Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarding’s legendary spots
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Full pipes, ledges, stair sets, and pools: These are the skate spots that made legends.
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Tony Hawk, the legendary skateboarder, and Iain Borden, an architectural historian, are your guides in this deep dive into skateboarding history via the sport’s most iconic spots. From a giant pipe in the foothills of California's San Gabriel Mountains to a 20-stair set at a high school in Orange County, these everyday locations have become a proving ground for skaters all over the world.
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I'm not, but I really appreciate the effort!
No don’t do this anymore. This is the opposite of skate culture.
Same as that v the gamecat guy
While I appreciate this, I feel like it is something you guys should really do in collaboration. Some of the places you've mentioned, such as black hubba in nyc, have been covered in a similar way by Jenkem.
I see enough difference in your video in order to merit its presence as an outsider's journalism on skating. However I think only hitting up Tony Hawk and footage isn't enough to maintain this as thorough journalism, instead it begins to feel like co-opting of a subcilture.
Again, I am a fan of this video, which is why I don't want you guys to think you've got the form down, I think a healthy amount of critique is necessary to polish down the pieces in this series.
That's awesome, I just may do that. I have a copy of Wheels of Fire on VHS. Thanks for the efforts.
Vox really enjoying google earth to get that B roll
Projectile Live kinda sad
I Perry okay Isaac chill out...
It's a style developed by Jon Bois over at SBNation
It's also fast to use Google Studio for these sorts of shots. They're probably juggling so many projects, being able to make something efficiently is important. Can't avoid that watermark with it though.
G roll
I didn't know skateboarding had this deep meaning...... it's nice to see people having fun in the way they know
You’d be surprised how much a piece of wood with some trucks and wheels can change someone’s life.
We’re a whole culture a piece of wood and some trucks unite us
You should watch love letters to skateboarding
The history's really interesting! The new wheels had a lot to do with the resurgence, but there was the California drought as well, which to save water, the government encouraged people to not fill up their pools. Because there were so many empty pools, people discovered that the emptied pools with rounded edges were perfect for skateboarding! California had surfing culture as well!
If you want more on this, I highly recommend listening to "The Pool and the Stream" by 99% Invisible, it's wonderful!
One thing most non skaters don’t realize is how skateboarding changes the way you look at the world. The world becomes your canvas and the board your brush, every small obstacle your inspiration. I love skateboarding! There are very few things in life as pure and satisfying as the feeling of landing a trick you have been trying for hours, days or weeks (in the case of some tricks, years).
Yo that hit for real
Speedrunning seems to have quite similar feeling.
martin gonzalez bro what 😂
Yeah I’ve been watching a lot of street skating and skating around my town.. and everything just looks like something to skate on😂
Exactly. I skater 13 years been three since I got my last board can do a few things on it.. but no matter where I go I ALWAYS think wow that would be fun to skate 😂 not many understand
This was awesome. Thank you!
Bring back transworld snowboarding
Yeah, what he said.
Oh hey guys
I agree transworld. And I’m still lugging 100kg of your magazines around with me through life :)
I used to love Transworld magazines
Man, this brought me back through 20+ years of my life. Makes me sad that my knee is so messed up. I miss skateboarding. 🥺
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Vox.
Hey man my knee is messed up too (i have Osteochondritis dissecans). Try skating mellow transition really gently. Im 34 and just built myself a 2ft quarterpipe and its a ton of fun. Knee gets a lil sore next day but its well worth it
Bro! Learn slappys. I just turned 40 and am having a blast
Small mistakes aside, this is one of the most interesting skate docs I’ve seen on YT, you should expand into more episodes or make an hour long version
Grew up skating and playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games while injured.
Nyjah Houston looking headass
TL bruh
TL 😂
you ready for that remake?
@@fistpump64 ill def play if they release a new one. I still play the old ones in an emulator.
Heath lipslide El Toro, not a boardslide.
Hey Tyler, I never knew you skated? What’s your favorite video? Mine’s probably The Reason from trans world in ‘99.
Also for those who don’t know, a fs lip slide is where you turn frontside 90° to the rail. A Frontside Boardslide is a 90° turn backside to your rail.
@@peytondoesthings A lip slide is when your board goes over the rail/ledge and rotates before connecting.
@@EmSixTeen he clearly knows that...
Cent Sniffa Shouldn’t have said otherwise then :)
@@EmSixTeen he didn't say otherwise, he was referring to front and backside like when you do a 180, not in reference to the rail. An easier way to describe a lipslide is to say that the back truck goes over the obstacle, and on a boardslide the front truck goes over it.
“Skateboarders are a constant reminder that our cities can be creative and rich places.” Thank you skateboarding.
