Alien Workshop was my brand as a teenager. Clothing, hotmail handles, decks, everything lol. Went to multiple Trisect tour demos and skated with the teams. Still wearing AWS shirts to this day. And shout to the short lived SEEK line.
An Alien Aarto Saari board was the last deck I ever purchased before a back and knee injury ended my skating life after 12 awesome years. Still in great shape with some krux, hubba wheels, jessop grip, and red bone bearings. And I owned many Habitat decks throughout those years, they were always my fave.
1:33 Chris Carter is the guy on the left, the other one is Josh Kalis, one of the main riders which is not even mention in the video, he got such a big impact on the brand, differently from Berra and Kirchart who were added when the brand started declined. You don't mention even Don Pendleton who was the art director in late 90's, his art pushed the brand in the olympus of the cool companies.
It was amazing growing up in the skate culture of Dayton during this time. I can't stand on a board but I always filmed my friends. It was not uncommon to see big skaters out and about skating with kids and local talent. Especially after Rob and DC helped open the Plaza in Kettering. It really helped a lot of people get really good. I have no doubt that for a short period of time, the kids in Dayton were among the top of the pack.
Woooo, Dayton! We used to be dope in music and skating alike. Hope some of it comes back soon. I see kids rolling around the neighborhood every once in awhile.
It's nice to hear a story about a small independent brand selling out to a larger company, but with a happy ending. Stories like that so often don't end well.
Commented on the previous post wondering if aws went out of business. Really happy to get a full understanding of the company. Always loved aws, have had multiple aws and habitat boards over the years. They produced greats like Jason Dill and Silas Baxter-Neal. Aws holds a special place in my heart, both personally and historically. Really happy to see Dyrdek "do right" by the company. As much as I hate ridiculousnous, and I do, Rob Dyrdek has become one of my heroes. Saving alien workshop cemented that.
This video has me wanting a vid for Dill and Ave’s company F**king Awesome. That company alone spawned a whole new subgroup of skaters/skating (whether you like it or not). (just say FA in the vid if you’re worried about swearing)
Excellent job, very happy the TH-cam algorithm suggested your videos. I'm now a subscriber. The roller coaster of a business doesn't always have a happy ending like AWS..
Front St. warehouse was ground zero for Dyrdek to test those new visitor series decks. Then the "visitors center" on Springfield St. became their first factory/training center. I always tried to buy the VW Baja bug right inside from Mark E.
in the 1990's I had like an alien workshop deck.. (with olives on it - Duane Pitre 1991) that was like the best skateboard I ever had. like the wood, and how it bended/flexible was so good; not a hard-stiff board. some good memories. as a street skater.
1:36 picture, Chris Carter (not Mike) with the long hair and Josh Kalis pro skater (not Chris.) Good luck finding a picture of Mike Hill, he's super low profile.
New year's eve of the year 2000, navy blue aws hoody, cartel knee length shorts with no footwear by sunset. Went to Mount Maunganui Beach, in the North island of New Zealand mid summer, for the occasion, just 18 because my girlfriend at the time was staying there with her parents. Watched the sun rise on a $3,000,000 yacht in the harbor with the people I met as we counted down the seconds to the new millennium the night before. The Alien workshop hoody (the 3 aliens side by side with the horizontal rainbow colors on each side) was the conversation starter for the whole night. New Year's Eve in Summertime probably sounds absurd to anyone reading this. But Christmas in summer is ridiculous. Santa wearing that suit in 90 degree weather.
AWS like you stated in the video escape company for skaters and owned by skaters the original logo and the prism logo are instantly Recognizable the boards and apparel are top notch quality❤
i cant believe i had one of those andy warhol decks and had no clue what it was i broke my board that day and went to the shop and it was the only aws they had and i just loved aws and thought it looked cool, it got absolutely thrashed :(
Nate I was curious about your old channel. Are we going to ever see any posts on it or is it going to be left in purgatory? I do enjoy both of these channels, but your old one is getting a lot of comments asking if you’re dead and what the future holds for it. Just thought it would be cool to see it expanded on and maybe even if you change directions and make it more of a personal channel instead of a completely pop punk/music channel then it could still be fun to mess around with. A lot of the people there aren’t just there for the bands, but also you as a person.
