1988... I Graduated from high school. Saw two or three hardcore shows a week, hooked up some of the best herb Northern California has to offer constantly. Went on so many road trips just to skate other cities. Met so many cool people. Skated every day for hours. That was the life. I feel sorry for kids these days. Skateboarding is now "packaged for safe consumption" at every mall. And the internet.... It is incredible(I wouldn't be able to watch these vids, or find so much old/rare/obscure music), and at the same time has destroyed so many things that were unique, special, even sacred. The world will never be the same. I miss it.
Justin Lozoff Tell me about it... I was 8 and still remember it like it was yesterday, or a day before. ;D But hey, I'm still skating, and this video has probably a lot to do with it.
Man, when H-Street came out with 'Shackle' and 'Hocus Pocus' it was at the pinnacle of my own skating life, and these two videos just blew everything else away at the time. The most hardcore skate company at the time by far. I learned so many street tricks within a short period of time watching these on VHS. Tony Magnussun and Mike Ternasky had just blown Powell & Peralta into the dust forever.
Same man, 88, 89, 90 h street matt was my favorite. I was only dude rocking h street in my neighborhood than, Tony mag shirts w tail hahaja ya man ron allen big ollies ray barbie sick etc etc danny way , mike carrol, ocean howell, hail hensley ...fxcking heroin ruined my trip but I'm 47 with a new set up 8.0 primitive neal bully, ventures always n some 51 bones ...miss my A1 meats n toxic ✌🏻💨💨💨💨732 stay free
I seen Hokus Pokus before ever seeing Shackle. I was ride or die team H-street. Grew up in a small town. Hensley/Natas were my childhood skate hero’s. Last trick I learned was the 360 flip back in 91. I quit soon after..girlfriend/work/life….but I always remembered the feeling of my wheels passing over cracks in the sidewalk and the air on my face. If it wasn’t for my bad back, I’d skate again just for that feeling. Oh well, at least I have those childhood memories.
That was a really fun era in skateboarding punk rock skate rock etc. we were skating in Converse cons Adidas hightops etc. for the heel padding and ankle support since Vans had none, boards were wide but functional lots of great wheels OJs, Hosoi Rockets, Independent trucks and lots of good drainage ditches, banks homemade mini & vertical ramps etc Savannah Slamma contest, and everyone had a great attitude and got along... Punk shows in warehouses and underground clubs were the best music scene ever Bad Brains Fugazi Circle jerks 7 seconds, the Cult, Joy Division. Even the southeast Georgia Florida Alabama etc. still had decent skate Parks lots of ramps and ditches underground spots. Rest in peace Jeff Grosso and Jay Adam’s, 100% Skateboarders For Life, Calvin from WPB/Atlanta!
H-Street ruled! Matt Hensley King Size was my favorite board back in my skate hey-day! *Shackle Me Not* always takes me back to my youth and great times skating with friends!
everyone that could afford one was riding the Hensley King Size out my way too. Us ghetto kids took what we could get. One of the best dudes to come out of Southern Indiana had a veriflex with a rail on every part of the fucking thing you could imagine except the tail and a big red robot graphic. A fucking nose rail Yo. Those boards were designed by people who didn't skate man. 6 months later dude was busting switch impossibles. I never could get them to wrap around my left foot,but I could get them to wrap on my right foot so I just stick with doing the switch,fakey and nollie. Only H street I ever had was a Sal Barbier. That board was my Wonderboy I swear. It must have been the perfect dimensions for me at 5ft 6 and 135. Remember those Hard Times boards by blockhead? That was the only brand new board I ever owned.
Marian and Vivian!! The old lady Twins! I used to see them all the time by work. Man, I miss SF so much. :( They were such sweet ladies. Passed away a couple of years ago, one just before the other. True SF gems. :( :( :(
jarkokoo: Agreed 100%. This brings back such intense memories that I'm still hooked on watching it today every once in a while. Bittersweet memories though, because sometimes I can't hardly watch it..for the same reasons.
+StateLaughter Man I can totally relate with what you say. The memories of those times bring tears to my eyes. Things will never be the same, or like they were. It makes me sad in a weird way.
