Larry “Ras” Bertelsmann was a North Shore surfing legend. His maneuvers and carves in the water heavily influenced the Dogtown “Z team” from what I’m told. Both him and Uncle “Buttons”(RIP).
When Jeron said how thankful he was and giving props to everybody who's doing this shit I almost cried. Thank you Dubs ... I still remember the day I came home with the mouse video ...
I'm a white dude from Germany and when I started skating mid 90s Kareem was the one for me, his style is legendary..... I was so proud when my mum bought me some Duffs Campbell Kicks at the only tiny local skateshop in our little town
Barbee has always stood out since day one for me. The uniqueness of his style and tricks along with that he was my age when he started blowing up was always an inspiration.
Much love for Sal Masekela. An unsung X-games (and sports in general) legend. ESPN needs to do a 30 for 30 on him. He was there for so many iconic moments
What a great show guys. In my late thirties and grew up skating in the same Tony Hawk, 411 era, so there was heaps of nostalgia here. Showcasing black history in such an authentic way is so cool. Loved hearing Steezus talk about Kareem and Brandon Turner. So sick.
Great episode. All the love and appreciation brightened up my day. Also agree with the positive comments about Daniel Castillo on the show. I used to see him around all the South Bay spots in the late '90s and early '00s when I was a kid. He was always really cool and friendly in real life too.
Almost three hours of black skate history ? Beautiful !!!!! Best episode I’ve seen by far , never heard of Steve Steadham before until just now , I feel like I just learned about a true idol of mine kind of similar to when I first found out about pele or Jordan as a kid haha , I got chills watching him skate like that , something magical truly , learned some new things today and I couldn’t be more grateful , HUGE ups to nineclub for putting this together , deeply inspiring seeing all of this , also Kelly your the best, this episode means so much to so many black skaters
Notable omissions: (yes, I understand you can't mention everyone.) Jovante Turner Chris Pastras Jahmal Williams Stephane Larance Darin "Cookiehead" Jenkins Steve James Rod James Drake Jones Shiloh Greathouse Ron Chatman Terry Kennedy Darrin Harper
I hope you get Ron Allen on the show. I can't believe that dude is 59. As far as street goes, he's really the pioneer of older skaters doing gnarly shit.
@@jessiemartinez3056 Steadham is gnarly, but he skates vert; I said on street. Allen is only a year younger than Steadham, but he's still doing big handrails, and taking big handrail slams. A lot of street dudes move into skating mostly transition later on, but Allen is still ripping hard on street.
Great episode, In the end it doesn't matter who you are, what you look like, if ride a skateboard, we are family. I've loved skateboarding and the skateboard community for most of my life. We share the essential bond that got us where we are today. Thank you for the pioneers in this vid and every one who inspires us to be better and show how much fun it is ride a skateboard..
Steadham has always been one of my all-time favorites. The very first tattoo i ever got (early 90's) was his Powell skull and spade graphic...I definitely need to get it touched up.
Human(Hue-man) means "colors of man". I am not colorblind, and see us all as humans. With that, i get kinda of weird when we highlight being "black" and our accomplishments as black folks. I participated in an interview for Snowboarder magazine a couple years back in regard to being black in the snow industry, it was cool, and also awkward. Please don't confuse, I truly enjoyed this episode, the walk down memory lane, and the celebration of everyone that skates. 👊🏽
Been watching you guys for years now. I love listening to you while I work as well. This was a great episode. I’ll become a member soon! Dixon’s part hit me so hard. His steez was amazing. I love seeing him still skating, and more importantly being healthy and happy.
Brandon Turner inspired me so much, I loved the whole shortys fulfill the dream team. such an awesome time to start skating, then when I got back into skating later in my life Keelan dadd in parental advisory blew me away, but again so did the whole crew, much love brothas
same, when i saw that in depth interview that Vice did (i think it was Vice) that features him switch hardflipping wallenberg i hopped off the couch like a mf and got my mf roll on and haven't slowed down since.
I got to see Sean Sheffey skate Brooklyn Banks back in the Bank's prime era and it was a sight to behold! Never seen someone ollie so high with such authority. You could here his tail snap the ground from down the street. Dude was STURDY and had the most epic pop. 💪
This was a REALLY good episode, and a VERY good way to truly just genuinely celebrate black skaters, talk about them, the back in the day stuff going on, etc. Really well done!
