i really like this show. the footage is great, the stories are phenomenal, maybe who did what first is a lil off but it was the 70s, everyone was baked
killor footadge of bobby valdez . would of liked to see um sKatE in real lifE , great work vans , thanks grosso i always wounder who invited what ? 1:15 -into .2 BV so cool !!!
Peace BURNSIDE thank you Jeff your letters of love keep me going.....i switched up pushing mongo...thank you and miss you nine years later...and i still haven't been back over there. "buy him then"" -J P E
If you push all four push types in a line, no one can say shit. Start out mongo, 180 trick into a switch push, then switch mongo, then regular pushing. Kooky enough to maybe be original, idk. H what do you think?
why does Winchester never get talked about? I've never skated there but it looks perfect and i wondered what the guys who did get to skate there thought about that bowl.
what about Pivot to fakie, 5-0 to fakie, dan drehobl and omar hassan should have been on this episode! and I thought Duane invented fakie hang ups aka fakie disasters? you're blowing it Grosso!! but we still love the love letters
if you're skating transition, then the switch stance kind of blends into fakie and nollie stance, that's why it's good to practice it. For example, if you do a nose stall, you'll realize that to come back in you're doing a switch drop in. If you try to do a fakie rock (i.e. a rock coming fakie) you'll soon realize that you're actually doing a switch rock...
I push mongo and love it, learned to in my 8th year of skating. How ever, I hate to shit on your parade but switch is not fakie. If one is getting caught looking fakie while skating his alternate stance, he is unbalanced. It means he skates one way, way too much. I am a goofy footer and ever since my 6th year when it finally happened (yes I was able to rip the park regular footed all day). I was so stoked I wormed down my day by doing my first goofy footed board slide down a 4 set on a real size hand rail (did like 5 of them and went home with a smile). Switching ones stance back and forth is kind of crappy so I try focusing on one stance(I call it goofy foot, regular foot) while not hating on fakie which I will creep on very soon. Love you Grosso, keep em letters coming! plus I also have a 15 year gap in my skating. It goes 13 to 18, 30 to 34 skated the summer of 99' and now worming up for what I hope is a 10year run 40 to 50. Again thank you for all your letters dude, your my hero.
Mongo Pride! I never learned to push the "correct" way. I still can't "run & go", but I can drop in (axle or tail)! If you can roll-in on vert, especially, let's say combi square corner, Combi round, or Upland (Memorial Park) deep end, you have BALLS. My homey Frank F can. Pretty much anywhere. Maybe I'll go for it 1 day.
I think they look weird when they skate switch with knees all funny... -a lack of ‘fakie’ is why I hate Skate3..whenever I’m bout to half cab something I’m instead just don’t a switch 180.. Gayness
*Some dude one day in the late 70s*
"Duuuude... imagine riding in reverse man.."
Shout out to all you who throw it in R every now an again.
Went to High School with Salman. Such a good dude. Deserves all the respect.
Grosso aughta cloaborate with a writer to create a comprehensive history of skateboarding book. I know i'd buy it.
I'd rather just watch RUclips for free.
+toomsdlc you write it man. this is DIY remember?
i really like this show. the footage is great, the stories are phenomenal, maybe who did what first is a lil off but it was the 70s, everyone was baked
The eyebrow raise at 2:13 is cash money.
Skating switch is like skating stairs. You hate it until you land something good. Then you love it.
I've been waiting for WEEKS for this new episode!
pleaseeeee keep making these! as long as there's cool shit to talk about keep em comin
"push MONGO"!, gotta Love Grosso!
killor footadge of bobby valdez . would of liked to see um sKatE in real lifE , great work vans , thanks grosso i always wounder who invited what ? 1:15 -into .2 BV so cool !!!
MY FAV STANCE FOR SURE
my first real finger board back in 87' was Eddie's. I loved that gimmick, along with my Vision hip sack filled with paint pens
Yo they had finger boards back then?
awesome episode! well skatorized
Peace BURNSIDE thank you Jeff your letters of love keep me going.....i switched up pushing mongo...thank you and miss you nine years later...and i still haven't been back over there. "buy him then"" -J P E
So nice to see Keenan and Carroll get some props in the switch section.
Grosso lives!!!
'' jam it in dry '' well said jerry lol.
Great video! Can anyone tell me the name of the song that starts at around :50?
jerry hsu, his "stay gold" part was all switch.
If you push all four push types in a line, no one can say shit. Start out mongo, 180 trick into a switch push, then switch mongo, then regular pushing. Kooky enough to maybe be original, idk. H what do you think?
