I don't understand how people can hate on Nijah for his style being 'too perfect.' He has insane skill; that is all that matters. It is so weird how they find anything to hate on him.
People don't like the fact that he skate competition. Apparently some skaters don't like Tony Hawk either. Love em or hate them they both skate legends and household names
If the jah wore baggy clothes and filmed vfx he’s be everyone’s favorite. Most people don’t base their opinion of skaters off of skill level they base it off totally subjective metrics.
That Jaws block jump on the waterfront is in Louisville, KY at waterfront park. I drive by that spot 4-5 times a week. Went to go look at it a few years ago after seeing the Jaws clip, those block steps are massive. It looks much bigger in person once you see how high up it is.
The only time I went to louisville where I had the chance to check the spot out myself, i hopped up on the blocks to view from the actual launch point. It was honestly insane.
Mann!!! I'm originally from Lexington!! Moved to Orlando FL. On tour with my band!! I actually did a life goal and got ink (a tat) in Louisville (which is ur from KY, you kno its pronounced "Lullvull" not Louis-Ville or LOOSIE-ville LMADO!) But MANN!!! of I was still touring I'd get the Pirates to take me there in a lil down time!! Before we were LOCK STEP AND GONE off to another state for another show!!
Frankie Hill did the 1st notable drop. It's pretty much well documented. I think it's in the Powell video "8". It was mind bending at the time and still is pretty gnarly as he appears to hover a little from the grab. Frankie Hill ftw.
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again 😂 still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too 🤙🏻 it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
Absolutely. Besides the drop stuff, Jamie Thomas and Chad Muska are hugely influential on the particulars of modern street skating. They didn't invent street by any means, but they refined the style to primarily be handrails/hubbas, stairs, and gaps, and variations of grinds and flips on those. As opposed to the more "tech" style that a lot of street skaters did before them on smaller obstacles. Seriously if you watch old 90s skate videos (which I often do) and then watch modern parts from pros like Huston and Chris Joslin, the influence of Thomas and Muska on modern street style is undeniable
Yeah. Somehow this missed Frankie Hill’s ollie, the original world-renowned most massive gap of all time, in the biggest video at the time. Probably “the ollie heard ‘round the world” even more than the un-landed Leap of Faith.
I remember seeing Nyjahs first part when he came about, I was just stunned and those dreads went hard! Glad to know he is still setting the bar and winning skate comps!
@BeerDrinker_69 dividing and multiplying by 3 is actually how you get yards. Not meters. Not to say your advice is wrong, it's just amusing how dumb the American measurements really are.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC Meters and Yards are pretty much the same thing, (1 meter is 1.09 yard.) I shoot MOA and MRAD so I'm aware 👍 And I agree on the Standard system but I use mils for shooting and everything I drive is metric lol.
Jamie Thomas inspired me too pick up a skateboard back in 1994 when I was 14 I skated for 8 years at shopping center car parks, in cities, at skate parks, on the street, and it was a great part of my teenage and early 20s life
I went there in person for the first time yesterday and DAMN does it look MUCH bigger in person 😢 (and yes I tried it and no of course not I didn't land it)
Wallenberg is 4.3 ft high and 7.5 ft long? You must not be aware that you said that. Good video. Shows the courage, toughness, and mental strength skaters poses.
8:45 i counted 8 kinks including the one he didnt hit at the very beginning due to having to olly onto it. Man..ive watched the sessions of him trying it and my lord did he get beat up every way possible. It was truly an example of heroic perseverance.
Man the biggest gap I ever hit was a 10 stair in Norcross, GA when I was a freshman in high school. I can still feel the impact thinking back. I also ollied the 3rd stair of the Atlanta 4, I was too much a puss to do the whole thing 😂 man I miss those days.
