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Classics: PJ Ladd's "Wonderful, Horrible, Life" part
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ย. 2014
- It's hard to describe the impact that this part had in 2002. PJ's board control and style were epic and he helped elevate ledge skating to a true art form. Manny Santiago introduces a classic part from the Coliseum vid.
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Gotta love that final push before the screen goes black, telling you this is never ending.
True classic.
simply epic last push. Watch and remember Bouvier Marc-Andrea
Ken Higa G. last line was so sick too haha
My favorite line ever filmed. Notice how he looks at the sewer prepping to tre flip over it before he does the switch back heel as opposed to before the tre flip to make it appear that he never looked at the sewer. Fucking genius.
Ken Higa G. It's just the lack of hesitation. You don't see that much in videos. The board is just part of him, swirling under him, magnetized back to his feet. It's like for that line anything was possible. Making technical not look...technical! At speed, no prep, smooth, effortless. Poetry man.
Ken Higa G. After that push he missed a crook haha
Dude did a frontside 360 heelflip down a decent set of stairs, whens the last time you seen ANYONE do that, period. And he did it in like 2001. Legend
it was insane
I don't think anybody has done a lot of his tricks. It would still fuck people up if it came out today.
Exactly
yeah that was one of my favorites in this part and there is tons of great tricks
Only other person I’ve seen do the same trick is Pat Burke and he did it down a smaller set (maybe 5? Instead of a 7) and i think he clipped it to?
2019 and still one of the best video parts ever made.
Bruh no joke. I'm still rocking my p.j ladd super light low gold ventures from back in the day lmfao p.j was always top tier to me.
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Boom boom boom!!! This fucking part is so good!
whole part was ridiculous!! .. that frontside360 heel before the end though,.. still never seen one like that. one of the last vids I bougth on vhs
This part seriously gets me feeling all emotional even after all these years.
I feel it man, I'm 33 now watching this, remembering when I was 17 and all me & my buds would do is skate all day, hang out & watch these dope ass videos, back when life was simple eh brother!? 🙌🤣
This was my childhood.
I just want one more day 😂
69 nice
@@Widderic Nice.
The final push at the end is as heavy as the ending to The Sopranos.
I never thought about that but you're right except at this blackout you're amazed by what went down instead of left hanging.
That line never ended.. He's still going to this day
lol
Where do you think The Sopranos got it from?
So tony got whacked?
That final push is my favorite ender of all time.
Just the style and simplicity of it and the curiosity of what PJ is gonna do next.
He knew he destroyed skateboarding forever with that last push.
After that push he messed up on crooked grind haha
8ballsk8ball That's actually hilarious haha how do you know?
totatuva there's a video just here, "fancy lad (this is not the coliseum video)" at 00:11 :)
totatuva well said 🍻👍👏
"he knew he destroyed skateboarding with that last push"... comedy
Having grown up in Mass, having skated Boston at some of these spots and witnessing PJ, Ryan and Jereme in person is something I'm happy to say I've witnessed. I remember when this video came out and being depressed that I'd never be that good so I went back to school, now I work on the heart surgery team at Boston Medical and every day I walk by that bank at 3:03 and every day I think of this part. Thanks for guys for adding to my, "Wonderful, Horrible Life"
Didn't they always chase you out of there?
Same, i skated since 85 to about 2008 and had to quit because bad knees and I was never quite good enough to get on any decent sponsors aside from local shops/parks. I became a professional and even now 10 years after I quit skating I still walk by spots and think about what tricks were done there. I'll probably be 80 years old one day still thinking about it.
Good comment
Victorino26 Low key just wanted to say he's a Dr.
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 You used to be able to skate the bank that PJ tailslid for a while while dodging herion addicts from the Meth clinic entrance. Skating The Volcano would get you kicked out pretty fast but there was a brick hip that you could ride for a while as it was far from Security.
This part made me wanna skate forever, it changed my whole life
Part is a gay name for a skating video
The Devil's Advocate
the devils advocate is a gay name for a TH-cam channel
This part will ALWAYS look current. No matter the era. So much ahead of its time. The final tre and push....legendary.
This part was earth shattering to me when it came out. A day later and everyone is listening to pulp and doing shifty flip variations. Still one of the sickest game changing parts of all time.
