1976 World Professional Skateboard Championship

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • A very 70's Movie Short about a the Longbeach Skateboard Championship

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  • @njt002
    @njt002 5 лет назад +283

    I'd love to see current pro skaters do an old timey competition like this. It would be hilarious.

    • @iglooproductions
      @iglooproductions 5 лет назад +19

      njt002 Yeah and on the boards from back then.

    • @auntjenifer7774
      @auntjenifer7774 5 лет назад +3

      That actually sounds logs the greatest skate competition ever !!!!

    • @dbspaceoditty
      @dbspaceoditty 5 лет назад +4

      just look up freestyle competions. they still exist and use weird ass boards

    • @faunaflage
      @faunaflage 5 лет назад +1

      They will be. It's called the Olympics.

    • @premiumbritishturnipvariet5498
      @premiumbritishturnipvariet5498 5 лет назад +13

      That freestyle has been ignored by the Olympic Committee just goes to show they are only in it for the cool points and not the sportsmanship

  • @jeremyhomewood9573
    @jeremyhomewood9573 5 лет назад

    FANTASTIC DAY'S !!!!! MONOLITHICALL!!!!¡!

    • @allemander
      @allemander 5 лет назад

      Jeremy Homewood days.
      It’s plural and means more than one day. No apostrophe needed.

    • @jeremyhomewood9573
      @jeremyhomewood9573 5 лет назад

      @@allemander well AREN'T YOU THE MODULE OF MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY OF PROFICIENCY IN PERFECTLY PRONOUNCED CONUNDRUMS !!!!! PLURAL ????? WHO GIVES ONE SHIT ?????? ANYWAY,,, FANTASTIC DAYS 1976/1977 !!!!!

  • @garymcgill4048
    @garymcgill4048 4 года назад

    Eye woz there!

  • @0Zolrender0
    @0Zolrender0 5 лет назад +1

    and Tony Hawk come in ans shows them how to use a Vert Ramp.

  • @gregory7958
    @gregory7958 5 лет назад

    10:42 he probably got bald really early 🤣

  • @theshiv5288
    @theshiv5288 5 лет назад +53

    The real trick was nobody’s hair got caught in their wheels.

  • @bobs1474
    @bobs1474 5 лет назад +165

    6 months after this Rodney Mullen would get his first skateboard

    • @paperbagmask3409
      @paperbagmask3409 5 лет назад +1

      @Æ N I Ǝ M A Start skate again :D

    • @smokeinc9800
      @smokeinc9800 5 лет назад +3

      @Æ N I Ǝ M A im 30 and i started skating again after 15 years

    • @666needffullthings66
      @666needffullthings66 5 лет назад

      The end lol

    • @autothaiman52
      @autothaiman52 4 года назад

      I was just about to give this comment

    • @int0the3p1t32
      @int0the3p1t32 4 года назад +3

      Æ N I Ǝ M A don’t quit on that man. Your joints are designed to last for a crazy amount of time.
      Look into some of this new wave of physical therapy and reclaim your movement.
      Look into Donnie Thompson’s “low back protocols”, Louis Simmons reverse hyperextension, and in general, kelly starret has a lot of free information in regards to increasing and improving mobility.
      Donnie Thompson is pure gold. He was a power lifter who set a world record back squat at 44 years old (1260 lbs). He attributes his longevity to very unorthodox rehab methods.
      Personally, at 32, knee surgery, a broken orbital wall, a near complete tear of my Achilles,; I’ve never been more agile in my life. I picked up the skateboard again with a brand new Perspective on movement and control.

  • @val13c59
    @val13c59 5 лет назад +129

    Even though the skateboarding skills have advanced, as a true skater, you gotta love and appreciate this.

    • @t3t0131
      @t3t0131 5 лет назад +2

      VAL13C nah

    • @val13c59
      @val13c59 5 лет назад +7

      Deathringer its an 80s generation thing. You wouldn’t understand.

    • @epasternak4206
      @epasternak4206 5 лет назад +5

      Yeah all skateboarding is cool no matter what style, SK8 or die! This is a great video and the year I was born! I started in 87 skating and I appreciate all of it.