Man what memories. I'm pretty thankful I and many others were a part of this amazing time in skateboarding. Between streets on fire and both h street vids, are some of the most influential ever. What really describes skating best was the aggressiveness and bonding with other friends. Being happy a friend landed an amazing rail or kick flip tail slide. Not angry or jealous. There of course are a ton, but the part that explains my point the best in shackle is at 24:16. Just a boss move saving a friend's board from rolling away after a wipeout. Pure class. A lesson that should be applied today, and everyone's life. Metaphorically speaking. Pure class.
THANKS so so much - this video is embedded in a deep deep place in my heart. In 1988 i got this as a XMAS present from my uncle John, and it changed my life forever!!!! "you got to hang into the dream. you got to hold your head high. you got to hang on to the dream - never let it die"
so inspired by this movie!! especially Hensley...tried to learn everything he did!No complys all day!! Godoys inspired me to get and do tattoos! Forgot how burly they were on big ramp! some serious BS ollies !!! thanx for puttin it on here!!! first intro to Danny way!!! what a team!! R.I.P Mike Ternasky!
One of my favorite skate videos ever... thanks for listing some of the songs too. I love El Salvador by Inocentes in the John Shultes part at 20.11... have been trying to find the song for hours and no one listed it but you!
Talk about memories!!! That summer I went off (88') 8th grade I learned to drop in and skate ramp, street skating everyday, all day, all night and in my sleep. The music was fast and always there in tape decks and funky speakers. My girlfriend liked to take her bikini top off (my first tits!) and skated to her pool all summer. A pair of vans half cabs on my feet, man it don't get much better than that!!!
Nate Brenneman packed my 80's in one comment. I'm a little older, so my first tits were pretty much scaring mountains. Actually, I cant remember if they really were or if the dope was just kicking in hard. Anyway, what a decade. Wonder of the 2K kids could say that, too... thanks for the great text bro!
I still have my last board (complete) from my skateboarding days. Those were some awesome days by the way. ;-) Its a Matt Hensley King Size with G&S trucks and SS Radial wheels. And, it still rides jussst fine! Awww yeah!!! :-) :-) :-)
MATTS SHOES @ 5:47 right after McDonalds, and he does that Step off on bench no-comply whatevs.....Old School Airwalks with the lace covers that we cut off and drilled holes hung over as Ollie armor...Anyone else notice the Airwalks are impossible to find on ebay or anywhere??? i never see the Vics or whatever they called with the laces cover..they sure looked cool. 86,87,88'ish...
I used to watch this with the morning J before hitting the streets to emulate the moves when I was 14. The credits show the band names but I've only ever found a few in real life. Sup with Mag not releasing a soundtrack that'd sell for sure. There's a few tunes I'd love to have in their OG version. Wonderful Broken Thing seem to be the only ones that have digital stuff to sell. Hensley just shreds so hard. It's still amazing, I own the VHS box set that I was gonna pass on to the next generation cause I don't have a VHS player...but the era of no comply...easiest and most subtle trick no one ever bothered learning.
l remember when this video came out l was doing b/side stand up grinds to b/side tail slides, and l learned 360 flips, hard to think l was only 12 years old then, a true classic video that changed street skating forever, tony mag should come out and tell us the name of the bands and music in this video
This is one of the most historic skate videos in history. I'd put it up there with Questionable, Useless Wooden Toys, The first Bones Brigade video, and Future Primitive.
as I remember it there was three main groups in the 88 skate scene, the ramp only powell fans and the h-street hardcore street only skaters! you would only follow which ever teams image you preffered, I was a h-street loving street skater we had no vert ramps or pools near us! finally you had the crusty dread locked backyard pool lot and drainage ditch skaters, they would only use the following products alva, dogtown and zorlac! even so everybody seemed be having a blast what ever catagorey they fell into.....;)
+abbik...as far as i can remember MADRID only had ramp skaters similar to EPIC skateboards, SANTA CRUZ/SMA fitted perfectly in the middle and were also another personal favorite of mine...:)
bryan pennington was EPPICS vert superstar, im sure MADRID had a sister company called B.B.C! they had a few street skaters on the team, the B.B.C videos on youtube its not bad either...:) (better-board-company)
+richard anthony Phillips Pennington ended up on BBC(bad boy club) a division of life's a beach surf wear. Jeff Phillips, Monty Nolder, and Bill Danforth were all on that team.
Ried Ellis.. they changed their name later to the "better-board- company", their eye blistering shorts+image had kind of fallen out of skate/bmx fashion by 89/90!