Brah my friends and I had no idea wtf we had just watched we just stumbled outside and stood on our boards in wonderment.
Who's here in 2024? Classic
Had this video in highschool use my last money copped it from CCS they need to bring back the osiris,etnies, and es fat shoes these flats anit crap.. Im 38 lol sk8 then die
Man i used to watch this on dvd with my best friend 19 years ago. he passed away in october 2021.. this was one of our favourite skate dvds.. i miss him so much..
Rest in peace 🙏
Rip dude
Keep pushing for him dude
it doesnt matter how many times i watch this part, it blows my mind every time.
Kids like you might say that,
but I've been watching it since in 2002.
@@CarroT0P nobody asked, nobody cares
@@DavidGamero Just like your life.
@@CarroT0P if youve been watching skate parts since 2002 and you made that comment to a 13 year old, id say just like y0ur life
@@DavidGamero my life will always be better than yours. You are a a peasant compared to me. Peasants don't bother me.
i NEED an epicly later'd on this dude
yoooow yes this even after 6 years
i remember when this part came out. Skateboarding was heavy into the "hammers" era. Entire video parts consisting of handrails and stairs (not that there's anything wrong with that) but when this part came out it was not only a breath of fresh air, but it totally revitalized the way people thought about "tech" skateboarding. I remember my mind being absolutely blown with some of the lines in this part and that bs 5-0 kickflip bs 5-0....first time i ever saw anything like that and it totally changed the way I looked at skateboarding. Thanks PJ!
Unfortunately, "hammers" still exist.
But it's not just that he was able to do 5-0 flip 5-0, it's mostly the way that he was able to do it so naturally (WITHOUT touching the tail), at a time it was an NBD.
i wonder if anyone's gonna notice that he tailslid fakie the minivan at 3:20
Lewis D. Yep
Fuck. I've watched this video a dozen times and never noticed that until now. Good catch.
Heard the thump lol
noticed in 2002 lol
That was his minivan though haha
Skaters today could learn a couple things from this part, be nice to go back to a time when there were no rules in skateboarding
He laid down the rules
we all have a choice
there were no and stil are no rules in skateboarding what are you talking about?
Apparently, Certain tricks are "lame"
jacemarteez There have always been tricks that are "lame"
This is way ahead of it's time.
Humberto Rosales it's timeless. Haven't seen anything even remotely close to this caliber of skating.
You never will no one is as good as pj in terms of style.
simply the best part ever. And that's because it's totally natural and effortless. Not like todays parts. It shows just how the way PJ skated every single day, with or without a fucking camera. Not like hitting up spots for 15 minutes, "getting shit done" and then leaving. Most of today's parts have no dynamics at all, and they don't fit with the music. Here the song and skating fitted each other perfectly.
i see you under every fucking video im watching and youre only complaining. is it so hard to watch a video and not write a comment about how bad todays videos are and how good this skater is and blablabla why dont you just watch a video and think this shit for yourself because when im scrolling through the comments i dont want to see the same whining bitch under every video i see.
i wasn't complaining, I was praising it. Yeah you see me under every fucking video, cause my comments are usually top comments. representin what most of the people think, but can't put the in words as brilliantly as I do, consistently. peace bruh!
first time i be with you men ... this part is HUGE !! like your text you wrote under this Video !
Nothing's like it used to be man, but yes this part will always be my favorite i think. Really wishing he was in B TRUE
EXPRoche yeah man, me too, but the truth is, his really sorry part was nowhere near as good as wonderful horrible .(
I still can't believe this part is nearly 20 years old. It still gets me pumped up.
Never seen anyone skate better than him in a part before since
I cannot believe this is from 2002
Ryan B bastien salabanzi was arguably better
@@chrism3144 Nope.
@@chrism3144 yeah wtf you smoking bro he had good parts on flip sorry but, p.j ladd won the battle of the berrics like 4 ot 6 times. I'm pretty sure salabanzi has not.
I know! Felt like yesterday. This video was amazing
andrew white pj actually is the only skater to win BATB twice . He went to like 4 straight finals , best my uncle prod in his last title win
I'd dare to say that this part is solely responsible for having the largest influence on current skateboarding.
