Love this colab! I'm surprised Eric hasn't skated old school boards before. His style (early grabs, acid drops, boneless's) has always been a mix of old and new. FYI "New School" refers to skating from 30 yrs ago. 🤣
Thank you for the support! Eric is amazing and we are so stoked to have been able to work with on this video! It is funny to think that the new school has been around for 30 years and that the old school isn't that much older!
So pumped to collab with you guys on this and future videos! Note to self: when sitting between the Geezers, don’t slouch. I looked like Benjamin Button between you guys 🤣🤣🤣
Love watching these videos. I was lucky enough to start skating in the 80’s all the way up to the late 90’s so I got a chance to skate on both old and new school boards. Started on my Santa Cruz Jeff Kendall board and ended with a Zooyork.
Great video! Love this idea. I am going to be in the opposite situation this week trying my first popsicle deck after a year of riding 10 inch old school decks.
Beauty Video! Stoked to find this. I'm 47 years old and skate everyday. My original 87 Caballero amongst others. Keep shredding!!! There is awesome history in those boards.
Really appreciate that we can share the stoke! Your '87 Cab sounds awesome - there's something about the 80s' boards that just rocks! Do you still ride your old school boards?
I usually don't skate anything newer than a 90's set up. My daily ride is probably my corey obrien santa cruz purgatory. Its thrashed. Nothing beats the sound of an old school ride. Can spot it from a block away. Spidey-sense
I forgot about the plastic coping on the trucks haha. And the big plastic bubble under the tail you used to take off so you could ollie. Good times. A basic complete these days is awesome in comparison.
@@GeezerSkateCo ... Yes sir it is one of my favorites along with the anti-hero video.... I like your channel doing all the throwback stuff because I am also a geezer of 55 and skate daily since 1975....
Wow California Cheap Skates I would look through it religiously and when you ordered from it the hellish amount of time waiting for your items. Now if I can't get it next day Prime I don't want it 🤣
CCS was awesome, wasn't it? I still have a couple of catalogs from '92 or '93. But yes, thankful for next or same day deliveries - the modern age is great for this!
I'm a geezer skater....first board I got was in 1986. It was a cheap nash tuff top! Ha ha....even then at 11 years old I knew I sucked! I wanted a nash executioner instead!
@@GeezerSkateCo No ! Had a vaiflex year later.....then had a couple DOMINION Woolworth boards ! Ha ha....1988 my freing gave me a beaten up vision gator with trackers and ojs! My first pro deck! Remember in 1986 I wanted a MALONE board I saw at playworld you store ....got my Nash TUFF TOP instead!
Great job! Mr. Kuhns was an awesome choice for the skating and comparison here. An idea for a future video could be a comparison of an original old school set up compared to a reissue with modern concave, with both boards set up as similar as possible. Just a thought. Keep up the outstanding content!
I think reissue decks should come back, I have one my self. They feel ten times better than those ugly popsicle boards! Especially for skating in pools
Lol! 5:40 I work at the place right across the street from there. Been skating since October of 89. But Took the last 6 years off. Got heavy and out of shape. Bought a brand new set up yesterday and I was horrible. I’m having to learn everything all over again. I was looking for video on 95a wheels. I chose to go with those. Bad decision. They roll Waaay too fast and I couldn’t get them to break free from almost any surface which made for a hard day.
Oh wow, small world! Totally know the feeling of getting back on after years off - it's hard to do, but hopefully it will come back to you quickly! Let us know if you change wheels to try something else.
@@GeezerSkateCo I did. When I got home I put my Guy Mariano Spitfires with Lucky 7’s back on. Just haven’t got to retest them yet on the new deck. I have a 7.25 and moved up to an 8.
That is a great question - Natas, Ray Barbee, Mike Vallely, Jason Lee, Frankie Hill, etc. all rocked the streets with boards as big and heavy as a suitcase and made it look easy! But then I see Erick Winkowski keeping the old school flame alive and I don't know what my point is, but I love seeing the new school riding old!
They are - they’re called “copers” and were popular in the early 80s. They fell out of fashion when skaters wanted to get their boards as light as possible for street tricks. Really hard to find now
@@GeezerSkateCo cool. Thanks for letting me know. I have a bunch of old school decks. I find that I really like the flatter boards. I ride mainly the og hosoi deck with 169 indys 64mm 97a powell rat bones. Really fun.
