HOW TONY ALVA CREATED MODERN SKATEBOARDING
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- In the mid to late 70's, Tony Alva, influenced by the new, aggressive Hawaiian and Australian surfing style, brought a radically new and powerful surf style to skateboarding, and when he started busting frontside airs in backyard pools, created the blueprint for modern skateboarding.
Today, Alva still resides in Los Angeles, California. The O.G. skateboarder, surfer, entrepreneur, musician, and artist is the pioneer of vertical skateboarding and one of the original members of the Dogtown and Z-Boyz, and considering his contributions and impact to the sport/art/discipline and his longevity, makes him perhaps the Most Influential Skateboarder Of All Time.
T.A. was born September 2, 1957, in Santa Monica, California, to Dutch and Mexican-American parents. He first began surfing and skateboarding around 1967 at the age of 10.
His skill, style and charisma has set him apart for decades, to this day.
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this channel is just plain BadAss. there’s no spam, over-reaching erroneous BS or clickbaity content…it’s all about Skateboarding’s bio-history & nothing else.
to us old skool dudes, it’s badass to see our childhood inspiratory heroes doing things we never got to see on TV. we had to read about it with still pic sequences to reference. skating was its own subculture that found us, not a fad that we found. these video clips weren’t available across the country or globe, as they are now. so, much of what we see here was mostly lore to us outside of Cali.
thank you for spending the time to tell this story through these uploads.
it seems like this is the best time to be alive as a skater. skateparks are everywhere, pro equipment is available to anyone & skating is recognized for the amazing interest (not sport or game) that it always has been to us that became afflicted.
thanks again.
Style is everything!!! I could watch Alva all day. Can't say the same thing about the modern scene.
So Rad, lovin' this video, NorCal boy here .. same era!
Im huge fan ! Tony is and was my inspiration over the years , I’m 62 , from Mexico City and I was profesional skater in my town , the way he streak was the future! I’m pretty proud of his legacy and like him , I’m trying to pass the knowledge to the kids ! Skate is a wey of life! And whit style is much better! Congrats my dear Tony !
Nice work on video. The progression from this period into the 1980s is insane. To now!
💯% Pure Alva 4L...Thank you Tony Alva💯
Fantastic Video!! Thank you for this!!
I believe he is also in recovery, too. Anyway, really great vid. It’s remarkable that footage exists from those early days. 👍
Tony wiLL aLways give it everything He's Got . . .
I was crying and smiling for 12 minutes
TxAx 4 LIFE ! 🤘😎🤘❗
Why does no one ride pools with that style anymore? They were carving the pool with such style and it's been lost for decades now. Maybe people should go back to these boards and revive what's been lost.
We still ride 'em like this!!
@@RealSkateStories Not sure why you are screaming, but anyway, I should have put the timestamp of what I was referring to. Maybe they were just glamorized shots, but yes, the style of the board makes a huge difference.
@@agomodern Screaming? Timestamp? 🤣Carving lines in pools started in the 70's and we still do that on all sizes of boards!
I still ride boards like this... I have 1977 Alva deck and some other Alva decks. I love my Penny 27" as well. Just some style skating is what I'm about.
@@bricemenaugh4828 At least someone understands what I'm talking about. Style of board influences the style of skating. Seems kind of obvious to me.
The band/song from 2:45 to 3:45 ?
Soviet Jazz-Funk (Modo & Mikhail Vayner 1976 live)
Thanks
While I can appreciate the old guy nostalgia Tony contributed, but everyone knows it was Gonz that propelled what you see in "modern skateboarding". Even Hawk was ripping harder than Alva when he was 13🤷♂️
Alva invented airs.
If this style of skating is not your thing, or if you are a techy skater, that is fine. But to not know and appreciate this history is extremely disrespectful.
T.A? D.P? or Gonz?
Who of these three invented airs?
@RealSkateStories and the answer, of course, is T.A. These are my favorite skaters and I'm just seeing what people might say.
@@RealSkateStories The question is flawed. First of all, who says I should pick only one?! Though even if there was a reason to pick one, you're comparing apples and oranges. Muhammad Ali said as much when asked how he would do against past greats like Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Dempsey, and so on. He said the eras are completely different: you can't compare. And I agree. Sure, I'd pick Gonz, because I'm from the mid to late 80s. But Gonz first rode for Alva, so what's that say?
And, to anyone who got a problem with what I said: "Beat it, ya val jerk!" 😉
@@CIWise No need to pick. It was all captured on film. 🤙
Pretty sure he had some help
Skating is fracturing again.
Flip tricks VS real skating.
I love the way a lot of the best current crop combine it all. So rad!
Link bait video title is nonsense
Link bait? Dude invented airs. Watch and learn 📚
Did TA not create modern skateboarding?
Staci killed the sport. Wasn't ever supposed to be what it became.