Nah every teenage skater that only watched MTV wanted to be like Bam. Most skaters wanted to be like PJ Ladd or Koston, aka people who were actually known for skating not being a reality tv star. I remember back then a lot of kids carrying a bam board wearing the black/pink adio, don't remember them doing a lot of skating.
All these "does he push mongo" "he sucks" comments only prove you're a youngster. If you grew up in this time Bam was literally Iconic! Absolutely transcending skating and represented our generation of having fun, goofing off, and our mindset. Absolute legend we love BAM
I've been a proud mongo pusher since 1985. If any of these young folks have a problem with that, then they'd better be able to show me a 540 on a fishtail deck with no concave and no griptape. Actually, don't do that. It's the reason I'm missing a couple of teeth. Har.
As a skateboarder myself it’s incredible to see his so liberating freestyle of skating, he just daring himself to do something more insane and comes up with very clever and tricky selection of tricks. Those Ollie’s on the funbox to Varial Heelflop out gets me every time. And he was an incredible transition skater.
Yeah sure, there's a lot of boring poser shit now, always was...but there's a lot more interesting shit than Bam whatever the fuck he's called. never a great skater,all about image.
Trent G yawwwnnn...p rod boring as shit..bam in his prime was pretty damn good and always ten times more entertaining than the money bots they call skaters today
***** Alright that is true, Bam's not as good as Tony Hawk. But he has talents in making a good image of himself, which is a key element to being successful.
DxD Gaming Yeah, that's why he was a bigger hit with Jackass than as a skater, seriously I could go out to day and grab a handful of guys from my local park who are better than Bam ever was.
A lot of people forget that Bam in from a different era of skateboarding. The game has changed a lot, so of course he isn't as tech as a lot of the new crop. I would rather watch Reese Forbes halfcab a curb than see a lot of skaters these day do a 15 stair handrail. I'm not saying that skateboarding isn't fun to watch nowadays, only saying that it used to be a lot more about style and form.
Ciaran Fox ss bs ts. Killed mini. Killed FDR. Bluntslides between the titties at FDR. Bam was good. His own style of good. And he was pro for toy machine before cky or jackass. Living with ed Templeton and Chad muska in the fn late 90s. If ed Templeton turns you pro then you deserve to be pro. Period.
I don't know why people think that just because someone isn't a master pro at skating that doesn't make them a skater? Or they're a "poser"? Skating is a way of life. It's street surfing. We do it because we love the feeling of it. A skater is someone who takes a hard fall and gets back up on his a board. A poser is someone who takes a fall on their board and never skateboards ever again. I can't do tricks like that for shit, but I'm a skater. I skate everyday. I busted my ankle, whiplashed my neck, fucked up my shoulder, arm and both of my hands and busted my knee. All within 3 weeks of skating, but I get on my board every day and skate. It's all about taking risks. I hate when people call other skaters posers.
You da real MVP. I always skate back then, but I got discouraged because some skaters call me poser because I ain't good enough. I hardly go far, and I can't even go fast. But still, I love skating bro. I just got discouraged by those idiots. Also, I have no companions to skate with. :(
Man this brings back my favorite memories and makes me want to get back into skating in my free time.. Now that i have a job i can buy whatever board I want😂😂
Bam was a savage back then & still is tbh. & The good thing is i ran into him not too long ago at FDR in Philly w/ his girl & he was back like, really really skating again & was looking good despite all he's been going thru the past few years. Im so glad to have seen him back shred'n again. Stay Up Bam. Props.
What did you expect? The guy was idolized and egged on to be the biggest douche bag disrespectful prick that he could because it was funny, and everyone loved him for it. He never grew. He just drank instead of becoming an adult. BTW, that doesn't make him a joke though.
Bam was and is such a legend. His skating spoke for itself. No athlete goes on forever, but he sure gave us hell when he was a younin’. So many rad clips, and compared to today’s nextgen wave maybe he’s not much but he still shreds and he’ll always be OG
There's been plenty of athletes that continue to go on and fade with age. Bam didn't even get to the 2nd or 3rd stages of what you see in pro sports when dude's end up being in their late 20s and early 30s still ripping it. If you want to act like Bam did it good and well during the extreme late 90s to early 2000s than fine.. Don't go moving mountains for a guy who lost his love for the craft well before age/life hit him. He shouldn't be looked up to in that light, more of a wasted talent if anything imo.
