I don't understand how people can hate on Nijah for his style being 'too perfect.' He has insane skill; that is all that matters. It is so weird how they find anything to hate on him.
People don't like the fact that he skate competition. Apparently some skaters don't like Tony Hawk either. Love em or hate them they both skate legends and household names
If the jah wore baggy clothes and filmed vfx he’s be everyone’s favorite. Most people don’t base their opinion of skaters off of skill level they base it off totally subjective metrics.
Frankie Hill did the 1st notable drop. It's pretty much well documented. I think it's in the Powell video "8". It was mind bending at the time and still is pretty gnarly as he appears to hover a little from the grab. Frankie Hill ftw.
That Jaws block jump on the waterfront is in Louisville, KY at waterfront park. I drive by that spot 4-5 times a week. Went to go look at it a few years ago after seeing the Jaws clip, those block steps are massive. It looks much bigger in person once you see how high up it is.
The only time I went to louisville where I had the chance to check the spot out myself, i hopped up on the blocks to view from the actual launch point. It was honestly insane.
Mann!!! I'm originally from Lexington!! Moved to Orlando FL. On tour with my band!! I actually did a life goal and got ink (a tat) in Louisville (which is ur from KY, you kno its pronounced "Lullvull" not Louis-Ville or LOOSIE-ville LMADO!) But MANN!!! of I was still touring I'd get the Pirates to take me there in a lil down time!! Before we were LOCK STEP AND GONE off to another state for another show!!
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again 😂 still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too 🤙🏻 it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
Absolutely. Besides the drop stuff, Jamie Thomas and Chad Muska are hugely influential on the particulars of modern street skating. They didn't invent street by any means, but they refined the style to primarily be handrails/hubbas, stairs, and gaps, and variations of grinds and flips on those. As opposed to the more "tech" style that a lot of street skaters did before them on smaller obstacles. Seriously if you watch old 90s skate videos (which I often do) and then watch modern parts from pros like Huston and Chris Joslin, the influence of Thomas and Muska on modern street style is undeniable
I remember seeing Nyjahs first part when he came about, I was just stunned and those dreads went hard! Glad to know he is still setting the bar and winning skate comps!
Jamie Thomas inspired me too pick up a skateboard back in 1994 when I was 14 I skated for 8 years at shopping center car parks, in cities, at skate parks, on the street, and it was a great part of my teenage and early 20s life
Yeah. Somehow this missed Frankie Hill’s ollie, the original world-renowned most massive gap of all time, in the biggest video at the time. Probably “the ollie heard ‘round the world” even more than the un-landed Leap of Faith.
@BeerDrinker_69 dividing and multiplying by 3 is actually how you get yards. Not meters. Not to say your advice is wrong, it's just amusing how dumb the American measurements really are.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC Meters and Yards are pretty much the same thing, (1 meter is 1.09 yard.) I shoot MOA and MRAD so I'm aware 👍 And I agree on the Standard system but I use mils for shooting and everything I drive is metric lol.
8:45 i counted 8 kinks including the one he didnt hit at the very beginning due to having to olly onto it. Man..ive watched the sessions of him trying it and my lord did he get beat up every way possible. It was truly an example of heroic perseverance.
Wallenberg is 4.3 ft high and 7.5 ft long? You must not be aware that you said that. Good video. Shows the courage, toughness, and mental strength skaters poses.
Man the biggest gap I ever hit was a 10 stair in Norcross, GA when I was a freshman in high school. I can still feel the impact thinking back. I also ollied the 3rd stair of the Atlanta 4, I was too much a puss to do the whole thing 😂 man I miss those days.
I went there in person for the first time yesterday and DAMN does it look MUCH bigger in person 😢 (and yes I tried it and no of course not I didn't land it)
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
I never knew anyone skated down THAT set at the Nashville legislative building, I’ve just seen people skate the bank ledge things and the other set then ledges down below the other stairs 😳
You missed the huge drop Frankie Hill did at the end of his part in the Powell Peralta film Propaganda. As a skater who loved to Ollie off massive drops this one is the stuff of legend.
I broke my penis skating; landed on a rail and a loud POP, and now it curves slightly to the right and has a bulge on it. ALso, I had two ankle surgeries as a result of skating; blew my ankle out when I was in high school from a mere 5 stair. I landed so weird, the board and truck landed on my ankle and I landed on the ground, but the board kept going and bent my ankle past its normal range of motion. Had to have a surgery to shave the bone off since the bones of my ankle were rubbing together
I'm 48 now, I used to skate alot in my mid teen years. Idig the long drops but, wouldn't that hurt joints after awhile. It's like jumping from a 2 story roof on the ground. I actually did that once as a kid. I got up on our roof, I decided to run down from the peak, from the gutter line and broad jump.My ankles immediately felt the shock, my knees ached from it. I was only jumping from a ground level house.