1 day for veterans and 1 month for black people? How many days for any other race than black? 0 This is not diversity, it's racism against all other races, totally ridiculous, really sad to see these politics injected into skateboard, really really sad!
First time I saw lavar micbride was a early 411 he broke his tail on a 360 flip down a hefty block set then " fixed " it, turned the board around so that the tail was the nose and floated a perfect 360 flip down it, using the broken board and landed it bolts. Perfect 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I moved to Oakland from El Salvador in 2009. Skating in the East Bay was sick. I would see Ron Allan at Berkeley then at Emerville years later. I never new who he was. I just saw him skate and rip. Learning about Ron makes me feel happy and stoked!
Ray Barbee and Sal Barbier were like the first famous and really influential black street skaters, especially in terms of history they're the most important. They both had their first video parts in 1989 in Bones' Ban This and H-Street's Hokus Pokus. For people who haven't seen these; Powell Peralta has all the old videos on yt in hd for free. Bones Brigade Video Show 1984 was the first skate video ever. Lances opening part is still one of my favorites.
DL and is comments are amazing! Glad he came for this episode. Great show and theyre all iconic! I specifically only played THPS with Muska and Kareem, then getting the secret tapes i was on one! And needed all the boards and caught the bug
Showing my age: Ron Allen and Ray Barbee always have been two of my favorite skaters. And the best board I skated was a Ron H-Street model back when noses just started to get a little bigger (like maybe 4 inches).
Kareem was my favorite skater to use in thps4 on the GameCube and I was so happy to see them add different era-outfits for all of the pros in the thps1+2 remake. I remember seeing the Keenan Forever T-shirt on koston in thps4 as well and then learning about it as I got older since I was actually born the same year he passed. Gone way too soon tho man. Keenan Forever
I remember I started skating as a mixed kid in San Diego in 1995and had never seen a black dude on a skateboard. I thought maybe it was highly frowned upon, but then I saw dudes like Kanten Russell in person shredding any self conscious was gone.
Trent Gains & Jovontae in "Now & Later" John (the man)Reeves Ray Barbee "Public Domain" Sal Barbier Shamil Randal's switch back 360 Dune's gullwing slick 850 ad.
I grew up In Brooklyn NY and remembered Watching Sheffy in Life Video and was stunned on his whole part! And made my way out to Cali to then meet him thru my Cousin Steven Cales and till this day 20+ years later I’m still good friends with Sheffey till this day, and I still look up to this guy! One of the the best to ever ride a skateboard!🫡 #seansheffey #myhomie #goat #planb
Savale shoes by Alfonso Rawls gotta be my best pair of shoes ever. This man is a God of sneaker design. Seriously. Thank you Louis Vuitton for collaborating with Alfonso. I watched Sal's interview here. Great story. Enjoyed it. Hopefully Sheffey and Tyshawn can make appearances somehow. These DGK long sleeve shirts I got at the moment are my favorite. Shouts to Stevie.
A lot of people started skating just because of the Tony Hawk video game. It was Tony's idea to put other real pro skaters into the game instead of crazy game characters like the producers wanted. Which was genius, since people then were searching out their video parts and because they were street skaters like Muska, Kareem, Reynolds and Rodney in it, people actually felt compelled to try their tricks and start skating themselves, since it makes much more sense/is much easier to start riding a skateboard around your neighborhood than having to find a halfpipe and learning how to drop in.
Watch: Dogtown, Z-Boys documentary. Z-Boys was mixed, black,white,asian,hispanic. Z-Boy: Marty Grimes. Larry Bertlemann from Hawaii, he's a big influence on Z-Boys. How Larry put his hands on the wave 🌊, Z-Boys did that on a skateboard. They brought style, attitude, started skateboarding for real. Now : Caleb, Kader,Tyshawn,Nak-el,Ishod,Ish,Nyjah,Sage,KB,Dashawn,Lucien,Beatrice,Brevard,Boo,Maurio ,Zion,Jameel, Jamal,Chima,Faheem,Dre. Still ill : Kareem,Turner, Stevie, Barbee, Karl, Pastras ,Rawls ,Wilson,Antwuan, Beasley. Keenan forever ♾️
Im black and i hate this pandering crap. Black history in skating is just........skating history 🙃 i wish we werent so ideologically lost. People treat us like babies, stop tiptoeing nd stop listening to the perpetually outraged. We are all SKATERS!