My question is where did he go? I believe he saw the scientology pedophiles in Hollywood that surround skateboarding and wanted no part in it. He will forever have my respect because he had integrity when alot didn't.
@@lronhubbard8580he’s the new Tom Penny disappearing and showing his face every 2-3 years lol
He still here. I have some of his new decks on my walls. He's one of the goats in my eyes.
This and Jake Johnson’s MindField part, for sure.
I love how this part started out with PJ fooling around, and then in the second half is got really serious and gnarly.
My favorite part of all time. I grew up watching this vhs, nowadays it's still one of the best parts ever. I've skated a lot of eS Accels in early 2000's, when I was a teenager, and i'm glad that it happened to me. now i'm 25 and this part reminds me of good old days...) thanks PJ !
This part was a GAME CHANGER introduced the word to Jereme too in the same video. Watched this on VHS a million times 📼
Alexis Sablone is still the best girl skater
Don’t forget gallant
and alexis
Alexis is cool and all, but rayssa Leal is the greatest female skater there has ever been. This is a 100% fact. I promise you that she will be the only female to skate on a pro mens level very soon! She's only 13 and just won back to back at SLS gold! She is so insane and she's only 13! I'm telling yall, if y'all ain't seen her you GOTTA look her up. I'm not gonna lie, I usually somewhat scoff at female skaters level in parts and in comps, but there legit is not one bad thing I can say about Rayssa. She's that sick and keep in mind she's only 13! She's got 30 more years if skating and I shudder to think what she'll be doing in just 5 or ten years. I'm serious, she's insane and in an entire new level than we've ever seen from girl skaters. She's THAT sick.
Nollie shifty heelflip with the best steeze ever.
PJ was so fucking hungry here. He wanted it so bad and you could see it in every trick he did. Even the way he pushed. He's in my top 5 still easily but I wish he still skated like this.Also the kickflip front tail 270 at 2:13 to me is the most styleish trick I've ever seen done, to this day.
He might not put out as much stuff these days but I’d say PJ can still skate at this level, just look at his instaG clips
That kickflips tail was sick asf
@@darrinsiberia thanks for making me appreciate that trick
3:51 i can watch that 360 flip on repeat for hours lol
I swear, him not having a plan b part feels like a crime after watching this
+Drake Knight-Graves You and me & All 90's skaters.......-----I head Danny Say " He & Collin only have "" so much GNAR skating left before they become average joes that he's sitting on it..."""" But said N O T H I N G about PJ.........Rumor has it that Felipe ganked too much Ledge. -I suspect PJ has his own titled video...HE IS THAT POPULAR STILL...
You pretty much summed it up lol PJ wasted his prime years chilling, he shoulda been throwin down legendary parts from 2004-12 his days are numbered. The new age skaters and felipe swamp donked his ledge game. r.i.p pj, you had it but you turned into a slow moving slug in the industry.
Theres always time for legends dont talk shit
Welp, he just dropped another video part. (New Balance)....it's pretty tight and slam full of very tech skating...although I've gotta say, it's kinda disappointing. There isn't anything ground breaking in it. His new video part is basically a mix of Ronnie Creager and Peter Smoliks video parts from 12-18 years ago. But like you said, he's past his prime. It's still very good but I guess I shouldn't expect anything really ground breaking from a 34 year old man.
You're another year older
what i remember most about this part is that arm and his push at the end, to me it always said.. "NOW GO OUT AND SKATE!!" best hype as a kid ever
I used to watch this when I skated as a teen. It reappeared on my recommended, and 2 days later, I bought a new board, and I will always love this video❤
I was in 8th grade. Such good times. I remember me and my friends would obsess over Transworld mags when we had study hall in the library.
That last line is sick !!
Pretty much every video part ever made since 2001 has been trying to replicate this one. Can't blame them. Utter perfection. A signed PJ Ladd board is one of my prized possessions.
It’s 2019 and skateboarding is at the pinnacle of progression....but yet somehow this 20 year old part is still better than everything that’s being put out right now
Agree
When I first saw this video in 2003 I was literally speechless for a few hours. I couldn't believe that a skater I had never heard of could captivate me so badly. I then watched it at least once everyday for the rest of that year.
