Cracks in the Road - Episode 2 - The 1990s - Sudbury, Ontario Skateboarding Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- The 1990s brought big change for skateboarding in Sudbury-from skinnier boards to bigger and more technical tricks, new park and shops and the emergence of local skate videos. In this episode we look back at how skateboarding's popularity ebbed and flowed throughout the decade and the changes that came during skateboarding's coming of age.
0:00 Intro
2:30 1990s
4:37 Craig Young
5:08 Roller Country
7:45 Skadurz Pro Lasalle
12:24 The Outcasts
15:48 Punk Rock
19:45 John Purvis
21:43 John Purvis’ Mini Ramp
24:08 Avis
28:32 Early 90s Skating
29:30 Skadurz Pro Elm St
33:50 Blood & Tongue
35:41 Channel Creek
42:37 Finding Light
46:34 Late 90s Skating
48:07 Darryl Bobbie
49:17 Mark Gniazdoski
50:29 Brad Bertrand
52:58 Greg Zenha
55:48 Taylor Maki
57:31 The Holy Demos
58:56 Skadurz Lasalle
1:00:39 Group Nine
1:09:10 Cedar Park
1:11:04 Ryan Heights Skatepark
1:17:42 Rose Cardinal
1:21:46 Infinity Skatepark
1:28:24 Failure
1:36:55 Montrose Gap
1:37:55 Late 90s Skating
1:42:43 Joblin Ramp
1:47:59 Cambrian College
1:55:36 St-Charles
2:05:52 End
Wow, there's some historic footage of what Sudbury looked like in the 90s. I've been searching for what the inside of the shopping malls and cinemas used to like from when I was younger.
So good!! I'm 43, from Penticton, BC; definite parallels to my youth. Thanks for posting this!
Nice! Thanks for watching and for commenting. I always enjoy hearing from those in other provinces and countries.
The footage of Skating a backyard mini ramp in in the winter with snow on the ground with friends brought back some memories 👍 21:45 some of the best times of my young life 😁
Well done. some cool Sudbury history there.
Can't wait to watch this when I get home. 90s skater here
Just wonderful.
Thank you.
This documentary is very well put together. I cant believe how much footage they gathered to compile it. There was definately a scene going on here that was quite large for some snowy town I never heard of. These guys were skating pretty good. The amount of footage though is crazy.
A snowy town indeed, but we make the best of it! Thanks for watching Jonathan! Glad you enjoyed it.
Just wanted to give a shoutout to Chris and Evan Fauteux for letting us skate in there drive way, also Liukko, Pilkington, and Jason Boudreault all great guys.
...and, Murray Mclaren, Ryan Mckee. Jamie your the man bro always. Matti keeps trying to reach you answer the phone.
Lived in st.catharines never made it that far north ... But sick doc very well put together ... Congrats
Thanks Mike. I remember St. Catharines had a pretty cool scene in the 90s too. I remember going to Sud Skates and even picked up a local skate video from that area while I was there. I remember Dallas Green skated in it!
Wow! Class of 97 - 99, holy moley! The Nine! That was awesome! Watching that was like... next-level shit, crazy!
Thanks Nico! That was fantastic! Sure brings back so many great memories, we sure had a lot of fun back then.
There was a definite shift in skating in the late 90s. It became all about big gaps, drops and sets. It was gnarly! Thanks for watching Erin. Glad you enjoyed it!
@@CracksintheRoad Man, it rips! I'm actually a little choked that Nic Dick (St. Charles) got shut down like that. That place was so much fun. Looking forward to part 3! Can't wait to see what is happening now.
@@erinvanhorn7960 Same. Would have been nice to get a final session in at St-Charles. Took it for granted!
I love this so much...my eyeballs are dry as hell from a lack of blinking, and even still I can't stop watching. I myself am 41, from San Jose, California but I identify and share such a familiarity with this documentary/story. This is really well made... great job!
Thank you so much for the kind words, and for watching from San Jose! I'm really glad you enjoyed the episode. Although this series focuses on Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the evolution of skateboarding in the 90s locally reflects much of the broader change that happened in skateboarding throughout the US in that decade. Glad you can relate! United through skateboarding.
Yo i saw all the skate parks as a kid, but didnt realize the scene was that big!