Having been born in 1990, one of the first videos I saw was Habitat Mosaic and The DC video. Both introduced me to AWS riders and I checked out memory screen timecode, photosynthesis and it blew me away. Im from northeast Ohio and the workshop was probably the most popular company, or at least up there along with habitat. We were always influenced by a lot of east coast skaters and alien was from Ohio anyway. Idk how many I had but I've always loved Pendleton graphics and get Darkroom products any chance I get. I've always had respect for Dyrdek for shit like this even if I'm not into the MTV shit he does. His cousins are from my area and I remember always seeing them and Kevin Terpening around riding workshop boards and DC shoes. They were in a local video called Point Blank everyone interested should hunt down
My favourite of all the skate companies - the one with a brain. Some serious shit came out of there at their peak. They're back but not like "back" back if you know what I mean. I wish I could get a replacement "listen to alien workshop" shirt - one of the first t's I ever wore to threadbare!
I loved alien from 93 when i started skating thrugh 06 when i stopped, now im back again bitches! older and slower. Time to get some more alien workshop under my feet
The Burton buyout was the end of the real Alien Workshop. Once Dill and AVE left it was buried. It was done and even though it's still around now. It's a shell of what it was and never will be again.
I like Alien workshop, to bad i can't buy much merchandice in my country like hoodies or t-shirts, i can buy some decks tho, which i did ofcourse some on the wall and some to skate with👽😊
Thank you for watching! What company should I cover next?
can you do santa cruz
or salty crew
Leave skateboarding alone kook.
Enjoi skateboards.
@@chili_and_donuts2370 what's with you? Why can't you just let skateboarding grow
1:36... That's Josh Kalis whom was a pro for the Workshop for many years.. not Chris Carter
Thank you. I thought so too.
It's extremely important to keep a company like workshop around.
Thank you for shouting out Company Man. It's always good to show respect.
Great video BTW.
I can’t act like he’s not one of my biggest inspirations! He’s also the greatest!
This shout out got me hyped. Company man and Modern Business need a collab
As skater kid growing up in the 90s this was a trip and awesome to watch. Most of my tech decks were AWS
And the kieth herring collabs had me until they sold out which eh is what it is
Chris Carter made Alien Workshop, and an entirely different Chris Carter made the X Files. That's pretty great lol
And another Chris carter made Throbbing Gristle
Alien Workshop was my brand as a teenager. Clothing, hotmail handles, decks, everything lol. Went to multiple Trisect tour demos and skated with the teams.
Still wearing AWS shirts to this day. And shout to the short lived SEEK line.
Dude my first email handle was AWSskater07 🤣
An Alien Aarto Saari board was the last deck I ever purchased before a back and knee injury ended my skating life after 12 awesome years. Still in great shape with some krux, hubba wheels, jessop grip, and red bone bearings. And I owned many Habitat decks throughout those years, they were always my fave.
1:33 Chris Carter is the guy on the left, the other one is Josh Kalis, one of the main riders which is not even mention in the video, he got such a big impact on the brand, differently from Berra and Kirchart who were added when the brand started declined. You don't mention even Don Pendleton who was the art director in late 90's, his art pushed the brand in the olympus of the cool companies.
BABE WAKE UP NEW MODERN BUSINESS
btw very cool of u to shoutout company man! im sure the audience overlaps massively
Company man is for boomers
Thanks Elliot! Gotta love company man! He’s seriously the greatest and the og. Hope you have a great one!
That’s a beautiful ending to the story. So much respect for dyrdek
One of my favorite board companies
Glad to see them around still. I like their website
You forgot to mention Seek skateboards. They didn’t last long but was a break off of Alien.
The picture you show in the intro of Chris Carter is actually of Josh Kalis, lol.
I used to love their shirts, being an alien nerd they were right up my alley.
cant believe you are already at 41k subscribers, i remember you have like 840+ or something. really cool to see your channel grow up
It was amazing growing up in the skate culture of Dayton during this time. I can't stand on a board but I always filmed my friends. It was not uncommon to see big skaters out and about skating with kids and local talent. Especially after Rob and DC helped open the Plaza in Kettering. It really helped a lot of people get really good. I have no doubt that for a short period of time, the kids in Dayton were among the top of the pack.
One of my favorite decks ever was the Alien workshop “wheat” It was like a crop circle board. This was back in about 1995-96
Woooo, Dayton! We used to be dope in music and skating alike. Hope some of it comes back soon. I see kids rolling around the neighborhood every once in awhile.