Thing with Nijah that most haters don't think about is that Nijah is a true skater. Think about it, he does his own thing, he makes the industry work for him, he rips so much that he'll be up the top of the best ever, all competitors shit themselves when they find out they're going up against him, and he's punk. So all of that makes what a skater is. Just because he doesn't conform to the latest trend over ability doesn't mean he's no good. If all anyone has on him that his style is to robotic then your grasping at straws because that's pathetic. He's not my favorite personally but he is one of the best. Fact.
pretty close to perfection is just you being biased against his non-existent style whoever hâte him just think about the fact he was already à top 3 in xgames Park at 14years old and #1 everytime after ... if the judges. Are legit for 10 -15 years.. guess what judges are not scams
@@mashmartmusic why can nyjah fans not understand that nyjah haters just care about style more than you. You gloss over his nonexistent style and then list off his competition record, do you not understand we just do not care about contest skating at all?
I never knew anyone skated down THAT set at the Nashville legislative building, I’ve just seen people skate the bank ledge things and the other set then ledges down below the other stairs 😳
You missed the huge drop Frankie Hill did at the end of his part in the Powell Peralta film Propaganda. As a skater who loved to Ollie off massive drops this one is the stuff of legend.
I'm 48 now, I used to skate alot in my mid teen years. Idig the long drops but, wouldn't that hurt joints after awhile. It's like jumping from a 2 story roof on the ground. I actually did that once as a kid. I got up on our roof, I decided to run down from the peak, from the gutter line and broad jump.My ankles immediately felt the shock, my knees ached from it. I was only jumping from a ground level house.
On the point about Frankie Hill, (from superduperman), well, with regard to 'Ban This', I've never been able to find the full end rail part of the video.... Did he make it? I've done ramps and street ages ago. I think the best trick I learnt was giving up after too many broken bones! Ha ha. I had a Steve Douglas, euro pallet standing upright in a college car park, and I just managed to clear ollie that. Oh back in the day
each step in a stair is 17.5 cms, people trip when you make steps smaller or shorter than that; you can easily calculate staircases (exceptions: staircases in preschools)
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
That first clip is from the Ventura mall, and it looks huge in the video, but that is such a huge drop it's almost hard to believe that clip is real...
the all first gap is fake totally People hate Nyjah simply because he's a talented skater-maybe even unique. That's all there is to it. As always, there are people who are jealous of those with talent. It's as simple as that because, in reality, Nyjah is a really nice guy! If he were a terrible person, I could understand, but that's not the case-he's just a good guy.
I don't understand how people can hate on Nijah for his style being 'too perfect.' He has insane skill; that is all that matters. It is so weird how they find anything to hate on him.
nah he's a sellout that's why
I’m not a fan of his style but it’s still dumb to hate the guy
People don't like the fact that he skate competition. Apparently some skaters don't like Tony Hawk either. Love em or hate them they both skate legends and household names
Who cares who doesn't like who. Hate or not, everyone knows the truth
If the jah wore baggy clothes and filmed vfx he’s be everyone’s favorite. Most people don’t base their opinion of skaters off of skill level they base it off totally subjective metrics.
The casual "Schilling NFTs" made me lol. Ive been to the need that ender rail and i was once again mind blown to see how much gnarlier it is in person
hi
That Jaws block jump on the waterfront is in Louisville, KY at waterfront park. I drive by that spot 4-5 times a week. Went to go look at it a few years ago after seeing the Jaws clip, those block steps are massive. It looks much bigger in person once you see how high up it is.
Zack Gerber also barspinned it on a bike.
The only time I went to louisville where I had the chance to check the spot out myself, i hopped up on the blocks to view from the actual launch point. It was honestly insane.
Mann!!! I'm originally from Lexington!!
Moved to Orlando FL.
On tour with my band!! I actually did a life goal and got ink (a tat) in Louisville (which is ur from KY, you kno its pronounced "Lullvull" not Louis-Ville or LOOSIE-ville LMADO!)
But MANN!!! of I was still touring I'd get the Pirates to take me there in a lil down time!! Before we were LOCK STEP AND GONE off to another state for another show!!
He’s the Goat of hitting big gnarly shit imo
@@xx7secondsxx ayyy, thats sick! What band're you in? i'll give you guys a listen!
the tribal mindset in hating on Nyjah is unreal.
Frankie Hill did the 1st notable drop. It's pretty much well documented. I think it's in the Powell video "8". It was mind bending at the time and still is pretty gnarly as he appears to hover a little from the grab. Frankie Hill ftw.