+richard anthony Phillips Thanks for the info. You mentioned some relatively obscure brands and characters. What about Brand X(Bill Tocco), or the ever no-loved Jeff Jones. Peanut Brown.. Walker skateboards, Chuck Dinkins. Ha ha. I had a subscription to Thrasher magazine from 1984 until I got divorced in 2011. I have a masters degree in useless skate trivia. It is very cool to see all these comments from our generation. Cheers!
i don't even want to think about how long ago it was when i first saw this. i haven't watched Tony Mag flying around in years and the Jeff Pettit / Ray Simmonds sequence is still crazy. this video blew everything else out of the water in the late 80s. just as much as the visuals and aggro DIY production make this stand out, i'm realizing how much i missed the soundtrack. anyone know how all this brazilian post-punk stuff made it in? was MT or TM listening to this stuff then? the instrumental prog guitar rock that shows up in some of the ramp sequences and the brief Hensley dusk sequence are awesome... oh man and then... "birdsssssss fly high.." RIP Jeff Klindt
Hensley wearing converse high top's like Natas used too, I did the same they were awesome to skate in at the time if you couldn't afford the ever expensive Vision Street Wear kicks haha
Fuck yeah I'm using Shoe Goo right now I put it I put it on when I first get my shoes brand new don't give a fuk that way the fucking Soles actually fucking last as long as the sides or the sides the last as long as the soles
+guiseppe M. Exactly I started using shoo goo in the mid-80's. I put it on the side of my front foot shoe(left foot cause I am regular) the first day I had them and let that shit dry for at least 24 hours. Kids at school would always ask what it was. Didn't matter they thought I was weird anyway. Being a punk rock skateboarder kid in Utah in 1985 did not make you popular. That is for sure. Fortunately for me, I had a big half pipe in my backyard and a bunch of California transplants for friends. We actually had a really good scene, all things considered.
One mean scene . kids would huff that shit .parents complained that is when they came out with shoe goo2 and it sucked .quick dry shoe goo by setting it on fire and then blowing it out repeatedly
+rebusd What frustrates me the most was that this vid premiered roughly at the same time as "Public Domain", but Transworld basically self-censored its review, and while going in depth on Stacy's creation, focused on irrelevancies as far as MTernasky's clearly superior documentation of the same time period was concerned (references to friggin' _popcorn_ fights? GTFOH!). The industry pressure was so transparent, it was like Rocco was being handed a lamb for the slaughter within the year. I'll shut up now... :)
***** agreed. Run your headphone jack to a tapedeck if you have to. :) As for me, I think I'll get the bros and I to cover this one when we get the time
My introduction to who? Matt Hensley and Ron Allen, had both their boards when I was 14-15, now im 38 and still skate. Not so quick to do an ollie impossible down 10 stairs anymore , cant get hurt, have to work now and be resposible...Enjoy your YOUTH for sure
Me Too! Matter of fact, I just sold a Godoy tattoo machine that I've had forever. Big brass skeleton frame, weighed a ton and hit like a sledgehammer :)
David: Same here. When this VHS came out, I improved as a street and mini-ramp skater so fast. My life was nothing but skating or watching this and later Hocus Pocus. Nothing else was in my life. H-Street held the unspoken status of "more harcore than all" during this brief time period.
I was at the premiere of this back in the day in La Jolla and sat next to Mike Ternasky after he invited me. Anyone remember the foosball table he had in his house?
Some people quote the bible to get inspired. I quote father way: "anyone can learn anything they want. It's all in your head. Ya just gotta spend time on it."
I'm with you guys..lol I'm 39 and still remember these good ol days Hey, do any of you know the artist for the first 3 minutes of the film with Matt H.? By the way I miss the Gullwing trucks. Indy were heavy duty but I just love the way the GWings looked. Glad to see other guys share the same nostalgia. Now I repair Nintendos..lol
im 42 now and just brought a new board, not sure if I can still skate but will find out soon. there is a regular meet up of oap skaters in my town, Milton Keynes, so will be attending the next one hopefully. :-)
46 and right there with you. It doesn't seem like almost 30 years ago. As long as I can cruise the streets, boardslide or grind a bench, and Ollie over shit, I'm happy! Skateboarding and punk rock are engrained in me. It's who I am. The memories are priceless. Roll Forever, and SKATE AND DESTROY!