It's nice to hear a story about a small independent brand selling out to a larger company, but with a happy ending. Stories like that so often don't end well.
Commented on the previous post wondering if aws went out of business. Really happy to get a full understanding of the company. Always loved aws, have had multiple aws and habitat boards over the years.
They produced greats like Jason Dill and Silas Baxter-Neal. Aws holds a special place in my heart, both personally and historically. Really happy to see Dyrdek "do right" by the company. As much as I hate ridiculousnous, and I do, Rob Dyrdek has become one of my heroes. Saving alien workshop cemented that.
This video has me wanting a vid for Dill and Ave’s company F**king Awesome. That company alone spawned a whole new subgroup of skaters/skating (whether you like it or not). (just say FA in the vid if you’re worried about swearing)
still rocking an alien workshop and a Santa Cruz.my first real deck was a josh kalis.
My first board was a spectrum deck in ‘96. We were obsessed with the X-Files, it was easily my favorite company.
another banger nate, I have an AW deck on my wall, but it's a Mikey Taylor battle commander deck from the Berrics. Never getting rid of it.
Excellent job, very happy the TH-cam algorithm suggested your videos. I'm now a subscriber. The roller coaster of a business doesn't always have a happy ending like AWS..
I’m turning 40 this week. I’m thinking of getting an Alien Workshop board for my birthday. Black Spectrum was my very first board. I was 12 years old
That was super cool of Dyrdek .
I'm happy for Chris. I hope he and the company do well.
Front St. warehouse was ground zero for Dyrdek to test those new visitor series decks. Then the "visitors center" on Springfield St. became their first factory/training center. I always tried to buy the VW Baja bug right inside from Mark E.
Subscribed. Alien workshop is my fav board company. Rode them my whole life ..dedicated !
I still have my AWS "SOS collection" deck from 2002 in barely skated condition. I love the graphic so much I could never skate on it again.
I cant find a pic of that deck anywhere. What does it look like?
No Josh Kalis?
my 3rd favorite brand. I loved this documentary. great job and awesome work on making sure it’s all facts
What are the first 2?
@@John-Doe-Yo toy machine and Girl
I listen to all your videos while driving, keeps me entertained for long drives so thank you ❤️
in the 1990's I had like an alien workshop deck.. (with olives on it - Duane Pitre 1991) that was like the best skateboard I ever had.
like the wood, and how it bended/flexible was so good; not a hard-stiff board. some good memories. as a street skater.
I remember Alien Workshop from playing Skate 3. I always thought their skateboards looked cool. Glad to see they had a happy ending! 😊
The West Nile Virus deck was my favorite. The only decks other than baker I’ve ever bought. Workshop was king
Whenever I think of Alien Workshop, I think of Josh Kalis, he was a good skater. I remember that orange tape too lol
Best video by far. Alien is my favorite company their boards have my favorite shape
1:36 picture, Chris Carter (not Mike) with the long hair and Josh Kalis pro skater (not Chris.) Good luck finding a picture of Mike Hill, he's super low profile.
Love Company Man videos and skateboarding so this is a cool crossover type video
I had a few friends who were obsessed with Alien workshop, but I was more of a Birdhouse guy, I loved their graphics.
My favorite boards growing up
i lov alien workshop
Damn, my childhood memories hit me like a freight train when you mentioned Photosynthesis
The boards r ok. Their art is legendary.
New year's eve of the year 2000, navy blue aws hoody, cartel knee length shorts with no footwear by sunset. Went to Mount Maunganui Beach, in the North island of New Zealand mid summer, for the occasion, just 18 because my girlfriend at the time was staying there with her parents. Watched the sun rise on a $3,000,000 yacht in the harbor with the people I met as we counted down the seconds to the new millennium the night before.
The Alien workshop hoody (the 3 aliens side by side with the horizontal rainbow colors on each side) was the conversation starter for the whole night.
New Year's Eve in Summertime probably sounds absurd to anyone reading this. But Christmas in summer is ridiculous. Santa wearing that suit in 90 degree weather.
Nice documentary man!
AWS like you stated in the video escape company for skaters and owned by skaters the original logo and the prism logo are instantly Recognizable the boards and apparel are top notch quality❤
Love the skateboarding videos you make
This is the first time I have ever heard of Alien workshop
I been riding Alien Workshop since I was 13. Im 37 and still riding with them. Just not trashing as hard now lol
Whoa I completely forgot about them. I used to only skate their decks.
