@@RSpracticalshooting he was mega hated in the 80s in the competition scene though, as his dad would put on events and tony would seem to get preferential treatment from judges.
Tony was also one of the very few people let alone skaters actually skating vert. He was uncommon in an uncommon world of skateboarding. Had his own house in high school.
Had to go with my granddad to a car mechanic when i was a kid in Denmark. Took forever so I went outside to skate on my beat up Flip deck in the parking lot, and the mechanic eventually comes outside and i was expecting the usual "you cant skate here" routine. Turns out the mechanic was Rune’s dad, and he had just called Rune to go down to the workshop to gift me a new Flip deck and a signed t-shirt. Still got the shirt too. Best memory ever.
Jon Allie sent me an autographed Slave pro deck for my 16th bday to Slovakia and a Zero poster of that gnarly noseblunt slide he did on that high school rail. Myspace days.
I met Rune at HCSC in the late 90's and he got me to drop into my first 10ft half pipe. It was epic being at the top of the pipe as he was doing his thing. Simon Woodstock was also an amazing dude there. I won Simons cd player in a game of skate. He totally let me win and still gave up his tunes. Super fond memories of my time there!
@@MRblazedBEANSi just played THUG and you could load your specific special moves which was cool… also once you got really good at combos became a crazy multiplier. I was way WAY better at grinding and manuals than I was at vert tricks, so I loaded up on the grinds and manuals specials
THPS legit changed my life not just as a gamer. But also my taste in music. I discovered so many artists through his games. If it wasn’t for him I dunno if Busdriver would have ever crossed my radar
We didn't have access to skate videos as a kid (until Limewire came around) so THPS was our main introduction to most of these legends outside of the random Transworld magazine mom would buy me at the grocery store when they had it. The video clips in the game and summer X-games were the only thing we knew of skate culture and the game introduced us to tricks we didn't even know existed. Imagine trying to learn tricks from doing them over and over in a video game and figuring out how they worked? We weren't very good but we skated from sun up to sun down and played THPS all night. A neighbor acquired a copy of 411 VM from an older cousin and it was MIND BLOWING, particularly seeing skateboarding and its personalities and antics outside of the x-games broadcast.
I picked rune glifberg every single time because i had a big yellow sweatshirt like he had in the game. On grind session i had to pick daewon or pigpen 💯
The year after Rune, won the worldtour, Sandro diaz the following champ, had the christair as his sick move. I helped build the ramps when it was in Copenhagen, so i saw i live :)
As a FLIP fanboy some of those decks on the wall are amazing. The sorry one, Tom Penny, Rune's of course... I still have a Geoff Rowley Motorhead New Wave Flip deck with the ripples in it.
Rune is one of the main reasons I got into skating. THPS introduced me to him, I always played as him, looked into him, started skating. He’s my Tony hawk. 🎉
I absolutely loved AW man.. especially because it had the skatetopia!! As a 33 year old dude, these days I don’t remember what year that was but it was definitely such an important part of my skate years. Skatetopia is fuckin awesome.
Used to love the frontfoot backfoot kickflip lien from THPS1, I would 720 that thing down the stairs at the Mall because it took the perfect amount of time to complete right before landing. For some reason it's not in the remaster, maybe I haven't unlocked it yet.
I always played as Rune Glifberg just because he had a cool name. Didn't know anything about him, still don't. But I'll always choose my boy Rune in THPS2
There's a kid in our neighborhood in 1988 in Florida that was rumored to have skated with Tony Hawk. He had a half pipe in his backyard that his dad had built for him but no one was allowed to use it.
people who helped write pop songs from the 60's to 80's make insane money, paid every time it still plays on the radio multiple times a day for decades.
What do you think of a episode just about the special tricks from THPS. It would be exciting to see if you could get Elissa and the boys to try out the tricks in real (if possible for sure) too... cheers
When I was a kid I would always pick Rune of Geoff. I think I just liked their names IDK but I haven't thought about him in years. Glad to know he got paid A LOT of money.
Yes I am saying this publicly.. As a former SNL/ NBC employee we fucked up by NOT having Tony Hawk host SNL back in 2001. Instead we had Johnny Mosely.. sorry man
"Alex Chalmers, you know, he might be another one of those 'King of the Concrete Park' chaps" "He might be turning pro or maybe he might even already be pro.."
I know the environment is wacky nowdays but skaters need to look out for skaters. It’s still illegal to even ride a skateboard in some cities……..AND FOR NO REASON!