@@philippebien5429 like I said. His skating spoke for itself. And he still shreds. Facts. Not everyone has to dig into the negatives as deeply as you want lol
So nice to see my old local skatepark in here that was demolished about 10-15 years ago. Such good memories like him and the Element crew doing a demo for all the kids.
For better or for worse, Bam was a huge driving force in who I am today. Inside and out of skating, he was HIM (no pun intended) back then. I want him to get healthy again. Between addiction and mental health, it’s easier said than done.
Bam's skating was dope in the way that it always seems like I might be able to do the same tricks if I were just a bit better. Seem's like we went for techs that were fun and sketchy, rather than the typical bangers of the day. Any skater who makes me want to skate is gnarly in my book. Bam is just fun to watch.
man, i feel bad for the kids in the comment section that missed out on this piece of skating history, no he didn’t push mongo, he did it to tease people, dude was one of the craziest street skaters and revolutionized a lot of the shit you see today
The first time I saw this clip a song was used but has since been removed. A woman was singing & in the chorus said something about selling her soul to rock n roll. If anyone knows the song please let me know. It was such a good song but I can't find it.
Back when I skated in the early 2000's I thought Bam was the most overrated skater on the planet. He was one of the most famous pros only because of Jackass and that he couldn't hold a candle compared to other top pros like Jamie Thomas, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Guy Mariano and I thought his skating ability was am level at best. Watching these old clips with no bias now he was pretty good and actually had a pretty smooth style. That one clip where he rides that huge bowl that says "BEAT A DICK" is one of the sickest kickflips I've ever seen.
Good old days. Reminds me of high school, a friends parents would let him hold shows in the their barn of local hard core bands. Entry fee, loud asf. So many people and we were like 14-18 years old
Johhnny Viloria the thing was he was pushing mongo as a troll, it’s always been a thing to make fun of mongo pushers because there’s no logical reason behind it.
I'm so glad and lucky I grew up skating in the pre cell phone era. And Bam was such a jackass to so many people, but was a legendary skateboarding icon and made the the world of skateboarding that much more fun.
The people saying his mongo push stance makes him a bad skater... no, he's a good skater IN SPITE of this. It's a habbit I could never break, and almost doubled my trick setup time. But if you can do this, AND still pull off tricks, I'm usually impressed. Not all of us were blessed with a back foot that kicks off properly!
It kinda sucked how famous he got. After a while, it got to the point where he'd do a b/s axle stall on a mini ramp and people would be like "wow, he's so talented"
+NeuralNetProcessor Yeah , you're right. But his switch backtails were sick. And he was a really talented skater back in the day, but he sure got famous for being .. a jackass :D
Yeah he kinda sucked at Skateboarder, probably the worst professional skateboarder honestly. He's better than any average joe, but professional wise? The worst. However, gotta give him credit, he kinda made these home made stunt tricks a thing for modern day and pioneered it which blends so well with street skating.
@@WinnieTheTrain he did not suck as a professional. Why does everythintg have to be competitive? You need to watch more bam footage beyond this because you sound dumb
It's sad to watch this knowing how things would turn out. As someone who was a teenager when JAckass was popular, I can't express just how cool Bam seemed to us back then.
then he took drugs and alcohol after his uncle ( Don Vito ) died and his best friend died but hes now back in town skating again hes got a kid though now so its gonna be tough for him to skate a lot
That trick at :48 he did at my hometown skatepark in northwest NJ, except the ramp and ledge were about 5 times bigger. Dude is a fucking legend and it was cool as a kid to hit the spots he skated at.
Bam was so on top of the world back then. Every teenage skater in the early 2000's wanted to be like him.
its another era
He's overrated asf
100%
Skaters skated
Nah every teenage skater that only watched MTV wanted to be like Bam. Most skaters wanted to be like PJ Ladd or Koston, aka people who were actually known for skating not being a reality tv star. I remember back then a lot of kids carrying a bam board wearing the black/pink adio, don't remember them doing a lot of skating.