I'm not quite for sure but I think it's by Tony Mag and some of his crew on their 4 track or something like that. They seem to be having too much fun making that jam specifically for this part of the video. I think? : )
Hey theres this video im looking for but i dont know the name....it had this punk song where the guy was screaming...i will be a rockstar!!...just you wait and see!!!....any help would be cool
Anyone an old video with Matt bright man in it I'm trying to Find a video from back in the day but forgot who's in it and what it was called I just remember Matt from it
Okay guys I have one more for ya'll. Anyone know the band for John "Pain in Ass Attitude" on 20:15 ? Bad Ass Jam and I can't find it anywhere. Thanks. Good Stuff here.
i can't believe i was watching this during the summer of 88-89 and a freshman in highschool! now @ 40 do i dare make a come back!!!! YES I DARE TO SALBA/MALBA/MARIANO! WHAT???? :/
+Michael Wilson I had Hensley's board back then. The one with the super big upturned round nose. I reached the height of my street skating abilities on that board.
1988... I Graduated from high school. Saw two or three hardcore shows a week, hooked up some of the best herb Northern California has to offer constantly. Went on so many road trips just to skate other cities. Met so many cool people. Skated every day for hours. That was the life. I feel sorry for kids these days. Skateboarding is now "packaged for safe consumption" at every mall. And the internet.... It is incredible(I wouldn't be able to watch these vids, or find so much old/rare/obscure music), and at the same time has destroyed so many things that were unique, special, even sacred. The world will never be the same. I miss it.
Yup miss da 80's bro could stay there forever..
12 when this came out.
Life’s never been the same.
It's crazy how old this is. I was 14 when I first saw this and I'm 41 now. It doesn't feel like it's been THAT long!
Justin Lozoff Tell me about it... I was 8 and still remember it like it was yesterday, or a day before. ;D But hey, I'm still skating, and this video has probably a lot to do with it.
nope .. sometimes feels crazy
Amen
First time I hav seen this and it’s still the best time bb
Justin Lozoff wish I could go back dude
I'll never forget the song during the night skate. Man that just fits perfect. 33:20. The darkness of the song and the skating. Mint.
still trying to locate that track and also the mini sesh track at 42:53
That stalefish grab over the ladder is STILL dope even by todays standards!!!!!
Man, when H-Street came out with 'Shackle' and 'Hocus Pocus' it was at the pinnacle of my own skating life, and these two videos just blew everything else away at the time. The most hardcore skate company at the time by far. I learned so many street tricks within a short period of time watching these on VHS. Tony Magnussun and Mike Ternasky had just blown Powell & Peralta into the dust forever.
Same man, 88, 89, 90 h street matt was my favorite. I was only dude rocking h street in my neighborhood than, Tony mag shirts w tail hahaja ya man ron allen big ollies ray barbie sick etc etc danny way , mike carrol, ocean howell, hail hensley ...fxcking heroin ruined my trip but I'm 47 with a new set up 8.0 primitive neal bully, ventures always n some 51 bones ...miss my A1 meats n toxic ✌🏻💨💨💨💨732 stay free
I seen Hokus Pokus before ever seeing Shackle.
I was ride or die team H-street. Grew up in a small town. Hensley/Natas were my childhood skate hero’s.
Last trick I learned was the 360 flip back in 91.
I quit soon after..girlfriend/work/life….but I always remembered the feeling of my wheels passing over cracks in the sidewalk and the air on my face.
If it wasn’t for my bad back, I’d skate again just for that feeling.
Oh well, at least I have those childhood memories.
That was a really fun era in skateboarding punk rock skate rock etc. we were skating in Converse cons Adidas hightops etc. for the heel padding and ankle support since Vans had none, boards were wide but functional lots of great wheels OJs, Hosoi Rockets, Independent trucks and lots of good drainage ditches, banks homemade mini & vertical ramps etc Savannah Slamma contest, and everyone had a great attitude and got along... Punk shows in warehouses and underground clubs were the best music scene ever Bad Brains Fugazi Circle jerks 7 seconds, the Cult, Joy Division. Even the southeast Georgia Florida Alabama etc. still had decent skate Parks lots of ramps and ditches underground spots. Rest in peace Jeff Grosso and Jay Adam’s, 100% Skateboarders For Life, Calvin from WPB/Atlanta!