    • @king_torre_calchi2242
      @king_torre_calchi2242 5 лет назад +5

      Advanced, hell no, we've gone backwards in terms of street skating

    • @Lilbroda
      @Lilbroda 5 лет назад +1

      @@val13c59 70s

  • @johnpope4023
    @johnpope4023 8 лет назад +155

    I was there,still have the ticket stub! went there Steve day and Paul barrios,Steve is the eventer of the handstand kick flip and the 180 h.k.f. Steve drove us in the grasshopper, a green citron,Bently motor, like rolls royce. we met up with Russ howell, our mentor, and friend . Russell was our major influence!!! contrary to a lie in a major movie ,Russ ripped at parks and bowls . he was a animal, a magician on a skateboard

    • @omegaman5663
      @omegaman5663 5 лет назад +6

      Ah memories.
      lol jk i wasnt even born then

    • @TheTeamStealth
      @TheTeamStealth 5 лет назад +2

      What are their thoughts on current skateboard?

    • @isaacpulido1510
      @isaacpulido1510 5 лет назад +4

      Thank you for sharing and contribution. 76 the year I was born. Grew up on on skateboarding. I love it

    • @alexbadillo9940
      @alexbadillo9940 5 лет назад +2

      Isaac Pulido same here August 18 1976 it was a great year😂😳😂

    • @kerryannmcnulty9749
      @kerryannmcnulty9749 5 лет назад +2

      Wow , that is just awsome .

  • @californiaadventurous7083
    @californiaadventurous7083 5 лет назад +35

    When tony alva and jay adams showed up on the scene they changed skateboarding from gymnastics on wheels to what it is today

    • @ItsFinished
      @ItsFinished 5 лет назад +4

      Straight up! You can sure see the influence that guys like Russ Howell, Ty Page, and Bruce Logan had on this group.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 года назад

      But was that change for the better or did it make it a completely different type of competition.

    • @davidharris4030
      @davidharris4030 3 месяца назад

      Yep! Z-boys & Dog Town

    • @davidharris4030
      @davidharris4030 3 месяца назад

      @@ItsFinishedRuss Howell was in video

  • @dobrystyle
    @dobrystyle 5 лет назад +73

    Woman, man, elders, kids, disabled, all about having fun and skate :D That was beautyful. Thanks!

    • @c0ntag10n
      @c0ntag10n 5 лет назад

      All white, not a colored person in sight

    • @billybobjoeanimations118
      @billybobjoeanimations118 5 лет назад +8

      @@c0ntag10n uh no I saw other people of race in the documentary and why does it matter anyways

    • @wombra8314
      @wombra8314 5 лет назад +2

      but we're back to 12 different kinds of bathrooms 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

  • @gulorful8488
    @gulorful8488 5 лет назад +16

    Wow. I’m 18 and some of these events looked really cool. It feels like some of these tricks could never be pulled off with modern skateboards. Free styling comes to mind. That looked awesome. I’d love to see that kind of stuff today.

  • @rebusd
    @rebusd 5 лет назад +19

    9:58 - I never realized how much of an influence on Mullen that Russ Howell had, but the section of his run shown here is almost move for move identical. Kind of refreshing to see

  • @fredsavage4925
    @fredsavage4925 2 года назад +8

    You can see how Rodney Mullen faithfully adopted the old school flowing surf style. Great video

  • @InspectorCallahan.44
    @InspectorCallahan.44 5 лет назад +59

    Chicas looking good back in the day.

    • @king_torre_calchi2242
      @king_torre_calchi2242 5 лет назад +1

      That Desiree hyna was thick

    • @Ematched
      @Ematched 4 года назад +3

      Seriously. Women's style was so much better back then.

    • @Ematched
      @Ematched 4 года назад +2

      @@king_torre_calchi2242 yeah, that girl can definitely get it: thicc, stacked, and flexible.
      I think Ellen and I can invent a few variations of the Spider.

    • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
      @JohnSmith-rk6jy 4 года назад +1

      Yup. 2020 chicas take note.