2:32 SO clean!
It looked like straight of a Skate video game lol.
thats what i fucken said!!!
One of the prettiest inward heels I have ever seen
@@Back4Fungame varial not inward.
@@saltyj6712 Yeah, you're right, I sometimes invert goofy to regular and vice versa.
I miss seeing Bam have fun, I wish him the best in his recovery
:/
He just relapsed again
Everybody talking about Bam, nobody talking about how TK literally murdered his friend
Satan is a loser
@@IDiggPattyMayonnaisealso very sad and tragic 😔
Kids today will never understand what a badass Bam was back in the day
You mean what a loser..?
Rip to the legend. I hope he gets better
To bad he thought Satan was cool and Jesus Christ was lame.
All these "does he push mongo" "he sucks" comments only prove you're a youngster. If you grew up in this time Bam was literally Iconic! Absolutely transcending skating and represented our generation of having fun, goofing off, and our mindset. Absolute legend we love BAM
Done waste your time bro they eat tide pods ffs
jamalydude he pushed mongo as a joke lol
He turned pro at 13 or so for a reason
jamalydude my thought exactly...there is a reason he got his own tv show...loved this era of skateboarding
I've been a proud mongo pusher since 1985. If any of these young folks have a problem with that, then they'd better be able to show me a 540 on a fishtail deck with no concave and no griptape. Actually, don't do that. It's the reason I'm missing a couple of teeth. Har.
Always excellent to watch bam skate. It's his style not as tricks that make him an excellent
Yeah, his skating isn't technical but he is brave and fcking crazy
Skating used to be so raw. It's still sick, but it's lost that rawness.
l0l, you make it as raw as you want
Skaters killed skateboarding
Now it's just trendy instagram skate videos with mumble rap and camo pant wearing hypebeast with a 360 flip in every video
it really do be like that now
This comment gave me fucking cancer..
No matter if you like him or not, he was crazy hype.
Watching this just puts a smile on my face. We’re all pulling for you, Bam. 🙏
He looks healthy now
@@virginianative847 No
bam: does a trick
people: YEEEAAAAH
As a skateboarder myself it’s incredible to see his so liberating freestyle of skating, he just daring himself to do something more insane and comes up with very clever and tricky selection of tricks. Those Ollie’s on the funbox to Varial Heelflop out gets me every time. And he was an incredible transition skater.
CKY lol I miss the old days sooo damn much wish I can go back to the 90s early 2000s
Jesse Navarro-Lee a better time
Good old times...
I see these comments everywhere, good to know I’m not the only one that seriously cherishes those times
Ahh I miss the early 2000’s
If only pros these days were this entertaining, everything's so serious and stall now wit these marketing puppet pros
Yeah sure, there's a lot of boring poser shit now, always was...but there's a lot more interesting shit than Bam whatever the fuck he's called. never a great skater,all about image.
Trent G yawwwnnn...p rod boring as shit..bam in his prime was pretty damn good and always ten times more entertaining than the money bots they call skaters today
***** Alright that is true, Bam's not as good as Tony Hawk. But he has talents in making a good image of himself, which is a key element to being successful.
DxD Gaming Yeah, that's why he was a bigger hit with Jackass than as a skater, seriously I could go out to day and grab a handful of guys from my local park who are better than Bam ever was.
terrabun lol I couldn't. My park's mostly full if scooters and BMX but a very small minority are Skaters.
A lot of people forget that Bam in from a different era of skateboarding. The game has changed a lot, so of course he isn't as tech as a lot of the new crop. I would rather watch Reese Forbes halfcab a curb than see a lot of skaters these day do a 15 stair handrail. I'm not saying that skateboarding isn't fun to watch nowadays, only saying that it used to be a lot more about style and form.