I met nyjah at in n out Hollywood he was kool/chill. I later found out he was next door at Hollywood high school skating the rail, man wish I saw him their instead
I remember seeing Jaws for the first time in the homies section of Feed the Need from Osiris and thinking this man has some of the wildest ollies I had ever seen. Little did I know he would do the Lyon 25 like 13 years later. Side note: I live in Atl right down from the 5 block and that thing is way bigger than it looks on film. I've ollied it but no way I would do anything past that.
I don't understand how people can hate on Nijah for his style being 'too perfect.' He has insane skill; that is all that matters. It is so weird how they find anything to hate on him.
nah he's a sellout that's why
I’m not a fan of his style but it’s still dumb to hate the guy
People don't like the fact that he skate competition. Apparently some skaters don't like Tony Hawk either. Love em or hate them they both skate legends and household names
Who cares who doesn't like who. Hate or not, everyone knows the truth
If the jah wore baggy clothes and filmed vfx he’s be everyone’s favorite. Most people don’t base their opinion of skaters off of skill level they base it off totally subjective metrics.
The casual "Schilling NFTs" made me lol. Ive been to the need that ender rail and i was once again mind blown to see how much gnarlier it is in person
hi
Frankie Hill did the 1st notable drop. It's pretty much well documented. I think it's in the Powell video "8". It was mind bending at the time and still is pretty gnarly as he appears to hover a little from the grab. Frankie Hill ftw.
Not Eight, it was on Propaganda I think, the one before Eight.
The frist one is just crazy, absolute insane! Never seen anything as crazy as that!
Yeah I literally thought it was fake as first and was like "NO FUCKING WAY?!!" 😳
It is fake watch the video lol
🤦♂️
You mean anything as clearly fake as that?
That Jaws block jump on the waterfront is in Louisville, KY at waterfront park. I drive by that spot 4-5 times a week. Went to go look at it a few years ago after seeing the Jaws clip, those block steps are massive. It looks much bigger in person once you see how high up it is.
Zack Gerber also barspinned it on a bike.
The only time I went to louisville where I had the chance to check the spot out myself, i hopped up on the blocks to view from the actual launch point. It was honestly insane.
Mann!!! I'm originally from Lexington!!
Moved to Orlando FL.
On tour with my band!! I actually did a life goal and got ink (a tat) in Louisville (which is ur from KY, you kno its pronounced "Lullvull" not Louis-Ville or LOOSIE-ville LMADO!)
But MANN!!! of I was still touring I'd get the Pirates to take me there in a lil down time!! Before we were LOCK STEP AND GONE off to another state for another show!!
He’s the Goat of hitting big gnarly shit imo
@@xx7secondsxx ayyy, thats sick! What band're you in? i'll give you guys a listen!
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again 😂 still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too 🤙🏻 it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
Absolutely. Besides the drop stuff, Jamie Thomas and Chad Muska are hugely influential on the particulars of modern street skating. They didn't invent street by any means, but they refined the style to primarily be handrails/hubbas, stairs, and gaps, and variations of grinds and flips on those. As opposed to the more "tech" style that a lot of street skaters did before them on smaller obstacles. Seriously if you watch old 90s skate videos (which I often do) and then watch modern parts from pros like Huston and Chris Joslin, the influence of Thomas and Muska on modern street style is undeniable
How are the bone collagen supplements working for you?
Chad Muska set the field to where it's at today...
I just bought a new board at 43 after 25 year break. Excited and nervous to roll again
I remember seeing Nyjahs first part when he came about, I was just stunned and those dreads went hard! Glad to know he is still setting the bar and winning skate comps!
the tribal mindset in hating on Nyjah is unreal.
Jamie Thomas inspired me too pick up a skateboard back in 1994 when I was 14
I skated for 8 years at shopping center car parks, in cities, at skate parks, on the street, and it was a great part of my teenage and early 20s life
Frankie Hill was the OG of going big!
Was just going to say, Frankie was way ahead of everyone. Also the Gonz was ollieng off everything in the mid 80’s.
Was about to do the same
Laban Pheidas ollied some big dropoffs in the early 90s
Yeah. Somehow this missed Frankie Hill’s ollie, the original world-renowned most massive gap of all time, in the biggest video at the time. Probably “the ollie heard ‘round the world” even more than the un-landed Leap of Faith.