  • @DoitForTheLolz1
    @DoitForTheLolz1 5 лет назад +12

    having just gotten into skating last year I thought the gorilla grip was a joke trick for beginners who couldn't ollie, and here it is in competition before the ollie was even invented for flatground 8:47 pretty amazing to see it done so well.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 года назад

      Modern skateboarding is about big dangerous air time. As a sport it has changed.

    • @Bellathebear777
      @Bellathebear777 2 года назад

      Ed Nadalin would gorilla grip.& jump bikes at Huntington Beach. I liked jumping over people. Get 4-5 on there hands and knees, & go. I'm grateful I never landed on anyone.

  • @Chorkaloopa
    @Chorkaloopa 5 лет назад +39

    @8:47, did he ollie by grabbing the board with his toes? Madness.....

    • @imacat4060
      @imacat4060 5 лет назад +6

      It's not an ollie, it's a toe grab

    • @Chorkaloopa
      @Chorkaloopa 5 лет назад +2

      @@imacat4060 Yikes. Dude has some gnarly toes. :)

    • @homefront3162
      @homefront3162 5 лет назад +9

      Called a gorilla hop actually

    • @Ematched
      @Ematched 4 года назад

      They were also doing flip kicks, not kickflips. The kickflip was invented by Rodney Mullen a few years later after he invented the flat ground ollie.

    • @frankwheeler1375
      @frankwheeler1375 4 года назад +1

      10:15 the porn music it the background, "Sure feels good!"

  • @fabiolemme
    @fabiolemme 5 лет назад +40

    9:41 - "the granddaddy of skateboard, TWENTY-SEVEN year old Russ Howell..." :-)

    • @Karudzik
      @Karudzik 5 лет назад +3

      he was born 1949 :D

    • @robaxl3088
      @robaxl3088 5 лет назад +4

      In today's time 27 is super young and not even close to retirement from skateboarding...

    • @dididiihas
      @dididiihas 3 года назад +3

      @@Karudzik he's still skating

  • @justinmechanic17
    @justinmechanic17 5 лет назад +17

    The girls 👍

  • @MagicalAlpaca
    @MagicalAlpaca 5 лет назад +15

    8:46 The guys just grabbed the board with his freaking toes.

    • @andresmeow5943
      @andresmeow5943 4 года назад

      The hippie jumps omg

    • @leatherandtactel
      @leatherandtactel 4 года назад +3

      Gorilla grip I think it was called.

    • @yvonnegabin467
      @yvonnegabin467 3 года назад

      Its considered a dumb trick nowadays

    • @Supernov4
      @Supernov4 3 года назад

      No ollie yet so had to resort to monkey business lol

  • @karmasoldier9841
    @karmasoldier9841 5 лет назад +4

    Thank god...I am not the only one pushing Mongo. 😊

  • @richarddevoe3648
    @richarddevoe3648 5 лет назад +21

    Wow !! Skateboarding has sure come a looong way....

  • @mrgerbeck
    @mrgerbeck 5 лет назад +16

    Flip tricks are cool but these old tricks are dope af too. My man doing headspins at 10:35!

    • @denoc817
      @denoc817 5 лет назад +1

      All those free style trick can't be done by today kids in 2019.

    • @bighands69
      @bighands69 2 года назад

      @@denoc817
      Are you sure about that. They may be able to carry out the tick but how would they do in the competition back then?

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan 2 года назад +3

      They still do a flip trick in this video, the old school kickflip which was done back then without the Ollie. You just stick one foot on the side of the board and flip it to the side and land on it. The Ollie kickflip is just an update to this and was invented by Mullen and is what we think of as a kickflip today but essentially it’s the same trick but just Ollieing into it.

  • @Jonsey-lm5sv
    @Jonsey-lm5sv 4 года назад +8

    I remember getting my first skateboard with polyurethane wheels around 1978 or so. My friend’s brother built a wooden ramp in their driveway which we practiced 180s on. Board sports have been part of my life since that time. I credit California skate/surf culture for its influence to us kids growing up in the Midwest 🛹 🏂 🏄‍♀️

  • @KommyToob
    @KommyToob 5 лет назад +34

    I'm 46 years old. When I was a kid I dreamed of living in southern California.It seemed like the best place on earth. It's a far cry from what it was in those days. Damn shame to such a beautiful place.