All treflip PJ doesn’t get enough love
PJ gives acknowledgment to his tre flips abilities by watching the “urban legend “ Mike Graham. A true legend of Boston skating. Get familiar. He was a chief
The final push still gives me goosebumps to this day.
Same man it almost sends me back in time warp to being 12 years old 😂
I miss these days.
Tweaked Nollie heals both ways. You just don't see that anymore
+Samuel Reed Hard enough just trying to do them lol
yeah lol
yeah why
Anymore? I never saw it back then either. Haven't really seen it since.
Should have stayed as his signature and it would have been nice to see some nollie HEEL hammers ;) - I’m sad to not see him doing all this stuff in the latest Tricolor part, especially the big-spins..
Fuck yeah this is my favorite part of all time.
Watched this video so many times!
I come back Every f**king day. STILL after all these years. Lol the skater inside you never dies
to this day, might be the best part of all time. unbelievable man. the music, the editing, the insane level of tech for the time. really one of the all time great video parts.
Either this or reynolds stay gold
Skating with power his tricks feel like slam dunks. Righteous
It's somehow a perfect blend of power and effortlessness, it's like you can't imagine him bailing on any of these tricks before the make either.
2021 is a wrap and Suciu is SOTY. And this part STILL blows me away😳
I don't know how many times I've watched this over the years, but when YT recommended it again it was like seeing an old friend.
Best classic video part, yesterday today and forever ❤
I don't know why, but I always love the way he kinda tweaks out nollie and switch heals like 45 degrees and brings it back in. I don't know if it's on purpose or just the way he learned them, but it adds a little something special to his style.
So much energy. He was emulating penny a lot. Shifty flips are rad
Basically Penny but faster, more tech and more youthful, less floaty but it's what I thought when it came out...but without Penny this part wouldn't exist.
This is my all time favorite part!!! Glad to see it finally show up on the Classics :D
This is great. Raw skateboarding, great music, classic camera... This is skating in it's purest form, we need some of this today
and not a redbull logo in sight
Oh man, that poor videotape was spinning day and night. Watched it over and over and over again
2016 and its still my favourite!
What makes this part great IMHO is because not like today video parts, it is not overly edited with unnecessary BS such as multiple cam angles, throwing boards, breaking boards, slow mo, unnecessary face shots, gripping a damn new board before the start, has to be HD, etc. This was just about SKATEBOARDING with far less rules than today.(For all you people who don't think there are underground rules, go watch marc johnsons free lunch he will explain it) Videos nowadays are always filmed at the same generic cliche perfect skate spots that are in every single other vid. You could tell this was more of just filming skateboarding rather than filming for a company part. Company parts today probably would have just cut out a lot of the flat ground tricks he does in the lines such as the last two in his last line. This along with cody mcentire love it or leave it best parts. Rant over
100% agree with you dude👍👍👍👍
2021 and I still watch this for inspiration more than anything else that came out in the last decade
Same man. I'm literally watching it on a Friday night to get pumped for tomorrow!
This video part if released today would still be as amazing as it was when it came out. P.J. Ladd is seriously one of the best to ever do it. I have yet to see anyone today put anything out like the lines that he did. Such an amazing part. And one of the reasons that I think that PJ should win SOTY this year. Based off a part he put out almost 20 years ago.
A true classic. I've watched this part too many times to count. Makes me all the more excited for his new plan b part.
I'm everywhere.
2020 and still the best part ever. Out of nowhere, skateshop video.
Sometimes I just come back here to get inspired. Still the best video part of all time IMO.
i watched this the week it came out - was
mind blowing then, and it still is.
4:59 -For anyone else who needs to re-watch it.
The most OG and steezy fucking style ever man, his nollie flip 360s, are the cleanest I've ever seen.(2:47) plus the way he tweaks his nollie heel catch is dope
Yeah, almost nobody nollie tre flips stair sets. It's mad original
Is it just me or his style just so much better in this video. The older he got the more basic style looks, don’t get me wrong he’s still insane but his style is so much more raw here.
revisit this part ALL THE TIME
Still my favourite part ever, you have to give so much credit to the editor... It's quite possibly the best song matchup in skateboarding existence. If you really focus on the way the part builds with the song...it's just genius.
Song???
@@andreamassimino98 Pulp "like a friend"
Yeah I agree 100%.
