Frankie Hill You were not the first to go big but you were the first to start doing everything big and making it a sub genre of street skating. You should be proud even if you don't get your credit due.
My friends and I used to sit around the ramps, curbs, and session spots around NE Atlanta back then and talk about this part and whether we though you rode out of it or ate it. Decades later and some of us Still talk about it and cherish these vid parts and your influence and style. Bones had their mojo already going and then your part here and Propaganda showed up like BAM..... a fuckin’ freight train of pure street power and speed with crazy style. It’s 2018 and people are STILL talking about and watching you skate.......
These over sized tricks were the first I'd seen on a skate video! Truly evolutionary at the time. I always thought, the less height in skateboarders, the better... The taller, the harder you fall ! Compact skaters seem to do it better, in my opinion, through experience. May be a psychological thing.
People always bring up Gonz, Natas, and Pat Duffy. Frankie Hills name is rarely brought up. He was doing way gnarlier stuff at the time. I think he isn't getting the recognition he deserves for his innovation in street skating.
+Joshua Heimberger Hill wasn't really an innovator. He was known for going big and tweaking. His appeal was that he was so young and little and throwing himself down big ass shit. But I do agree, he rarely gets the recognition he deserves.
@@jeqngui4884 ruclips.net/video/gg1ZMwAAcEg/видео.html Peep the intro it's a dipped and held smith. He specifically says so in the newest nigel vid. Andy is amazing
I got to skate with Frankie in the early 90s, at UCSB and IslaVista, next to the ocean. Beautiful place. I've seen comments about him wearing the same clothes all the time. He actually did wear the same shit all the time. We all did. It wasn't on the radar. Skateboarding was all that mattered. He did do all of this in a couple of days probably. He's a focused and genuinely nice person. Always is and was. Its messed up to see skaters laughing at small wheels and baggy pants. It was part of the evolution of skating. But who am I to talk. We used to make fun of bananna boards. To each his own I guess .....
Haha, yes. I went through al the era's. From the Powel sweatpants to the new deal big deals and fat laces to the loose jeans, white shoes with grey sweater. Every era has it's charm.
Different generations with different boards with similar tricks, same tricks, different tricks, and better tricks but all doing the fun thing, skateboarding!!!!!
This part is legendary. Saw it in 1989 when I was a Freshman. We were trippin'. This came out not long after Shackle Me Not which was '88 I think. Big up to all my old homies from back then. Bullhead City,Arizona.
Definitely not fucking around with the gaps here. All of Ban This is classic, but Frankie Hill's part quite might be the most influential in setting the bar for modern street skating. Many of these gaps and rails to this day would help separate men from sissies.
ahhh.... frankie hill was one of my favorites growing up, he was part of what shape skating into what it is today. I'm 41 now and still think about skateboarding all the time, but having a family and to many responsibilities has made me stop. I'm more of a collector of decks now cause the art work back in the days were sick.
I’ve been skating since I was 13 In 1986/87 And this era was hands down my fav and most fun for sure. -I mighta been way better in the 90’s and could do pretty much everything except the gnarly handrails or heelflips but it still could t touch the fun factor of the late 80’a and very early 90’s....the board shapes were awesome from small noses -to-popsicle... FrankieHill was a huge inspiration to us at the time.. I liked his style a lot. The way George Powell treated him was tragic. Borderline criminal.. 1 million plus old school skaters know Frankie hill got dicked over with his broken knee.. Twice I think....His legacy makes him immortal for sure!! Thanks Frankie :)
I remember when this came out. Guy just blew every other street skater out of the water in terms of going big. One of the best in his time. I can't believe this is '89... where does the time go?
Shooting on film is cool for sure as they can be remastered today at high resolution. Shame they never bothered to record audio at the same time though as over-dubbed sound sucks.
Gonz gets more credit because his skating was more clean and tech but he did big stuff too. Frankie was pretty rad and the ollies he did was ahead of the times.
First there was Gonz, Natas, Tomy Guerrero, Jess Martinez, and Jim Thibaud. Then there was Mike Vallely. After him it was Frankie Hill. Nobody during that time period was better than Frankie Hill. WHen those Powell videos would come out we would just watch Frankies parts over and over again to figure out just what the hell he was doing. Frankie was the sickest.
