colors combined on them. Again, Vans reacted to their customers’ wants and on March 19, 1976, came out with the first Era–in red and blue. This shoe was [...]

Found a very cool website for you goons today. That website is Stage6 and it features a variety of HD and regular films. IT just so happens they have some pretty rad HD Skateboarding footage as well as some classic skate flicks in their entirety. Such as:

DVS - Skate More
Emerica - [...]