I was there! wow.I dont remember seeing that many empty seats, it seemed like there were a million people there at the time. I was from a small town where I was the only skateboarder so I guess seeing more than 1 or 2 skateboarders seemed like a million. I remember getting a G&S Trucks sticker from Bill Danforth (which I still have to this day). This brought a flood of memories back, thanks for uploading this.
LOL @ 4:59...Danny pulls an indy gay twist to nosepick, stalefish tailslide, body varial, etc., and they choose to highlight the rock n' roll for the slow-mo. LOLOLOL
Wow... small world. I must have skated there with you then... cool. I got sponsored at this event by Zorlac thanks to Tom Boyle. I drove down from Toronto with him and Weiss. Boyle got second behind Mike Conroy in the Am finals. Truly amazing skating. I had a blast and almost died a couple times coming back over the spine to the vert ramp... very tricky... ha. Lots of great memories but I don't remember how the event was judged, I didn't make the finals, that I know, but I skated OK I guess.
@Take the red pill Sounded like he was. Highlighting the Rock N Roll, meanwhile that was Danny's plainest trick. Very generic names for everything, even though many had been invented already. He probably got a crash course on ramp skating the week leading up to this.
Buddy Boyer, Danny is reg foot, that wasn't a "fakie" 720. That's how you do reg 720s on vert; start from fakie. And they weren't 'unheard of' then. Tony Hawk had been doin 720s for a while before '89.
@@itswaaaay2ez Anyhow, he went goofy into it to 720 to land regular. And those weren't being done by your average 15 year old back then. The announcer had his mind full of newness that he couldn't register. He did ok overall though.
@GrantBorden I was an am at this event too. I rode for Santa Cruz at the time. I was hurt, and after the first round decided to not to continue because I was so outclassed. I crossed my name off the list for the semis and told the judges to bump the next guy up then sat in the audience. Do you remember how they sent four guys straight to the finals, cut six or eight, then had a semi final with twelve who got cut to six for the finals? How did you do?
Don't know if you'll get this but, I used to skate kzoo and it was always a treat when you showed up doing fs540s on the very ramp. I ended up touring with Danforth when he was back in Detroit.
you can tell vert half pipe skating was just starting to die out. look at that ghost of a crowd. tech flippy obstacle skating killed these aerial ramp skaters careers no doubt. some died. some turned to drugs. some got normal jobs. some went into the industry and made millions. very few adapted to the new style. it was totally foreign to them.
Is the announcer still alive? if so, get him on the Olympic commentary panel. Or even on the vans commentary team. So fun to listen to the way he describes skateboarding. Who cares if Danny is trying a fakie 720? Just call it a mctwist. All skaters know the trick names anyway. Why not call the tricks something else. "Rail grabbing 360" sounds cool.
@@Rufusdos yeah I had to re think that one lmfao. You could do a 540 or 9 that way on vert but could only do what you described the way you described it. But the real question is is it Half Cab Blunt, or Half Cab Noseblunt? Nah jk. I know no one cares
This commentator probably studied skateboarding tricks a week before this contest. I give him an F. 720 a McTwist? A 10 year old probably would have guessed the correct trick name
Way put out a few revolutionary video-parts, and is an incredible skater, but in contests and demos Hawk is the better skater by far. There is plenty of proof: th-cam.com/video/MJBbjFZdYto/w-d-xo.html
I like Way way better than Hawk, but you're wrong about this. Hawk was way ahead of everyone for a decade, Way passed him only for a split second while Hawk got older, then Way got hurt. There's only about a two year period where what you said is plausible, but it forgets about Hawk's decade of dominance and innovation before Way could even ride.
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I was there! wow.I dont remember seeing that many empty seats, it seemed like there were a million people there at the time. I was from a small town where I was the only skateboarder so I guess seeing more than 1 or 2 skateboarders seemed like a million.
I remember getting a G&S Trucks sticker from Bill Danforth (which I still have to this day). This brought a flood of memories back, thanks for uploading this.
LocalHasbeen Cobo?
6:30 "And there's a nice rail-grabbing 360!" This announcer is pure gold!
Out of all the tricks he got wrong you chose to call out the one where the skater grabbed the board's rail and did a 360? Lol
@@roblahey3249 it's not about wrong or right, it's the vibe. 😎🤙
Sliding across that coping there
Spinning like a ballerina 😂😂😂😂
"Tony's getting hot right now." we need this guy to do every skate comp commentary.
Loved it. Weird combination of actually knowing some trick names and coming across as a total outsider.
Beautiful just like a ballet dancer
Mini ramp spine to vert is an unbelievably difficult transition .