Everything Jason Shay said and the decks were 9 to inches wide. lol! I loved that I skated in this era and Frankie Hills part in this video was one of my favorites. I'm 41 now and I still skate!
I have to say Ed Templeton was my favourite skateboarder in the 90's but have to admit Frankie Hill was the first guy who started to make crazy and big things on video in a time when street skateboard wasn't fashionable first, and 2 years after Ban This it wasn't cool to ride for Powell if you were on street skateboard, the era of big pants small wheels changed a lot of perceptions.Had he joined a Plan B, New Deal or Blind type of company I guess he would have been seen as a more cool type of guy during the 90's.
Frankie Hill's part here and in Propaganda is why I started riding handrails and doing huge gaps. It's also probably the reason why my ankles and wrists can only take a couple few slams before I'm sidelined and heckling with a beer. Gravity always wins in the end.
The huge ollie to method grab over that gap is so sick and stylish. Looks amazing even by today's standards. Looks like you're floating through the air doing a method just like Bart Simpson.
It absolutely was. I was a touch young at this time, though I caught the wave in 1991 as a 15 year old - the era of the street revolution with double kick boards. That, plus illegal raves in warehouses with drugs openly bought and sold and everybody being happy - man, that was an era to behold. Thankfully the internet didn't exist yet, nor mobile phones, nor convenient cameras. Perhaps that's why those times were so great.
filmed in exactly 2 days, this street skating part is one of the best ever, if you come back in 89, more than half of new skool skateboarders were not on earth at this period, the other half didn't even known what skateboarding was! fat gaping, massive boardsliding, mute grabin as hell, that's what frankie was known for, and trust me, i was skating this lance mountain board he use in this part, and i can tell yall this man was a monster! he put all the street skaters from back in the days on the knees, ask around, yall know what i am talking about! peace.
When this part came out no one had ever seen street skating like it. It raised the bar for street skating. No one was going that big back in 89 then this young kid comes along and nails it. I remember after this came out everyone wanted to be Frankie HIll.
SomethingTVTV Even more amazing is that this part was released a full year after it was filmed. Huge chunk of time then for the evolution of skateboarding.
There are a bunch of tricks in here that were the first ever to be captured, like the ollie over the double set and the kickflip off the high wall, come to mind.
Man, still one of my fave video parts ever! I got this on VHS like a week after it came out...was blown away, but I always asked myself, "Did Frankie Hill carry a kicker ramp on his back to all his spots?". What ever happened to him anyway? I heard something about him being a pizza delivery guy or something and his knees were blown out.
I love that the part isn’t all teched up. Just powerful slides and huge Ollie’s. Not that flips ain’t cool! But Frankie showed the power of skating with pure speed
@@tonyloco2322 except I'm part of everyone and those landings drive me nuts, although they do make me appreciate the clean makes. I've been a fan of his since before PD came out BTW.
if he had landed it, they would show it from like 5 different angles plus boardcam and slomo... i mean, powell had their skaters wearing the some clothes every day to fool people, so what do you expect? still an amazing part tho, even for today... pretty much sums up what skateboarding was back then and only one word comes to my mind: RAD!!!
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Got close to making the final rail slide, I hope Powell releases the bails someday, they were crazy,
Frankie Hill You were not the first to go big but you were the first to start doing everything big and making it a sub genre of street skating. You should be proud even if you don't get your credit due.
That part is just too rad
My friends and I used to sit around the ramps, curbs, and session spots around NE Atlanta back then and talk about this part and whether we though you rode out of it or ate it. Decades later and some of us Still talk about it and cherish these vid parts and your influence and style. Bones had their mojo already going and then your part here and Propaganda showed up like BAM..... a fuckin’ freight train of pure street power and speed with crazy style. It’s 2018 and people are STILL talking about and watching you skate.......
@@JasonUGA311 I grew up skating in Atlanta too, 1986-89. Then I moved to Dallas.
These over sized tricks were the first I'd seen on a skate video! Truly evolutionary at the time. I always thought, the less height in skateboarders, the better... The taller, the harder you fall ! Compact skaters seem to do it better, in my opinion, through experience. May be a psychological thing.
People always bring up Gonz, Natas, and Pat Duffy. Frankie Hills name is rarely brought up. He was doing way gnarlier stuff at the time. I think he isn't getting the recognition he deserves for his innovation in street skating.
