THE DAY MATT HENSLEY CHANGED SKATEBOARDING

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  • Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
  • 1989 Münster, Germany Matt Hensley shocks the skateboarding world with an ollie up a quarter pipe to 50 50 down a steep, janky rail.
    #realskatestories #rideverything #matthensley

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  • @nailsbarr7045
    @nailsbarr7045 4 месяца назад +6

    Matt Hensley is one of the best of all time.

  • @isyt1
    @isyt1 4 месяца назад +4

    Met him in Glasgow, Scotland. My hero growing up lol

  • @andresperez383
    @andresperez383 3 месяца назад +3

    Dude. 100% subscribed. 47 year old skateboarder here and I cannot wait to watch the rest of your videos.

  • @brentobrien6642
    @brentobrien6642 10 месяцев назад +8

    I saw Matt Ollie over a picnic table end for end in Michigan in 1989. Crazy talent.

  • @klauswigsmith
    @klauswigsmith 7 месяцев назад +6

    Yeah, Matt!

  • @danielsaredi
    @danielsaredi 7 месяцев назад +4

    I was there somewhere in the audience! 😃 Matt's ollie to rail was absolutely stunning! Thanks so much for sharing!

    • @michaeljohn8905
      @michaeljohn8905 6 месяцев назад +1

      Dayum that must have been awesome to watch all those LEGENDS. I’m 50 I grew up with some of these guys. It was an amazing time for SKATEBOARDING ! Sky was the limit !
      Mike 13 st LES. NYC 80,$ and 90,$

    • @skyrotfpv
      @skyrotfpv 6 месяцев назад

      @@michaeljohn8905I am also turning 50 this year. 😃I actually thought often about this Contest in Münster (Münster Monster Mastership) in 1989. I was already there in 1988 when I saw Gonz, Tommy G and a ton of other street skaters. Compared to 1988 this contest here in 1989 was split into the indoor 'Halfpipe' and this outdoor part with the streetstyle obstacles. I often thought about this specific contest as it was the lagest at the time and was hoping that there is any video recording that captured this amazing time and luckily I found it in this channel!

  • @skulleagletartat
    @skulleagletartat 10 месяцев назад +12

    People need to know this! I started skating in ‘89, by the end of the year and into ‘90 everyone looked like Hensley clones, it was awesome. This was in the middle of nowhere Indiana, I can only assume it happened everywhere else 😂 Good story and it’s a true story, this definitely propagated all those changes that were on the horizon.

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  10 месяцев назад +3

      100% facts!

    • @skulleagletartat
      @skulleagletartat 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Deadsetdead chukka boots and cutting highs down to lows, amazing times to experience.

    • @runningtimelabs
      @runningtimelabs 10 месяцев назад +2

      True, there were some in m town in France.Just like we had Valelly clones in kakis after public domain.

    • @haydenbarr140
      @haydenbarr140 8 месяцев назад +2

      What you say is completely true. Here in New Zealand everyone skated in cut-off army pants and had a buzzcut; I was no exception. This was around the time Hensley's Pro Spotlight appeared in Transworld. He set the style for everyone.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney 3 месяца назад +1

      In Canada, all of my friends got chain wallets because we all wanted to be Matt Hensley

  • @barney6697
    @barney6697 2 месяца назад

    F yeah ,,another historical sic Vid , thanks TR for sharing your personal tapes that need to be seen and rolled for the future of a sport still in its youth historically. The true Pool pioneers a high percentage still ride …😊

  • @punaforager
    @punaforager 4 месяца назад +1

    I had the pleasure of seeing Matt skate twice in person, and he was so so so special. 360 pop shuv-it to a tweaked melancholy grab!

  • @PhilippePetitKnotweedDMT
    @PhilippePetitKnotweedDMT 10 месяцев назад +9

    Yves Tchao (Alva rider from Belgium) did a rockslide down that rail and finished second or third in the amateur division...

  • @bricemenaugh4828
    @bricemenaugh4828 10 месяцев назад +5

    This is gold... I would love to see some Scott Oster footage!!

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  10 месяцев назад +2

      YES!! I need to do a proper Oster video!!