LOL @ 4:59...Danny pulls an indy gay twist to nosepick, stalefish tailslide, body varial, etc., and they choose to highlight the rock n' roll for the slow-mo. LOLOLOL
So many great maneuvers
awesome, met Danny Way last week at LAX
Wow... small world. I must have skated there with you then... cool.
I got sponsored at this event by Zorlac thanks to Tom Boyle. I drove down from Toronto with him and Weiss. Boyle got second behind Mike Conroy in the Am finals. Truly amazing skating. I had a blast and almost died a couple times coming back over the spine to the vert ramp... very tricky... ha. Lots of great memories but I don't remember how the event was judged, I didn't make the finals, that I know, but I skated OK I guess.
Wow man, doing all that at only 15. Remarkable. What a treasure to be able to watch this video on my iPhone in bed...
Thanks man.
And thank you God
Rad!
thanks fot the video I saw this on tv back in the day, I never thought I would see this again
It's so great when they have regular sports announcers calling a skate competition.
@Take the red pill Sounded like he was. Highlighting the Rock N Roll, meanwhile that was Danny's plainest trick. Very generic names for everything, even though many had been invented already. He probably got a crash course on ramp skating the week leading up to this.
I used to skate big fat boards like this , Danny is a talented guy
The producers of all the X Games broadcasts desperately need to hire this announcer. "Just like a ballet dancer." That is pure gold.
LOL.... "Mick" twist!!!! It was created by Disney, now copyrighted.
5:02 not a mctwist! he went for a fakie 720! unheard of at the time!
Buddy Boyer, Danny is reg foot, that wasn't a "fakie" 720. That's how you do reg 720s on vert; start from fakie. And they weren't 'unheard of' then. Tony Hawk had been doin 720s for a while before '89.
Some guy used to call it a wicked twist.
Nyn Slade yup, it’s in Animal Chin
@@itswaaaay2ez Anyhow, he went goofy into it to 720 to land regular. And those weren't being done by your average 15 year old back then. The announcer had his mind full of newness that he couldn't register. He did ok overall though.
@@itswaaaay2ez I remember them calling it a "McHawk" in Transworld. I guess that name didn't stick....
A Mick Twist? LMFAO!! Is it some kind of Irish maneuver? Holy shit. Between this and the announcer, it's comedy gold.
@GrantBorden I was an am at this event too. I rode for Santa Cruz at the time. I was hurt, and after the first round decided to not to continue because I was so outclassed. I crossed my name off the list for the semis and told the judges to bump the next guy up then sat in the audience. Do you remember how they sent four guys straight to the finals, cut six or eight, then had a semi final with twelve who got cut to six for the finals? How did you do?
Hey dude, is there any footage out there of your time as an Am?
Don't know if you'll get this but, I used to skate kzoo and it was always a treat when you showed up doing fs540s on the very ramp. I ended up touring with Danforth when he was back in Detroit.
Best non skater commentating I’ve ever heard, kudos.
Good ol' Australian Mick Twist.
Good olde Eurosport, I remember watching this back in the day.
The youngest and the best👍
John Sonner from Vista?, awesome.
The MC is pure class 💣🔥
beautiful moves
And rock and roll
Nuttin' like a good mick twist
you can tell vert half pipe skating was just starting to die out. look at that ghost of a crowd. tech flippy obstacle skating killed these aerial ramp skaters careers no doubt. some died. some turned to drugs. some got normal jobs. some went into the industry and made millions. very few adapted to the new style. it was totally foreign to them.
Jeremiah Wilson, only ones from this bunch to keep up and help evolve vert were Sergie and Danny Way.
and "some" killed their girlfriends. 😝
He was so excited about the transfer lmao
4:22 "TAIL SLIDING." That was a feeble grind, man. 4:36. "He kinda spun the board there before he hit the ramp."
Announcer: I believe the kids call that one a "Mick Scaddoo-How-Do-You-Do"
It’s like my dad commentating
2:48 'Mick Twist' 😂😂😂
First wall rebate was also in effect so everyone was trying to kill the first wall. Drop in to McTwist to start your run...
Danny destroyed!
lol no one knew anything about skateboarding back then other than the skaters themselves
That’s what made it cool
”How do you do, fellow kids?”
Like that “mick twist” call out that the video editor added there during his run?
Nah, they had it all right. Just didn't have many tricks figured out back then.
still the same
"Mick" Twist! Hahahaha!
H-STREET👍
Oh yes.........The ol' "Mick Twist" invented by the Irish professional skater Callum McCreary himself!
Thank You!!!
They have to hire this “skateboard commentator for the upcoming 2020 Olympics, if he is still alive.
commentary fella is the best.
