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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 เม.ย. 2013
- In Part 2 of our Elissa Steamer episode, we hear more about what it was like for the best girl skater in the world to hang out in an all-dudes world. These were the days of making Welcome to Hell after everyone had left it all behind to try to make it in California. Days when everyone on Toy Machine would wake up, get stoned on Jamie's porch, and then go work on something that they knew was going to be special. That's how skateboarding history is made. Enjoy.
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I remember seeing her deck at 0:22 in Tony Hawks pro skater and even as a kid who was just getting into skating at the time I thought it was one of the sickest deck designs I'd ever seen. After seeing it again years later, I still do. So much respect for her
One of the coolest of all time
John Dunbar Do you think you really needed to say that dipshit? You’re so clever mate
"i tried to hook up w/ Elissa a bunch of times hahaha" fuckin Muska lol
I think it's pretty badass of Elissa to assimilate into male culture and succeed in skating in that way. As a female pioneer, I can see how that aspect was necessary for her in order to survive and be accepted in a time where there were no other female skaters. They literally say she never challenged their behavior, and I think it's because there was no room for it. Being a girl was radical enough. The culture at the time would not have accepted or embraced someone who challenged their ideologies and biases. I think female skaters are doing a lot right now to make space for themselves without having to compromise their own values with regard to sexual harassment. Being able to define your boundaries of respect without risking acceptance or a career is a major sign of progress. It also it brings up the question of how expressing femininity in a male-dominated space is seen as a respectable vs. sexual.
Yeah, nah. It's more that women didn't feel the need to "take up space". Women aren't men, no matter how hard they try. Space dominance...being territorial, that's a guy thing. She was doing what women naturally do: prioritize other people and create social harmony. If society didn't constantly make women so self conscious about their performance compared to men... most women wouldn't care. And we shouldn't have to.
She was in a unique position that not a lot of women end up because of physical, neurological, and yeah, sure, even social differences. And she navigated it sort of naturally because she was already part of that world. It doesn't need to be dissected so deeply. And men should be able to be themselves and have their own worlds and spaces without having to be self-conscious, either.
Feminism made women too self-conscious and unhappy, and now we're pushing that on men.
Amen ❤
Meh 🫤
Fuck, I used to skate and I lived by the THPS series. I've always thought she was a damn sick skater regardless if she was a girl skater or not I looked up to her. I watched and watched all her parts on the THPS series. I'll give her credit all day. Elissa went hard. Credit where it's due.
Shes a legend.
So is earthworm Jim
@@majesticseal759 no. That game is garbage
I love how Jamie is so hardcore with all of his skaters and then with Elissa he's like, "It's ok kiddo you got this!". He definitely saw her as his little sister
The Sundays are a great band. Don't hate. When she first started showing up in magazines me and the people I skated with wanted to find out more about her so we hunted down the videos she was on. I remember being blown away. People that say girl skaters aren't as good as guy skaters are missing the point. It's the same in MMA. Guys didn't respect the women fighters and always complain that women are better. It's not about better or worse, it's about different. Women skate differently and, in general have a completely different style and flow to their riding. I love watching the way they set up their lines, which lines they choose to ride and what tricks they do and how they string those tricks together in a run. They focus on nailing their tricks as best they can instead of throwing together a bunch of tricks that get half assed in the name of quantity over quality. It's just different and more relaxing to watch.
This was great, I grew up skating in Fort Myers, looking up to the Toy Machine team and Welcome to Hell. I'd see her at the downtown skate park with Milligan. That was the coolest era. But yeah, I remember some of my friends saying that kinds stuff, like, oh I could do those tricks better than her, but kids are dumb haha. She's still awesome, hometown hero!
Vice, THAT is one of the best Series ever. I watch every epicly later'd episode at least 3 times. Thanks for this!
Stefan Janoski dropped…
Elissa is so fucking rad.. love her welcome to hell part. baggy pants, big shirts and a really mellow flow to her skating
Respect to you Elissa for saying f u to the so called "norm" of the society.
Elissa's kickflip melon in her Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 video was and is, awesome.
The Sundays are sick
cardigansarecool yes they are
Tempelton looks like a politician now
J W he looks like an evil son to some shady conservative in a southern state
You look like a politician now, mate, if anyone does…
She’s always been awesome!! Always loved seeing her parts!!
"how can u kids not understand whats happeing here"-ED
Funny enough people didn't noticed how good she was, even for nowdays standards of girls skating she still is one of the best and just like Ed said, hands down the best style, she even push better in switch than most of the guys.
It's 2018 and I'm still listening to The Sundays.
hahahaaaa whats up with muska looking like silent bob ?!??
Jay and silent Bob's love child
Just thought about her!! She is truly one of my idols!!!!
I always loved her style when I was skating as a kid in the 80s/90s. She was dope!
Crazy I never thought she wasn't good. Always just thought how rad she was and how dope her steez is
That's so rad that Clyde Singleton did the photo instead of Elissa. 😂
What I would to go back to hear days and move to the west coast. I coulda been skating with these guys.
"true story: Pot ruined my life"
it can ruin anyones life
Temps has always been sick!