Say that to the Brazilian and the Japanese skaters too then. They celebrate one another why can’t we? It’s highlighting. Plus nobody was saying this around the BLM protests
@@Bobbytheman98 in the U.S its illegitimate and everyone feels obliged. And no they literally don't have a whole month laid our to patronise and overexemplify one specific race in a very mixed race country. Sorry bro bit i dont subscribe to this perpetual pat on the back for just being black crap, nor the professional victimhood i see ruining my people. Im a human, youre a human....its algood to enjoy your own culture i just dont like the american angle its hyper disingenuous to me.
I remember showing my San Diego family Andre Nikatina's Baking Soda in Minnesota and Fa Sho. Next time I visited all my cousins knew every single Nikatina song. lol. Circa 2004.
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Daniel is cool af y’all should have him on more
Yes
Totally agree, Castillo is awesome! So knowledgeable and vibes well with the crew, keep him in regular rotation!
All,the time*
He also brings a whole other fresh view of the culture purely based on where's he's from.
I feel like he's already locked in
Larry “Ras” Bertelsmann was a North Shore surfing legend. His maneuvers and carves in the water heavily influenced the Dogtown “Z team” from what I’m told. Both him and Uncle “Buttons”(RIP).
When Jeron said how thankful he was and giving props to everybody who's doing this shit I almost cried. Thank you Dubs ... I still remember the day I came home with the mouse video ...
Thanks for the shout out guys!!!1st 540 on East Coast 1985
I'm a white dude from Germany and when I started skating mid 90s Kareem was the one for me, his style is legendary..... I was so proud when my mum bought me some Duffs Campbell Kicks at the only tiny local skateshop in our little town
Barbee has always stood out since day one for me. The uniqueness of his style and tricks along with that he was my age when he started blowing up was always an inspiration.
Agreed.. I met Ray at a Comp in Orange, Tx . 93 I believe... one of the most humble human beings I have ever had the pleasure of talking to.
Much love for Sal Masekela. An unsung X-games (and sports in general) legend. ESPN needs to do a 30 for 30 on him. He was there for so many iconic moments
Even more love for his dad, the great Hugh Masekela
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What a great show guys. In my late thirties and grew up skating in the same Tony Hawk, 411 era, so there was heaps of nostalgia here. Showcasing black history in such an authentic way is so cool. Loved hearing Steezus talk about Kareem and Brandon Turner. So sick.
Y’all left Muska out
Hahahaah
And Kalis
😂😂😂😂😂
Not funny
Enlighten us all... why should Muska and Kalis be there? Tell us all what makes them Black... racist POS
Great episode. All the love and appreciation brightened up my day. Also agree with the positive comments about Daniel Castillo on the show. I used to see him around all the South Bay spots in the late '90s and early '00s when I was a kid. He was always really cool and friendly in real life too.
Jovante Turner was always my fav. Best style.
Almost three hours of black skate history ? Beautiful !!!!! Best episode I’ve seen by far , never heard of Steve Steadham before until just now , I feel like I just learned about a true idol of mine kind of similar to when I first found out about pele or Jordan as a kid haha , I got chills watching him skate like that , something magical truly , learned some new things today and I couldn’t be more grateful , HUGE ups to nineclub for putting this together , deeply inspiring seeing all of this , also Kelly your the best, this episode means so much to so many black skaters
they should honestly honor Black History Month and keep doing this every week of the month of February
agreed. love this
Loving the use of the Crob and Dubs cam angle
Notable omissions: (yes, I understand you can't mention everyone.)
Jovante Turner
Chris Pastras
Jahmal Williams
Stephane Larance
Darin "Cookiehead" Jenkins
Steve James
Rod James
Drake Jones
Shiloh Greathouse
Ron Chatman
Terry Kennedy
Darrin Harper
Danny Supa 👀
@@johgijgcy I didn't mention his name because I thought he was from Thailand.