No flip tricks by '89?
nope. Started in '90
Nominay Caballero was doing finger flip airs in the early 80s
OldSchoolVibes 1978 Excuse me, I meant flips involving an Ollie and kick of the foot.
Everything was still finger flipped.
Only thing close was varials.
Mick Twist
crying
Wow the ramp is small
i remember renting this dec 1990 form music pulse lol Danny was 16
Tony rides his hell concave
😄 yeah man!!! HAHAHAHA
I just love a great Mick Twist. Who is Mick?
Is the announcer still alive? if so, get him on the Olympic commentary panel. Or even on the vans commentary team. So fun to listen to the way he describes skateboarding. Who cares if Danny is trying a fakie 720? Just call it a mctwist. All skaters know the trick names anyway. Why not call the tricks something else. "Rail grabbing 360" sounds cool.
that wasn´t melon
Rail grabbing 360 is technically correct
Epic commentary. And I wasn't sure if this was a pro contest or an H-Street demo, but good stuff either way.
Oh yeah! The Mick Twist! Too bad Mick Donald’s wasn’t a sponsor of this contest…maybe the would have gotten some free chicken Mick nuggets.😂
Mick twist the irish version
It makes sense. His name is Danny, which is It Irish as fuck
mick twist?
720
Is the rest of the contest available? I was at this as a amature.
Am finals is: th-cam.com/video/No-B2CkzZ84/w-d-xo.html
The commentator sounds like he's imported from the 1950's.
LOL
The commentary makes me want to cry
No call on the back-d
They're skating on a vertical halfpipe ramp. Now watch, this little rascal is going to perform some maneuvers!"
Commentator has no idea what he's talking about 😂😆🙈
Definitely never skated in his life 😂
origin of another one 4:02
Those wonderful Eurosport commentators. "Here's an invert...and another one"
LoL
Can we get these commentators back???
Did they just call every trick a "maneuver" back then?
Wow man that commentary sounded like my nan😂
Did he seriously try a Fakie to Fakie 720? That's insane for what year is it? '89, '90?
Fakie to fakie 720 isn't actually possible, unless you're going over a spine or something. Do the math!
@@Rufusdos yeah I had to re think that one lmfao. You could do a 540 or 9 that way on vert but could only do what you described the way you described it. But the real question is is it Half Cab Blunt, or Half Cab Noseblunt? Nah jk. I know no one cares
With the exception of Way, it seems the spine threw everyone off.
The commentator back then sounds like European commentators today explaining American football.
Like a ballet dancer..
If you ever wondered where “rebate” came from :)
mick twist
That's not Dave Duncan on the mic
Just like a ballet dance 😂
A Mick Twist? Lol
Ha, commentators that know fuck all about skating. Typical of that era whenever skating made it onto the T.V.
MICK TWIST
Would have preferred Marv Albert commentating instead...Yes!
3:45
Never saw Danny Way try a 720 before. You would've thought he could do them though. Anything beyond a 540 just looks a bit... crap though.
Bob Eucker should've commentated.
REBATE!!
Tony's getting hot right now 6:17
The announcer reminds me of how Marge Simpson would sound.
How many times can you call tricks wrong.
Mick Twist, what a buncha fuds.
This announcer.....
Who won?
What does the title say?
“Tony would do a lot better if he was healthier” wtf announcer lol
This commentator probably studied skateboarding tricks a week before this contest. I give him an F. 720 a McTwist? A 10 year old probably would have guessed the correct trick name
funny speaker.. he has no clue :)
Danny way better then Tony Hawk..Hawk just gained popularity through publicity..not the best vert skater ever
Way put out a few revolutionary video-parts, and is an incredible skater, but in contests and demos Hawk is the better skater by far. There is plenty of proof:
th-cam.com/video/MJBbjFZdYto/w-d-xo.html
I like Way way better than Hawk, but you're wrong about this. Hawk was way ahead of everyone for a decade, Way passed him only for a split second while Hawk got older, then Way got hurt. There's only about a two year period where what you said is plausible, but it forgets about Hawk's decade of dominance and innovation before Way could even ride.
This dude had no clue wtf he was talking about.
The announcer needed a board to the face.lol
That announcer doesn't know the names of the tricks, He's getting all the names of the tricks wrong.
Haha!
At least he was enthusiastic enough to try, not his fault the event's hosts couldnt be bothered to have a skater announce it
This announcer is SO lost, lol...
Kook announcer. Hope he didn't get paid 🤔
Commentary is paaaiiiinfuuulllll. Turned the sound off . . .
the announcer isn't very educated about skateboarding.
Worst announcer ever!!!!
Wow he knows better than a random sports commentator from over 30 years ago!!!
great skating, but that commentary is absolutely terrible!