    • @tColorsinspacerecordings
      @tColorsinspacerecordings 5 лет назад

      woodie will yes sir

    • @immodium4586
      @immodium4586 5 лет назад

      Guess I’m lucky!

    • @fucketaboutit
      @fucketaboutit 4 года назад +6

      I grew up surfing and skating here in So Cal....Los Angeles county
      Santa monica, venice, south bay...
      I still live here..
      But the open border has turned LA in to a 3rd world overpopulated dump..
      blows.
      not leaving no matter how fucked the latino invaders make it here.....

    • @Jaydubdubstep
      @Jaydubdubstep 4 года назад +1

      @@fucketaboutit racist much

    • @xtlm
      @xtlm 4 года назад +1

      @Jamey Craig lol what are you on about

  • @Jim-be8sj
    @Jim-be8sj 5 лет назад +8

    Wow. Flashback time. I think I got my first skateboard in about 1974. Maybe by the time of this competition I was using wheels wider than the trucks on a really narrow board and wondering why things became unstable when going downhill. It probably was something like a a Sims Taperkick board with sims Bowl Rider wheels and ACS 430 trucks sitting on 1/2" risers.

    • @CraigGoldsberry-vx7re
      @CraigGoldsberry-vx7re Год назад

      Yeah I knew they had to be some of those SIMS pure juice wheels....they made the longest

  • @JeffSayYes
    @JeffSayYes 5 лет назад +9

    I think Russ Howell came straight from work

  • @allenwaters96
    @allenwaters96 5 лет назад +9

    Memories of those days, barefoot, cutoffs and t-shirt stuffed in my back pocket. Wind in your hair and free.

  • @KC12344325
    @KC12344325 10 лет назад +22

    It's hard to believe girls and guys my age were making skating history forty years ago, meanwhile I can barely pop a wheelie.

    • @TheAlphaFlamingo
      @TheAlphaFlamingo 5 лет назад +1

      @customvideo454 What the fuck xD

    • @roamlikekane
      @roamlikekane 5 лет назад +1

      Maybe you should get out more like go outside, and stop typing on the computer holed up in your dark bedroom.

    • @JL_1997
      @JL_1997 5 лет назад +1

      @@roamlikekane lmao youre the obvious virgin replying to a 4 year old comment 😂

    • @fadeandbraid8321
      @fadeandbraid8321 5 лет назад

      @@roamlikekane totally agree ... Brainless talentless millennial's

    • @fadeandbraid8321
      @fadeandbraid8321 5 лет назад

      @customvideo454 yup totally agree ... Brainless talentless millennial's how did we let this happen. Kids had talent back then

  • @SwankeyMonkey
    @SwankeyMonkey 5 лет назад +9

    9:42 Yo dawg, I heard you like skateboards.
    So I put skateboards on your skateboards, so you can skate when you skate.
    I'm from the future.

  • @PostalFerretWithRum
    @PostalFerretWithRum 5 лет назад +13

    So before the kick flip there was the flip kick,
    Always something new going on in the world of wheels...

    • @johncummings5419
      @johncummings5419 5 лет назад

      Postalferret Withrum lol

    • @nkmcfrln
      @nkmcfrln 5 лет назад

      When kickflips were new they were called ollie kickflips.

  • @swill1020
    @swill1020 4 года назад +4

    The key to winning was the highest tube socks

  • @angrykermit3192
    @angrykermit3192 5 лет назад +20

    Then Jay Adams comes in and shuts everyone down (cue Iron Man by Black Sabbath)

  • @paulocuento9949
    @paulocuento9949 5 лет назад +7

    this video gave me the feels.. miss the 70s

  • @Rufusdos
    @Rufusdos 5 лет назад +17

    It’s a good thing skateboarding feels 10x better than it looks or it would never have survived this era!