He definitely broke ground from '88 - '91. It's too bad he got a severe knee injury the end of '91; then Duffy was right around the corner.
Joshua Heimberger I quite liked Ray Barbee's style too. Not as hardcore if i remember correctly, but smoothe.
+Joshua Heimberger Hill wasn't really an innovator. He was known for going big and tweaking. His appeal was that he was so young and little and throwing himself down big ass shit. But I do agree, he rarely gets the recognition he deserves.
If you could get past Nate Sherwood's obscene lack of editing, check out his documentary of Frankie Hill.
No kidding, this is my first time even hearing about this guy. He seemed a bit ahead of his time on some of the stuff he was jumping.
Remember watching this on the VHS and being absolutely blown away and massively inspired.
Thank you Frankie for sacrificing your body for skating, you took the hits and set the standards. Well done, giving back to skateboarding.
Touching the ground can look sick no one can change my mind after seeing this.
Came here after Andy Anderson giving the shoutout. Insane that the madlad smithed that ender rail that Frankie tries to boardslide. 29 friggin stairs!
Is it smith tho? did he mention It? I was wondering cuz it look like a 5050 locked side way's 2
@@jeqngui4884 ruclips.net/video/gg1ZMwAAcEg/видео.html Peep the intro it's a dipped and held smith. He specifically says so in the newest nigel vid. Andy is amazing
@@TheGreatKrystoff damn. Does that mean smith is not that hard 🤣 trying to learn it rn 😝
I got to skate with Frankie in the early 90s, at UCSB and IslaVista, next to the ocean. Beautiful place. I've seen comments about him wearing the same clothes all the time. He actually did wear the same shit all the time. We all did. It wasn't on the radar. Skateboarding was all that mattered. He did do all of this in a couple of days probably. He's a focused and genuinely nice person. Always is and was.
Its messed up to see skaters laughing at small wheels and baggy pants. It was part of the evolution of skating. But who am I to talk. We used to make fun of bananna boards. To each his own I guess .....
Joshua Gillen he'll yeah bro isla vista / Goleta area is the shit 805 🤘
Haha, yes. I went through al the era's. From the Powel sweatpants to the new deal big deals and fat laces to the loose jeans, white shoes with grey sweater. Every era has it's charm.
I agree 1000% with your comment, exactly what i think.
Different generations with different boards with similar tricks, same tricks, different tricks, and better tricks but all doing the fun thing, skateboarding!!!!!
Franky Hill was such a cool skater back in the day .. he was way ahead with the stuff he was doing , one of my favourite skaters by far !
Goleta represent! Frankie hill is a straight up legend around these parts so much respect for this guy
This part is legendary. Saw it in 1989 when I was a Freshman. We were trippin'. This came out not long after Shackle Me Not which was '88 I think. Big up to all my old homies from back then. Bullhead City,Arizona.
Definitely not fucking around with the gaps here. All of Ban This is classic, but Frankie Hill's part quite might be the most influential in setting the bar for modern street skating. Many of these gaps and rails to this day would help separate men from sissies.
ahhh.... frankie hill was one of my favorites growing up, he was part of what shape skating into what it is today. I'm 41 now and still think about skateboarding all the time, but having a family and to many responsibilities has made me stop. I'm more of a collector of decks now cause the art work back in the days were sick.
"You didn't quit skateboarding because you got old. You got old because you quit skateboarding" - Jay Adams
Me too but I manage to skate my chubby ass to the liquor store once in a while
@@8andsk835hell yeah dawg
I wish we could see his face more clearly so we can see how young he is and that expression and focus!!!!
Frankie Hill was a fkn warrior. Never gets the respect he deserves .
I’ve been skating since I was 13 In 1986/87
And this era was hands down my fav and most fun for sure.
-I mighta been way better in the 90’s and could do pretty much everything except the gnarly handrails or heelflips but it still could t touch the fun factor of the late 80’a and very early 90’s....the board shapes were awesome from small noses -to-popsicle...
FrankieHill was a huge inspiration to us at the time.. I liked his style a lot.
The way George Powell treated him was tragic. Borderline criminal..
1 million plus old school skaters know Frankie hill got dicked over with his broken knee..
Twice I think....His legacy makes him immortal for sure!!
Thanks Frankie :)
I remember when this came out. Guy just blew every other street skater out of the water in terms of going big. One of the best in his time. I can't believe this is '89... where does the time go?