Aesop Rock -Daylight thanks for bringing me here
same
ah Im not the only one lol. thought it was a reference to some old shakespeare play or something like that
I skated from 1986-1992. This video was the first to truly present street skating as a force to be reckoned with.
H-Street ruled! Matt Hensley King Size was my favorite board back in my skate hey-day! *Shackle Me Not* always takes me back to my youth and great times skating with friends!
Matt hensley was my first REAL board....it was around for yrs...
everyone that could afford one was riding the Hensley King Size out my way too. Us ghetto kids took what we could get. One of the best dudes to come out of Southern Indiana had a veriflex with a rail on every part of the fucking thing you could imagine except the tail and a big red robot graphic. A fucking nose rail Yo. Those boards were designed by people who didn't skate man. 6 months later dude was busting switch impossibles. I never could get them to wrap around my left foot,but I could get them to wrap on my right foot so I just stick with doing the switch,fakey and nollie. Only H street I ever had was a Sal Barbier. That board was my Wonderboy I swear. It must have been the perfect dimensions for me at 5ft 6 and 135. Remember those Hard Times boards by blockhead? That was the only brand new board I ever owned.
A piece of Art. Legendary.
Absolutely.
Marian and Vivian!! The old lady Twins! I used to see them all the time by work. Man, I miss SF so much. :( They were such sweet ladies. Passed away a couple of years ago, one just before the other. True SF gems. :( :( :(
Still awesome, after countless years, pure style in skating, video making, editing and music, a generation's youth
3:21 - doing a backside kickflip in 1988 was gnarly. It's not on film before this.
This video brings back some memories!! Back when I was 14 and rocked the John Sonner with Thunders, Slimeballs, and Chopstix skinny rails!
This one still is my favorite skate video. Everything just clicks in Shackle Me Not. Blew my mind back in '88, still does.
jarkokoo: Agreed 100%. This brings back such intense memories that I'm still hooked on watching it today every once in a while. Bittersweet memories though, because sometimes I can't hardly watch it..for the same reasons.
+StateLaughter Man I can totally relate with what you say. The memories of those times bring tears to my eyes. Things will never be the same, or like they were. It makes me sad in a weird way.
i know every second of this video in my head
Man what memories. I'm pretty thankful I and many others were a part of this amazing time in skateboarding. Between streets on fire and both h street vids, are some of the most influential ever. What really describes skating best was the aggressiveness and bonding with other friends. Being happy a friend landed an amazing rail or kick flip tail slide. Not angry or jealous. There of course are a ton, but the part that explains my point the best in shackle is at 24:16. Just a boss move saving a friend's board from rolling away after a wipeout. Pure class. A lesson that should be applied today, and everyone's life. Metaphorically speaking. Pure class.
THANKS so so much - this video is embedded in a deep deep place in my heart. In 1988 i got this as a XMAS present from my uncle John, and it changed my life forever!!!! "you got to hang into the dream. you got to hold your head high. you got to hang on to the dream - never let it die"
You can find the soundtrack for sale through H-Street's website. Not all the music from the video is on there but most is.
Best shit ever, we watched this everyday after school before skating. 6th graders, we were so amped!
theres one awesome trick i wanna learn how to do which is that fakie double variel flip with the opposite body rotation at 25:00
I watch this so many times on my vhs copy it stopped playing.
Thanks for posting this. Summer of 8th grade. Sooooooo many great memories.
i actually wish the 80s never ended
this and hokus pokus changed my life at like 12 years old. Matt Hensley and Sal Barbier were the ones,
so inspired by this movie!! especially Hensley...tried to learn everything he did!No complys all day!! Godoys inspired me to get and do tattoos! Forgot how burly they were on big ramp! some serious BS ollies !!! thanx for puttin it on here!!! first intro to Danny way!!! what a team!! R.I.P Mike Ternasky!
i still have this on vhs and remember sk8in to the store to buy this when it was brand new wow best days
One of my favorite skate videos ever... thanks for listing some of the songs too. I love El Salvador by Inocentes in the John Shultes part at 20.11... have been trying to find the song for hours and no one listed it but you!
RIP Mike Ternasky... many still remember what you did for skateboarding...