PROD is pretty good switch
so could this technically just be called Grosso's Loveletters to Fakie? 😂
why does Winchester never get talked about? I've never skated there but it looks perfect and i wondered what the guys who did get to skate there thought about that bowl.
Love fakie, not done enough these days.
Coolest part about fake is that you can't do it on a surfboard
fuck yeah, grosso!
does anyone know the origins of the name "fakie"? how did it come to be used to represent going backwards?
fake+nollie.
shaft9000 so why is it not called a follie then?
follie...sounds like when you fall off your board ollieing! bails don't get trick-names in skate-ology, generally. but on your driveway, your rules.
shaft9000 i definitely think fakie is a better name, i was just curious about its origins. i always use fakie for the term. thanks for the info
It came from reverts i believe you act like your going to reg but fakie it
auh sally street plants rock !!!
I surprised it didn't show Bucky Lasek doing a switch 540.
Stevie williams sick switch style.
What is that song at :28 seconds??
Kevin Staab. Half his run was always fakie or switch. He started the half cab.
the intro had the bart simpson santa cruz complete
Is a switch nollie a fakie ollie?
Probably 😃
el gato is awesome
Bob Burnquist? Skates better switch than some pros do regular.
what about Pivot to fakie, 5-0 to fakie, dan drehobl and omar hassan should have been on this episode! and I thought Duane invented fakie hang ups aka fakie disasters? you're blowing it Grosso!! but we still love the love letters
Radness.
Fresh
the hell was that at the end ??
I get fakie, but what's the point in switch? Just because it's fucked up to you head to figure it out? Doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
if you're skating transition, then the switch stance kind of blends into fakie and nollie stance, that's why it's good to practice it.
For example, if you do a nose stall, you'll realize that to come back in you're doing a switch drop in. If you try to do a fakie rock (i.e. a rock coming fakie) you'll soon realize that you're actually doing a switch rock...
Ollie the biggest gap you can, then try it fakie.
All Hail Switch
I push mongo and love it, learned to in my 8th year of skating. How ever, I hate to shit on your parade but switch is not fakie. If one is getting caught looking fakie while skating his alternate stance, he is unbalanced. It means he skates one way, way too much. I am a goofy footer and ever since my 6th year when it finally happened (yes I was able to rip the park regular footed all day). I was so stoked I wormed down my day by doing my first goofy footed board slide down a 4 set on a real size hand rail (did like 5 of them and went home with a smile). Switching ones stance back and forth is kind of crappy so I try focusing on one stance(I call it goofy foot, regular foot) while not hating on fakie which I will creep on very soon. Love you Grosso, keep em letters coming! plus I also have a 15 year gap in my skating. It goes 13 to 18, 30 to 34 skated the summer of 99' and now worming up for what I hope is a 10year run 40 to 50. Again thank you for all your letters dude, your my hero.
So you're saying you learned mongo on purpose?
The fakie is the origin of switch.
So you been skating over 20 years, can skate handrails, but still skate mongo. Yikes.
RAREDEATHMETAL
LOL!
Skating mongo is harder cause it takes longer to prepare for a trick.
rip grosso 😝
Ray Underhill fakie tuck knee Indy
jay adams may have done the first fakie in a pool. He slammed his head doing it.
Nothing in the world has created more skatepark trick name arguments than fakie tricks. I hate fakie for that reason haha
"Jam it in dry." Please tell me that doesn't mean what I think it means.
i know i was talking about the little kids
jam it in dry lollllllllll 💀💀💀
Too less klicks!!!
FS Inverts are so hard to do!.
Mongo Pride! I never learned to push the "correct" way. I still can't "run & go", but I can drop in (axle or tail)! If you can roll-in on vert, especially, let's say combi square corner, Combi round, or Upland (Memorial Park) deep end, you have BALLS. My homey Frank F can. Pretty much anywhere.
Maybe I'll go for it 1 day.
fakie isnt skating switch. 2 totally different stances and skating switch takes alot longer to learn.
Right but it is the beginning of the idea of switch.
I figured out.... I didn't like it. I'll be at the bar with Jeff.
Sorry Jeff, you're wrong - it's a killer trick but it's not a switch egg .
JokeOfficialTV
I think they look weird when they skate switch with knees all funny...
-a lack of ‘fakie’ is why I hate Skate3..whenever I’m bout to half cab something I’m instead just don’t a switch 180..
Gayness
The fuck are you talking about...? There is fakie in Skate 3. You just don't know how to do it... ya mook.
I personally hated switch