Not Eight, it was on Propaganda I think, the one before Eight.
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again 😂 still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too 🤙🏻 it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
Absolutely. Besides the drop stuff, Jamie Thomas and Chad Muska are hugely influential on the particulars of modern street skating. They didn't invent street by any means, but they refined the style to primarily be handrails/hubbas, stairs, and gaps, and variations of grinds and flips on those. As opposed to the more "tech" style that a lot of street skaters did before them on smaller obstacles. Seriously if you watch old 90s skate videos (which I often do) and then watch modern parts from pros like Huston and Chris Joslin, the influence of Thomas and Muska on modern street style is undeniable
How are the bone collagen supplements working for you?
Chad Muska set the field to where it's at today...
I just bought a new board at 43 after 25 year break. Excited and nervous to roll again
Frankie Hill was the OG of going big!
Was just going to say, Frankie was way ahead of everyone. Also the Gonz was ollieng off everything in the mid 80’s.
Was about to do the same
Laban Pheidas ollied some big dropoffs in the early 90s
Yeah. Somehow this missed Frankie Hill’s ollie, the original world-renowned most massive gap of all time, in the biggest video at the time. Probably “the ollie heard ‘round the world” even more than the un-landed Leap of Faith.
Frankie!!!!
I remember seeing Nyjahs first part when he came about, I was just stunned and those dreads went hard! Glad to know he is still setting the bar and winning skate comps!
As an European the measurements in foot leaves me with no idea of how wide these gaps are 😁😂
About 2-3 Big Macs
@@SkateOrDie seems about right
@BeerDrinker_69 dividing and multiplying by 3 is actually how you get yards. Not meters.
Not to say your advice is wrong, it's just amusing how dumb the American measurements really are.
@@THICCTHICCTHICC Meters and Yards are pretty much the same thing, (1 meter is 1.09 yard.) I shoot MOA and MRAD so I'm aware 👍 And I agree on the Standard system but I use mils for shooting and everything I drive is metric lol.
you should try Google, or maybe learning a single conversion factor, or just generally stop being dumb, but we get it Nils, ur European
The frist one is just crazy, absolute insane! Never seen anything as crazy as that!
Yeah I literally thought it was fake as first and was like "NO FUCKING WAY?!!" 😳
It is fake watch the video lol
🤦♂️
You mean anything as clearly fake as that?
Jamie Thomas inspired me too pick up a skateboard back in 1994 when I was 14
I skated for 8 years at shopping center car parks, in cities, at skate parks, on the street, and it was a great part of my teenage and early 20s life
He has returned!
I know right
Love how they're new ledgends still being made.... like the Miami Leap of Faith! New one to put into the skatespot's list
The blunt to blunt was definitely amazing to see.
I had a Nijah deck. have respect for the shorts alone lol
last night I did a blunt to blunt to blunt to Ben and Jerry's
I would've loved to see some Steve Caballero shots, he was a pioneer in long rails slides and grinds.
Wallenberg is not only 7.5 ft in length lol. It’s 4 feet 4.8 inches in height and a length of 16 feet 6 inches.
I went there in person for the first time yesterday and DAMN does it look MUCH bigger in person 😢 (and yes I tried it and no of course not I didn't land it)
I was looking for this comment. Because there’s 0 chance that gap is anything close to 7 feet
How can you Forget Dave Bachinksy Kickfip on El Toro I feel like it doesn't get talked about enough
Right. I still remember seeing that for the first time way back then and couldn't believe it. Growing up El Toro was always like the pinnacle of sets.
oh word, I forgot about that 💯
Still the only flip trick landed down it
@@JayTheHelmetGuy Jaws did a kickflip melon and Joslin pretty much did a 360 flip
Cause he’s from the east coast
How the fuck does Frankie Hill get no love. That dude was sending before any of those guys. Godfather!
8:07 I love the final shot of randoms just watching a realizing what they just saw was amazing and worthy of applause.
