Anybody other old folks in here used to skate? What boards did you ride? Favorite spots? Favorite skaters? I had a couple of freestyle boards, a Vision Don Brown, and 2 SMA Rodney Mullens - the last one is signed by the man himself. Skated mainly flat and some street - trips to downtown including the Blue Wall, Luthers Garage, Bricks to Glass, the Library as far as street goes...in the late 80's, it was Natas & Ray Barbee.. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_rVLguwR5o8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> gotta love the soundtrack by Firehose ^ <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oYKWli-pOU0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Was there anyone as fluid as Ray Barbee^
in '89, my friends and I formed our own "Bones Brigade" and each took on our own personality from the peak of the Powell Peralta era. We would skate the boards of our counterparts- I was Tony Hawk of course, complete with sweeping long blond skater bangs. We had Lance Mountain, Mike Vallely, Steve Caballero, and Tommy Guerrero in our crew. basically we would raise hell in the suburbs skating street all day long and our moms would cart us around to Downtown Houston and to the old Skatepark of Houston on Orange road(?) I learned how to drop in on the 6' halfpipe there, then to the 7'. there was a 12 footer which seemed giant to me as were in 5th and 6th grade at the time. I rolled in but never tried the complete vert drop in. there was a series of 4' ramps I believe it was called "The Dragon" that was so much fun and I also remember skating the concrete bowl. we would build 4' quarter pipes in our driveway and basically it was one of the best times of my life. I could never land a kick flip to this day. I still roll around a skatepark or two and go up and down the ramps with basic ease. nothing fancy and the kids always ask "are you a beginner?" good times
I scated back in the late 70s early 80s, when boards were expanding and trucks were becomming more and more technologically sound. I can recall getting a Banzai board for Christmas and riding that thing all over town. DD
scated: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scat something something magnusson something something half pipe at tollway near glenshire
Started "real" skating around 1981 in Houston. My first job was at the Skate Park of Houston (drilling the screws into the metal surface). Rode all kinds of boards. Went through probably 4-6/year at the peak: Sims New Wave, Jeff Phillips, Kevin Staab, Chris Miller, Tony Magnussen, Mark Gonzales, John Gibson, JFA... Favorite spots: Skate Park of Houston, EZ-7, downtown Houston. Favorite skaters: Jeff Phillips, Chris Miller, Kevin Staab, Neil Blender, Mark Gonzales. Favorite skate bands: Big Boys, The Faction, JFA. Sadly, my skate "career" ended 9/8/1986 with a shattered femur and many surgeries.
I've still got a couple of boards -- my buddies have started riding again and it's got me excited to roll around again. Hopefully it will warm up a bit so I can check out the new park in Austin. I hate skating when it's cold.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yoAJO92VCYs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Probably one of the best tricks ever to end a segment.
Every skateboard thread deserves to know that Christian Hosoi was going to be the face of skateboard. He went MIA, and Tony Hawk never looked back. Christian Hosoi is the first, true rock star of skateboarding.
I just saw Hosoi on TMZ of all shows a few weeks ago -- they showed him pulling a Christ air - it was pretty cool. He looks good -- i'm sure he's still skating. I remember reading that he had a major knee injury a few years back - I think that is why he fell off the earth.
Well he fell off the face of the Earth because of evolution of street skateboarding and his addiction to drugs. vert skating was about to die due to the popularity of street skating. Grinding became way cooler than verts. But then the x-games were created. This was Hosoi's chance to showcase on a commercial level how high this guy skated. He had so much air and fluidity in his skating that he would have been easy to commercialize. However... He did some events in Asia, and he missed his flight from Asia to return back to the States for the first ever X-Games. It's been said that he missed his flight because he wanted more speed or meth while in Asia. It was always Tony Hawk, Guerrero, and Hosoi. Mostly, Hawk vs Hosoi. Hosoi's absence from the first x-games allowed Tony Hawk to shine. The rest is history.
Nobody compares to the street legend rodney mullen <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1U-cgn3cEGA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
My main skating days were '86-90. We built our first half pipe at a buddies and it was fairly crappy but built a decent 7' half pipe in our backyard. We spent most of our time skating different neighborhood half-pipes depending on the size of each. There was a pretty good vert ramp by Sharpstown Golf Course. My brother got into vert but I was too much of a little P for that. Whenever we could get a ride we would go to the Skate Park of Houston and EZ-7. My favorite board was a Lance Mountain that got stolen from me behind some shady apartments off of Bellaire.
Damn, y'all are old. You all missed the golden era of skating in in my opinion, the mid 90's to early 2000's were extremely innovative, with skaters like Mike Carroll, Henry Sanchez, Rick Howard etc. taking the tricks Rodney Mullen invented to a whole new level. Skating these days is a corporate cluster f***, which is both good and bad for skating. I recently started skating again, and these kids are amazing at skating now, I've seen 6 year olds hitting good sized hand rails and a 14 year old do the 900 on the mega ramp (still on 6 people on the world to do that trick). Even though the corporates are taking over skating, it is also taking it to another level. With that, you old school skaters would like Thrasher's SOTY this year he has an old school ripping style. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LKd9mHnUVUQ" frameborder="0" all owfullscreen></iframe> And if y'all remember Rodney Mullen's old cronie Daewon Song, here is his part from this year, it is amazing he's been skating for 20+ years and still progressing <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xhgrRjtfUH8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> And the recent part that got me stoked to skate again... <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qk68G4GXN-k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Hosoi went through some real tough times. He was a victim of his own Rock Star personality. He hit the drugs hard at the same time Street skating became big. The first X Games was supposed to be a big Hawk vs. Hosoi match, but because of his addiction to drugs and partying he did the interviews for the event, but actually missed the competition. A few years later he was arrested at the Hawaii International Airport with a LOT of drugs and was sentenced to 10yrs in Prison. He served 4 and went through a Jailhouse conversion to Christ. He was released early on Good behavior and with the help and support of the entire skating community. He's now an Associate Pastor at The Sanctuary Church in California where Jay Hazlip preaches. He's definitely turned his life around and The Sanctuary had its own show on the Inspiration Network for a while called "The Uprising"- It was a very well done reality -based show. - heres a clip from when Jay Adams was released from Prison. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EubhAudX_Z4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Heres a trailer from the Documentary on Hosoi <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UFuziI-O2yM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The cool thing about Hosoi, is that he's a really really nice guy. I've had the pleasure of talking to him over the phone and in person on several occasions over the past 2yrs as I've tried several times to get him here on Daystar for one of our sports specials. Unfortunately the timing was never right - however, he's always been extremely easy to talk to and get a hold of, and quick to return phone calls ect..not what you'd expect from someone as well known as him.
Oh man that Daewon part ended up being some bs video game edit. Here is a vid of him recreating one of his parts from the 90's, and then showing how ridiculously good he is now. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yrbpWR0xwDY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
My favorite skater of all-time. The man is still amazing even at 40-something years old. Super Nice guy. I remember the SMA demo in Baytown back in 89 - Everyone there ignored Mullen to watch Jeremy Kline and the rest of the crew. Being the only freestyle skater there, I cheered so hard for Mullen that he ended up demoing right in front of me during the entire second half of the show. Eventually he came over and asked if my board was his model, and then asked if he could skate it. I gave him my board and he said here - kicked his board over to me, and told me it was his newest pre-production model that wasn't available yet. I was stoked that Mullen was skating my board. It was a pretty cool experience. I had him sign my board that day, and I've still got that Mullen in my garage.