Reminded me so much of The Birdhouse, The End video. With the stock sound effects and shooting on film. was actually cool for back then.
Shooting on film is cool for sure as they can be remastered today at high resolution. Shame they never bothered to record audio at the same time though as over-dubbed sound sucks.
The first BIG street part! So much respect for this short clip. Frankie was a game chager!
The boards were so wide and heavy back then , imagine trying to kickflip. It was like kick flipping a surfboard.
BEST INTRO EVER !!!
someone who truly brought out the childs play in skateboarding. nothing to serious never too technical. my childhood idol frankie hill.
How did I miss this guy? He's freaking sick!
Gonz gets more credit because his skating was more clean and tech but he did big stuff too. Frankie was pretty rad and the ollies he did was ahead of the times.
If you don't know, now you know. One of my all-time favorites right here. 👍👍
80s and 90s skating is always the most fun to watch!
First there was Gonz, Natas, Tomy Guerrero, Jess Martinez, and Jim Thibaud. Then there was Mike Vallely. After him it was Frankie Hill. Nobody during that time period was better than Frankie Hill. WHen those Powell videos would come out we would just watch Frankies parts over and over again to figure out just what the hell he was doing. Frankie was the sickest.
Out of all those guys you listed Tommy Guerrero really wasn’t even good enough to be amateur. He must have known someone in the industry
Awee man I'm lovin every second of this! Awesome classic!
That was probably the busiest day of his entire life.
Damn, this is insane!
I'm 15 and I'm getting my mind blown, imagine this in '89?
+TheMrDicat
With a skateboard, trucks, and wheels that weigh twice what today's set ups do. And Shitty grip tape and no double tail...............
Everything Jason Shay said and the decks were 9 to inches wide. lol! I loved that I skated in this era and Frankie Hills part in this video was one of my favorites. I'm 41 now and I still skate!
Bruce Canales 10 inches wide and boards were heavy as Hell compared with today. You had to have some real leg muscle back then to do anything dope.
So good! Love this part
I have to say Ed Templeton was my favourite skateboarder in the 90's but have to admit Frankie Hill was the first guy who started to make crazy and big things on video in a time when street skateboard wasn't fashionable first, and 2 years after Ban This it wasn't cool to ride for Powell if you were on street skateboard, the era of big pants small wheels changed a lot of perceptions.Had he joined a Plan B, New Deal or Blind type of company I guess he would have been seen as a more cool type of guy during the 90's.
Frankie Hill's part here and in Propaganda is why I started riding handrails and doing huge gaps. It's also probably the reason why my ankles and wrists can only take a couple few slams before I'm sidelined and heckling with a beer. Gravity always wins in the end.
"Heckling with a beer" ha, hell yeah it happens
Don't forget to thank Frankie for your medical woes then.
Frankie inspired me to be a street skater... un capo!!!
The huge ollie to method grab over that gap is so sick and stylish. Looks amazing even by today's standards. Looks like you're floating through the air doing a method just like Bart Simpson.
What an awesome time in skating. That would have been an awesome time to be alive and skating.
It absolutely was. I was a touch young at this time, though I caught the wave in 1991 as a 15 year old - the era of the street revolution with double kick boards.
That, plus illegal raves in warehouses with drugs openly bought and sold and everybody being happy - man, that was an era to behold.
Thankfully the internet didn't exist yet, nor mobile phones, nor convenient cameras. Perhaps that's why those times were so great.
Love the old school skating from 80s
thanks for the memories....
Damnnn, this is still good in today's standards
so stoked they put this part up
i would like to return to the classic too !
What a legend! You are thanks 🙏 for inspire me a lot and lot people!! No doubt
That no comply was sick! followed by that kickflip at 1:20, epic for back in the day!
filmed in exactly 2 days, this street skating part is one of the best ever, if you come back in 89, more than half of new skool skateboarders were not on earth at this period, the other half didn't even known what skateboarding was! fat gaping, massive boardsliding, mute grabin as hell, that's what frankie was known for, and trust me, i was skating this lance mountain board he use in this part, and i can tell yall this man was a monster! he put all the street skaters from back in the days on the knees, ask around, yall know what i am talking about! peace.
When this part came out no one had ever seen street skating like it. It raised the bar for street skating. No one was going that big back in 89 then this young kid comes along and nails it. I remember after this came out everyone wanted to be Frankie HIll.