Wallenberg is 4.3 ft high and 7.5 ft long? You must not be aware that you said that. Good video. Shows the courage, toughness, and mental strength skaters poses.
For the record, it’s 4.3 feet high by 16.5 feet long (that’s about 1.35 by 5.25 m). Wallenberg is insanely long for it’s height
I’m happy you warned not to try these at home because I was already going for it 😮
Like Frank Reynolds says "Go for it go for it"
Great video, needed something like this
8:45 i counted 8 kinks including the one he didnt hit at the very beginning due to having to olly onto it. Man..ive watched the sessions of him trying it and my lord did he get beat up every way possible. It was truly an example of heroic perseverance.
One person that isnt in the video is Danny way, hes one of the goats for real
I'm surprised this video has only 918 likes. This was an awesome video. Mixing some history and old school skaters with the new school. Thumbs up 👍
Probably because the guy's a complete poser
Amazingly instructive good job man you really get me in this one ! New sub ! ♡
Wha about Frankie Hill back in the day doing that giant stair set??
Nice video dude keep up the great work
Yes my favorite TH-camr posted
Nyjah really does have some Narley slams.. Oak just goes for it. Let the haters say what they want. He's a Legend of Skating..
Skateboarding ages you a lot!! It’s amazingly brutal!
Great compilation ! Thanks for sharing 🙏🍹
How Nijah's team scouted those rails for his newest vid is the craziest part
Thanks for covering past and present hoghlights of skaters who have made history. Keep them coming! 🛹👊
Hoghlights lol
Wow hes back after a month
Welcome back!
I think David Gonzales deserves some honourable mentions when it comes to rails
letss gooo another vid from the goat!
Great video , really enjoyed it 👍 😀
Let's go love the video it is sick
It's a backside krook that Nyjah does. Not frontside
What about Frankie Hill!!! He was the original Pioneer. He should've been mentioned.
Finally uploads
Man the biggest gap I ever hit was a 10 stair in Norcross, GA when I was a freshman in high school. I can still feel the impact thinking back. I also ollied the 3rd stair of the Atlanta 4, I was too much a puss to do the whole thing 😂 man I miss those days.
Isnt there that huge silo ollie gap ?
I like this guy 🪵
You also have to account for run-up and roll-out area area and pavement/concrete quality.
HEY your back after a month missed u
Nyjah Huston is the Tom Brady of skateboarding.
is that first clip real??
yuppiie another well put together video
Thing with Nijah that most haters don't think about is that Nijah is a true skater. Think about it, he does his own thing, he makes the industry work for him, he rips so much that he'll be up the top of the best ever, all competitors shit themselves when they find out they're going up against him, and he's punk.
So all of that makes what a skater is. Just because he doesn't conform to the latest trend over ability doesn't mean he's no good. If all anyone has on him that his style is to robotic then your grasping at straws because that's pathetic. He's not my favorite personally but he is one of the best. Fact.
Nah, the haters know this they're just salty because they're absolutely aware of how much better Nyjah is at skating than they are.
he’s a lot of things ( including being good at skating) but he is definitely not punk
@@bt43024lol yeah what are these kids on about, I assume he means punk in the prison sense not punk rock
pretty close to perfection is just you being biased against his non-existent style whoever hâte him just think about the fact he was already à top 3 in xgames Park at 14years old and #1 everytime after ... if the judges. Are legit for 10 -15 years.. guess what judges are not scams
@@mashmartmusic why can nyjah fans not understand that nyjah haters just care about style more than you. You gloss over his nonexistent style and then list off his competition record, do you not understand we just do not care about contest skating at all?
I never knew anyone skated down THAT set at the Nashville legislative building, I’ve just seen people skate the bank ledge things and the other set then ledges down below the other stairs 😳
great video man
Is the high school mentioned in this video the same as the one in Tony Hawk's? Is it look really similar
You missed the huge drop Frankie Hill did at the end of his part in the Powell Peralta film Propaganda. As a skater who loved to Ollie off massive drops this one is the stuff of legend.
Agreeng Completely
David Gonzalez’ Posessed to Skate part should at least get an honorable mention 😁
Impossible to get everything but the water tower gap rounds this out
This is the most insane thing I've ever seen 6:20
Fr right???
