HOW CAB BEAT TONY HAWK at 1988 SAVANNAH SLAMMA STREETSTYLE

The year: 1988. Skateboarding was truly at a crossroads and Savannah Slammah, unknowingly at the time, was like a head on collision between two generations. The skate industry, the magazines, and the skateboarding world's collective consciousness was still concentrated on transition, with ramp and pool events being the main focus. But the next generation was street skating worldwide, rising up from the underground, earning more and more media coverage, provoking new events entitled "streetstyle." Participating in these contests you had skaters from three clashing groups competing together: 1) established pros that ripped everything and were adapting to the change 2) new sponsored street pros that has never competed previously on ramps and in pools, and 3) pissed off sponsored pro transition specialists that either could not, or did not care to adapt to the new terrain and format.
No one could have imagine the profound changes skateboarding would go through in the coming years, becoming almost entirely based around street with heavy influence from flatground freestyle, but this was where it all started.
Skaters:
Steve Caballero
Tommy Guerrero
Tony Hawk
Lance Mountain
Mike Vallely
Eric Dressen
Scott Oster
Aaron Murray
Jessee Martinez
Ron Allen
Mark Partain
John Thomas
Eddie Reategui
Keith Meek
Jeff Grosso
Neil Blender
Jeff Kendall
Adrian Demain
Mike Folmer
Per Welinder
Bill Tocco
Steve Van Orden
Jimi Scott
Joe Johnson
Ben Schroeder
kele Rosecrans
Johnee Kop
Chuck Dinkins
Music:
Asylum Party
Awon and Phoniks
Chaser
Delinquent Habits
The Colourfield
Diamondhead
Welelo
Dancing Hoods
Coffee Break Island
Sits Vacant
Humble Beginnings
Reliance
The Count Bishops
The Rescue
Slade and the Wasters
la Danza Moderna
The Expression
Johnny Sevin
Good Riddance
The Professionals
The Collectors
Phoenix
Aimless Device
Additional footage by:
WSAV-6
Jeff Flamer
Eric Caudill
Thrasher Mag
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