    • @nothing2see315
      @nothing2see315 5 лет назад +4

      Rufusdos Landing on your elbows on asphalt or concrete doesn't feel very good though

    • @Rufusdos
      @Rufusdos 5 лет назад +4

      @@nothing2see315 Haha I know, neither does breaking the ball-joint off the top of your arm! But skateboarding...it's worth it!

    • @Smittyschannel
      @Smittyschannel 4 года назад +4

      this era was beautiful to watch, & extremely difficult maneuvers for the time. Much of this is still hard to do today

    • @Rufusdos
      @Rufusdos 4 года назад +3

      @Jamey Craig If you think skateboarding was dead in the early 90s you were either a big-arena vert skater or simply not paying attention. H-Street "Next Generation" and Plan B "Questionable" both came out in 1992 and are now acknowledged as classics full of heavyweight skating. Way, Cardiel, Agah and Carroll were the SOTYs. Switch skating first appeared. Mullen learned to skate street. Tom Penny appeared. Skateboarding was at a crucial stage and the evolution of tricks and culture in that period was incredible.

  • @mdwiggins91
    @mdwiggins91 5 лет назад +8

    Someone PLEASE post the names and artists of the songs on this video-in particular, the songs that start at approximately 5:40 and 10:10.

  • @earthgirl7267
    @earthgirl7267 Год назад +2

    My first skateboard was "The Shark" My parents ordered from the Sears Catalog in the 70's. The good ole days of tube socks, burgers and fries, Orange Crush soda, and scateboarding. 🥰

  • @METALFAN4EVS
    @METALFAN4EVS 5 лет назад +31

    Then Rodney Mullen perfected Alan Gelfands ollie on flat ground and skateboarding changed forever.

    • @nkmcfrln
      @nkmcfrln 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah, that happened right after this competition you fucking dork.

    • @youknowit1916
      @youknowit1916 5 лет назад +11

      @@nkmcfrln Oh, look, an edgy person... wooooo.

    • @auntjenifer7774
      @auntjenifer7774 5 лет назад +5

      @@nkmcfrln I don't understand why you always feel the need to start interactions with total strangers by calling them a dirty name !?!?!
      Are you that miserable with your pathetically lame life that you feel the need to bash on everything and everyone !?!!?!???

    • @auntjenifer7774
      @auntjenifer7774 5 лет назад +1

      @@youknowit1916 I have encountered this spaz boy on a few other comments sections of other videos about skateboarding and also he was talking trash on some guitar related videos, or maybe it was boss pedals !? Any way dudes a total fucking troll or just really really bad at come backs😉

    • @nkmcfrln
      @nkmcfrln 5 лет назад +2

      @aunt jenifer And of course somebody that believes that the world is flat is following me around and posting multiple comments about me when I’ve said nothing to them.

  • @andresmeow5943
    @andresmeow5943 4 года назад +2

    Holy shit that hippie jumps are bigger than now a days

  • @SternLX
    @SternLX 6 лет назад +10

    We'd have to wait a decade after this to see real trick innovation... a.k.a. Rodney Mullen.

    • @TheAlphaFlamingo
      @TheAlphaFlamingo 5 лет назад +7

      2 years actually. Alan Gelfand was the first man to make any trick that was substantial. He made the ollie :)

    • @Axesmellsgr8
      @Axesmellsgr8 5 лет назад

      It's all relative time wise...

    • @oskargarden4559
      @oskargarden4559 5 лет назад +4

      Did you see this video? I as a skater since 88 who still skates 4 times per week for an hour and more have to say... kudos. No skater today can do what they can do. We are all stiff non flexible motherfuckers now trying to be hard and tough doing a very limited set of tricks.

    • @oskargarden4559
      @oskargarden4559 5 лет назад +3

      @@TheAlphaFlamingo ... he did ride fly without a grab over the coping. The ollie on flat changed it all. Airing over the coping without a real ollie is not the same influential trick. Rodney was just to shy to claim it.