Nah bro is trippin; responded to himself💀
The nyjh crooked 180 is def the sickest shit ever. Except maybe kick flip to backside nose blunt.
NEED THAT is the best video part in Skateboarding history.
Those highschool stairs jamie thomas jumped are in tony hawks proskater 1 too
jus split my finger open but skate or die dropped a new vid😎
The jaws blocks are on the water front in Louisville when I was a kid I seen so many ppl try that 20 stair
who is that girl in the opening
How do you even 180 pop off a shallow blunt? How do you get that pop??!!
Frankie Hill had some big ones, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen them. 🤔😬
The Wallenberg stairs were popular in the 90s. Gonz was the first to Ollie them
Amazing best of 👍👏
Lol you got thr measurements on Wallenberg wrong, its way longer than 7 feet 😂
Front crook for Nyjah? No, it was backside bro.
Thanks for a video man !
Yooo he posted!!
"need that" nyja got that dooooog in him for that. hes too good
Nope not Jaime Thomas. Frankie Hill started the big drop phenoman several years before Jaime's part.
Missed joslins 360 flip over the davis gap and miltons kickflip into the carwash bank. Also ishod bigspin love gap
the closer in the vans Kyle Walker/unchained melody part will be forever burned into my mind.
Can you do another skate stories on Mark Gonzalez
I think Nyjah just did his latest vid to shut the haters up. I think it worked. And if it didn't it should've lol. It was fuckin crazy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
1:16 is that the leap of faith from thps2?
I'm 48 now, I used to skate alot in my mid teen years. Idig the long drops but, wouldn't that hurt joints after awhile. It's like jumping from a 2 story roof on the ground. I actually did that once as a kid. I got up on our roof, I decided to run down from the peak, from the gutter line and broad jump.My ankles immediately felt the shock, my knees ached from it. I was only jumping from a ground level house.
And Jaws wears Footprints.... That's saying something about the body jolt. 😳
Jamie thomas is from my home town of dothan, Alabama. It gives me hope.
Haven’t watched you in so long because I thought that you quit TH-cam but I’m back
People really be hating on Nyjah because he’s too good and lands his tricks too clean..🤦🏼♂️ smh
Nyjah pulled a FS Overturn on the Rail in Til Death
On the point about Frankie Hill, (from superduperman), well, with regard to 'Ban This', I've never been able to find the full end rail part of the video.... Did he make it? I've done ramps and street ages ago. I think the best trick I learnt was giving up after too many broken bones! Ha ha.
I had a Steve Douglas, euro pallet standing upright in a college car park, and I just managed to clear ollie that.
Oh back in the day
For kinked rails and grind/slide transfers on the same rail/ledge look back to 1996 at Charlie Wilkins - Sheep Life of Leisure
Hey big dawg i just started skating after 8 months any tips
Chest up.
Awesome vid
each step in a stair is 17.5 cms, people trip when you make steps smaller or shorter than that; you can easily calculate staircases (exceptions: staircases in preschools)
Still props to Jamie Thomas. He set the field we have now. An absolute legend that inspired me to do my biggest 13 stair land back when I was 17. 43 now, and I’d rather take bone collagen supplements than do that again still got that 13 Stair rail K grind landed too it’s only because he showed us that going massive was possible back then. Kids be shredding so much more these days, and it’s frocking awesome how the level has been lifted.
Wallenburg is definitely longer than 7 feet
Wallenburg is not only 7ft. long. At least 16 ft
Amazing video
That first clip is from the Ventura mall, and it looks huge in the video, but that is such a huge drop it's almost hard to believe that clip is real...
This is fire 🔥
Jaws isn't human that guys is insane
Wallenberg is longer than 7.5 ft my dude.
the all first gap is fake totally
People hate Nyjah simply because he's a talented skater-maybe even unique. That's all there is to it. As always, there are people who are jealous of those with talent. It's as simple as that because, in reality, Nyjah is a really nice guy! If he were a terrible person, I could understand, but that's not the case-he's just a good guy.