Frankie!!!!
Love how they're new ledgends still being made.... like the Miami Leap of Faith! New one to put into the skatespot's list
He has returned!
I know right
The blunt to blunt was definitely amazing to see.
I had a Nijah deck. have respect for the shorts alone lol
last night I did a blunt to blunt to blunt to Ben and Jerry's
As an European the measurements in foot leaves me with no idea of how wide these gaps are 😁😂
About 2-3 Big Macs
@@SkateOrDie seems about right
@BeerDrinker_69 dividing and multiplying by 3 is actually how you get yards. Not meters.
Not to say your advice is wrong, it's just amusing how dumb the American measurements really are.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC Meters and Yards are pretty much the same thing, (1 meter is 1.09 yard.) I shoot MOA and MRAD so I'm aware 👍 And I agree on the Standard system but I use mils for shooting and everything I drive is metric lol.
you should try Google, or maybe learning a single conversion factor, or just generally stop being dumb, but we get it Nils, ur European
I would've loved to see some Steve Caballero shots, he was a pioneer in long rails slides and grinds.
8:07 I love the final shot of randoms just watching a realizing what they just saw was amazing and worthy of applause.
I’m happy you warned not to try these at home because I was already going for it 😮
Like Frank Reynolds says "Go for it go for it"
Skateboarding ages you a lot!! It’s amazingly brutal!
I'm surprised this video has only 918 likes. This was an awesome video. Mixing some history and old school skaters with the new school. Thumbs up 👍
Probably because the guy's a complete poser
8:45 i counted 8 kinks including the one he didnt hit at the very beginning due to having to olly onto it. Man..ive watched the sessions of him trying it and my lord did he get beat up every way possible. It was truly an example of heroic perseverance.
Great video, needed something like this
How Nijah's team scouted those rails for his newest vid is the craziest part
Wallenberg is 4.3 ft high and 7.5 ft long? You must not be aware that you said that. Good video. Shows the courage, toughness, and mental strength skaters poses.
For the record, it’s 4.3 feet high by 16.5 feet long (that’s about 1.35 by 5.25 m). Wallenberg is insanely long for it’s height
Great compilation ! Thanks for sharing 🙏🍹
Thanks for covering past and present hoghlights of skaters who have made history. Keep them coming! 🛹👊
Hoghlights lol
One person that isnt in the video is Danny way, hes one of the goats for real
Yes my favorite RUclipsr posted
Finally uploads
Man the biggest gap I ever hit was a 10 stair in Norcross, GA when I was a freshman in high school. I can still feel the impact thinking back. I also ollied the 3rd stair of the Atlanta 4, I was too much a puss to do the whole thing 😂 man I miss those days.
I think David Gonzales deserves some honourable mentions when it comes to rails
Nice video dude keep up the great work
Welcome back!
Amazingly instructive good job man you really get me in this one ! New sub ! ♡
Nyjah really does have some Narley slams.. Oak just goes for it. Let the haters say what they want. He's a Legend of Skating..
letss gooo another vid from the goat!
Wallenberg is not only 7.5 ft in length lol. It’s 4 feet 4.8 inches in height and a length of 16 feet 6 inches.
I went there in person for the first time yesterday and DAMN does it look MUCH bigger in person 😢 (and yes I tried it and no of course not I didn't land it)
I was looking for this comment. Because there’s 0 chance that gap is anything close to 7 feet
The nyjh crooked 180 is def the sickest shit ever. Except maybe kick flip to backside nose blunt.
the closer in the vans Kyle Walker/unchained melody part will be forever burned into my mind.
"need that" nyja got that dooooog in him for that. hes too good
Great video , really enjoyed it 👍 😀
yuppiie another well put together video
How the fuck does Frankie Hill get no love. That dude was sending before any of those guys. Godfather!
Let's go love the video it is sick
David Gonzalez’ Posessed to Skate part should at least get an honorable mention 😁
I'll never forget when Henry did that kinked rail.
Wow hes back after a month
HEY your back after a month missed u
How can you Forget Dave Bachinksy Kickfip on El Toro I feel like it doesn't get talked about enough
Right. I still remember seeing that for the first time way back then and couldn't believe it. Growing up El Toro was always like the pinnacle of sets.
oh word, I forgot about that 💯
Still the only flip trick landed down it
@@JayTheHelmetGuy Jaws did a kickflip melon and Joslin pretty much did a 360 flip
Cause he’s from the east coast
Amazing best of 👍👏
jus split my finger open but skate or die dropped a new vid😎
NEED THAT is the best video part in Skateboarding history.