Great video
This was a damn good video. Haven't skated in years but will always have a passion for it.
“Hand over fist” his favorite line
if one day life outside this world visits us, we must give it an alien workshop deck
My first deck!
Remember when Danny way hopped on alien for a minute.
1min 36sek: That is not Chris. That is Josh Kalis
i cant believe i had one of those andy warhol decks and had no clue what it was
i broke my board that day and went to the shop and it was the only aws they had and i just loved aws and thought it looked cool, it got absolutely thrashed :(
1:36 That's not Chris Carter. That's Josh Kalis.
Alien ws was always my favorite decks
the photo at 1:32 is of chris carter (left) and Josh Kalis (right)
Great company !!
Nate I was curious about your old channel. Are we going to ever see any posts on it or is it going to be left in purgatory? I do enjoy both of these channels, but your old one is getting a lot of comments asking if you’re dead and what the future holds for it. Just thought it would be cool to see it expanded on and maybe even if you change directions and make it more of a personal channel instead of a completely pop punk/music channel then it could still be fun to mess around with. A lot of the people there aren’t just there for the bands, but also you as a person.
thanks
That's Chris Carter and Josh Kalis you newb!
Having been born in 1990, one of the first videos I saw was Habitat Mosaic and The DC video. Both introduced me to AWS riders and I checked out memory screen timecode, photosynthesis and it blew me away. Im from northeast Ohio and the workshop was probably the most popular company, or at least up there along with habitat. We were always influenced by a lot of east coast skaters and alien was from Ohio anyway. Idk how many I had but I've always loved Pendleton graphics and get Darkroom products any chance I get. I've always had respect for Dyrdek for shit like this even if I'm not into the MTV shit he does. His cousins are from my area and I remember always seeing them and Kevin Terpening around riding workshop boards and DC shoes. They were in a local video called Point Blank everyone interested should hunt down
Do a video on DGK!
My favourite of all the skate companies - the one with a brain. Some serious shit came out of there at their peak. They're back but not like "back" back if you know what I mean. I wish I could get a replacement "listen to alien workshop" shirt - one of the first t's I ever wore to threadbare!
I loved alien from 93 when i started skating thrugh 06 when i stopped, now im back again bitches! older and slower. Time to get some more alien workshop under my feet
1:32 ain't the guy on the right lookie like Josh Kalis, not Chris what's his surname...
Alien Workshop is the face of a generation
bro that’s Josh Kalis, not chris carter. do more research before acting like you know things
Just gotta mention that at 1:36 that’s Josh Kalis
Those 2 guys in the picture are Chris Carter & Josh Kalis (AWS) Pro.. good vdeo thou
Awesome vid, do one on Powell Peralta!
Awesome video!!!
Would love to see this done for black label :9
The Burton buyout was the end of the real Alien Workshop.
Once Dill and AVE left it was buried. It was done and even though it's still around now.
It's a shell of what it was and never will be again.
Does anyone know if they have any ties to "Beschwa"? The early 90s clothing with alien logos and stuff
They also made photosynthesis in a yellow vhs in a smaller quantity
The spectrum deck! You know you had one. If you didn’t, you wanted one.
1:35 that’s definitely Josh Kalis on the right, he rode for alien
Their HQ being in a decommissioned base is about the most Alien Workshop sht I can think of.
*that picture at **1:32** is of mike hill and josh kalis lol thats not chris carter....*
Right off that bat . Thats not chris carter thsts josh kalis lol come on now
This is one of the best decks you can get on the low
That's Josh Kalis @ 1:35, not Chris Carter.
The pic of Mike and Chris is actually Chris and Josh Kalis.
I think in the picture, Chris Carter is actually Josh Kalis?
I like Alien workshop, to bad i can't buy much merchandice in my country like hoodies or t-shirts, i can buy some decks tho, which i did ofcourse some on the wall and some to skate with👽😊
Wow, awesome HQ lol
I LOVE AWS TY OHIO FOREVER
Wasn't that Josh Kalis in the picture?
aws has always been the most core brand, and the best skate brand.
That pic of the first 2 people is kalis bro not chris carter
Do one on Fallen Skate Shoes!