I like the prior line even better, “it challenges our idea of public spaces” (as indeed seen by NIMBYs calling it a menace and teens loving it). Reclaiming a public space for a variety of uses instead of just what they were intended for. It’s like remix and mashup culture almost.
Short version: concrete wave bois become stair bois.
what is bios
@@CrazyRandomLord Bios is an acronym Basic Input/Output System is firmware used to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup), and to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs. But bois is bois
@@CrazyRandomLord BIOS has been mostly replaced with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) which supports mouse and better graphics. Kinda like how "boys" has become "bois" slang is an ever-changing culture.
3:13
Oh dang, I remember this from the Hawaii level in Tony Hawk's Underground.
“Tony Hawk is like the oldest teenager I’ll ever know”
Recycling comments I see
Tony Hawk and Billie Joe Armstrong
@@大家族団子団子 billie joe just doesn't age at all
Search “Chad Muska”...
Google global truth project and read "the Present" if you want to learn the truth about life/death in just a few pgs. Nothing is more important than checking it is true
As a skater I loved the video but I wish that the iconic love park in Philly was mentioned and a little more about the NYC black hubba
That Guy looks like Tony hawk
yeah.. He kinda does
Really looks like Kareem Campbell to me I mean maybe it's the hat...
no that's eric koston
That's Rodney mulllen
Can't believe they got Danny way for this video and not the hawkster himself. Gotta wonder what he's doing nowadays
Everyone pour one out for the Carlsbad Gap. I remember growing up watching Baker 3 over and over again. Erik Ellington's bigspin and Antwuan Dixon's nollie heelflip over the gap will always be the sickest tricks in skateboarding!
This footage and locations brings back tonnes of memories..thank you, Estelle
Never knew anything about skateboarding. But seeing that how it brings together so many people, who want to just get better at it, being so dedicated in it, makes me happy.
Your documentaries are the absolut best and have the coolest subjects, keep it up!
I moved to London last year, and whenever I'm on the Southbank I stop and watch the skaters at the graffitied skatepark mentioned in this video. I could watch them for hours. A few weeks ago I was there and watched this one skater make dozens of attempts at a 360 flip. He got visibly frustrated, throwing his board and cursing, and was so close to landing so many times. He'd really concentrate, put his headphones in and just meditate about the move and what he had to do with his feet, his arms, his body, in order to get the board to perform this manoeuvre. Other skaters would roll by and encourage him with a pat on the shoulder or a fist bump. When he finally landed it after like 30 tries, everybody was so stoked for him, gave him a fist bump and egged him on, and I could see such pure joy and accomplishment on his face. Such a great sense of community there. Sometimes makes me wish I never stopped skating.
I grew up skateboarding and watching skate videos. After the bell rang we used to walk over to the local high school and skateboard in the parking lot, trying to learn how to ollie or kickflip, all the while eating chips and drinking RC cola from the convenience store across the street. I stopped skating when I was 12 after I broke my wrist ollying over another skateboard, but whenever I see skateboarders today it makes me nostalgic for those care-free days when I was young.
Brilliant video.
We need a tv show where every episode is focused on the history of a different skate spot!
jenkem mags evolution of.. series is basically a shorter version of that, theyre all really good
Love the use of Bruce Brown’s footage. RIP to an absolute legend ❤️
I get choked up at fail clips, and especially at the Cole footage. Never underestimate the will to overcome failure. It may be the important human attribute.
As a skateboarder I'm very impressed by this. Well done on your research!
I got emotional watching this. This hobby is so important to me and learning its history and how important it is culturally. Its amazing.
such a great video
Chris cole's treflip in wallenberg will always be a monumental moment in skateboarding history.
This was awesome, amazing stuff.
I don't skate but I'm glad Montreal's Big O (a concrete pipe that used to be an entrance to the olympic park) was preserved when the soccer stade next to it was expanded
Neat! Do you know if they intentionally preserved it for the sake of skating?
@@whochairs Yes! People recognized it as an important part of skate history, so all they did was move it a few meters. The old concrete pipe look strange next to the modern buildings but skaters still use it and it's great to see after witnessing all the now lost spots in the video
When, I traveled to Montreal I had to skate it! Iconic spot.
Jaws finally making the Lyon 25, such feels.
One of the best skateboarding location history videos I've ever seen. Thank you.
Easily one of the best videos I've seen on RUclips in years. Keep up the good work
Never caught vox uploading early! My first catch :D
Yup.
Man your life is cool
As skateboarders we thrive in public spaces like plazas and parks. It breeds community and gives young people a positive outlet. Skateboarding is a beautiful thing!
Why doesn’t no one never mention the movie “Thrashing” with Josh Brolin? That movie made me start skating..