Talk about memories!!! That summer I went off (88') 8th grade I learned to drop in and skate ramp, street skating everyday, all day, all night and in my sleep. The music was fast and always there in tape decks and funky speakers. My girlfriend liked to take her bikini top off (my first tits!) and skated to her pool all summer. A pair of vans half cabs on my feet, man it don't get much better than that!!!
Nate Brenneman packed my 80's in one comment. I'm a little older, so my first tits were pretty much scaring mountains. Actually, I cant remember if they really were or if the dope was just kicking in hard. Anyway, what a decade. Wonder of the 2K kids could say that, too...
thanks for the great text bro!
thats pretty much me except for me it was 2018!!! Excepts for the tits! Great though!
It seems like street skaters were so much more skilled back then compared to today.
maybe not skilled but creative.
***** this WAS skilled skateboarding during this era, aside from freestyle skating that Mullen was into at the time..
Summer 88 i rented this everday...str8 up yaaa mattt✌🏻💨💨
Ron Allen still rips 28 years later. Saw a clip of him recently amazing.
the song you are lookin to hear for Matt Hensley's intro part was - Patife Band - Teu Bem
Anyone please I've been trying to find out who sings the some at 33:20 into the video during the nighttime montage. Please please help a dying man.
I've also been trying to find this out forever. :S
I also want to know. Please help!!!
thank you!
I still have my last board (complete) from my skateboarding days. Those were some awesome days by the way. ;-) Its a Matt Hensley King Size with G&S trucks and SS Radial wheels. And, it still rides jussst fine! Awww yeah!!! :-) :-) :-)
MATTS SHOES @ 5:47 right after McDonalds, and he does that Step off on bench no-comply whatevs.....Old School Airwalks with the lace covers that we cut off and drilled holes hung over as Ollie armor...Anyone else notice the Airwalks are impossible to find on ebay or anywhere??? i never see the Vics or whatever they called with the laces cover..they sure looked cool. 86,87,88'ish...
Best video of all time
I used to watch this with the morning J before hitting the streets to emulate the moves when I was 14. The credits show the band names but I've only ever found a few in real life. Sup with Mag not releasing a soundtrack that'd sell for sure. There's a few tunes I'd love to have in their OG version. Wonderful Broken Thing seem to be the only ones that have digital stuff to sell.
Hensley just shreds so hard. It's still amazing, I own the VHS box set that I was gonna pass on to the next generation cause I don't have a VHS player...but the era of no comply...easiest and most subtle trick no one ever bothered learning.
Same!! Still have my Hensley deck...Yeah Matt
l remember when this video came out l was doing b/side stand up grinds to b/side tail slides, and l learned 360 flips, hard to think l was only 12 years old then, a true classic video that changed street skating forever, tony mag should come out and tell us the name of the bands and music in this video
THE BEST SKATEBOARD VIDEO EVER.... MY FUCKING FIRST LOVE !!!!
"SKATEBOARDING IS NOT A CRIME"
This is one of the most historic skate videos in history. I'd put it up there with Questionable, Useless Wooden Toys, The first Bones Brigade video, and Future Primitive.
Not better than animal chin.....well...maybe...
as I remember it there was three main groups in the 88 skate scene, the ramp only powell fans and the h-street hardcore street only skaters! you would only follow which ever teams image you preffered, I was a h-street loving street skater we had no vert ramps or pools near us! finally you had the crusty dread locked backyard pool lot and drainage ditch skaters, they would only use the following products alva, dogtown and zorlac! even so everybody seemed be having a blast what ever catagorey they fell into.....;)
+abbik...as far as i can remember MADRID only had ramp skaters similar to EPIC skateboards, SANTA CRUZ/SMA fitted perfectly in the middle and were also another personal favorite of mine...:)
bryan pennington was EPPICS vert superstar, im sure MADRID had a sister company called B.B.C! they had a few street skaters on the team, the B.B.C videos on youtube its not bad either...:) (better-board-company)
+richard anthony Phillips Pennington ended up on BBC(bad boy club) a division of life's a beach surf wear. Jeff Phillips, Monty Nolder, and Bill Danforth were all on that team.
Ried Ellis.. they changed their name later to the "better-board- company", their eye blistering shorts+image had kind of fallen out of skate/bmx fashion by 89/90!
