I remember the late Ray Underhill of the Bone's Brigade who became a friend. I had been skating a bunch in the mid 70's and won some contests on the East Coast but just lost interest when the places that I moved to had no interesting skate scenes. I became a student at MTSU in Tennessee for music production and recording engineering. I had a girlfriend who told me about a half pipe ramp in Goodlettsville, her hometown. I had her show it to me and I later came back and met Ray Underhill and Britt Parrot. I only had a light aluminum deck with old Chicago trucks that I would ride from class to class at MTSU. They took pity on the poor college guy and Ray gifted me a used Mike McGill deck and Britt gifted me a well grinded pair of Independent trucks and wheels. I would come to the ramp and ride with them and they would come to MTSU and skate with me. We had lots of fun and I would rate their stoke level at top notch. I hadn't seen guys so stoked about skating since I'd moved from New Jersey. It was great to see Ray in a Bones video and find out that Britt became (I think) editor of Thrasher magazine. Both great guys and hanging out with them made my life better.
Everybody is a huge bones brigade fan.....but ...natas and gonz....are extremely influential....as well as hosi And then when you skated back then...and you discovered neil blender.... You were hooked!!!
@barclaydonaldson8863 I am toying around with doing a video on H-Street skaters. If that does well I might look into 1 or more of those skaters as well
@Six12media If i conflated "freestyle" with "street skateing" then that was absolutely not the intention and i apologise if that was the way it came across. I know they are 2 completely different styles, freestyle has existed for decades even before the Z-Boys formed. Whereas street skating came into existence during the mid 80s, especially when the H-Street team was formed
Man, this video has made me feel "old".
I grew up idolizing these guys.
Was born in '77.
Cool video to see. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
I remember the late Ray Underhill of the Bone's Brigade who became a friend. I had been skating a bunch in the mid 70's and won some contests on the East Coast but just lost interest when the places that I moved to had no interesting skate scenes. I became a student at MTSU in Tennessee for music production and recording engineering. I had a girlfriend who told me about a half pipe ramp in Goodlettsville, her hometown. I had her show it to me and I later came back and met Ray Underhill and Britt Parrot. I only had a light aluminum deck with old Chicago trucks that I would ride from class to class at MTSU. They took pity on the poor college guy and Ray gifted me a used Mike McGill deck and Britt gifted me a well grinded pair of Independent trucks and wheels. I would come to the ramp and ride with them and they would come to MTSU and skate with me. We had lots of fun and I would rate their stoke level at top notch. I hadn't seen guys so stoked about skating since I'd moved from New Jersey. It was great to see Ray in a Bones video and find out that Britt became (I think) editor of Thrasher magazine. Both great guys and hanging out with them made my life better.
That is amazing, rubbing shoulders with the skaters who were there and experienced the life. Thanks for sharing 👍
Everybody is a huge bones brigade fan.....but ...natas and gonz....are extremely influential....as well as hosi
And then when you skated back then...and you discovered neil blender....
You were hooked!!!
@barclaydonaldson8863 I am toying around with doing a video on H-Street skaters. If that does well I might look into 1 or more of those skaters as well
Good stuff 🙌🏾
Thanks
so true, thank u....
nice edit but please check your facts to many errors
Thank you, could you highlight some of them, please? Just so I can learn, I was under the impression I'd done my due diligence when researching
@@WasBunnyNowThorn You said "Freestyle" several times when talking about street skaters.
@Six12media If i conflated "freestyle" with "street skateing" then that was absolutely not the intention and i apologise if that was the way it came across.
I know they are 2 completely different styles, freestyle has existed for decades even before the Z-Boys formed.
Whereas street skating came into existence during the mid 80s, especially when the H-Street team was formed
Novak....is a nobody....he loves podcasts more than pushing around on a skateboard