So true
He wasn't never considered that good , his fame coincided with his career
if anything skating nowadays is more about style .. watch a part from the 00’s, some of their skate styles are disgusting
Ciaran Fox ss bs ts. Killed mini. Killed FDR. Bluntslides between the titties at FDR. Bam was good. His own style of good. And he was pro for toy machine before cky or jackass. Living with ed Templeton and Chad muska in the fn late 90s. If ed Templeton turns you pro then you deserve to be pro. Period.
I agree
Bam will always be a legend and an innovator. I hope he’s doing okay.
This dude had so much energy
He’s the same personality type as I am so I have the same energy as he did. Makes me worry as well obviously 🤣🤣🤣
Grow up
@@heathg7665Why?
I don't know why people think that just because someone isn't a master pro at skating that doesn't make them a skater? Or they're a "poser"? Skating is a way of life. It's street surfing. We do it because we love the feeling of it. A skater is someone who takes a hard fall and gets back up on his a board. A poser is someone who takes a fall on their board and never skateboards ever again.
I can't do tricks like that for shit, but I'm a skater. I skate everyday. I busted my ankle, whiplashed my neck, fucked up my shoulder, arm and both of my hands and busted my knee. All within 3 weeks of skating, but I get on my board every day and skate. It's all about taking risks. I hate when people call other skaters posers.
You da real MVP. I always skate back then, but I got discouraged because some skaters call me poser because I ain't good enough. I hardly go far, and I can't even go fast. But still, I love skating bro. I just got discouraged by those idiots. Also, I have no companions to skate with. :(
I used to be the worst from my friends and became the best because they thought I wasn't going fo get far. Fuck the police and negativity
Sound like a poser to me you lil bitch
thing is he skated to gain fame. He sold his soul to riches. He sure use to be a good skater but now hes just doing stupid shit like jackass
You are literally a poser tho, no one asked you to go on this self entitled rant but you did anyway for no reason, sounds like humble bragging
0:40 skater island 2000 i was there ,the element tour i been looking for this for so long .. never forget this one
That’s awesome.
This the type of videos Bam should start making again
his switch back tails were on point!
Still has the best variable heelflip ever.
That for sure
One of the only people that can make that shit look perrty.
Variable heel lol
Verial...
@@bryanvandenheede9168 Closer. Varial.
Man this brings back my favorite memories and makes me want to get back into skating in my free time.. Now that i have a job i can buy whatever board I want😂😂
Buy a bam board 🤟🏼
And that's exactly hos I started again...
gotta respect this mad dude
Bam was a savage back then & still is tbh. & The good thing is i ran into him not too long ago at FDR in Philly w/ his girl & he was back like, really really skating again & was looking good despite all he's been going thru the past few years. Im so glad to have seen him back shred'n again. Stay Up Bam. Props.
Watching this after seeing him on dr Phil. 😭
Guys a total joke now
@@memekampf1751 yeah he is
What did you expect? The guy was idolized and egged on to be the biggest douche bag disrespectful prick that he could because it was funny, and everyone loved him for it. He never grew. He just drank instead of becoming an adult. BTW, that doesn't make him a joke though.
2:32 is so satisfying to watch!
Bam was and is such a legend. His skating spoke for itself. No athlete goes on forever, but he sure gave us hell when he was a younin’. So many rad clips, and compared to today’s nextgen wave maybe he’s not much but he still shreds and he’ll always be OG
There's been plenty of athletes that continue to go on and fade with age. Bam didn't even get to the 2nd or 3rd stages of what you see in pro sports when dude's end up being in their late 20s and early 30s still ripping it. If you want to act like Bam did it good and well during the extreme late 90s to early 2000s than fine.. Don't go moving mountains for a guy who lost his love for the craft well before age/life hit him. He shouldn't be looked up to in that light, more of a wasted talent if anything imo.
@@philippebien5429 like I said. His skating spoke for itself. And he still shreds. Facts. Not everyone has to dig into the negatives as deeply as you want lol
The iconic “hand in the fish eye” 😩 miss these days
So nice to see my old local skatepark in here that was demolished about 10-15 years ago. Such good memories like him and the Element crew doing a demo for all the kids.