+richard anthony Phillips Thanks for the info. You mentioned some relatively obscure brands and characters. What about Brand X(Bill Tocco), or the ever no-loved Jeff Jones. Peanut Brown.. Walker skateboards, Chuck Dinkins. Ha ha. I had a subscription to Thrasher magazine from 1984 until I got divorced in 2011. I have a masters degree in useless skate trivia. It is very cool to see all these comments from our generation. Cheers!
i don't even want to think about how long ago it was when i first saw this. i haven't watched Tony Mag flying around in years and the Jeff Pettit / Ray Simmonds sequence is still crazy. this video blew everything else out of the water in the late 80s. just as much as the visuals and aggro DIY production make this stand out, i'm realizing how much i missed the soundtrack. anyone know how all this brazilian post-punk stuff made it in? was MT or TM listening to this stuff then? the instrumental prog guitar rock that shows up in some of the ramp sequences and the brief Hensley dusk sequence are awesome... oh man and then... "birdsssssss fly high.." RIP Jeff Klindt
This is real Sk8teboarding.this guys are awesome and write History👍
Hensley wearing converse high top's like Natas used too, I did the same they were awesome to skate in at the time if you couldn't afford the ever expensive Vision Street Wear kicks haha
they sucked three ollies and sock would start to go .bust out duct tape .if you had clear pizza grip .fahgetabout it
+guiseppe M. Shoe goo was the only way I could make my shoes last. Nice RKL avatar by the way. Saw those guys many times. Nardcore por vida!
Fuck yeah I'm using Shoe Goo right now I put it I put it on when I first get my shoes brand new don't give a fuk that way the fucking Soles actually fucking last as long as the sides or the sides the last as long as the soles
+guiseppe M. Exactly I started using shoo goo in the mid-80's. I put it on the side of my front foot shoe(left foot cause I am regular) the first day I had them and let that shit dry for at least 24 hours. Kids at school would always ask what it was. Didn't matter they thought I was weird anyway. Being a punk rock skateboarder kid in Utah in 1985 did not make you popular. That is for sure. Fortunately for me, I had a big half pipe in my backyard and a bunch of California transplants for friends. We actually had a really good scene, all things considered.
One mean scene . kids would huff that shit .parents complained that is when they came out with shoe goo2 and it sucked .quick dry shoe goo by setting it on fire and then blowing it out repeatedly
That song from 24:00 to Mike Carroll's prescient/teen 26:30 was my favorite part of the whole show. Plus the front foot impossible. :)
+rebusd This whole video was basically the beloved Mike Ternasky showing his own to the world. California Uber Alles
+rebusd Ternasky's home rebuttal to Stacy (with all due respect)
+rebusd What frustrates me the most was that this vid premiered roughly at the same time as "Public Domain", but Transworld basically self-censored its review, and while going in depth on Stacy's creation, focused on irrelevancies as far as MTernasky's clearly superior documentation of the same time period was concerned (references to friggin' _popcorn_ fights? GTFOH!). The industry pressure was so transparent, it was like Rocco was being handed a lamb for the slaughter within the year. I'll shut up now... :)
***** agreed. Run your headphone jack to a tapedeck if you have to. :) As for me, I think I'll get the bros and I to cover this one when we get the time
10/4 :)
Thank You
Thanks man, i found the name out but i can't find a download anywhere; too rare!
My introduction to who? Matt Hensley and Ron Allen, had both their boards when I was 14-15, now im 38 and still skate. Not so quick to do an ollie impossible down 10 stairs anymore , cant get hurt, have to work now and be resposible...Enjoy your YOUTH for sure
revolutionary at the time!
Me Too! Matter of fact, I just sold a Godoy tattoo machine that I've had forever. Big brass skeleton frame, weighed a ton and hit like a sledgehammer :)
Tons of Carlsbad footage on this one. I loved that skatepark, it was owned by Mike McGil
Pinnacle of street skating, for me at least. This video chronicled everything I cared about in 1988...fucking epic.
David: Same here. When this VHS came out, I improved as a street and mini-ramp skater so fast. My life was nothing but skating or watching this and later Hocus Pocus. Nothing else was in my life. H-Street held the unspoken status of "more harcore than all" during this brief time period.
It blew doors off of everyone else
I was at the premiere of this back in the day in La Jolla and sat next to Mike Ternasky after he invited me. Anyone remember the foosball table he had in his house?