    • @mrgerbeck
      @mrgerbeck 5 лет назад +4

      @@oskargarden4559 💯Rodney Mullen is from a generation that encouraged creativity and he was just doing wild shit. The "standardized" shit is nothing other than people copying a bunch of moves from innovators. I give MORE props to these kids doing original shit than copy trick from skate vids. Sure, jumping off 50 stairs on some parkour skating shit is gnarly and all, but it isn't foundation, style, or original.

  • @sk8swmangos
    @sk8swmangos 5 лет назад +3

    Do an epicly latered on this bunch of pioneers. I'd definitely check it out. I'd like to see the people before Mullen and Hawk

  • @MrHurv
    @MrHurv 5 лет назад +31

    I hope skateboarding in the olympics follows this format.

    • @wordreet
      @wordreet 5 лет назад

      Kory Hermann
      Yes indeedy, but our sport is pretty complex these days. Flatland, street style ramps, vert ramps and slalom will hopefully the format. And maybe even huge distance and height comps too.

    • @Fanaz10
      @Fanaz10 5 лет назад +3

      Also they should use the same uniforms and skateboards.

    • @japhy6536
      @japhy6536 5 лет назад

      Kory Hermann 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @leboypeter9859
      @leboypeter9859 5 лет назад

      @@Fanaz10 don't you forget bout the hairstyle

  • @CraigGoldsberry-vx7re
    @CraigGoldsberry-vx7re Год назад +1

    Wow I see Russ Howell I think.....I won in the Cadillac Bahne National Championships in 1976 in Salt Lake City

  • @Smittyschannel
    @Smittyschannel 4 года назад +4

    love watching Russ Howell- a superb athlete

  • @surfercrow
    @surfercrow 3 года назад +3

    Skitch Hitchcock also did Gorilla Grip jumps-his main stunt. I saw a demo of him in 1976 at Golf Mill, Niles, IL, age 11. Mom bought me his signature board-a flat fiberglass deck w/ urethane wheels, but loose bearings!

    • @robfromvan
      @robfromvan 2 года назад +1

      I liked how you called a skateboard trick a stunt, so old school!!! 😀

  • @homefront3162
    @homefront3162 5 лет назад +3

    Desaray Von Esson I was in love... She eventually worked in the pro shop atbthe Endless Wave in Oxnard... she was SO sweet...this was my era then in the 80's it became all vert.

  • @adisahmetasevic7452
    @adisahmetasevic7452 4 года назад +3

    I like the fact that different disciplines challenged skaters like speed, jump and so on. Not „just“ best trick over/on something.

  • @docducttape9270
    @docducttape9270 5 лет назад +2

    How much grass was smoked in that parking lot is what I wanna know. Lol

    • @wombra8314
      @wombra8314 5 лет назад

      SMAKS EM SILLIFIED a lid of schwaaaag

  • @appalachiafishingclub
    @appalachiafishingclub 3 года назад +1

    1:11 I wore socks like these while cruising on my Quicksilver board. I’m 59 now and I’m cruising on an Element. I lost the socks.

  • @user-ru6mq5sc5n
    @user-ru6mq5sc5n 4 года назад +3

    Those boards are so small, and trucks so narrow, insane!

    • @timothyhyena3106
      @timothyhyena3106 2 года назад

      Funny but they seriously didnt feel that way back then. And that was back when grip tape was something you put on porch stairs. But looking back and still riding today yeah my ankles hurt just looking at them.

  • @stard1758
    @stard1758 5 лет назад +1

    Just look how beautiful the people and material(check the gloves for example and shoes) and stuff was in comparison with the ugly every thing these days even the people style is fucking annoying from music to clothing to talking to living to the sharme of life

  • @xtlm
    @xtlm 4 года назад +3

    They should still do slalom racing, and both the long and high jump competitions

  • @lesterhalfjr
    @lesterhalfjr 5 лет назад +3

    handstands should be compulsory again

  • @Ash_Hudson
    @Ash_Hudson 5 лет назад +4

    1:44 Chad Muska's dad - Dad Muska

  • @joejones8009
    @joejones8009 5 лет назад +4

    "Toe wheelies on the line." I lost it! Lol

  • @wadegarrett2053
    @wadegarrett2053 5 лет назад +3

    California was still nice back then

  • @Xanderlee7
    @Xanderlee7 5 лет назад +3

    1:25 Tom Delonge from the First Date music video :O

  • @LETMino85
    @LETMino85 2 года назад +3

    I am not a skateboarder but why has this vanished? I'd love to see especially an artistic interpretation, similar to ice skating. They obviously tried a lot of pioneer stuff but much is so nice. Why is all of this gone in modern skateboarding?