This was absolutely mind blowing when it came out. The entire video was. I cant think of many videos that had as much of an impact on skateboarding as this did. PJ is so fun to watch in this part, sadly his later footage just wasnt the same. It felt like he stopped having as much fun on a board.
I’m 34 now and haven’t skated in about 10 years. This is still hands down the greatest video part ever recorded, used to watch it every morning before going skating. Personally I think skating isn’t the same anymore with it in the Olympics and all that. This to me is true skateboarding. Was a great time to be alive
That last tre flip is just ridiculously clean
That Tre flip at 3:52 has got to be one of the best looking tres I’ve ever seen
3:20 Just realized he tailslid that bumper. Classic coliseum video, check out his 1999 coliseum part.
Just back here watching this again, it's becoming an everyday thing for me...
This part is a bookmark of skateboarding. I'll be long gone but people in the next centuries shall agree.
his consistency is just mind blowing. i think ive said that 100000000000 times already and if you stack this up to a lot of parts that have come out since this video, this video still reigns supreme when it comes to technicality, finesse, STYLE!!! the best style ever. i dare someone to argue about that. this video has everything you could ever want in a skateboarding video, there will never be anything like it again.
god help anyone that was unaware of this part before today.
god help me and my late to everything ass
Luis Quesada I saw it 8 years before you did lol
@@CarroT0P how would you assume that he didnt see it the day this video was in the skate shops?
This part is so legendary that calling it legendary is too modest. It is pointless to try and compare PJ at any other point in his life to his achievements in this part. He did all he needed to do on a skateboard in this part, and anything else is just desserts. I'm grateful to have been part of that generation and grown up with parts such as this as my inspiration.
The lines he does in this are just insane. 2023 and yup, still some of the sickest skateboarding ever recorded.
Damn, I'm watching a video that was considered a classic already 9 years ago lol. I'm getting old. Best skate part of all time. Absolutely timeless.
That frontside 360 heelflip at 5:00 blows my mind. He's the first one to do those. And he can do them perfect on flat ground too.
still one of the best parts of all time . hands down .
How fast his 360 flips are, is insane. It's like - POP - BANG - LAND.
What a legend
This gets me so amped for fingerboarding. So sick. And those shifty flips... So dope!
Always watch this before going to skate
I LOVE this part!
What some of y’all don’t know, this version was the bonus version of his part, containing a few different cuts and tricks.
I remember the year this Coliseum video came out I had a broken arm and I was going crazy not being able to skate. Bought this video at my local shop and watched it a million times. Ryan Gallant's part is worth a watch, hardflip master.
I've been mindraped with those shifty flips. Damn.
best part ever?
esquivel1 watched all evening on repeat every day for at least a couple of months
This vidoe part will never get old it's like fine wine every year it gets better and betterwith age
Christmas of 2002. Got a fresh deck and this skate video. Best shit ever dude!
This is the best part of PJ.
PostData: we want the "Classics: Paul Rodriguez- Me, myself and i"
FUCK YEAH! Got so happy when I saw this in my subscriptions
One of my favorite videos ever PJ Ladd blew my mind, never seen tech like that when it came out. Nothing beats the baggy floating style!
I am revisiting this part. I’ve been skating 20 years and this part still hits like some fine wine. Jesus Christ! PJ was on some weird, time traveler shit. Way ahead of the groove. I’d call him “one of skateboardings wise men” Doing tricks people only dreamed of doing at the time. He is truly a skaters skater..He needs to be in the hall of fame.
best part ever
u can understand why hes never put out another part, how can u live up to this?
Mathias Fruhmann Wonderful horrible life and Silence is Golden are the best PJ ladd parts ever
I didn't think any thing he put up after was nearly as good as this.
its hard to believe that he was only 18/19 when filming this part. he a fucking genius on the skateboard.
There are only two videos I ever kept my finger on the rewind button for...round one, Rodney Mullen Vs Daewon Song and Pj Ladds wonderful horrible life. Top 5, yes you read right, top 5 greatest video parts of all time.
I havent seen a better hardflip rewind than the one at 0:48
Here goes my favorite skate part ever...
There is so much here I don't know where to begin. 5-0 kickflip 5-0, fakie gazelle flip, and so, so much more!!!
This part is what got me back into skateboarding. Thanks PJ.