    • @bricemenaugh4828
      @bricemenaugh4828 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@RealSkateStories I'll be the biggest fan!!! He's my fav! Thanks

    • @augustvong7057
      @augustvong7057 7 месяцев назад +2

      The G-turn style master!

  • @michaeljohn8905
    @michaeljohn8905 6 месяцев назад +3

    Love Matt Hensley ! I think The Gonz would make a good edition to these story’s !

  • @JonnyDIY
    @JonnyDIY 10 месяцев назад +3

    Sick trick! I came up skating in 90s during the tech revolution. Fun times. 80s mustve be awesome with all the pools n big ramps. Where skateboarding is now is awesome, perfect mix of the two. And endless skateparks everywhere. No shortage of places to skate like back in the day

  • @augustvong7057
    @augustvong7057 7 месяцев назад +2

    Hensley did a lot of fresh stuff in "Hokus Pokus". Lance did a nice invert on that rail, though!

  • @krassmachine
    @krassmachine 10 месяцев назад +2

    Been there, love it!
    Thank you for the memories and Matt for so much inspiration!

  • @a-hagirl
    @a-hagirl 10 месяцев назад +2

    🔥🔥🔥 LOVED IIIIT !!! Loved Hensley

  • @coldseamonster
    @coldseamonster Месяц назад

    His melon grabs changed everything. Best style ever.

  • @scottieskatan4219
    @scottieskatan4219 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yup he was the best. at a time god like even bloody legend.cheers for this...

  • @kashimayuki
    @kashimayuki 10 месяцев назад +3

    Yes, I had a keychain coz Matt 😄❤

    • @RubenHernandez-yx1bk
      @RubenHernandez-yx1bk 8 месяцев назад +1

      Matt Hensley wallet chain!!!!
      Yup and some chukka boots green ones!!!

  • @bdavis9876
    @bdavis9876 4 месяца назад +1

    Well written. Good job. Hensley is god!

  • @amonle
    @amonle 10 месяцев назад +4

    Damn! I was at that competition and remember him trying and then nailing it ... after all these years! Legend! @RealSkateStories Thanks for the upload. Where did you get the video?

    • @eaglebauer944
      @eaglebauer944 10 месяцев назад +1

      There used to be an official video from the 1989 worldcup, I think Titus released it back then. Pretty rare footage these days.

    • @amonle
      @amonle 10 месяцев назад

      @@eaglebauer944 thanks. I think it’s called ‘The Contest’. Hensley was great but there was a kid named Jan Wagge who won amateur and I think stole the show. Amazing how I remembered his name when I saw your video. Found him on IG

  • @Mole-Life
    @Mole-Life 10 месяцев назад +1

    I have not heard this story, thank you.

  • @Massachusettsmike413
    @Massachusettsmike413 Месяц назад +1

    Just subscribed. If u roll out old school clips like this I’m in!!

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  Месяц назад

      Thank you! I'm so old school I still think Hensley is new school 🤣🤣

  • @bazzib4953
    @bazzib4953 7 месяцев назад +1

    His end part on this is not the new h street video always gives me goosebumps.

  • @veggieSxDBD
    @veggieSxDBD 4 месяца назад +1

    Still my favorite skater since 88 hokus pokus transword thrasher pic on my wall str8 up mad respect good energy always ✌🏻💨732Nj

  • @Soldier_Sean
    @Soldier_Sean 7 месяцев назад +5

    Matt retired way too early

  • @duhkha75
    @duhkha75 10 месяцев назад +1

    Gracias! Keep the good work

  • @anadraham2995
    @anadraham2995 10 месяцев назад +1

    Well this was fuckin AwEsOmE ✔️✅✔️

  • @kassieraine110
    @kassieraine110 2 месяца назад

    Yeah, Matt.

  • @twoslapsmma
    @twoslapsmma 10 месяцев назад +1

    New sub here! Keep up the great content bro!

  • @joedent3323
    @joedent3323 10 месяцев назад +1

    Nice footage :)

  • @AdventuresInSkateboarding
    @AdventuresInSkateboarding 10 месяцев назад +1

    100% Skateboarder 🙏

  • @hoodybeatz
    @hoodybeatz 10 месяцев назад +1

    Yea Matt

  • @i-never-look-at-replies-lol
    @i-never-look-at-replies-lol 6 месяцев назад +2

    And he stuck it to Hosoi too

  • @jefwhitehead4301
    @jefwhitehead4301 Месяц назад

    Wow
    Thanks,TR

  • @FabricioCastroSkateVideos
    @FabricioCastroSkateVideos 10 месяцев назад +1

    Great!!!