    • @TheFutureIsPrimitive
      @TheFutureIsPrimitive Год назад

      Freestyle is still out there if you know where to look! Please watch my video Freestyle Footwork as one modest example in recent years.

    • @gregorsamsa1364
      @gregorsamsa1364 Год назад

      Because it wouldn't attract a significant audience

  • @AceSeptre
    @AceSeptre 4 года назад +2

    It's kinda crazy seeing this and noticing that at the time skateboarding was heading more towards popular culture than counter culture where it resided for a few decades. It took 44 years from this point to have skateboarding recognized as an Olympic sport, but I can help but think that it should have happened faster. I don't know why or exactly when, but somewhere along the line skateboarding went underground and stayed there for a good 25-30 years.

  • @harryknackers7892
    @harryknackers7892 2 года назад +1

    R.I.P. Ellen O'Neal - I will miss you.

  • @rrbh
    @rrbh 4 года назад +1

    and along came Jay Adams and everyone on here just stayed at home from that point on !

  • @homefront3162
    @homefront3162 5 лет назад +3

    I had one of those G&S Fiberflex Slalom boards around 76-77

  • @smellymala3103
    @smellymala3103 5 лет назад +1

    6:15 righteous as fuck with the disco ball chain, why did I miss this era!

  • @slatvatfatcat
    @slatvatfatcat 4 года назад +2

    Went to school with some of these people, one being Ellen Berryman, who went on to become a great field biologist, and who I'm proud to call a Facebook friend.

  • @bmorebob6624
    @bmorebob6624 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for posting! Post more if you got it

  • @Musique61414
    @Musique61414 5 лет назад +2

    That blond dude with the stache rode for Hobie, I believe....Russ Howell? Man, I followed skateboarding and motocross so much in those days.
    Still love my Road Riders #4!

  • @jnasilowska
    @jnasilowska 5 лет назад +4

    9.30 mega babe...

  • @Mannyfresh_
    @Mannyfresh_ 5 лет назад +3

    This is waaay before my generation but growing up in SoCal everyone skated as a kid. Good times

  • @illyad5435
    @illyad5435 4 года назад +1

    7:08 until Rodney Mullen created the Ollie

  • @cocorkiller2322
    @cocorkiller2322 5 лет назад +2

    Nose wheelie chick.. lol. Never did they think now we would be hitting 100' long rails, with 25 kinks down it..

  • @grantmourning189
    @grantmourning189 4 года назад +2

    "Hey , keep those boards off the lines!" "I can't DEED.

  • @chb3676
    @chb3676 4 года назад +2

    This is fascinating!

  • @rebusd
    @rebusd 5 лет назад +2

    That handstand at 9:35 was pretty sick. Never seen someone go that far with their back.

    • @SO-ym3zs
      @SO-ym3zs Год назад

      Nornal in the dance world, but I'd never seen it done on a board until now.

  • @AdaraAhab
    @AdaraAhab 4 года назад +1

    Who's here 2020

  • @lancewhatever
    @lancewhatever 5 лет назад +2

    "Improvements followed" is now my new way of summing up how something got better or more adaptive for others.

  • @PerryNoydicus
    @PerryNoydicus Год назад +1

    1:47 Tom Delonge's character from "First Date"

    • @Eckoolt
      @Eckoolt 6 месяцев назад

      Still lives in his van

  • @haamishmcgarry
    @haamishmcgarry 5 лет назад +7

    In a world where they tried to organize all fun out of skateboarding...

  • @excelisfun
    @excelisfun 3 года назад

    Awesome!!!!

  • @mtgarrett
    @mtgarrett 5 лет назад +2

    This was awesome thank you! I'd love to get my hands on one of those G&S shirts...and a time machine!

