I hate to admit this but watching this made my eyes water. I miss those days man. All we needed was a skateboard and a video to get us unbelievably motivated to go on whatever skate mission we were doing that day. Shout out to the golden years.
This video defined my childhood. Flip - sorry, too. These were such classics. I wanted to skate like and be like Arto Saari more than anything. This video will never get old for me.
I probably watched this video more than any other video in 2001. Until sorry came out in 2002 I mainly watched this and zero videos more than anything.
this was the first skate vid i got on DVD. i had 411VMs, Adio One Step Beyond, Birdhouse The End, and so many more on VHS but this was the first DVD. watched it so many times. still love it.
I feel like this video was the shift from basic "film skating" to "produce a skate film" - I know some will argue The End was that video, but this video took production and editing to an entirely new level for skate films.
Me too dude, I could barely even do flip tricks when this came out but it amped me up and motivated me so much, then sorry came out when we were 15. I jumped down some decent gaps and sets for a good amount of years from 14 on though and this video was what pushed me. Too bad the only big ledges and rails I ever got to hit were at skateparks since we didn't have any spots like that at all. Biggest stairs in town were 7 stairs. Unfortunately since about 25 I haven't been able to do big gaps or anything like that anymore but maybe next year when it's nice out again.
Never forgotten. Still look it up these days and makes me wanna go skate. Arto is insane, the superstar from finland. To me, he was the nonplusultra.. gnarly as f.#“ and style. So smooth, skandinavian madness!
Epic part intro: after that long and slow National Geographic documentary-style sequence, when Arto covered in dirt and blood throws his broken board into a wall while the first CKY riff explodes into your ears...
@@nikokaapa the editor (French Fred) didn't know Finnish, so when he made some cuts to Arto's voiceover, the Finnish part didn't made that much sense. I guess Arto was originally saying he was born in Seinäjoki and left Finland for good when he was 19 years old.
5:47 that front board still should the icon of skateboarding, like the NBA but not as wack .... makes me want to throw my old carcass down some round ... nothing beats the feeling of skating round handrails .... nothing ... and only we know it
We never had any actual handrails in our old hometown so unfortunately I never got to skate one. I did some decent skatepark rails but they weren't shit.
Said it before and I'll say it again...I love this video and watched it front to back...but I HATE how they decided to remake the edits and turn this into less of a French Fred vid and more of a Ty Evans vid. It ruins the whole video to me.
Arto. In this video, all the riders had to give a short intro about themselves. Ronnie Creager kind of says he can't think of one. So they put him saying that for his intro. Kind of a random factoid.
All my friends were hyped on this video when it came out. I think I watched 15 minutes of it and fell asleep. Would rather watch a 20 minute th umali joint. Boring! Is it ok to have an opinion? Thanks
I hate to admit this but watching this made my eyes water. I miss those days man. All we needed was a skateboard and a video to get us unbelievably motivated to go on whatever skate mission we were doing that day. Shout out to the golden years.
its ok to cry bro. the nostalgia is real
Same same. Good times
I still do it 25 years later. Can’t stop won’t stop.
one of the best skate vids ever made
easy
fucking legends!
I bought the tape it was original like art
Agreed! First time I watched it it blew my mind. Still stands up today!
Sí señor
This video defined my childhood. Flip - sorry, too. These were such classics. I wanted to skate like and be like Arto Saari more than anything. This video will never get old for me.
Hell yea, Arto a goddamn Legend.
My favorite :)
@5:23 seeing that Crooked grind is what inspired me to go out and master the Crooked…and I did!!!! Thanks Arto!!!!
éS had the best team ever
Da Rijo had being the key word
They sure did.
One of the best shoes use by the pro like chad muska
I probably watched this video more than any other video in 2001. Until sorry came out in 2002 I mainly watched this and zero videos more than anything.
The song during Artos part is Foreign Objects, the band Bam Margeras brother was in before he started CKY
I remember saving up to buy this around 14 it was either this or a dirty gun and skateboarding helped me stay away from the wrong ppl.
fuck yeah, and with sk8'ing you still get to break the law!
must have watched this over 1000 times on VHS when it came out. Arto cant be matched.
I never realized how many switch tricks Arto had done in this part.
The whole of Menekmati is basically switch
it makes sense that Arto is from Finland because all his tricks were... Finishers.
I'll see myself out.
😂👎
nice
🎉
dam I remembered when kids were learning nollie heel flips and crook grinds because of this guy
this was the first skate vid i got on DVD. i had 411VMs, Adio One Step Beyond, Birdhouse The End, and so many more on VHS but this was the first DVD. watched it so many times. still love it.
Sight Unseen & Globe opinion were the first DVDs in my house, from a birthday, hah
got this on red vhs
Me too!
I feel like this video was the shift from basic "film skating" to "produce a skate film" - I know some will argue The End was that video, but this video took production and editing to an entirely new level for skate films.
I used to religiously watch this on VHS. Such a sick vid.
@5:23 still one of the best and smoothest crooked grinds ever done!
timeless masterpiece!
3:35 Nostalgia chills when the music begins
Amazing I watched this over and over and over when I was 14 just wanted to shreddd
Me too dude, I could barely even do flip tricks when this came out but it amped me up and motivated me so much, then sorry came out when we were 15. I jumped down some decent gaps and sets for a good amount of years from 14 on though and this video was what pushed me. Too bad the only big ledges and rails I ever got to hit were at skateparks since we didn't have any spots like that at all. Biggest stairs in town were 7 stairs. Unfortunately since about 25 I haven't been able to do big gaps or anything like that anymore but maybe next year when it's nice out again.