Some people quote the bible to get inspired. I quote father way:
"anyone can learn anything they want. It's all in your head. Ya just gotta spend time on it."
I'm with you guys..lol I'm 39 and still remember these good ol days Hey, do any of you know the artist for the first 3 minutes of the film with Matt H.? By the way I miss the Gullwing trucks. Indy were heavy duty but I just love the way the GWings looked. Glad to see other guys share the same nostalgia. Now I repair Nintendos..lol
love this video and soundtrack since it came out. the one song that stays with me is the Ben Jobe song at 26:38. anyone know who that is?
sensacional!
aah the good old days! :-)
+darren s *Tips hat in agreement. How the fuck did I end up being 40 and I still watch this video and takes me back to being 14?!?!?
+mezsh You aren't alone brother. The memories are magic here.
im 42 now and just brought a new board, not sure if I can still skate but will find out soon. there is a regular meet up of oap skaters in my town, Milton Keynes, so will be attending the next one hopefully. :-)
46 and right there with you. It doesn't seem like almost 30 years ago. As long as I can cruise the streets, boardslide or grind a bench, and Ollie over shit, I'm happy! Skateboarding and punk rock are engrained in me. It's who I am. The memories are priceless. Roll Forever, and SKATE AND DESTROY!
Awesome - Tony Mag #1
yeah!
Has anyone ever ID'd the guitar solo thing at 13m02s?
this is 100 times better than anything nyjas doing
I'm in this video with my boys skating in the pizzahut parking lot on Vista Way. VSL for life.lol
wHO WAS on 22:35?
This is the first serious handrail trick in skate videos!! I
I think Jeff Pettit
anybody know the song at 3:44? Probably my favorite one in the whole video.
it was some mike ternansky friend ...just read it in some blog while looking for the first track's band
matt hensleys song is.........Patife Band - 06. Teu Bem
Ray Simmons, ahead of his time
Wow!!Brazilian band Ira! at 12:00!!!Great! Song:Vitrine Viva
Look at Jeff Pettit killing those rails years before the legendary Pat Duffy. I just hope he didn’t turn into a conspiracy nut too.
I'm not quite for sure but I think it's by Tony Mag and some of his crew on their 4 track or something like that. They seem to be having too much fun making that jam specifically for this part of the video. I think? : )
Poetry. I was 10 back then.
Hey theres this video im looking for but i dont know the name....it had this punk song where the guy was screaming...i will be a rockstar!!...just you wait and see!!!....any help would be cool
h street hokus pokus
Anyone an old video with Matt bright man in it I'm trying to Find a video from back in the day but forgot who's in it and what it was called I just remember Matt from it
Does anybody know what instrumental was playing in Eddie's part at 13:04?
Just posted exactly the same thing before i scrolled down to see this comment ;)
Yea Matt!
39:21 ❤
Merci AESOP
Oh yeah almost forgot anyone know the song on 20:20
Okay guys I have one more for ya'll. Anyone know the band for John "Pain in Ass Attitude" on 20:15 ? Bad Ass Jam and I can't find it anywhere. Thanks. Good Stuff here.
what is the name of the first song?
ayo- put one up for clean logic preocreation
hensley part is pretty much the same as the ray barbee one in public domain
The wheels were huge, they used 64mm, good times!
THEY JUST DONT MAKE EM LIKE THEY USED TO
Name of the first song?
Its Darude - Sandstorm.
music 13:30 ?
i can't believe i was watching this during the summer of 88-89 and a freshman in highschool! now @ 40 do i dare make a come back!!!!
YES I DARE TO SALBA/MALBA/MARIANO! WHAT???? :/
34:52 name of the song?
any know the song at 0:16:00 the really talky one?
put one up for shackle me not, clean logic procreation.
on second thought it may have been Questionable that I attended.
Dudes at h street did murderous shit
They should clean this up quality wise!
real skating
matt hensleys song is.........Patife Band - 06. Teu Bem
God I idolized Hensley back then
+Michael Wilson I had Hensley's board back then. The one with the super big upturned round nose. I reached the height of my street skating abilities on that board.
A Lot of No Complies....OMG good times.
No comply combos....what a lost art. Today's tricks are just huge...the imagination and creativeness will never be matched. Not by any 30 stair rail.