Yooo he posted!!
I like this guy 🪵
Haven’t watched you in so long because I thought that you quit RUclips but I’m back
0:37
Yes please.
That sht is AMAZING
Who is this lmao
great video man
Thanks for a video man !
The Wallenberg stairs were popular in the 90s. Gonz was the first to Ollie them
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
I never knew anyone skated down THAT set at the Nashville legislative building, I’ve just seen people skate the bank ledge things and the other set then ledges down below the other stairs 😳
Nyjah with that mid-crook 180 swing tho. It's art.
This is fire 🔥
Awesome vid
This is the most insane thing I've ever seen 6:20
Fr right???
Nah bro is trippin; responded to himself💀
You missed the huge drop Frankie Hill did at the end of his part in the Powell Peralta film Propaganda. As a skater who loved to Ollie off massive drops this one is the stuff of legend.
Agreeng Completely
And Jaws wears Footprints.... That's saying something about the body jolt. 😳
dawg i gotta live vicariously through your vids i just broke my ankle skating last night plz be careful people
gl bro, just got done healing my broken ankle
I broke my penis skating; landed on a rail and a loud POP, and now it curves slightly to the right and has a bulge on it. ALso, I had two ankle surgeries as a result of skating; blew my ankle out when I was in high school from a mere 5 stair. I landed so weird, the board and truck landed on my ankle and I landed on the ground, but the board kept going and bent my ankle past its normal range of motion. Had to have a surgery to shave the bone off since the bones of my ankle were rubbing together
It happens. Gotta keep those ankles straight man :)
Also make sure to strenghten them when u've recovered man. Can help a ton
Nyjah pulled a FS Overturn on the Rail in Til Death
You also have to account for run-up and roll-out area area and pavement/concrete quality.
Jamie thomas is from my home town of dothan, Alabama. It gives me hope.
Amazing video
Nyjah Huston is the Tom Brady of skateboarding.
yo the 180 no pop grind was so sick
Crazy moves.
Those highschool stairs jamie thomas jumped are in tony hawks proskater 1 too
Wha about Frankie Hill back in the day doing that giant stair set??
macba 4 block was, now its 3 block ! Gread vid. Tx.
Front crook for Nyjah? No, it was backside bro.
I'm 48 now, I used to skate alot in my mid teen years. Idig the long drops but, wouldn't that hurt joints after awhile. It's like jumping from a 2 story roof on the ground. I actually did that once as a kid. I got up on our roof, I decided to run down from the peak, from the gutter line and broad jump.My ankles immediately felt the shock, my knees ached from it. I was only jumping from a ground level house.
What about Frankie Hill!!! He was the original Pioneer. He should've been mentioned.
He Bs crooked that rail and the down part brother!
The jaws blocks are on the water front in Louisville when I was a kid I seen so many ppl try that 20 stair
is that first clip real??
Dam Orion really be living rent free in other youtubers heads 😂😂
jace skates my local and has always been one of the best skaters ive ever known
That first trick holy smokes.
Impossible to get everything but the water tower gap rounds this out
I met nyjah at in n out Hollywood he was kool/chill. I later found out he was next door at Hollywood high school skating the rail, man wish I saw him their instead
Everytime I see footage of Jaws my knees start hurting. Dude is going to need some replacements later in life.
Wallenberg is longer than 7.5 ft my dude.
Jaws isn't human that guys is insane
Bru this list is my warm-up
Frankie Hill had some big ones, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen them. 🤔😬
At the beginning of the video Frankie Hill in 1990/1991 should have been mentioned, definitely
For kinked rails and grind/slide transfers on the same rail/ledge look back to 1996 at Charlie Wilkins - Sheep Life of Leisure
Arto did the grind with the 180 turn in it as well.
Arto Saari?
@@Paka1983no the other Arto 🤡
Nope not Jaime Thomas. Frankie Hill started the big drop phenoman several years before Jaime's part.
I remember seeing Jaws for the first time in the homies section of Feed the Need from Osiris and thinking this man has some of the wildest ollies I had ever seen. Little did I know he would do the Lyon 25 like 13 years later. Side note: I live in Atl right down from the 5 block and that thing is way bigger than it looks on film. I've ollied it but no way I would do anything past that.
Missed joslins 360 flip over the davis gap and miltons kickflip into the carwash bank. Also ishod bigspin love gap
"Longer than Nick Cannons list of baby mamas" 🤣🤣🤣