The Sundays are great.
Shes a legend for sure in her own right. I dont care who you are, you played her in tony hawk 💯 I hope the game coming out again can get some old boards put back into circuit. I'll ride ellisa steamer boards.
she is so cool and chill not to mention THE best girl skater of all time...
Much respect to her. Standing her ground.
👌🏾
those shots of the slides in omaha are legendary
The mid 90s is when skating had the worst attitude ever. I freaking hated skating with people , started around 93 -94 a very negative vibe ...I swear the hip hop scene hurt skateboarding to a point ...I'm not saying ALL of it I'm just saying those who grew up in the 80s seen the change .
The 80s vibe has returned and it's really cool to see art and style coming back. Shaped decks forever .
Hell yea she seems like the coolest person def a legend
7 years ago is awhile. Haven’t seen her on all the crazy promos for tony hawk 1/2. Hope she’s good.
Chad Muska is the Axl Rose of skateboarding. TAAAKE MEH DOWN TO THA PARADIISE CITAHH
I love hearing Ed speak about this.
Fucking legend. Along with the men who had her back when everyone else was hating.
I fuckin love it how the had breaky cones before skating haha that was our life back in the day. Lets re live that shit now~!
6:00 nollie fs to krooked grind line. so sick.
My first board when the shapes were changing to a big nose like a double kick shape was an Ed Templeton by New Deal back in 92. My first pro board was a Schmidt Stick Lucero x2 back in the 80's. I remember watching Ellisa skate in those videos and always wondered why there was never at least an all girl skate team.?. I mean since then.
Nate Brenneman There are; they just don't get much press for the same reasons Ed described. Check out Meow skateboards as an example and I'm sure there are others. There was also a girl skate team by Globe back in the mid-00's, but I don't know whatever happened to them.
Edit: Apparently Hoopla and Silly Girl are also ones currently gaining ground in the skating world.
+Nate Brenneman Im sure I had that board too, with the wolf dog graphic lol..
She skated a different style then the others, he mentioned it earlier. She did more technical flat ground and that sort of stuff and didn't even do huge gaps and stuff before she was on the team. While the guys were already used to big rails and huge gaps. So they were probably filming at a 12 stair or something and she was still getting use to the 8 stair or whatever.
Muska you gets no play!
That's what's so rad about these series is it's about Elisa but it's also a mini doc about Welcome to Hell and all the other homies on the team then! The fuckin memories man. One of the best vids ever. And I thought that song she picked was perfect too.
i wish i was Elissa.
Her style is fucking badass. She had a modern style.
I remember me n my group of friends being exactly like that " I'm better or just as good as her I should be sponsored" but I was also in middle school soo.
I wanted to be like Elissa too! I wrote a letter to her after Jump off a Building came out saying how much I respect her as a skater, I'm sure falling on a rail doesn't hurt as much if you're a girl. I looked up to the whole team so much and was lucky to meet her at B-17 skateshop when they did a demo in 2001, but Ed wasn't there cause he broke his neck.
can anyone tell me the brand of hoodie Jamie is wearing? im digging it. thanks
Elissa you're the best
Ed seems like such a cool dude.
the power outlet XD
interesting vid
I wanted to be Elissa! No doubt
I wanted to be like Elissa too! I wrote a letter to her after Jump off a Building came out saying how much I respect her as a skater, I'm sure falling on a rail doesn't hurt as much if you're a girl. I looked up to the whole team so much and was lucky to meet her at B-17 skateshop when they did a demo in 2001, but Ed wasn't there cause he broke his neck.
YOU ARE JUST LIKE ELISSA, SOFT AND FRUITY.
Me too
i met this chick a couple times at the local park...she kills it
I used to play Elissa I tony hawk games.
I just looked her boards up andbits game time. She resigned to baker a couple year ago.
If you guys wanna see the only Circle of Life deck on IG (as of 7/10/19), check out Seamless78. I couldn’t find a damn photo of one anywhere, so I had to use a Tech Deck to make a tribute for a client.
hands down...templeton is one of the raddest individuals on earth....very cool attitudes
I love Elissa Steamer so much. Always pumped when her part came on Welcome To Hell. I can speak on being a young skater in this era and answering to what Ed said about the negative comments they were getting because I probably made a similar comment at one point saying that I should be on Toy Machine because I can do more tricks or do it better. Well that was a young immature person of myself and now grown up I understand how negative I may have been. But that doesn’t mean that we weren’t Steamer fans. We were day one fans. We just didn’t understand the impact yet with our young minds. We had to grow to understand.
I loved her period. This is when I grew up skating and I saw Toy Machine Steamer,Satva, B.A. and Thomas at a demo in Michigan they had this blue van and pulled up crazy and I wanna say Thomas came outta no where had a shirt that said pshychotic university had a burn hole? Steamer ripped it i was in love,l0l, I asked Thomas to "sign my wife beater" he asked if I was proud to call it that, changed my life that day,just everything to see them.
when i was lil ed templeton sorted me with one his old boards :D he gave it to my friend luke & then it got passed onto me :D
it was like 8.75 :D
Haha muska is so amazing
That fuckin deck in the beginning! Shit was in THPS2. Classic.