Loving this accounting of our scene wayback🤘🏽. Stoked to see RC covered in this. I remember the overnights with South End crew, Rowe/Odense with the nachos and dip sleeping next to the heaters. Skating all day in dim lights to then SCORCH our eyes as we run out to catch a bus home. Good times.
Sounds like it was a blast! Thanks for watching Craig!
Great documentary. I grew up in London Ontario skating in the late 80’s and even though we are from different towns this brought back good memories. Also, junior (aka irv) is now a close friend of mine…would love to see some clips of him skating.
Glad you could relate! Thanks for watching!
Great comment John! Although we came up skating in different cities, we shared the same passion for it.
this is a crazy thing to stumble on. I was born in Sudbury in 1996, and we left in 2001. I had no idea there was such a huge culture there. I always wondered what my life woulda looked like if we stayed! I still ended up as a skater anyway (heart emojis)... love the docu
Thanks Liz! Glad you were able to fall in love with skateboarding wherever you are.
I never realized the amount of filming Rome and those guys did, I started skating when Connie and Joel had their shop out at Old City hall then met Darryl out of Nesbitt, too bad I stopped hanging in 98 cuz they kept going. I remember sneaking out of my parents house with Bobbie to go skating at Greenvale when it just got built. This video was pretty cool. Much respect to everyone involved 👏
Wonderful documentary! Good job putting it together, what a crazy trip down memory road. Happy to have experienced it with you guys, couldn't of asked for a better bunch of friends to grow up with!
Thanks Steve!
Wow! That was an amazing walk down memory lane. Those are some iconic spots.
Thanks Irving!
@@CracksintheRoad Thank you. The whole scene, back then, was fresh.
Trip down memory lane for sure, good job this documentary is sick!
Thanks Chris!
Awesome history. Learned so much from this. Love the sudbury skate scene.. No matter what era you took part in. Met alot of amazing people and had some great times.
Totally agree! Thanks for watching, Greg.
this is rad
Crazy how the same things in skateboarding were happening all over. I skated in England in and around Liverpool from late 80s to 97, stint at university in another city, then back to Liverpool in 01 but destroyed my back on a bad landing after a getting a resurgence in late 20s, in about 03. I was devastated and my mental health suffered badly. Skateboarding was life crutch and it had just been kicked away. Drink, drugs, addiction blah blah. Lot better these days. Still pissed I can't skate. Loved the film though. Emotional because of all the parallels. So much I could relate too. From the sims staab pirate board, the h- Street Dan peterka Charlie brown shirt to the lost footage. I filmed with a guy I'd known since 11 yo. His camcorder, but it was just for fun, skateboarding and stupid stuff. From 93 to 96. We got serious about skate filming and put more effort in. We also filmed friends but we both got good and were pushing each other and after so long, had great footage. Back then though, we thought u had to film a great line every time we skated lol. When I move to uni I tried to get a copy of the footage. Not just of me, everyone. For posterity. But he was always a bit of a jealous type, and I think he thought I wanted the footage to try and get sponsored. I would never have had the confidence too, but for some reason he kept making excuses. Weeks passed, then months. I even left for uni without footage. I started to get pissed off and worried coz it was obvious he was fobbing me off, and I thought he is going to wipe 3 years of sick footage and say its accident. Its Before mobiles so it was hard to keep in touch, but lo and behold he came up with a tape. After a year of trying to get it, here it is. Proof for the future, for my kids, grandkids, lol, that I was pretty good at skateboarding. Except it wasn't. Instead of 3 or more years of sick varied terrain footage, it was a couple of minutes of me doing average skateboarding in our local practice car park. There was good footage from that car park and its obstacles, just not on my tape. Footage from 1 month. In our "training ground" local car park. Where was the Liverpool footage? The road trips footage. The visits to other cities and skatepark. We never spoke much after that. I did hope maybe he would get a video together to release or even see some footage appear years later on RUclips. We filmed some unbelievable skateboarding at a time when Liverpool skate scene was in its golden years. Including some well known skaters locals who made it further than most. I've seen nothing appear, but that doesn't surprise me. He was always a bit of a dumbass. It does make me sad though that years of incredible footage, including people who made a mark in skateboarding, has gone to waste rotting in box somewhere or gone. That all being said, 20 plus years later, I'm grateful for the 2 minutes of me and 2 minutes of old friends footage I did get. Your film set off old emotions. I was a skater to the bone, not someone who just skated. It shaped who I am and nearly destroyed me when I was forced to accept I was done. Thanks for listening doc, same time next week?