I hope you get Ron Allen on the show. I can't believe that dude is 59. As far as street goes, he's really the pioneer of older skaters doing gnarly shit.
And Steve Steadham?
Bro he can legit still do stuff too, amazing as hell.
Ron was there skating in the background in my profile pic with Hosoi! This was eh 3-4 years ago. He still rips!
Ron doesn't believe in the victim games like other skaters of color do.
@@jessiemartinez3056 Steadham is gnarly, but he skates vert; I said on street. Allen is only a year younger than Steadham, but he's still doing big handrails, and taking big handrail slams. A lot of street dudes move into skating mostly transition later on, but Allen is still ripping hard on street.
Ben Degros is in LA , please get him on the show.. That's a quality guest.
I came here to say this
Great episode, In the end it doesn't matter who you are, what you look like, if ride a skateboard, we are family. I've loved skateboarding and the skateboard community for most of my life. We share the essential bond that got us where we are today. Thank you for the pioneers in this vid and every one who inspires us to be better and show how much fun it is ride a skateboard..
Steadham has always been one of my all-time favorites. The very first tattoo i ever got (early 90's) was his Powell skull and spade graphic...I definitely need to get it touched up.
Human(Hue-man) means "colors of man". I am not colorblind, and see us all as humans. With that, i get kinda of weird when we highlight being "black" and our accomplishments as black folks. I participated in an interview for Snowboarder magazine a couple years back in regard to being black in the snow industry, it was cool, and also awkward. Please don't confuse, I truly enjoyed this episode, the walk down memory lane, and the celebration of everyone that skates. 👊🏽
Can't please everyone, brotha.
@@Bolsty7 why don’t you go cry about it?
@@Bolsty7 is it racist that I like how uncomfortable white ppl get when POCs get celebrated for their accomplishments? Lol.
@@Bolsty7 it is racist. They call themselves kings and queens 🤣🤣😂
@@Bolsty7 dead on point.
Been watching you guys for years now. I love listening to you while I work as well. This was a great episode. I’ll become a member soon!
Dixon’s part hit me so hard. His steez was amazing. I love seeing him still skating, and more importantly being healthy and happy.
Brandon Turner inspired me so much, I loved the whole shortys fulfill the dream team. such an awesome time to start skating, then when I got back into skating later in my life Keelan dadd in parental advisory blew me away, but again so did the whole crew, much love brothas
same, when i saw that in depth interview that Vice did (i think it was Vice) that features him switch hardflipping wallenberg i hopped off the couch like a mf and got my mf roll on and haven't slowed down since.
Peter Smolik is my fav black skater.
😂 me too.
😂good call
Loving these discussions about older times in recent eps, Daniel is the man
Skateboarding history needed this! Thanks ya’ll for doing this and not shying away from representation🫡bless
Love having Daniel Castillo on! His laugh is almost as great as Kelly's lmao
I got to see Sean Sheffey skate Brooklyn Banks back in the Bank's prime era and it was a sight to behold! Never seen someone ollie so high with such authority. You could here his tail snap the ground from down the street. Dude was STURDY and had the most epic pop. 💪
I have a dream. That one day. The Nine Club will edit out the countdown on the posted version.
Did barbee dirty right there ...he deserved more attention
This episode and the Andy Roy interview were the only two episodes that I’ve seen to the end. Good stuff.
This was a REALLY good episode, and a VERY good way to truly just genuinely celebrate black skaters, talk about them, the back in the day stuff going on, etc. Really well done!
This was cool. Looking forward to an Asian 3hr history vid
This was dope. Thank you for celebrating the skaters who contributed to the growing diversity in this industry 🎉
1 day for veterans and 1 month for black people?
How many days for any other race than black? 0
This is not diversity, it's racism against all other races, totally ridiculous, really sad to see these politics injected into skateboard, really really sad!
Castillo needs to be full time. Knowledge is power.
finding an extra seat in the room for castillo would b great for sure haha
So many memories from my teens. Getting to be a skater back in the day makes being 40 y.o. extra rad. What a tribute to these skate legends.