I'm kinda annoyed that I get all the skate related content after mine got stolen
Lords of dog town did it for me
Its notorious for being corny no shade that's just what I've heard
I remember watching Thrashin in the early 90s when I was probably 9 years old. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. It inspired me to grab my dad's old 70's banana board and learn to skate. The sad thing is that after a month or two I gave up on it because none of my friends were interested. Oh well.
ZXp3ct3R your what got stolen?
Amazing video, very rarely is skateboarding broken down like this by mainstream media. Skateboarding is incredible and changes many peoples lives. Well done Vox!
LOVE PARK IN PHILLY ????!!!!?!
Yep, that's probably the biggest thing they missed.
Others like Brooklyn banks oaks are missing too, but it can't feature them all
Hubba hideout and the Davis gap
People who complain about 'xy missing in yz' are annoying
@@maxx1014 I agree but love park is a pretty big one that they should have just stated when they stated the other big spots
3 weeks ago I started skating again after watching this video. It's been 10 years (haven't skated since I was 16), but I'm starting to feel comfortable again doing some basic stuff like dropping off quarters, ollies and pop shuvits.
Thanks for the awesome inspiring video.
Very surprised at the quality of the content in this video. Y’all covered some of the most iconic spots and aspects of skate culture that non skate media outlets rarely cover well. Great job!
When you forget the drone at home:
_google earth_
or you know, coronavirus?
Lee Thurston that would have been a good excuse a month ago but now California is a bit more open, even though they shouldn’t be.
@@punchy77855 Maybe juuuust maybe that the video production was over a month ago and not yesterday you know.
I love skateboarding so much it’s one of the best things in life and I wish everyone would try it, it will change you’re perspective on the world
Don't skate much anymore but ill always enjoy watching the legendary clips from these spots.
Great video. Idk how you don’t mention love park when making a video about influential skate spots though. Love park was the east coast embarcadero and inspired a generation of the often overlooked east coast skaters. If you want to talk about public space It is arguably one of the most important plazas in skateboarding and it now has basically been destroyed/skate stopped to the point where it has completely lost its heart and soul.
Thank you Vox for making this video and spreading the word of skateboarding to a larger audience! Skateboarding and public spaces have a massive impact on each other, and I hope that city councils and future architects would take that into consideration when building new spaces. Skateboarding can actually bring life to a city and help young people find who they are and also avoid problems and loneliness by starting to skate! Massive love to you all, from Finland.
Love this video. Those skate spots are so iconic.
As a skater of 19 years, I thank you Vox for making this amazing documentary about my culture.
_breathes in_
*_SO HERE I AM_*
I'm so glad they mentioned Wheels of Fire. That was the first time I saw a skateboarding video, even though I was BMX rider as a kid, I was more of a fan of watching skateboarding. The skateboarders hated us but there was a mutual respect for wanting to skate/ride the same spots/rails but boarders and riders were separate groups of friends with the same interest.
10:27 it's a front side lipslide
Didn't want to nitpick but not gonna lie this was bugging me too lol
Twan's nollie heel at carlsbad is peak skateboarding
the sport that Marry McFly invented
Right after he wrote Johnny B Goode
rodney mullen invented modern skateboarding
@@JessesAuditorium r/swoosh
@@datrakapo4807 r/swoosh
Excellent video showing progression and history . Thank you
It’s nice to see outsiders to skateboarding acknowledging that we exist and how we see the world. Vox rules.
Big salute to the skaters that push their bodies to the limits just for getting some tricks. There’s no better feeling! Awesome video, Vox. I would watch a full length skate doc if you guys put one out. Get all the biggest skaters for interviewees and it would be dope!
RIP Lincoln memorial in Melbourne, RIP Brooklyn banks, RIP all the long and forgotten dead spots
I was one of those kids who feel in love with skating and never really got good at it, but I still really enjoy it. I can ollie, pop shove it, and kickflip (if given enough attempts) but I just love riding around and hanging out with my friends. I spent a lot of long summer days and nights in middle school riding around the city with the boys.
Every one of the professionals in this video have been through the same thing. No big deal, just because you're not 'good' now, it doesnt mean you wont be good forever
whochairs yeah I’m not gonna front I haven’t put in the work to get good, but like I said I really like riding around and just hanging out.
Used to watch skateboarding videos as a kid because my older brother was into sakteboarding and he still is. But now he is more into longboarding. He taught his daughter/my niece how to skate.
Spot on, thanks for putting in the time to get it right. We appreciate it.
Im such a skate nerd this just made me cry. Would love a follow up just on plazas specifically and their inpact in culture both skate and otherwise. Talking EMB, Love, Pulaski, MACBA, etc. Or just a whole episode on NYC
Tony : 😐
Hawk : 😎
This is one of the most see through well documented video. The best one.