  • @420xanatos
    @420xanatos 5 лет назад +9

    When the ollie didn't exist and it was called a flip kick. Not a rail or any kind of pipe in sight.

    • @romancandlefight1144
      @romancandlefight1144 5 лет назад +1

      You mean kickflip

    • @6.thedollar415
      @6.thedollar415 4 года назад

      @@romancandlefight1144 they called it a flipkick here and it looks different than a kickflip

    • @surfercrow
      @surfercrow 3 года назад

      Alan Gelfand created the ollie in 1976, the same year as this competition-He just wasn’t there.

  • @JohnSmith-rk6jy
    @JohnSmith-rk6jy 4 года назад +1

    Thank God for Dogtown.

  • @AdventureQuestExplorerTime
    @AdventureQuestExplorerTime 5 лет назад +1

    How much coke doing is going on in there?

  • @woden20
    @woden20 5 лет назад +1

    Fantastic upload

  • @ag-bk5wf
    @ag-bk5wf 4 года назад +1

    The pole jumps are impressive.

  • @crev652
    @crev652 5 лет назад +2

    Its kinda cool to see how skateboarding has advanced throughout the years

  • @angelob.2681
    @angelob.2681 5 лет назад +1

    Jumping flower pots ! Not barrels !

  • @coturzio5248
    @coturzio5248 5 лет назад +1

    That mongo pushes kills me

  • @SBecktacular
    @SBecktacular 5 лет назад +2

    They should see it now...
    Their tube socks would explode 🥴

  • @realmcoy4696
    @realmcoy4696 3 года назад +1

    9:42 Simply amazin tho

  • @ShawnGranzow
    @ShawnGranzow 5 лет назад +2

    Ricky Martin wins the high jump

  • @colemansawyer8342
    @colemansawyer8342 5 лет назад +2

    Lol wut if someone just ollied

  • @DjNikGnashers
    @DjNikGnashers 5 лет назад +2

    Amazing archive footage, thank you for posting up.

  • @wombra8314
    @wombra8314 5 лет назад +1

    bring the ballet back to freestyle! D: 👋🏻🎱👄🎱🤚🏻

  • @cocorkiller2322
    @cocorkiller2322 5 лет назад +2

    Could show up, bust a inward heel flip, boom god

    • @oskargarden4559
      @oskargarden4559 5 лет назад

      And nobody would give you credit ;)
      Saying that alone tells how low your skateboard abilities are. I bet you can not kickflip on flat - standing.

    • @cocorkiller2322
      @cocorkiller2322 5 лет назад

      @@oskargarden4559 oh right, I must just suck huh

    • @iglooproductions
      @iglooproductions 5 лет назад +1

      Just show up with a modern board, period. Just do a simple ollie and win.

  • @NickDerbonne
    @NickDerbonne День назад

    Jumping barrels. That was the trick to beat.
    They had no idea then.

  • @robaxl3088
    @robaxl3088 5 лет назад +4

    Notice NO cell phones..those were some great times back then

    • @beatflyy
      @beatflyy 5 лет назад +1

      This comment makes no sense.

    • @brebrey124ni
      @brebrey124ni 5 лет назад +1

      @@beatflyy it makes total sense. People actually paid attention to what Was going on around them and not just there phone

  • @Kamikazebat3923
    @Kamikazebat3923 Год назад +1

    when snatch stank.

  • @artothewanderer9517
    @artothewanderer9517 5 лет назад

    Where the fuck are the Z Boys?!?! They were already a team by 1973/74’. WTF?! Shred In peace Jay Boy. “Heroes get remembered.....BUT LEGENDS NEVER DIE”. (Sandlot ha). Team Pain til’ death motherfuckers. ☠️.....FTW.....☠️ …-VI-VI-VI-…

  • @goingbonkerswithmyhonkers9374
    @goingbonkerswithmyhonkers9374 5 лет назад +1

    Non-contact competition

  • @NickDerbonne
    @NickDerbonne День назад

    It's like when the Whright brother's flew they're first airplane.