First time I saw lavar micbride was a early 411 he broke his tail on a 360 flip down a hefty block set then " fixed " it, turned the board around so that the tail was the nose and floated a perfect 360 flip down it, using the broken board and landed it bolts. Perfect 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I feel like CRob is pencillin in everything Dubs likes, to turn his own apartment into the "Buttery Palace" 😆
kept having tears of joy on this one, amazing work dudes!
😂😂😂
I moved to Oakland from El Salvador in 2009. Skating in the East Bay was sick. I would see Ron Allan at Berkeley then at Emerville years later. I never new who he was. I just saw him skate and rip. Learning about Ron makes me feel happy and stoked!
Hell yeah Daniel is in the house!
Gershon Mosley is my all time fav skateboarder 💪🏻
So damn good. Love the history. One of these a week for February.
Yes, Mr. Castillo again! Love it!
Ray Barbee...the innovator, the annihilator!
I'm the same ages as Jeron and this whole episode was my years of skating! Amazing episode tonight!!!
Thank you for puitting this together and for the chill panel to lend witness.
Dani fit perfectly guys
Steezus with the perfect hat choice for the episode!
Alphonzo Rawls and Ray Barbee are me and my dad's favorites! Alf is always cool to me at the skatepark :)
Gershons part is a top 5 of all time.
Thanks guys! I love skateboarding, man! hbd kelly!
Thank you! This was an amazing piece for Black Future Month
Ray Barbee and Sal Barbier were like the first famous and really influential black street skaters, especially in terms of history they're the most important. They both had their first video parts in 1989 in Bones' Ban This and H-Street's Hokus Pokus. For people who haven't seen these; Powell Peralta has all the old videos on yt in hd for free. Bones Brigade Video Show 1984 was the first skate video ever. Lances opening part is still one of my favorites.
Daniel is THE man
Shout out all the black and brown skaters!!! That Chocolate jacket tho!!!!
DL and is comments are amazing! Glad he came for this episode. Great show and theyre all iconic! I specifically only played THPS with Muska and Kareem, then getting the secret tapes i was on one! And needed all the boards and caught the bug
Kinda surprised Brandon Biebel wasn't mentioned
It's almost like that Bertlemann guy could have influenced Dogtown? It was funny how they were back to back.
Showing my age: Ron Allen and Ray Barbee always have been two of my favorite skaters. And the best board I skated was a Ron H-Street model back when noses just started to get a little bigger (like maybe 4 inches).
cannot wait for the latino history episode!
that would be sick!
I was gonna be so mad if Harold Hunter wasn’t mentioned. Legends Never Die
Kareem was my favorite skater to use in thps4 on the GameCube and I was so happy to see them add different era-outfits for all of the pros in the thps1+2 remake.
I remember seeing the Keenan Forever T-shirt on koston in thps4 as well and then learning about it as I got older since I was actually born the same year he passed. Gone way too soon tho man.
Keenan Forever
s/o john "the man" reeves, drake jones & marcel johnson. honorable mentions thread here
21:20 steve steadhams in the powell vid skating in hawks part at delmar mannn
I remember I started skating as a mixed kid in San Diego in 1995and had never seen a black dude on a skateboard. I thought maybe it was highly frowned upon, but then I saw dudes like Kanten Russell in person shredding any self conscious was gone.
2:37:31 Daniel’s face when Jeron says Olive Garden is the worst! So good!
f great episode guys! always love castillo as a fill in but this was actually a perfect episode for him to join!
Really wanna see a Ron Allen interview
thank you for the history lesson! and love DL's vibe on the show
Damn we old... Thanks to the OG3XOG Black skaters out there who paved the way!
Love when Daniel Castillo is on the show
Clyde Singleton
Clyde Singleton
Clyde Singleton
SHURIKEN SHANNON- OSIRIS FEED THE NEED!!! one of my favorite opening parts.
We are all skateboarding and skaters 💛👊🏽🛹💯
They are culture vultures
@Lron Hubbard as someone turning 40 been doing it 30 years ♤☆
Unsolicited request: I want some budget or buttery merch!