When people loved bam..... I still do
its funny how there's ALWAYS gotta be clips of him fuckin around in his skate videos lol
his skate style is legendary
Was*
For better or for worse, Bam was a huge driving force in who I am today. Inside and out of skating, he was HIM (no pun intended) back then. I want him to get healthy again. Between addiction and mental health, it’s easier said than done.
He had a really cool looking variel heelflip 😢
2:32
Bam's skating was dope in the way that it always seems like I might be able to do the same tricks if I were just a bit better. Seem's like we went for techs that were fun and sketchy, rather than the typical bangers of the day. Any skater who makes me want to skate is gnarly in my book. Bam is just fun to watch.
when skating was about skating not about commercial shit
Y
You just nailed it. Orange Juice
Bro, I'm a fan of Bam's skating but honestly he was a huge part of making skateboarding commercial...
Orange Juice
Skating and make films.... 90's films
Bam Margera was a marketing machine, you dickhead. He was super commercial.
I like Bams skating. More about style than technical shit
I used to watch these videos then go skating with my friends good times 🤕🤢I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!!!
man, i feel bad for the kids in the comment section that missed out on this piece of skating history, no he didn’t push mongo, he did it to tease people, dude was one of the craziest street skaters and revolutionized a lot of the shit you see today
bam and compton ass terry. classic as hell
And the complete transformation of Phil is complete. Still is one of the best skaters there has been. Skating is life
This is when he became such a unique and unapologetic fuckin individual. If he didn't skate I wouldn't have cared much for the dude.
Bam just has such a unique style, he’ll always be a legend
Bam has changed so much since Ryan died
The first time I saw this clip a song was used but has since been removed. A woman was singing & in the chorus said something about selling her soul to rock n roll. If anyone knows the song please let me know. It was such a good song but I can't find it.
damn. star of my childhood
Awesome! Thanks for clicking!
Back when I skated in the early 2000's I thought Bam was the most overrated skater on the planet. He was one of the most famous pros only because of Jackass and that he couldn't hold a candle compared to other top pros like Jamie Thomas, Andrew Reynolds, Geoff Rowley, Guy Mariano and I thought his skating ability was am level at best. Watching these old clips with no bias now he was pretty good and actually had a pretty smooth style. That one clip where he rides that huge bowl that says "BEAT A DICK" is one of the sickest kickflips I've ever seen.
Good old days. Reminds me of high school, a friends parents would let him hold shows in the their barn of local hard core bands. Entry fee, loud asf. So many people and we were like 14-18 years old
Very ironic they were playing "frayed ends of sanity" in the second clip
Damn I remember watching bam skate as a little kid, and ever since I loved skating
i miss real skateboarding
Bams timing is clean on every trick
Bam was ahead of his time for skating
explain
Nah, really not.
na even steve-o was better than bam to be quite honest
Rodney Mullen was
Lol no
love these classic clips man!
"You're spilling water all over the gears"
What a time to be alive man
I like how he's pushing Mongo and nobody cares but now it's a big deal
I assume mongo is a skateboard/accessories brand
@@cosmic_JAV Mongo is your skating stance. Its like Southpaw in boxing
@@johnnycage2277 thank you that is the absolute best way to explained that to me!!! Thank you , have a great day
Johhnny Viloria the thing was he was pushing mongo as a troll, it’s always been a thing to make fun of mongo pushers because there’s no logical reason behind it.
Bam is always gonna be a sk8 legend. N my fav sk8er.
Damn that 3 shuv 50-50 stall was awesome
Like and subscribe.you take me to my teenage days when Bam and all those guys was the best and have that beautifull 90's streetstyle.
I'm so glad and lucky I grew up skating in the pre cell phone era. And Bam was such a jackass to so many people, but was a legendary skateboarding icon and made the the world of skateboarding that much more fun.
man I wish we could go back to the real old days
"Its terry's fault 100% not me!" hahahaha
I miss that Bam.
1:55 special sauce stickers on rail and kicker, RIP
The people saying his mongo push stance makes him a bad skater... no, he's a good skater IN SPITE of this. It's a habbit I could never break, and almost doubled my trick setup time. But if you can do this, AND still pull off tricks, I'm usually impressed. Not all of us were blessed with a back foot that kicks off properly!