See Christ Air always made sense for Glifberg though because he was always like... I mean he would just air so high out Like he's saying he's never done one but when you're doing like vert triples you basically kind of have to do one sometimes just to make sure you dont hit anyone lol which is actually funny for more reasons than just that now that i'm re-reading this XD
Tony got bags and brought the community with him. Props to the goat. 👑
He made those dudes household names on top of a pile of fucking money. Tony Hawk is the best thing to ever happen to skateboarding.
U know that he had something to do with that?
@@telmolicious He picked the people to be in the game.
@@RSpracticalshooting he was mega hated in the 80s in the competition scene though, as his dad would put on events and tony would seem to get preferential treatment from judges.
Tony was also one of the very few people let alone skaters actually skating vert. He was uncommon in an uncommon world of skateboarding. Had his own house in high school.
Had to go with my granddad to a car mechanic when i was a kid in Denmark. Took forever so I went outside to skate on my beat up Flip deck in the parking lot, and the mechanic eventually comes outside and i was expecting the usual "you cant skate here" routine. Turns out the mechanic was Rune’s dad, and he had just called Rune to go down to the workshop to gift me a new Flip deck and a signed t-shirt. Still got the shirt too. Best memory ever.
Jon Allie sent me an autographed Slave pro deck for my 16th bday to Slovakia and a Zero poster of that gnarly noseblunt slide he did on that high school rail. Myspace days.
WOW! jesus christ that is so amazing...
thats fkn cool !
that just so cool...
We need THPS 3+4 Remastered!
They should’ve just waited a bit longer and did THPS 1,2,3 and 4. Sooooo many awesome maps and skaters and guest celebs!!!
That would be amazing. I honestly want a remaster/remake of the first Underground 😍
Won't happen. The game plays were drastically different
Yes THUG 1 Is best for me.@@dannydropshot9588
well... VV, a division of Activision in charge of the 1+2 remaster got moved to other projects and the 3+4 remake got canceled 😔
4:59 “yeah but you’ve done… have you done.. have you… have you.. have you..” omg let him talk chris lmaooo
I met Rune at HCSC in the late 90's and he got me to drop into my first 10ft half pipe. It was epic being at the top of the pipe as he was doing his thing. Simon Woodstock was also an amazing dude there. I won Simons cd player in a game of skate. He totally let me win and still gave up his tunes. Super fond memories of my time there!
Christ Air was the go to special move 😂🙌
It had the least buttons combo if I remember correctly it was for sure the easiest to pull of
@@MRblazedBEANSi just played THUG and you could load your specific special moves which was cool… also once you got really good at combos became a crazy multiplier.
I was way WAY better at grinding and manuals than I was at vert tricks, so I loaded up on the grinds and manuals specials
@@MRblazedBEANS And easier to score high as well. 540 Christ Air iirc was worth more than the 900.
nah... 900 revert to manual to ANOTHER 900 revert o manual etc etc XD
Only character I ever used 😂 fast plant Christ air over and through everything 👌
I played as Rune most of the time. Straight up.
Same!
Me too.
I would do spinning Christ air.
Him and Geoff
Same actually lol idk why bc I had no idea who he was at the time 😫
THPS legit changed my life not just as a gamer. But also my taste in music. I discovered so many artists through his games. If it wasn’t for him I dunno if Busdriver would have ever crossed my radar
Christ air was OP
Back in the day we would play the game, and my mom wouldn't let me and my brothers say it because it's a "bad word"
@@hhgreg2969yeah Mums are freaky.
@@hhgreg2969lol are you Mormon by chance? Or is she? Sounds like my cult member mother
Not a swear word, but more that it's "blasphemous"@@hhgreg2969
@@hhgreg2969Mom definitely got 50 Shades of Grey in physical, ebook, and audiobook.
I love this corner of TH-cam, the comments sections are all so positive
Go watch some of the character videos from the games.. they'll take you back. I wish I could live through the late 90's all over again.
Tony takes care of the homies. Always great to see Rune.
U know that he had something to do with that?
@@telmoliciousThere's so much history of how that game went down. Like, soooo much. Just do a little research.
@@seymourglass26 I’m asking you.
Crazy to hear the THPS stories over the years.
We didn't have access to skate videos as a kid (until Limewire came around) so THPS was our main introduction to most of these legends outside of the random Transworld magazine mom would buy me at the grocery store when they had it. The video clips in the game and summer X-games were the only thing we knew of skate culture and the game introduced us to tricks we didn't even know existed. Imagine trying to learn tricks from doing them over and over in a video game and figuring out how they worked? We weren't very good but we skated from sun up to sun down and played THPS all night. A neighbor acquired a copy of 411 VM from an older cousin and it was MIND BLOWING, particularly seeing skateboarding and its personalities and antics outside of the x-games broadcast.
same for me but BMX
Lime wire 😂 oh the times. I remember downloading and what you got was not as expected.
