LST Skateboarding videos thread

[Graeme]

Even though I was never actually good at it, skateboarding is probably one of my biggest and earliest influences in life. In the late 80s or early 90s during the summers in the shitty little town where I grew up, the curling rink was converted into an indoor skatepark with half pipes and even though those ramps were terrifying and I couldn't actually skate them for the life of me, that skatepark is where I first heard punk rock. Thrasher magazine was like a bible: I read about Youth of Today in there, it was through Thrasher that I was introduced to artists like Pushead and Jim Phillips, there were the Skate Rock tapes and the Sessions ads always selling t-shirts with the Misfits skull on them. I treasured those magazines. Actually skating went in and out of my life and I don't think I've actually been on a skateboard since high school. I think about starting again from time to time, but then I remember that I'm old and my body hurts at the best of times as it is. But even so, I like going on Youtube and wasting away hours watching skate videos. Anybody else? What are your favourites?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rVLguwR5o8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHj-nlam4C4

[irezumi]

I support this thread 1000%

Barrier cult / dark man woods have been some of my favorite videos lately

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Mid-late 90s high budget birdhouse video, this was and still is such an awesome idea

[Johannes]

ohh nice. i've been skating for many years. a little less later on in life(bad knees). still watches a bunch of good videos when i can. love natas stuff. barrier kult is nice too. love me some old baker videos for the fun and for ali boulala.

[CultExciter]

My first pro model was a Birdhouse Jeremy Klein, I totally appreciate that video @irezumi

Prior to that, all we could get in Danville, Virginia were Beer City skateboards that were sold new at the local Play-It-Again Sports.

[irezumi]

Apparently Siri doesn't like the word Kult

Anti Hero team are always killing it. Just style in general if not choice of terrain. The type of skating I like to see. Beauty & The beast vids were awesome too

[dane]

I broke my foot recently and my buddy brought me the thrasher video collection while i can't work or skate. Wade Speyer has been keeping me pretty stoked.

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I broke my foot recently and my buddy brought me the thrasher video collection while i can't work or skate. Wade Speyer has been keeping me pretty stoked.

[MadeIndelible]

I remember these instructional VHS tapes from Thrasher in the 90s. Ordered one, but still sucked at skateboarding. It was fun times with my friends, though.

Sadly, I can't find an uploaded version to post.

[BenHa]

I remember those videos. I remember my favorite was Mouse by Girl/Chocolate and Rodney Mullen Vs Daewon Song round 1 Rodney's part with the Doors song "strange" blew my fucking mind seeing him do all those oddball tricks. I also had the 411 here they went to Hawaii and also 411 #4 where Bam Margera was 14 years old and was still an AM and less of a douche.

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[motsimus]

@Graeme sounds like we had similar teenage years except mine were only a few years ago (born 1992). I could only do a handful of tricks but my friends and i would go skating every weekend, watched these and some 411vm videos a few times around.

[CABS]

I'm a Crailtap guy.

[Hands On]

this is one of my all time favorites... so much gonz!

[Johannes]

if i knew how to post videos this thread would be full of cardiel....

[Graeme]

if i knew how to post videos this thread would be full of cardiel....

Click the filmstrip looking icon above the reply box and copy in the video link.

More Barrier Kult:

[Johannes]

very easy...thanks @Graeme. now for some jamaican music and some of the best skateboarding ever!

[irezumi]

I don't think I've actually been on a skateboard since high school. I think about starting again from time to time, but then I remember that I'm old and my body hurts at the best of times as it is.

Including myself we have four 40+ skaters from our shop that still go to local skateparks on the regular. Still ripping. Liquigels homie. That's the magic right there. Oh and wristguards too..... I need my hands and wrists.

Joel long does a mean frontside smith is all I'm gonna say for now.

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This whole Blind video was crucial at that time

[Graeme]

Including myself we have four 40+ skaters from our shop that still go to local skateparks on the regular. Still ripping. Liquigels homie. That's the magic right there. Oh and wristguards too..... I need my hands and wrists.

Joel long does a mean frontside smith is all I'm gonna say for now.

Man, if it wasn't -20 with windchill right now with snow and ice covering everything...

[beez]

@Graeme just saw this thread and feel the same way! Will be posting when at a comp!!! This just made me super happy.

[irezumi]

Even more pivotal video was Ban This. The Frankie Hill segment especially; his part blew everyone's mind. Ramps were not always or easily accessible, and nobody had seen street skating like this before. Between Frankie's part and Ray Barbee's part this just made you want to go out and find a good curb or bank or stairs and kill it. This was being filmed in '88 & '89; crazy stuff for that time. Shit, still is. If me or my friends did half of these tricks on a session today it would still be awesome.

[Johannes]

frankie hill was the first time i saw someone skate BIG...

[Graeme]

I saw this on Facebook today and it might not be the most impressive skateboarding on this thread, but it more than makes up for that for being inspiring. I'm thinking that I should suck up my fear of maiming myself and start riding.

The Berrics - News - NEAL UNGER, 60 YEAR OLD SKATEBOARDER

[irezumi]

I saw this on Facebook today and it might not be the most impressive skateboarding on this thread, but it more than makes up for that for being inspiring. I'm thinking that I should suck up my fear of maiming myself and start riding.

The Berrics - News - NEAL UNGER, 60 YEAR OLD SKATEBOARDER

^ I saw that as well. Never too old to have fun man.

A few years ago my buddy and I were snowboarding here in CO and were at a halfway point on the mountain waiting for the lift. In front of us was some dude who we saw ripping just earlier. He turned around to talk to his friend and he was 65 if he was a day.

PWee turned to me and said "looks like we got at least 25 years left to do this".

[Mark Bee]

^ I saw that as well. Never too old to have fun man.

A few years ago my buddy and I were snowboarding here in CO and were at a halfway point on the mountain waiting for the lift. In front of us was some dude who we saw ripping just earlier. He turned around to talk to his friend and he was 65 if he was a day.

PWee turned to me and said "looks like we got at least 25 years left to do this".

Definitely never too old to have fun. My pop heli-skied well into his 70s. I hope I have that kind of energy when I hit my 60's and 70's.

[irezumi]

Yup, I'll be one of those graybeards on the hill. Call me Old Man Stalefish.

[CABS]

I saw this on Facebook today and it might not be the most impressive skateboarding on this thread, but it more than makes up for that for being inspiring. I'm thinking that I should suck up my fear of maiming myself and start riding.

The Berrics - News - NEAL UNGER, 60 YEAR OLD SKATEBOARDER

So good. Gives me hope that I can still learn kickflips.

[Graeme]

Some old man talking about skateboarding: