Classics: Mark Gonzales

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • Jason changes up the "Classics" format to honor a man who changed the skateboarding game forever. This is one of the best things you'll ever watch. Three Gonz parts = three certified CLASSICS. Enjoy...
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Комментарии • 724

  • @kingdiamondking
    @kingdiamondking 9 лет назад +486

    I'm so envious of his care free approach to EVERYTHING. Talking to strangers, doing big tricks in front of people, skating through New York traffic.
    RESPECT

    • @Creaturefiendyo
      @Creaturefiendyo 5 лет назад +9

      He is fully himself long live the gonz

    • @minirampbonden7927
      @minirampbonden7927 5 лет назад +15

      You have to live for you and not for other peoples look on you

    • @liamcanavan5970
      @liamcanavan5970 4 года назад +12

      Tbh he seems slightly autistic - probably why he was such a creative genius in street skating and why he does his own thing

    • @J-O-S-H-M-O-S-H
      @J-O-S-H-M-O-S-H 2 года назад

      i am envious of your name
      all hail mercyful fate

    • @truestated
      @truestated 3 месяца назад

      my type of guy

  • @clever-username
    @clever-username 9 лет назад +655

    Gonz is one of the reasons why I consider skating more of an art form than a sport.

    • @qabriel649
      @qabriel649 9 лет назад +20

      Totally agree, everytime i watch him its incredible and puts me in a weird cool mood.

    • @svoi8056
      @svoi8056 8 лет назад +10

      it's a beauty itself

    • @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
      @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo 7 лет назад +17

      Him and Mullen had beautifully creative minds, they made it art. And others too obviously.

    • @nkmcfrln
      @nkmcfrln 7 лет назад +8

      Mullen is a dork.

    • @juvenromero3715
      @juvenromero3715 7 лет назад +3

      Jakob Fuchs Laird I agree with that. But The Gonz has called skating a sport multiple times on various interviews... That's interesting. Mike V on the other hand is pretty anti on the sport label.

  • @Sash77....oldmanradic
    @Sash77....oldmanradic 9 лет назад +354

    the Gonz is the coolest dude on the planet everyone loves the Gonz. He is skateboarding

    • @reds7vn644
      @reds7vn644 5 лет назад +7

      Nope....Mullen is the MAN and Skateboarding. He single-handedly invented Street skating and the modern skateboard.

    • @Creaturefiendyo
      @Creaturefiendyo 5 лет назад +9

      RED S7VN I prefer mark

    • @claytonbrown7120
      @claytonbrown7120 4 года назад

      Yup

    • @samstoner4984
      @samstoner4984 4 года назад

      Jay Adams is skateboarding

    • @claytonbrown7120
      @claytonbrown7120 4 года назад

      Sam Stoner
      Where?

  • @joshuajeffares2094
    @joshuajeffares2094 8 лет назад +543

    They say that kid is still waiting for his 2 bucks.

  • @soliddrake11
    @soliddrake11 4 года назад +44

    He exactly embodies all of the reasons why I started skating, loved skating, and still love skating, despite the fact that I don't skate anymore.

    • @idmhead0160
      @idmhead0160 4 года назад +6

      You can always take it up again. Just need to know your limits if you are old like me. I'm going on 50 and started up again earlier this year.

    • @paullucci
      @paullucci 2 года назад +3

      I started skating again after a 10 year hiatus. I recommend it

    • @NB-ej1uh
      @NB-ej1uh Год назад +2

      you skate - it's just been a while. i've been on my board a lot lately and loving it. a little expectation management is required but the fun is out there waiting for us, always!

    • @tommym875
      @tommym875 Год назад +1

      Random ass internet opinion. Start back up. Mark’s RUclips channel inspired me to get back after it. Started just doing nose picks and went from there. I might even start jumping rope!

  • @skahler
    @skahler 5 лет назад +46

    Dude I love how he just 50-50's down that long ledge and people keep walking so casually... the one dude just like... tiny steps out of the way and keeps going

    • @gdust6579
      @gdust6579 3 года назад +1

      And he hit the guy on the bike and he shook his hand... And he hit that old karen with his board... Its like when you hit ppl in EA Skate

    • @dneck
      @dneck 2 года назад

      Don't mind Mark just 5050ing a 40 foot ledge in the winter when it's prob 28 degrees out. LMAO!

  • @ksmoove12able
    @ksmoove12able 3 года назад +11

    It's 2021 going to be 2022 in a few days and this guy is now my new favorite skater. Damn I see why everyone loves this guy. sick style, fearless, polite etc.

  • @jcsk8
    @jcsk8 Год назад +3

    Damn. I tought I knew Gonz, but I didn´t. Guy is very talented. Much more than I ever tought. Much more respect now.

  • @BrushyZeus
    @BrushyZeus 9 лет назад +32

    Wow never get tired of watching his footage. It's amazing to still see footage of him to this day!

  • @JoeyLaurens
    @JoeyLaurens 5 лет назад +81

    The fact that he’s Mexican made me push to go harder skating.
    I immigrated from Mexico and needed strong roll models... he is one.

    • @r.bailey7343
      @r.bailey7343 Год назад +2

      Yeah since he's Irish too, it inspired me to be a better person.

    • @rovingmauler7410
      @rovingmauler7410 5 месяцев назад

      Yeah, since his name's Mark it inspired me to buy a bunch of markers.

  • @GlennS95
    @GlennS95 4 года назад +6

    The thing about Gonz is that nowadays people watch him when he shows up in other videos like he does in some FA, Jenkem and so on. But because he just cruises around and is being weird and not really doing much skating in modern videos, the younger generation don't even realise, just how good he really was.
    He was a creative beast. Never forget

    • @GlennS95
      @GlennS95 4 года назад

      Adam reread the comment and see if I said he didn’t bud

  • @stpbasss3773
    @stpbasss3773 6 лет назад +15

    Gonz is so funny when he gets pissed because he's such a nice guy even his freak outs are nice.

  • @nathanb10
    @nathanb10 9 лет назад +49

    fuck... I've never really taken in Gonz footage before... but I feel like my whole relationship with skateboarding is summed up in this video. this is it.

    • @nathanb10
      @nathanb10 9 лет назад

      Nathan Bonifacio ... at least everything in the first half... I don't understand anything after "'bout to 'tack this double set, YO!"

    • @ReeseJ919
      @ReeseJ919 9 лет назад +3

      Nathan Bonifacio you ever early grab a double that big? lol shits not easy

  • @MichaelMadisonVideo
    @MichaelMadisonVideo 9 лет назад +9

    How can someone thumb down this video? Mark Gonzales is the man! My first two skateboards were Mark Gonzales decks. Love this.

  • @alfonsos.7425
    @alfonsos.7425 4 года назад +4

    The Gonz skating it's like a jazz man playing in a jam session... Genial improvisation and enjoyment

  • @jamesm28
    @jamesm28 8 месяцев назад +1

    That shit is tight, Gonz is one of the skaters I've always looked up to since back in the day, he paved the way and helped define the foundations of modern street skating. So much respect

  • @W3st0n1_
    @W3st0n1_ 8 месяцев назад +1

    Love watching this over and over

  • @TEUNSreviews
    @TEUNSreviews 9 лет назад +41

    Gonz is such a fucking legend

  • @majesticuncasual186
    @majesticuncasual186 7 лет назад +16

    Mark's street skating could have possibly been the original inspiration for "Zoo York".. He's got the funnest style and one of my main heroes thought I get nervous for him going in and out of all those peeps on the streets.
    So rad though and almost always in control and then controls they out of control. We Skateboarders are lucky. I can't think of too many scenes that have such dynamic personalities and approach to life.

  • @awesomebillfromdawsomevill7788
    @awesomebillfromdawsomevill7788 7 лет назад +11

    The part at 10:24 is one of the sickest things I've seen. It's not super complicated but flows so nicely and sets him back up to his normal stance

    • @aramkennard1044
      @aramkennard1044 6 лет назад

      AwesomeBill FromDawsomeville dude the shit this mn thought of.. he was so fuckin sick got damn may the Gonz live forever

  • @joebenike8518
    @joebenike8518 9 лет назад +23

    Most of his shit still hold up for today's tricks, unreal man.

  • @brawldawg8729
    @brawldawg8729 4 года назад +3

    Gonz's attitude and abilities allowed him to show us all our own possibilities and those of the concrete, brick, asphalt and steel around us. It was important to me, because we didn't have parks, most pools were vinyl lined, and there was only one backyard ramp in the area, and that was in an adjacent smaller city. We skated street. Street. We needed to see someone doing what we did. Gonz...

  • @alexcorona
    @alexcorona 6 лет назад +299

    Might not look impressive to today's kids, but you have to remember he was doing it 30 YEARS before your favorite modern skater.

  • @romans116spiritualwarrior7
    @romans116spiritualwarrior7 4 года назад +1

    Favorite skater of all time, grew up skating Gonz’ boards. Dude Is so rad. Nobody was doing stuff like that back then.
    “You got two bucks?”

  • @SanshoTheBailiff
    @SanshoTheBailiff 9 лет назад +9

    Good shit never gets dated... respect to the Gonz!

  • @ricardoistudla8641
    @ricardoistudla8641 5 лет назад +1

    Pure Legend! Much love Gonz! Thank you for setting the bar so high!

  • @xallenx1
    @xallenx1 9 лет назад +3

    Gonz inspires me so much its un describable, its incredible how he balances between creativity and skill, fun, and even social aspects his spots................................. most of all hes having fun it so awesome, this really separate him into a legend category all its own, exery time I hear a skateboard in nyc I check to see its mark, but you can usually tell. Great Classics jason best one yet!

  • @Poserinc
    @Poserinc 9 лет назад +165

    "I'll give you $2 if you get it down" kid gets it down ..Gonz ask for $2 from the camera man ahhahahahahaha

  • @andyharbin411
    @andyharbin411 9 месяцев назад +1

    Gonz was sick. I love the Vision Streetwear black suede kicks. And those spots were straight out of Thrasher. A kid living in the hills of NC and many more like him learned to skate watching these videos.

  • @SkateWarehouse
    @SkateWarehouse 9 лет назад +36

    Truly classic.

  • @billclinton1018
    @billclinton1018 2 года назад

    I remember being mesmerized by that kickflip hippie jump between the railing the first time I watched this on VHS back in the day. Thanks for putting this video on here, it brings back some good memories!

    • @fintanoclery2698
      @fintanoclery2698 2 года назад

      I'm still mesmerized by it. Lance Mountain does one over a pool ladder in Extremely Sorry that's pretty great, he we pushing 50 when he did it.

  • @drevil1980
    @drevil1980 3 года назад

    I remember buying all these an rewatching his parts over and over gonz is my hero

  • @gustavobuquera
    @gustavobuquera 9 лет назад +2

    It doesnt get more classic than this! Great video!

  • @giannetto1000
    @giannetto1000 9 лет назад +2

    Never tired of watchin' Gonz!

  • @rocketscientist14
    @rocketscientist14 4 года назад

    Much love Gonz.. been skating for about 14 years today. You inspired me originally as a kid. Mad respect dude

  • @ThrasherMag
    @ThrasherMag  9 лет назад +116

    Jason Jessee introduces a three part CLASSICS featuring the Gonz.

    • @MegaAppl3
      @MegaAppl3 9 лет назад

      Loved it. JB

    • @Rokhan3
      @Rokhan3 9 лет назад +10

      ThrasherMagazine he sounds wasted haha

    • @drewslawson7429
      @drewslawson7429 8 лет назад +8

      +yukon boxer not familiar with JJ I see.

    • @Seamo57
      @Seamo57 7 лет назад +1

      RAD RAD RAD... and DOPE.. @seamo_one

    • @XLVIIXLVII
      @XLVIIXLVII 4 года назад

      ...drunk

  • @Elshonio
    @Elshonio 2 года назад +1

    Still freakin’ love this. Just a total legend and pioneer of the ride

  • @chefgeb
    @chefgeb 4 года назад +1

    Saw the Gansz at a skate show in Hawaii in 1989, doing a rail slide on his board upside down during the practice sessions. Realized he looked at everything differently and was super inspired!

  • @williamallison5222
    @williamallison5222 4 года назад +6

    His style is amazing

  • @RedEyeMTL
    @RedEyeMTL 4 года назад

    EPIC classic! thanks for choosing these!

  • @zodiac138
    @zodiac138 2 года назад

    This was truly a bad ass era!!! OC Ca. I had a mark g board among many. You left the house w $5 bux , u pigged out at taco bell ..and skated all day long !

  • @aerofpv2109
    @aerofpv2109 6 лет назад

    Ageless as I keep coming back to watch it. The Gonz

  • @joegrst
    @joegrst 8 лет назад

    The Gonz, Tom Penny, Terry Kennedy, Daewon, all guys who made me love skateboarding.

  • @groundcontrol-x8701
    @groundcontrol-x8701 9 лет назад

    The Best of the Thrasher Classics-i think.-)

  • @strobolazer4082
    @strobolazer4082 9 лет назад +55

    8:13 - i DARE you to try this. It isn't possible, not at this speed and with such ease. Fuck Mark....

  • @guntherbeckman1257
    @guntherbeckman1257 2 года назад

    I miss the early 90s the smell of the coffee at the Cafe we would hang out at the taste of beer when you're young, how easy you rebound from a gnarly slam.. watching these videos brings me back and I can smell the coffee

  • @jobbob1477
    @jobbob1477 6 лет назад +3

    This was the real skating I grew up with... when we skated for fun, not to try and land tricks for instagram/youtube/etc because we wanted everyone else to see what we could do

    • @gdust6579
      @gdust6579 3 года назад +2

      Instagram and YT is making skateboarding, blading, every thing feel cheap

  • @anonymousd5196
    @anonymousd5196 6 лет назад +7

    3:28 when the magic happened and he became the Gonz we know and love

  • @crispymonkeybrains
    @crispymonkeybrains 7 лет назад +43

    10:00 that casper stall revert has so much steez...

  • @jd5074
    @jd5074 5 лет назад +2

    That rail jump at the end of his Real to Reel part was so sick I remember when that video came out loved it.

  • @davek5749
    @davek5749 6 лет назад

    The Classics,Mark Gonz,Amazing stuff to watch

  • @johnjess4111
    @johnjess4111 3 года назад +1

    Always fun to watch 🛹 He makes me laugh 🤣. One of the greatest!

  • @justinkline1294
    @justinkline1294 2 года назад +1

    Mark's lines are otherworldly smooth.

  • @djinnmagik2003
    @djinnmagik2003 5 месяцев назад

    That was a treat! I love the trick when he went over the bar and his board went under the bar!!! WTF 😁🔥🔥

  • @thomasbenton3633
    @thomasbenton3633 3 года назад +6

    It's so awesome no one bites his style, no flick nessecary, no dumb chilling tre flips. It's so refreshing to see a dude with a natural style.

  • @tannerhatten1070
    @tannerhatten1070 9 лет назад +210

    It's hard for me to comprehend that this man had to lear how to ollie at some point.

    • @recesstime
      @recesstime 9 лет назад +20

      whenever i can't land or learn a trick i just think about this

    • @Souran123
      @Souran123 8 лет назад +1

      JJJ JHONSON FILEBOXNIGGA What don't you get?

    • @pressureflipin1992
      @pressureflipin1992 6 лет назад +12

      He and Natas also took Rodneys kickflip and took it to the streets

    • @RazPerignon
      @RazPerignon 2 года назад +6

      Gonz ollied out the womb

    • @jamesm28
      @jamesm28 8 месяцев назад

      He add to lear all of his tricks at some point

  • @OldmanSk8ing
    @OldmanSk8ing 2 года назад

    If you are kid and watching this and don’t know who this guy is. What you are watching is pure style! Try and replicate that. And if you think doing a kick flip every other trick is all there is watch this over and over again.

  • @quietdominator666
    @quietdominator666 9 лет назад

    Best classic ever! Gotta love the gonz.

  • @KennethShubin
    @KennethShubin 3 года назад

    I remember watching this when i was 15.. now im 22, nuts, and i still love skateboarding

  • @Steve_643
    @Steve_643 4 года назад +1

    The way The Gonz can ride up walls and over things is amazing!!!!

  • @jcdc6492
    @jcdc6492 4 года назад +1

    The narrator is hammered

  • @maxpheby7287
    @maxpheby7287 9 лет назад

    Was there ever any-one like Gonz?True original.And think if it wasn't for skate boarding we would never of know him.

  • @montyplaid
    @montyplaid 4 года назад +1

    His nickname should have been Man of Steel. The guy takes the narliest slams I've ever seen and just keeps on going, still to this day.

  • @jamespryor4930
    @jamespryor4930 5 лет назад

    Four years later and it’s still an amazing video

  • @FruitloopLeviathan
    @FruitloopLeviathan 4 года назад

    This man interacts with absolutely everything in his environment. He is the street.

  • @ariekanibalie
    @ariekanibalie 9 лет назад +28

    1:35 ironic how so many people whose likely only achievement in life is to be slightly more angry, ignorant and hysterical than average should be immortalized by their cameos in classic skateboard videos

    • @uh-oh5324
      @uh-oh5324 4 года назад +2

      @@DrVuilnisbak WTF? Gonz' board went no where near that hag

    • @jakescourage
      @jakescourage 4 года назад +3

      that hag is probably already dead who cares

  • @diego0_sk84
    @diego0_sk84 Год назад

    Mark is one of the reasons I started skating looked at one of his skating videos and I liked it and look I'm already pro after 3 years later

  • @juliogalvan2625
    @juliogalvan2625 8 лет назад +31

    OG
    original gonzo

  • @shaft9000
    @shaft9000 9 лет назад +9

    hell yeah...my first (quality) board : ~'87 vision GONZ, the dayglo 'portrait', on black

    • @FalseCast
      @FalseCast 9 лет назад +1

      shaft9000 Same here.

  • @Rustoization
    @Rustoization 8 лет назад +51

    2:14 is literally the best thing ive seen in skateboarding

  • @MichaelAxelKlose
    @MichaelAxelKlose 7 лет назад +1

    Always loved his board, had good pop! Gonz ahead of his time for sure!

  • @dylusional419
    @dylusional419 2 года назад +1

    The Name Of This Poem

  • @lumanchu3386
    @lumanchu3386 2 года назад

    And he still makes perfect sense. And he's my favorite Skater. Andy

  • @jamesm28
    @jamesm28 8 месяцев назад +1

    My first real board was a Vision Gonz, with Tracker trucks and OJ wheels, loved Gonz then and still do.

  • @buddymckay3486
    @buddymckay3486 9 лет назад +5

    Mark was so ahead of his time!

  • @reefchief8
    @reefchief8 4 года назад

    I’m grateful for this guy.

  • @donlawson935
    @donlawson935 5 лет назад +1

    One of my favorite oldschool skaters.

  • @Someoneseedy
    @Someoneseedy 4 года назад +15

    "I do the tricks, not you!" 😂👟

  • @jamesradskijr.9745
    @jamesradskijr.9745 4 года назад +1

    Gonz really brings out the skater in you.

  • @buffkapital
    @buffkapital 7 лет назад

    So much fun to watch.

  • @bencrofoot5501
    @bencrofoot5501 4 года назад

    I never even saw Gonz footage back in the day, but I was doing the same rolling down the windows hand motions while pushing, and no comply and flippity bonking parking blocks. I finally feel like I belong lol.

  • @benringenberg2394
    @benringenberg2394 2 года назад

    Gonzales is a total stud. I love his style, no fear whatsoever, just balls out, no hesitation, sick shit all day long.

  • @FelixVX2100
    @FelixVX2100 4 года назад

    beautiful and timeless

  • @MattyShaffer
    @MattyShaffer 2 года назад

    That old lady at the beginning 😂😂
    Love the voice… something out of a movie part

  • @Thurston86
    @Thurston86 8 лет назад +7

    The Gonz! Gonna attack this double set yo!

    • @Thurston86
      @Thurston86 7 лет назад +1

      Holy fuck! Its been a year!!!

    • @oopsydaizi3s824
      @oopsydaizi3s824 4 года назад +1

      That’s my favourite part! I crack up laughing every time I see it

    • @Thurston86
      @Thurston86 2 года назад

      @@oopsydaizi3s824 Hell Yes!!! 🤘👽

  • @harryscarry6064
    @harryscarry6064 4 года назад

    Why dislike this? Amazing talent on display. Bit harder than thumb gently touching a screen.

  • @causeseffects6573
    @causeseffects6573 4 года назад +1

    I didn't understand this dude when I was a kid. I get it now. Unbelievable.

  • @hugomundo4826
    @hugomundo4826 4 года назад +2

    01:35 That granny is long gone, but the behavior still remains.
    Don't ever stop skateboarding.

  • @MD84ful
    @MD84ful 5 лет назад

    Sometime soon we'll need another "Gonzales" kind of spirit in the skateboarding world.

  • @shadowaccount
    @shadowaccount 9 лет назад +15

    Gonz was the first skate everything.

    • @montyplaid
      @montyplaid 4 года назад +1

      U forgot bout tommy guerro

    • @unknown_individual7050
      @unknown_individual7050 4 года назад +1

      montyplaid I think that OP’s comment refers to how gonz would skate street AND vert. TG was known as a street skater.

  • @reidellis1988
    @reidellis1988 3 года назад

    Jessee and Gonz... Two of the best.

  • @luchalew2884
    @luchalew2884 5 лет назад

    One of the skate gods fell to earth and his name is The Gonz 🙏

  • @franciswheatgerm2082
    @franciswheatgerm2082 3 года назад +1

    FUCK! This IS skateboarding. The world as a gigantic set of amazing possibilities. Just the fucking relentless freedom of it. Very few things in the world combine imagination and freedom so well.

  • @Hometown-Unicorn
    @Hometown-Unicorn 3 года назад

    The kookiest character, but it's exactly that playful simplicity that is the true genius of "The Gonz"
    Life imitating art, imitating life.

  • @skater_scott
    @skater_scott Год назад

    This is one of yhe bestest videos ever!

  • @Bazukosoniko
    @Bazukosoniko 9 лет назад +6

    made my day... fuck working going to skate now!!

  • @omaralanis8743
    @omaralanis8743 5 лет назад +3

    I like how mark walks away from the old man like he was actually scared off him lol

  • @pan-jw2wf
    @pan-jw2wf 7 лет назад

    Yeah that kid was in, sane! And fun to watch. Classic!!

  • @danielwright2912
    @danielwright2912 4 года назад

    Gonz is the best kept secret servitude of skateboarding. First electron devoted pioneers

  • @RobbGardner
    @RobbGardner 7 лет назад +2

    I only watched this 45 times.