Hi Tom. It’s always great to hear from people around the world who can relate to the doc, no matter where they are. Skateboarding is international, and it turns out that we all have common experiences whether riding through a Canadian winter, or skating perfect ledges in California, or skating the streets of Europe. It’s those experiences that connect us all across the globe. Thanks for sharing your memories. Hopefully one day your tapes show up, but at least you’ve got what matters most, memories for a lifetime.
I remember visiting sudbury, skating the donovan in like 2005 or maybe a bit earlier, but there was this tiny kid named Corey Tesky who showed up and just shut the park down by absolutely shredding it. I just noticed his name in the intro and had a flashback. Greg Zenha was a good dude from those days too. Good memories
Corey Teskey has been shutting things down since he was a small child! He still rips today. Thanks for sharing.
great video made me shed a tear, Jesus changed my life a few years ago and i got back into skateboarding, this video inspired me to make a video about our childhood friends and growing up and keeping the dream as an adult but in a different way
Glad our series was able to inspire you. Would love to see whatever you come up with!
Best era, my era.
Greg Triff looks the business
Crack some olies 🤙🏻 fuck yeah right in dude!
Nice Skateboarding 🛹 Documentary.
This is 🇨🇦 represent I'm from Windsor,Ontario
Thanks for representing Canada!
At around the 1:44 minute mark in this video there is a clip of a young man reaching into a vehicle flipping the hat off of an older man. The older man was my Father. He was a security guard- just doing the job he was hired to do. Not sure why this clip is even in the video?? How did it not end up on the editing floor??!!
My dad was a hard working man. He worked as a miner for many years but battled alcoholism and for a time the alcohol won. But my dad turned his life around and in his late 60’s at a time when most people would be planning to retire - my dad started an almost 20 year career as a security guard. A job he was very proud to do. He finally retired at the age of 85 after having Open Heart Surgery. My dad passed away 2 1/2 years ago in his 96th year. I really hated seeing him as you depicted in this video. It is a very short clip but rather disturbing for me and those who loved my dad! It s such a short clip it seems unnecessary to even be included in your documentary.
Hi Patricia. I'm really sorry that this has upset you. The clip was in no way meant to characterize your father in any which way. It was included to demonstrate the state of mind of being young, careless and rebellious (much like the clips of the truck spinning its wheels or the person popping a wheelie on the dirt bike). Your dad sounds like he was a hard working man and in no way did I intend for this clip to portray him in any way but simply doing his job.
Thank you for the quick reply.
I have watched most of the video - more than halfway through and I have to say I think it is well done. The clip showing my dad seemed disrespectful - I didn’t find that to be the overall tone which is why it seemed out of place.
I do appreciate your response.
@@patriciacresswell5663 your dad was security guard . Leave it alone.
Ryan Hawkins at 1:49:06 that's my dad! he still skateboards sometimes.
Top shit great docco living here in Australia small country town in W.A pretty much had the same shit happen here back then people don't understand now how real the hate was back then and also being a drummer in a punk/metal/deathmetal band didn't help the cause either haha people gotta hate if they don't relate,anywho again loved this top shelf....
Thanks Scottie. The harassment from the outside world made the bond in the scene so much tighter!
Ah man I grew up near Cambrian m, and those security guards... we used to skate there and get kicked out all the time. Sometimes we would go there just to fuck with the security guards. St. Andrews 3-stair, the new Sudbury center loading bay drops, st. Charles, Costco... Thanks so much this brings back a lot of memories of those years
As a New Sudbury kid those were our go-to's as well!
I grew up on Rutherglen loved skating Cambrian.. shout out to the Steele's Dale, Curtis skateboard legends!!
The 90s had the best local scenes across Canada shows were huge then fuck I miss those days rap has taken the rock over
Monster voodoo machine 90s were fucking rad skating and shows across Canada Calgary had the beercore same thing group of punk skater awesome scenes
Remember the smalls they must of went through this town s.n.f.u this city must of had that Vancouver 90s punk come through
Was that the world's first RKO???
Not sure what you mean by RKO!