This is one of your best videos yet.
I was a skateboarder for literally less than one whole minute then I woke up in the hospital. Never again. Respect to all those who do it and love it.
💥 Lords of Dogtown
This was really amazing and well done. Been skateboarding for a long time and the history shared in this is one all skaters know and its amazing to see it presented to others in this way. I want more videos about skateboarding please!! There is so much history to share.
im the mayor of balboa skate park
Wow, they named a person after a game! Tony Hawk!
Awesome skateboard history. This needs to be a full length movie about the history of skateboarding from how skateboards became skateboards and all of the advancement of wheels and trucks, bearings, and grip tape. From skateboard shoe's to skate spot's to amateur skaters to professionals. This would be amazing history lesson. 🛹🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
amazing yt channel // cheers from Austria
Amazing! I might go there, with Bill!
Beautiful! Skateboarding history is so fascinating.
One of the sports I wanted to get into
Why don't you now?
@@purplegill10 A lot older now and my health insurance isn't so good that I can afford new injuries lol
@@Chandasouk Ah dang, I get that. I'm disabled personally so I had to stop as well
Thank you for this, brings back a lot of good memories of my youth skateboarding life 😭😭
12:36 Amazing. Very well edited and well researched video, and somehow you manage to list four internationally famous locations and mispronounce every one.
As a skater since the 90’s you got this video spot on 👏👏
Very enjoyable.
hes one of my childhood heroes I remember playing pro skater on ps2 and watching his skating videos online inspired me to skate as a teenager
that was a great look into skateboarding and some history
As a skater, this was a well done video Vox thank you showing the world our sport and culture!
very nice video about some very remarkable and memorable skate spots. Thanks for taking the interest in Skateboarding and sharing the sport with the world 👍😎
Second
Since everyone’s first
Hope to see another part for this. So much more to cover such as spots like love park and other plazas that have changed the culture
wow what a message! thanks vox that was one of the best videos ive seen from you guys.
It's amazing that these small things and often not thought about places have become such important icons to skateboarders. They've taken ordinary places and made them a lot more magical and I really appreciate that. As someone who's really into engineering (and hopefully will be one some day) I also appreciate a lot of these small things too but from the practical perspective of what all these little every day buildings do so it's amazing to see people finding a different more creative value in them. I'm a big believer in putting value into the everyday world and appreciating our surroundings but this is putting that into practice in a way I hadn't imagined yet.
The end gave me chills
I knew all of this but I’m so glad you guys put out this video for the rest of the world
I feel so old I know all of these spots 😭 RIP Carlsbad Gap 🙏
I love that the Baldy pipe was discovered in 1969. Fricking 69
Thank you so much for this piece. You've illustrated skateboaring very well in my opinion as a longtime skater. People who just started out have to know the history and culture of skaeboarding. Positive vibes!
Was really surprised there wasn’t even a mention of the Brooklyn Banks. Such an iconic spot for so many people.
Wow really good video! Did not expect to learn as much as I did, but you did a really good job on this.
So happy you did skating justice in this
Awesome editing! great job
I've barely even dabbled in skating and yet this video is like an emotional rollercoaster!
Now that's a well documented story ! Awesome. Thanks.
Im grateful to have been a skater in the late 80s. Good times... everything's a potential for new tricks and ideas back then
I never skated, but suddenly, I find skate history and culture kinda fascinating
My freshman year of high school was spent at Carlsbad high the year they tore the Gap down. I didn’t realize the significance at the time but I wish I could have gone to see it. This video is important because most if not all of these spots are on someone’s property, whether or not it is in current use. Tony talking about dodging anyone who might kick them out, it’s easy to see that an integral part of skateboarding culture is defying authority. I personally don’t skate but I love learning about the culture.
Vox should do a similar story on spots like this in the Parkour community. Skyline Park in Colorado, 'IMAX' in London, the Dame Du Lac in France, the Bedok Maze in Singapore, the 'Pass By' in LA. The history of these spots in the parkour community draw clear parallels with the skateboarding spots in this video.
Admired skateboarding growing up. Injured myself 1 time, never did it again, to chicken. And watching people get hurt actually affects me physically. But seeing people so good gives me a RUSH.
Such a well made video with a lot of respect for the scene and culture. Thank you.
Gotta say, I'm deeply impressed by the Vox team's creativity in simulating drone-style shots from around the world while never leaving the safety of their home. That's quarantine content, baby!
Cory Bosse it’s google maps, but yes.
@@technobladefan7791 Yes, I'm aware. My point is about HOW they used it.