Despite the cover art for the DVD (and possibly the poster as well) depicting a dog riding along with the kid, neither The Skateboard Kid (1993), which also has a similar poster with a dog, or The Skateboard Kid 2 (1994) features a dog.
When Sammy is walking down an alley, an advertisement for the film The Shadow (1994) is visible on the side of a public bus.
Skateboard Kid 2 was featured on an episode of Red Letter Media's Best of the Worst.
Andrea Barber was a regular on "Full House", while Andrew Keegan, who plays her love interest in this film, guest-starred in an episode of that show as the love interest of Jodie Sweetin's character, Stephanie.