Love this colab! I'm surprised Eric hasn't skated old school boards before. His style (early grabs, acid drops, boneless's) has always been a mix of old and new. FYI "New School" refers to skating from 30 yrs ago. 🤣
Thank you for the support! Eric is amazing and we are so stoked to have been able to work with on this video! It is funny to think that the new school has been around for 30 years and that the old school isn't that much older!
So pumped to collab with you guys on this and future videos! Note to self: when sitting between the Geezers, don’t slouch. I looked like Benjamin Button between you guys 🤣🤣🤣
Haha, Eric - that's the magic of the Geezer - reverse aging! Soon you'll be a teenager again!
@@GeezerSkateCo hahah MY BONES ARE READY FOR THAT!
Love watching these videos. I was lucky enough to start skating in the 80’s all the way up to the late 90’s so I got a chance to skate on both old and new school boards. Started on my Santa Cruz Jeff Kendall board and ended with a Zooyork.
The intro was hilarious! Ya’ll did a great job at combining each other’s styles into one video.
Thank you, really appreciate that! We had a lot of fun making this one and had the perfect partner in Eric!
Great video! Love this idea. I am going to be in the opposite situation this week trying my first popsicle deck after a year of riding 10 inch old school decks.
That is a great idea! Can’t wait to see what it’s like for you! For myself, it’s the weirdest feeling going back to popsicle.
@@GeezerSkateCo I'm sure it'll take some time for me to get used to!
Do you mind us asking where you live?
It’s funny seeing you in between the two Geezers. Sick video my dudes
Thank you! Eric is the best - we’ve been fans of his channel forever, so it was awesome to finally collaborate!
Beauty Video! Stoked to find this. I'm 47 years old and skate everyday. My original 87 Caballero amongst others. Keep shredding!!! There is awesome history in those boards.
Really appreciate that we can share the stoke! Your '87 Cab sounds awesome - there's something about the 80s' boards that just rocks! Do you still ride your old school boards?
I usually don't skate anything newer than a 90's set up. My daily ride is probably my corey obrien santa cruz purgatory. Its thrashed. Nothing beats the sound of an old school ride. Can spot it from a block away. Spidey-sense
I forgot about the plastic coping on the trucks haha. And the big plastic bubble under the tail you used to take off so you could ollie. Good times.
A basic complete these days is awesome in comparison.
It’s crazy, isn’t it? Those old school set ups were not meant for street skating! We’ve come a long way!
@@GeezerSkateCo We have. And it's great to see it :)
Nice dude...fun flick! So cool to see new school guys rocking old school shapes👊🏼
Thank you! Gonna be doing more videos together with Eric and others rocking old school set ups for the first time!
I'm surprised he didn't mention the creature video.... What a cool interview on the old deck
Oh yeah, that's a killer video! Thanks for watching!
@@GeezerSkateCo ... Yes sir it is one of my favorites along with the anti-hero video.... I like your channel doing all the throwback stuff because I am also a geezer of 55 and skate daily since 1975....
Bro im 14 and the old boards are so cool i currently have 3 boards 2 80s and 1 90s and i have used a popsicleand i prefer old boards
That’s awesome! Love hearing this! What are your 80s boards?
Wow California Cheap Skates I would look through it religiously and when you ordered from it the hellish amount of time waiting for your items. Now if I can't get it next day Prime I don't want it 🤣
CCS was awesome, wasn't it? I still have a couple of catalogs from '92 or '93. But yes, thankful for next or same day deliveries - the modern age is great for this!
wider wheels (56-60mm) are better than smaller wheels (49-54mm) imo
they just feel better
The Geezers agree! Mainly ride 60mm here, though I've purchased a set of 63mm that I'm excited to try
He needs to try skating in a pair of Avia 830 basketball shoes. I skate then and they're near perfect. They were originally released in 1987
Oh dang, great idea! I need to check these out as I love skating in high tops!
Awesome video
Thanks! We had a lot of fun making it
I'm a geezer skater....first board I got was in 1986. It was a cheap nash tuff top! Ha ha....even then at 11 years old I knew I sucked! I wanted a nash executioner instead!