Arto one of the best to ever do it.
his crook is possibly the best of all time
"Mother fucking genator went off n shit.. well i dont give a shit.."
Luckily it didn't affect the clip much. He definitely wasn't doing it again. I can't believe he wasn't even feeling it that night but still did it.
Never forgotten. Still look it up these days and makes me wanna go skate. Arto is insane, the superstar from finland. To me, he was the nonplusultra.. gnarly as f.#“ and style. So smooth, skandinavian madness!
Ahead of the time.
Arto still gets my ankles to flick for a nollie flip wen I'm just watchin'. He's one of the best & last.
Yep...this is the part that changed skateboarding.
That noseslide through the kink @6.03 is so raw! Must have been sketchy to try!
The song at the beginning it's amazing!!!
I grew up watching this too, looking back, this guy was gnarly, big bag of tricks for days, an NBD at El Toro, respects for Arto
Epic part intro: after that long and slow National Geographic documentary-style sequence, when Arto covered in dirt and blood throws his broken board into a wall while the first CKY riff explodes into your ears...
the part where he speaks finnish is funny cause what he says doesnt make any sense :D
"i was born in seinäjoki when i was 19 years old" :D
Wtf really? That’s weird
Never noticed that, but you are right. Weird indeed.
@@nikokaapa the editor (French Fred) didn't know Finnish, so when he made some cuts to Arto's voiceover, the Finnish part didn't made that much sense. I guess Arto was originally saying he was born in Seinäjoki and left Finland for good when he was 19 years old.
@@jussikotila3570 That makes sense as well
2018 still watching this
2020, still happenin.
2024, going strong
i came to california to live the life i dreamed of even known its not the same i thought it was... it's so great 🔥
5:47 that front board still should the icon of skateboarding, like the NBA but not as wack .... makes me want to throw my old carcass down some round ... nothing beats the feeling of skating round handrails .... nothing ... and only we know it
I love how Geoff was filming a lot back then too.
We never had any actual handrails in our old hometown so unfortunately I never got to skate one. I did some decent skatepark rails but they weren't shit.
One of, if not THE cleanest bs crook I’ve ever seen on that curved concrete ledge.
Front board el toro at night. Fuuuuuuuckkkk. Way ahead of his time
5:23 the best crooked
Part still has that power in 2020
who is here watching after 9 club episode?
Still my fave skate vid
This video
Girls yeah right
And deca 2nd to none were my favorites growing up
2019 and still watching this. (21 years later?)
me gusta mucho este video
I love that long curvy crook by the end its almost turned into a noseslide on a truck.
I had this vhs signed by Eric Koston and I havent been able to fine it in like 15 years.
You should Upscale this video. love this part.
@esskateboarding In the version I had, there were english subtitles at Arto Finish part. What version of the VHS is this ?
Who does this version not have the subtitles in the beginning like the VHS?
I remember I had the arto Etnies shoes...and they were hella good! But I never obtain the arto ÉS though, I was young and I couldn't afford them 😔
Es artos were my favorite shoe ever, pretty much all I skated in middle school
My biggest flex is that im related to him🦅‼️
His accent changed over the years. Sounds like he was influenced hanging around with Geoff Rowley here😂
Watching this made me miss the koston 1 shoe.
Perfect
omg this part with the cky song is so nostalgia
I got jacked for this video I was pissed
Kinda history.
Best part ever
first internacional team
at 6:45 is that the pool in Magic's skate park? it looks alot like it. R.I.P.
Love the intro so fucking much!
Dat's purism of Skateboardin'.
This part still heavy as fuck
The cky song on this is so fucking great but i cant listen to the song without the click and grind of the skateboard it's so weird
2020 still watching
Best opening.
what is the name of song???
3:25 Never noticed that...did the city put nobs on a upright pole? 😂
classic
👍👍👍👍👍
N1
Damn, I forgot he front board El Toro. That shit is crazy.
💥💪🏾
What's the second song called??????
The song @ 3:34 is Testing - CKY 🤘😝
No closed captions? 😡
Shout out to Cky
Said it before and I'll say it again...I love this video and watched it front to back...but I HATE how they decided to remake the edits and turn this into less of a French Fred vid and more of a Ty Evans vid. It ruins the whole video to me.
Who was talking at the beginning?
Take a wild guess. lol
About his childhood in Seinäjoki Finland (bad weather condition, cold winter/snow etc, not enought skate spots) and why he moved to CA.
Arto. In this video, all the riders had to give a short intro about themselves. Ronnie Creager kind of says he can't think of one. So they put him saying that for his intro. Kind of a random factoid.
16dislikes in almost 10 years. says it all.
Ruthless
Arto the god
Red VHS
the goat
thats 8mm film not vhs you doh doh
Shit, it was Aarto Saari Loll
All my friends were hyped on this video when it came out. I think I watched 15 minutes of it and fell asleep. Would rather watch a 20 minute th umali joint. Boring! Is it ok to have an opinion? Thanks
😂😂😂😂 dude I love east coast videos too, that's how we grew up in the Midwest but this shit changed the game so yeah you're opinion is wrong.
Here in the states a brand new pair of his first shoe go for hundreds of dollars.