@@user-hc9sk3mg1h Daewon Vs Rodney Round 2.exe
Are you me? Lol
Ckys. Flip: Sorry. Black Label: Label Kills. All from LimeWire. Great memories
I picked rune glifberg every single time because i had a big yellow sweatshirt like he had in the game. On grind session i had to pick daewon or pigpen 💯
Pigpen was so sick in thrasher game!! Controls weren't as good as thps but still a skate game so its gonna get ran.
Man these guys will be remembered forever growing up playing tony hawk was the best
Rune is one of the nicest pro skaters and he still shuts down demos harder than people half his age
Rodney was the most consistent character for doing his specials on his board. Bam was the most consistent for doing his specials off his board
He never did the Rodney Primo on a rail like in the games though!
@@hhgreg2969Bam’s done PLENTY of primo rails. Just not on his board
@@hhgreg2969 Had a special trick called Freestylin in the PS1 version of THPS2
this dude has the best hair genetics in all of northern europe
Really great to see Rune. A great skater from the past. Legend.
He was in the last red bull video 🤪
@@christopherrobyn1748 they never said how far in the past.
@@rjoyceyeh the far long ago past….last month🥸 😅
I me and he misses met rune at Tharshers 2009 skater of the year party and we ended up drinking together the rest of the night. Great guy.
THPS was one of the reason I picked up a skateboard, first board was an angel deck then I nearly cried when I got that birdhouse deck.
The year after Rune, won the worldtour, Sandro diaz the following champ, had the christair as his sick move. I helped build the ramps when it was in Copenhagen, so i saw i live :)
I've had that appleyard wave deck back in the day, good times
As a FLIP fanboy some of those decks on the wall are amazing. The sorry one, Tom Penny, Rune's of course... I still have a Geoff Rowley Motorhead New Wave Flip deck with the ripples in it.
All awesome, Flip Sorry I must have watched hundreds of times with my mates as a kid too (and Really Sorry)
Brutal to turn down to be in a game, the FIRST game.
Geoff Rowley and Rune were my favs in the thps games
Rune is one of the main reasons I got into skating. THPS introduced me to him, I always played as him, looked into him, started skating. He’s my Tony hawk. 🎉
American Wasteland was a gem even though it definitely felt like a “spin off”
I absolutely loved AW man.. especially because it had the skatetopia!! As a 33 year old dude, these days I don’t remember what year that was but it was definitely such an important part of my skate years. Skatetopia is fuckin awesome.
Skatopia was in underground 2 @@Benw3790
Craziest part is the little bit of bmx in wasteland was still better than bmx games now
@@marty4382 greatest bmx game ever made
Ive been playing it all week and it definitely holds up. 😊
As a dane myself, i'm impressed by how he almost speaks without an accent. And we got a thick one when speaking english!
he almost sounds aussie lmao
@@shamanschlongAussie? Hell no he doesnt.
As an American, at first I thought he was just from the northern USA!
@@shamanschlong Aussie? Hell no 😊
The nostalgia thinking about thps2 😊 it got everyone into skating in Eu back then..no internet or anything Nokia 3210 days😅
Is the 3210 the lil blue phone
Used to love the frontfoot backfoot kickflip lien from THPS1, I would 720 that thing down the stairs at the Mall because it took the perfect amount of time to complete right before landing. For some reason it's not in the remaster, maybe I haven't unlocked it yet.
👑 Rune, you dropped this Steez King 🤘
His frontside stalefish airs are the best in the business! Always been a huge fan of rune
What it looks like when the CEO isnt making 350x what everyone else makes. Beautiful.
wow I remember watching him skating to a Prodigy track in Flip Sorry, when it was newly released
So good
Always my first pick to skate in the game since day 1 in the year 2000! Props to my guy Rune Glifberg
I was a diehard skater from 95"-05" era and thps was epic my idol was already Muska so it was perfect. Glifberg was the man in vert.
Rune Glifberg was always my go to choice on tony hawks games. his move set was cool and his style is iconic
I always played as Rune Glifberg just because he had a cool name. Didn't know anything about him, still don't. But I'll always choose my boy Rune in THPS2
There's a kid in our neighborhood in 1988 in Florida that was rumored to have skated with Tony Hawk. He had a half pipe in his backyard that his dad had built for him but no one was allowed to use it.
Christ Air was legit my favorite trick in the game!! :P
people who helped write pop songs from the 60's to 80's make insane money, paid every time it still plays on the radio multiple times a day for decades.