Trent Gains
& Jovontae in
"Now & Later"
John (the man)Reeves
Ray Barbee "Public Domain"
Sal Barbier
Shamil Randal's switch back 360
Dune's gullwing slick 850 ad.
I grew up In Brooklyn NY and remembered Watching Sheffy in Life Video and was stunned on his whole part! And made my way out to Cali to then meet him thru my Cousin Steven Cales and till this day 20+ years later I’m still good friends with Sheffey till this day, and I still look up to this guy! One of the the best to ever ride a skateboard!🫡
#seansheffey #myhomie
#goat
#planb
The bones brigade video show was what got me to skating when i first saw it.
Nicely done, lads. Thank you.
FREE TK ‼️
Savale shoes by Alfonso Rawls gotta be my best pair of shoes ever. This man is a God of sneaker design. Seriously. Thank you Louis Vuitton for collaborating with Alfonso. I watched Sal's interview here. Great story. Enjoyed it. Hopefully Sheffey and Tyshawn can make appearances somehow. These DGK long sleeve shirts I got at the moment are my favorite. Shouts to Stevie.
loved this episode!
Such an epic episode. Thanks
Ray barbee episode would be wild
Ray Kareem and Stevie for me 1 2 3.
Shout out to all the penguins that are multi talented 🐧
A lot of people started skating just because of the Tony Hawk video game. It was Tony's idea to put other real pro skaters into the game instead of crazy game characters like the producers wanted. Which was genius, since people then were searching out their video parts and because they were street skaters like Muska, Kareem, Reynolds and Rodney in it, people actually felt compelled to try their tricks and start skating themselves, since it makes much more sense/is much easier to start riding a skateboard around your neighborhood than having to find a halfpipe and learning how to drop in.
This was awesome, thanks as always you guys.
Such a great episode, never miss.
Great episode!🖤 I once saw Kenny Hughes almost fight the entire gymnastics staff at an iconic action sports camp. 😜
Drake Jones is my pick!!
Watch: Dogtown, Z-Boys documentary. Z-Boys was mixed, black,white,asian,hispanic. Z-Boy: Marty Grimes.
Larry Bertlemann from Hawaii, he's a big influence on Z-Boys. How Larry put his hands on the wave 🌊, Z-Boys did that on a skateboard. They brought style, attitude, started skateboarding for real. Now : Caleb, Kader,Tyshawn,Nak-el,Ishod,Ish,Nyjah,Sage,KB,Dashawn,Lucien,Beatrice,Brevard,Boo,Maurio ,Zion,Jameel,
Jamal,Chima,Faheem,Dre. Still ill : Kareem,Turner, Stevie, Barbee, Karl, Pastras ,Rawls ,Wilson,Antwuan, Beasley. Keenan forever ♾️
Im black and i hate this pandering crap. Black history in skating is just........skating history 🙃 i wish we werent so ideologically lost. People treat us like babies, stop tiptoeing nd stop listening to the perpetually outraged. We are all SKATERS!
Say that to the Brazilian and the Japanese skaters too then. They celebrate one another why can’t we? It’s highlighting. Plus nobody was saying this around the BLM protests
@@Bobbytheman98 in the U.S its illegitimate and everyone feels obliged. And no they literally don't have a whole month laid our to patronise and overexemplify one specific race in a very mixed race country. Sorry bro bit i dont subscribe to this perpetual pat on the back for just being black crap, nor the professional victimhood i see ruining my people. Im a human, youre a human....its algood to enjoy your own culture i just dont like the american angle its hyper disingenuous to me.
@@Bobbytheman98you don’t get the point
@@Bobbytheman98what ? They never celebrated any of those races in skateboarding nor do they do it for Mexicans either
Racoon
Will Kelly ever stop fanning out on his friends? Lmao.
Blind should have had a Lavar vs Creager like Song vs Rodney!
I want an Atiba episode so bad
Hell yeah Black History Month episode. Perfect way to contribute and build upon the legacy.
lovin the legends and golden oldies you guys are pulling up lately !
This episode is perfect
I remember showing my San Diego family Andre Nikatina's Baking Soda in Minnesota and Fa Sho. Next time I visited all my cousins knew every single Nikatina song. lol. Circa 2004.
So cool. Nice treat from the SC team. 👏