I'm a guy and I wish I was as good as Elissa when I still skated!
I suck, but seriously i feel so good skating curbs and flatland. You should get a new deck just to cruise around the neighborhood.
@@karlajaeger2082 I don't know. I'm kinda old now 😅 I'm 34 and haven't been on a skateboard since I was 15 or 16. I sometimes miss it but don't want to break a hip.
@@ClassicalPan im 32. Skate or die man.
@@karlajaeger2082 I know, I know! It's just, after not stepping on a board in like.. 18+ years I'm way out of shape for it. But who knows, it may come right back. I like to believe that I can still skate and I don't want to prove myself wrong
@@ClassicalPan lol. It's fine. I'm just keeping it up bc it's good core excercise and I love seeing the looks on people's faces when i ollie over a Jersey barrier.
she is so rad
hahahahaha!
Clyde Singleton ollie'd that gap in the dress....lol
Hell yeaaaa
agreed!
anyone know the name of the board model at 0:23 I have always wanted one of those boards and im sure there are some still floating around
I'm sure they are but good luck finding one. I literally found 0 Elissa Steamer Toy Machine decks on the Web. I have contacted a few sites to see if they have came across any.
+Montana Puckett i know ... hell the only google search that pops up for images is a screen shot from THPS
Montana Puckett I Have one but it's too pricey for your Pockets $5'000 dollars too pricey
dude I jam out to Slayer and The Sundays !
Shes totally the epitome of surf chick love how she skate
3:00 Muska 😂
She's so cool 😎
Elissa Steamer is like Missy Giove of downhill Mountain Bikes🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
8:26 Mark Gonzales wrote a book!?
4:15 is in Bayfront Park, Miami not cali...
Ed and Jamie are the best
U buy someones crap cuz u wanna b like them... well said jaime...
I have so much new respect for Templeton after seeing this. Supportive, progressive both in his skating and his thinking, mature, intelligent and he could rip. Well rounded dude.
I’m picking up the vibe that Ed has a major crush on her that he knows he can’t have her
"The cigarette no good".
I liked this video cause like I liked it.... like!
aww let muska hit it one time for the boyz
I remember hearing dumbasses around here as well saying crap like that about Elissa and even Templeton as well. “Oh I can skate better then them. Why aren’t I pro?” So stupid to think that way. They didn’t understand that being pro isn’t about just the tricks you can do. That’s why even to this day you still have thousands and thousands of people online doing all kinds of awesome stuff but most of them will ever get even flowed a paid or shoes or a board if they are lucky. Maybe most of them can get some like bearings or wheels. But you know why? Because like I said it’s more then the tricks, it’s about being and acting like a professional as well. About having business sense, being able decide on ads, footage, help design and distribute prouducts, getting your stuff done on time and giving it 110 percent every single day, and also somehow finding time to take care of yourself and not getting too injured so that you don’t derail any of the multiple projects that pros have going on all at once, and somehow even harder and during doing all of that. Finding a way to keep yourself both relevant in the scene and pushing yourself to evolve even further then that for the next video or ad etc and all while still trying to have fun, a life, and not getting burned out on why you skated in the first place. It’s so much more then just oh I can kick flip front board shuv it out on a 12 stair handrail. Give me my pro board now, Elisa could never do that! Blah blah. Yeah ok little 13 year old tommy. Your mom still makes your sandwiches for for school every day and you believe somehow that you are a prime candidate to represent any kind of skate company out there in the huge talent pool of actual pro material people out there in the industry. That are actively involved and people that run companies actually know who they are personally and know their qualifications versus someone like you who they know absolutely zero about and wouldn’t recognize you on the street and the only thing they can see about you is your 10 second Instagram clips that does nothing to show to them anything about your character. Just yay you can do a trick that someone else on my team could do as well. So what? Sorry for the rant but this kind of mentality always bugged the hell out of me, even when I was younger.
Muska tryin to bone her down, yeeeee. haha
Bread, potatoes and humus.... "Big Eddy T"
I like Elissa but Templeton's hipocrisy is on another level lmao.
Imagine being some random skater in the late 90’s/early 00’s and thinking you were better than her.
Man.
If I was walking down the street and saw a bunch of skate shoes and decks in the trash, I would cream my pants and proceed to play trash santa handing out shoes and decks to my friends that travel and are just homebums that are too poor to afford skate shit.
bahaha dude I thought the same shit
muska and thomas look like brothers
hahah muska someone was bound to say it!
I always thought she skated like a “dude” which in my eyes made her even more bad ass.
She's so cool. Why were there no cool girls like that where I grew up?
dude shes a fucking legend, i bet with her crutches shed still destroy you any day of the week.
Elissa is the shit
2:14 I thought Brian Anderson was gay!
its not Coston its Koston
Watching this I wonder: why is there even a seperate category for women in skateboarding contests? I mean, there are super young skaters (basically children, like sabre norris a few years ago) competing against adults so why can't women compete against men?
She is a god
He said at this time, so he's talking about when she first got put on toy machine