Tony the homie for putting bros on to get PPPPPAID
I know the other remakes got cancelled, but if they ever made THPS4 and THUG 2 remakes, I would shit myself. Those were my favorites, by far.
Literally forgot about this guy. Glad he’s doing well
rune was always one of my favorite skaters and a lot of it started because he had such a unique name lol
For a lot of people, including gamers, thos first game was a life changer.
What do you think of a episode just about the special tricks from THPS. It would be exciting to see if you could get Elissa and the boys to try out the tricks in real (if possible for sure) too... cheers
Amazing all the rad skaters Tony helped over the yrs.No hate saw talent and appreciated their styles and what they brought to the skate universe 😁
Can someone please remake that Flip purple haze deck!? I'm DYING for one!
When I was a kid I would always pick Rune of Geoff. I think I just liked their names IDK but I haven't thought about him in years. Glad to know he got paid A LOT of money.
Love to hear the stories.
One of the best games of all time. Felt so good to play.
Still got the ps1… thps brings back the old times instantly.
The music videos playing on that school level was sick
I was a kid I was playing on Glifberg on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2.
Reynolds special was triple flip bluntslide
Still dresses like it’s 2002 and I love it
I always picked Rune or Muska. Rune for the Christ Air. Muska because he skated w/ a backpack and ghetto blaster on his shoulder
You are all truly Legendary. Always believe in yourselves and follow your dreams. I believe in you all. 🍀♾️❤️🔥
I love how Rune didn’t address the issue of how big his cheques were compared to other sponsors
dat yellow hoodie and backwards black golf hat is one of the best thing i copied
Yes I am saying this publicly.. As a former SNL/ NBC employee we fucked up by NOT having Tony Hawk host SNL back in 2001. Instead we had Johnny Mosely.. sorry man
Tony’s not the dude for SNL
How on earth could they afford to pay that kind of money to all the guys in the game is beyond me. Incredible.
The brand brought in over $700 million by 2004 is basically how.
It was one of the biggest gaming franchises, flat out lol. $1.4 billion dollars, at least, since the very first game released.
This guy was my favorite to play as on thps2
I’m being hit rn with, I used to play Rune Glifberg all the time in the game. Such a cool name.
man everyone got phat paid from that game. so awesome
Tony Hawk having stock in Activison is wild
Rune Glifberg Christ air best move in the game…good memories
Anyone know what shirt(s) rune is wearing for this video, like atleast the brand?
Volcom
Please make more tony hawk's pro skater games
Crazy, he was my favorite character in the game.
Holy shit rune glifberg christ air dam this shit took me back salute
Christ air is iconic
Now go look at what happened to the studio that made it. Wish the game industry would unionize or something to ensure they get royalties as well.
"Alex Chalmers, you know, he might be another one of those 'King of the Concrete Park' chaps" "He might be turning pro or maybe he might even already be pro.."
Hell yeah dude I used to skate as Rune on THPS all the time
Christ Air was my favorite special🎉
I always skated as rune hia specials were so dope. He had air christ right?
Always a good idea to keep the good roots on like growth.
if feel like Rune was always underrated
He was in THPS games, competed in top competition, had signature shoe models. How is that underrated?
Rune is a G for creating The Christ Air. It was one of the best moves to combine with anything else on a very combo.
It was Christian Hosoi who invented the Christ Air
@@Zozo4-u9w oh really? I didn’t know that. Legendary vert move though. I loved mixing it in on every combo on THPS games.
We need all the Tony hawks game remastered
Yo Chris, let the man talk ❤
We all love thps, but if u actually skate season is 💯🔥 wish they had more backing for it
Christ air was my favorite trick in the game. Rune was the man
My favorite skater in the game just because of his name
I played Rune just for the Christ Air like I played Rodney Mullen just for the Darkslide.
These games made my childhood
I know the environment is wacky nowdays but skaters need to look out for skaters. It’s still illegal to even ride a skateboard in some cities……..AND FOR NO REASON!
Rune is such a legend!
His accent is cool. You can sort of here the Minnesota in it.
makes me happy these guys got paid what they were worth. pretty impossible these days.
See Christ Air always made sense for Glifberg though because he was always like... I mean he would just air so high out
Like he's saying he's never done one but when you're doing like vert triples you basically kind of have to do one sometimes just to make sure you dont hit anyone lol
which is actually funny for more reasons than just that now that i'm re-reading this XD
Tony made 100 million from the pro skater games
Blessed
Wait, which game was it where Lasek seemed salty about being in the game for such a low amount of money or whatever?
Wow your already on the THP3 but you still getting royalty on the 1st !
The Christ air was sooo dope in thps1