  • @dietsches
    @dietsches 10 месяцев назад +2

    Ramps designed and build by Dietsches Pools. Good times !!!

  • @daveturner4134
    @daveturner4134 10 месяцев назад +1

    So goo! Do you have anymore footage from this comp?

  • @_Ramen-Vac_
    @_Ramen-Vac_ 10 месяцев назад +2

    Well, pretty spot-specific, I mean did anybody ever even again have the contraption to perform this move? I remember how Jamie Thomas raved over Hensley, watching everything we could get our hands upon in his wealthy parents' plushy living room.

  • @luisaugustobastos4744
    @luisaugustobastos4744 8 месяцев назад

    This was the year that vert guys were getting the first spots in street competition… mostly because of the obstacles

    • @augustvong7057
      @augustvong7057 7 месяцев назад

      The vert-riders could go down the handrail, though. Hensley could do a lien to tail on vert.
      If I remember correctly ... Saw it at a demo. But true, it was hard being more technical then.
      I think Hensley placed in the top 5 in this contest. Kickflip kickturn on the big wall ...

  • @petesmite
    @petesmite 5 месяцев назад +1

    A bit more context would be great. What has changed exactly? Was this the first 50-50 down a rail? Or the first 50-50 ever? Why was there a rail anyway, when nobody skated rails at that time? Was nobody skating a rail? So many questions.

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  5 месяцев назад

      Seems so obvious but here's the nuts and bolts of it: In an era all about going fast, stylish and big, along comes Hensley, hunched over and rolling slow- but doing undeniable tricks that changed skateboarding forever.

    • @pullingteeth20
      @pullingteeth20 3 месяца назад

      In 1989 Hensley was one of just a handful of pros who were street-only, and most of the ‘street-style’ contests were dominated by vert pros. Munster was a big deal, and it was the image of Hensley re-inventing the approach that had the impact, not the rail as such. After Hokus Pokus came out in early 1990, Hensley was the most influential skater worldwide and a key part in how street skating took over the game.

  • @user-ro2od6uj4y
    @user-ro2od6uj4y 26 дней назад

    That's not Hosoi, it's Kasai.

  • @jamesmuller1481
    @jamesmuller1481 Месяц назад +1

    Just because he did one rail? Isn't that why they made it, for someone to do it?

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  Месяц назад

      It was a lot more than just doing this rail. Rolling up really slow hunched over to obstacles and taking dozens of tries to make something "tech" somehow and surprisingly changed the game forever.

  • @wendaltvedt4673
    @wendaltvedt4673 2 месяца назад +3

    Of course Hensley took part in revolutionizing street skating but claiming this particular trick was the day he changed skateboarding just sounds over dramatic.

  • @robertcrystals
    @robertcrystals 10 месяцев назад +2

    Gonz 50-50ed a handrail on video in 87. Hensley and this trick are both is sick but the seed was long planted before this. We were even trying em by 89 in Australia.

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  10 месяцев назад +3

      This story is not about the first handrails done. It's about a turning point in skate history.

  • @RougeMaster
    @RougeMaster 25 дней назад

    Paisa Music ?

  • @Rufusdos
    @Rufusdos 9 месяцев назад +1

    Got to say, the voiceover script is absolute garbage. It's a sick trick by a sick skater. Everything else is just a string of Hollywood clichés.

  • @comesect
    @comesect 4 месяца назад

    Lol....yeah okay

  • @alexandredoyen8227
    @alexandredoyen8227 10 месяцев назад

    Mullen?????????

    • @RealSkateStories
      @RealSkateStories  10 месяцев назад +1

      One of the greats! But this video is about Matt.

  • @timmckenney9012
    @timmckenney9012 4 месяца назад +1

    Bravoooo! 👏 👏 👏

  • @phatallbutt7879
    @phatallbutt7879 4 месяца назад

    The revolution had already happened. The skate industry just didn’t know it until that moment