Hey Geezer! Did you ever get that Nash Executioner? I remember that board - it was a sick graphic and shape! What do you ride now?
@@GeezerSkateCo No ! Had a vaiflex year later.....then had a couple DOMINION Woolworth boards ! Ha ha....1988 my freing gave me a beaten up vision gator with trackers and ojs! My first pro deck! Remember in 1986 I wanted a MALONE board I saw at playworld you store ....got my Nash TUFF TOP instead!
@@GeezerSkateCo Always remember the nash Jason vorhees one! Neon green or orange deck! So 80s....love it man!
Great job! Mr. Kuhns was an awesome choice for the skating and comparison here.
An idea for a future video could be a comparison of an original old school set up compared to a reissue with modern concave, with both boards set up as similar as possible. Just a thought.
Keep up the outstanding content!
Fantastic idea! And we know two such boards in the metroplex that we will try to make this very video happen with! Thank you!
@@GeezerSkateCo That’s awesome! I’m looking forward to it! And thank you for considering my idea
Awesome video geezers! Hope to see yall at a park someday,Eric is so rad! 👍
Would love to see you too! One day hopefully we can have a big skate jam and get everyone together!
@@GeezerSkateCo sounds like a good time! Thanks guys 😃
great video
Thank you! Appreciate you watching and commenting! Is this something you'd like to see more of?
For some reason that roll on the old school board looked rad
It feels pretty rad too!
The Robert Smith board hahaha
It’s a great sticker, isn’t it?
I think reissue decks should come back, I have one my self. They feel ten times better than those ugly popsicle boards! Especially for skating in pools
Definitely! Love the feel of a big old school board - nothing like it!
I skate a tracker Lester Kasai
Lol! 5:40 I work at the place right across the street from there. Been skating since October of 89. But Took the last 6 years off. Got heavy and out of shape. Bought a brand new set up yesterday and I was horrible. I’m having to learn everything all over again. I was looking for video on 95a wheels. I chose to go with those. Bad decision. They roll Waaay too fast and I couldn’t get them to break free from almost any surface which made for a hard day.
Oh wow, small world! Totally know the feeling of getting back on after years off - it's hard to do, but hopefully it will come back to you quickly! Let us know if you change wheels to try something else.
@@GeezerSkateCo
I did. When I got home I put my Guy Mariano Spitfires with Lucky 7’s back on. Just haven’t got to retest them yet on the new deck. I have a 7.25 and moved up to an 8.
Those are some mad tricks with the chunky threes or cubics
Good eye - they are the Threes. Very bouncy! Plus some flat spots don’t help either!
Yeah I have some threes of eBay they are beat up as crap
Love it!!!
Thank you for loaning Eric to us!
You can borrow him anytime 🤣
Dig The Cure sticker
Now the question is were the old school skaters better because they created new school skating like natas etc.with old school boards
That is a great question - Natas, Ray Barbee, Mike Vallely, Jason Lee, Frankie Hill, etc. all rocked the streets with boards as big and heavy as a suitcase and made it look easy! But then I see Erick Winkowski keeping the old school flame alive and I don't know what my point is, but I love seeing the new school riding old!
Done
bahahahaha this vid rulz 😅
Thanks! We had a lot of fun making it!
Those mini cubics?😂
Nothing mini about these! 😉
vert board vs street board...
Are those guards or something on the trucks?
They are - they’re called “copers” and were popular in the early 80s. They fell out of fashion when skaters wanted to get their boards as light as possible for street tricks. Really hard to find now
@@GeezerSkateCo cool. Thanks for letting me know. I have a bunch of old school decks. I find that I really like the flatter boards. I ride mainly the og hosoi deck with 169 indys 64mm 97a powell rat bones. Really fun.
Was scared he was gunna snap.it😢
Us too! Probably shouldn’t have used a vintage treasure like this one, but we got a great video out of it
@@GeezerSkateCo hahaha yeh for sure,
@@GeezerSkateCo yeh love your guys show, as a older guy. 38 to be exact I don't skate much street anymore but love to cruise
30yrs ago those are a 'thing', heavy wide skateboards with brakes and p*rnstars are bushy.
Love those heavy boards!