SomethingTVTV Even more amazing is that this part was released a full year after it was filmed. Huge chunk of time then for the evolution of skateboarding.
There are a bunch of tricks in here that were the first ever to be captured, like the ollie over the double set and the kickflip off the high wall, come to mind.
Skateboarding + rock = epic win
Man, still one of my fave video parts ever! I got this on VHS like a week after it came out...was blown away, but I always asked myself, "Did Frankie Hill carry a kicker ramp on his back to all his spots?". What ever happened to him anyway? I heard something about him being a pizza delivery guy or something and his knees were blown out.
Don't miss his nine club episode! Came out today!
This was my first favorit part from when i was a kid...
how can someone dislike this
i ride 8.5 ... great vid.... i have all powell old cideos.... its nice ;)
Watch the Frankie Hill documentary!
I LOVE THIS VIDEO.LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE
"BUT CAN YOU DO A HANDSTAND?!?"
Haven't watched Ban This in probably 10 years, but as soon as I read this, I could hear it hahaha
i remember my lil crew were so influenced by him.. like when clearing big gaps was emerging.
Amazing part.
Craziest thing i always thought was jump ramp to the pull up bars.. so rad
Stacey would have all the skaters wear the same outfit so it would appear that these were filmed the same day.
that style!!!!
O street skate que existe nos dias atuais passou pelas mãos (e pés) desse cara. O cara mandando manobra de street no skate tubarão. Prozasso!!!
There’s a reason why his part starts the video. So gnarly🤔
this was some of the best skating at that time, period. if you go back and watch the rest of the street skating in Ban This, it's uncomparable.
Classic for sure
holy shit, great style!
So good!
just watched Friday the 13th part 4 and realized Frankie was in it...rad...
This guy is badass
this kid is nuts!
i like the way he lands
real classics
Anyone else notice the striking similarity in this guitar riff and Van Halen's Sinners Swing off of Fair Warning????
Jeff Barnes and the lead sounds like Allan Holdsworth, Eddies favorite guitarist
I watched this part so much that I wore out the tape.
It was a lot harder to kickflip a 10" board than it is a 7.5" today!
That was pretty fuckin rad for '89
Sick!
The man!!!
legend part
Gotta love the old Powell magic
I love that the part isn’t all teched up. Just powerful slides and huge Ollie’s. Not that flips ain’t cool! But Frankie showed the power of skating with pure speed
Frankie had style. And I don't care what anyone thinks, caveman board slides are cool.
Everyone wore shit like this back then. It was 1989. lets see how cool your clothes look in 25 years.
this is very true.
ahh the late 80s, early 90s :)
Dude, I still have that 100th issue of Thrasher behind Peter! AND it has Duane Peters Autograph on the pic of him doing an Indy air.
try doing ANY of that with his board. Besides, its got the essence of skating and that's all that matters.
If they compiled all of Frankie's clean landings, the part would be less than a minute. And it would be one of the top five parts of all time. :)
The sketchy landings are part of his unique style and what makes everyone love him
@@tonyloco2322 except I'm part of everyone and those landings drive me nuts, although they do make me appreciate the clean makes. I've been a fan of his since before PD came out BTW.
I still have his first ad saved
those gaps are pretty fucking impressive for a board without concave
One of my fucking favs
gnarly.
imagine doing a part now days with only ollie grabs.
couldn't stop laughing. i know its back in the day and this dude was probably ahead of his time but its so funny compared to today's standards
if he had landed it, they would show it from like 5 different angles plus boardcam and slomo... i mean, powell had their skaters wearing the some clothes every day to fool people, so what do you expect? still an amazing part tho, even for today... pretty much sums up what skateboarding was back then and only one word comes to my mind: RAD!!!
I cant beleive this is where Bart Simpson bit his style from 🤙
this is like some EXTREME SKATEBOARDING type shit
legend
I can watch this over and over and never get bored 🛹🛹🛹👍💯
I could definitely see Adam Sandler doing an impression of the guy at the beginning. Or, him doing an impression of Adam Sandler.
filed in a day ....... check the clothes on that shit ! ... 1988 flip indy's allday long boooooom !! legend
cool!!!
woooo ese vato rifa ^^
Haha 0:38 I bet that angle was so tight back in the day
dude! I can't believe that they didn't show the full rail!