2:17 does somebody know this track ?
It's the Clipse. Cant remember the exact song.
Bam has always been a talented dude
It kinda sucked how famous he got. After a while, it got to the point where he'd do a b/s axle stall on a mini ramp and people would be like "wow, he's so talented"
+NeuralNetProcessor Yeah , you're right. But his switch backtails were sick. And he was a really talented skater back in the day, but he sure got famous for being .. a jackass :D
Yeah he kinda sucked at Skateboarder, probably the worst professional skateboarder honestly. He's better than any average joe, but professional wise? The worst. However, gotta give him credit, he kinda made these home made stunt tricks a thing for modern day and pioneered it which blends so well with street skating.
@@WinnieTheTrain he did not suck as a professional. Why does everythintg have to be competitive? You need to watch more bam footage beyond this because you sound dumb
no such thing as “the worst skateboarder “ . People really think competition skateboarding is the same as street lol
thats what i was thinking but the quality is so good compared to the other stuff i see filmed with vx
I love mocking mongo pushers!
Macie Jay lol i didn’t think it was the real siege veteran. 8 years later 😰
He sure loved his switch backside tail slide
Skaters island miss that shit
It's sad to watch this knowing how things would turn out. As someone who was a teenager when JAckass was popular, I can't express just how cool Bam seemed to us back then.
Back when bam was still on drugs 😂
7 years late but its a crooked grind
Very talented.
He shouldn't be depressed, dude had a great time in his prime.
his best friend who was like a brother to him died... i think thats a pretty understandable reason to be depressed
This is an example of "live fast, retire young"
Agreed. Pros these days are all hipsters and wannabe artist.
AND POSERS AND MONGO PUSHERS AND MALL GRABBERS. BACK IN EARLY 2000 WAS THE YEAR OF SKATEBOARDING. NOT NOW.
Bam ur my favorite street skater of all time. Best style, best tricks, best personality. 🤟🏻🦇I want my blunts to look like yours. 🚬
anyone who says bam is a shitty skater. needs to get a reality check.
My first pro complete was all bammed out pink bam destructos and all lol I regret nothing
Technically bam was right Terrys board did hit the window first lmao
Grew up watching bam w my skateboarding cousin , legend 💪🏽
Back when he was a respectable skater.
He was never a respectable skater
then he took drugs and alcohol after his uncle ( Don Vito ) died and his best friend died
but hes now back in town skating again
hes got a kid though now
so its gonna be tough for him to skate a lot
Ur not my homi. And hes more of a badass than you will ever be nathan so fuk off ppl go through shit you piece of trash!
@@thomasblalock4454 You need help
That trick at :48 he did at my hometown skatepark in northwest NJ, except the ramp and ledge were about 5 times bigger. Dude is a fucking legend and it was cool as a kid to hit the spots he skated at.
song at 2:19?
Ali Vegas, Nature - It's Like That
I love how Bam made that gap at 1:33, and then Ryan Dunn did it after but with much better style XD
That was Tosh, not Ryan who did that after Bam.
something tells me this isn't the first time terry broke into a car.
Joe Nance that’s Compton ass terry for ya
He is from Compton XD
@@coverstream9951 he is not
Compton ass Terry?
not an iPhone in sight
Can you tell me the name of the song on 2:16. Please.
Ali vegas- doin it
Ali vegas i'ts like that
LOVE YOU BAM!!!!
if i do this rite here im chillen with willo wallo
when you are 20 the world is in the palm of your hand, when you are 40, the world stands on your neck
Man...i would like to meet this crazy guy.
I think he was/is and ever will be a crazy guy.
0:48 Metallica!! :D
KoRn fan it’s sabbath but ok
Tuma Taco it’s Metallica as he’s dropping in
yeah, its black sabbath, you can clearly hear ozzys voice
I wish he never got into Jackass and becoming a celebrity, he was tight
Was bam skating Mongo? 1:25
ye
Probs because of the short run up.
Hes trolling
Yeah because people didn’t care back then.
Coldbloodedbytes he’s messing around...