One of the most original skaters ever; EXTREMELY stylish. This part went over my head the first few times I saw it but eventually became my favorite part in the video. The original chocolate had a good lineup.
Some of these comments really capture how I feel about this part too. I started skating in 1995 -- the first board I bought was Diaz's buffalo board that coincided with this video -- and I didn't understand this part at all. Maybe five years ago I came to the realization that it's possibly the standout part in the video. It's Paulo updating the Powell-Peralta mid-'80s street style to the mid-'90s, ducking pedestrians, skating the Los Feliz spots next to his house. (By the way, that gap at :20 is bigger than it looks: I ollied it in the late 1990s and it took a second.) Big spins (:47) were kind of unfashionable at the time as well. The Lockwood manuals are next level. It's Paulo delivering a Paulo part and people caught up to it. People weren't skating like this back then. It was pretty much just Paulo.
Whe. I was a kid, I didn't understand or like his style. I remember Eric pupecki was my skate camp counselor. I think he said Paulo was his favorite skater. I told him my opinion, and instead of clowning me, he just told me that Paulo style was natural. After that, I think I matured a little and could appreciate it. For a little kid, it was just too strange right away. Now, I would say Paulo diaz is in my top 5
@@DanielSmith-br1zi Pupecki was really, really good. A couple of my friends were on City Stars near the end of his run. They said he was still good, although wasn't skating as much.
@@spacecaserecords1204 he was chilling alot at camp, understandable. He probably got injuries to deal with and old bones haha. But he did rip. I think more important is that he was a nice guy. Sometimes I'm bummed by stories I hear from some of the greats.
One of the most original skaters ever; EXTREMELY stylish. This part went over my head the first few times I saw it but eventually became my favorite part in the video. The original chocolate had a good lineup.
this is so ahead of its time. this is how people skate today. crazy
Some of these comments really capture how I feel about this part too. I started skating in 1995 -- the first board I bought was Diaz's buffalo board that coincided with this video -- and I didn't understand this part at all. Maybe five years ago I came to the realization that it's possibly the standout part in the video. It's Paulo updating the Powell-Peralta mid-'80s street style to the mid-'90s, ducking pedestrians, skating the Los Feliz spots next to his house. (By the way, that gap at :20 is bigger than it looks: I ollied it in the late 1990s and it took a second.) Big spins (:47) were kind of unfashionable at the time as well. The Lockwood manuals are next level. It's Paulo delivering a Paulo part and people caught up to it. People weren't skating like this back then. It was pretty much just Paulo.
well put. Paulo is a true original
@@rebusd, he was/is a unique skater. Very influential.
Whe. I was a kid, I didn't understand or like his style. I remember Eric pupecki was my skate camp counselor. I think he said Paulo was his favorite skater. I told him my opinion, and instead of clowning me, he just told me that Paulo style was natural. After that, I think I matured a little and could appreciate it. For a little kid, it was just too strange right away. Now, I would say Paulo diaz is in my top 5
@@DanielSmith-br1zi Pupecki was really, really good. A couple of my friends were on City Stars near the end of his run. They said he was still good, although wasn't skating as much.
@@spacecaserecords1204 he was chilling alot at camp, understandable. He probably got injuries to deal with and old bones haha. But he did rip. I think more important is that he was a nice guy. Sometimes I'm bummed by stories I hear from some of the greats.
The Invisible Skater sent me here, and he was right... this is a sick part 👍
I admire the one thumbs down. This is the ultimate video part. Loved it for 25 years.
That fuckkking nollie over the planter has not shrunk one bit. Fuckkking Greatness !
Another testament to the generational difference between pre-social media circus skating and what it's now in this day and the digital age.
Straight up legend
Switch + Nollie Pioneer!
damn 1:37 was the sickest, mobest, frontside flip i've ever seen
frontside flip?
Best nollie in the game.
My first pro deck…a chocolate Paulo Diaz…the white with red lettering
Savage part.
Music info please !¡!¡!!!¡
Which indigestion American Indian tribe ¿?¿??
PABLO, OG steez merchant
Pretty sure he could of switch Ollied over a school bus lol
1:25
Indigenous oopsy dooopsy