When I was editing Menikmati, it was pretty cool to go thru old tapes containing Penny footage, that other people filmed... At the time of Menikmati, Tom was in a very dark period... Getty new footage with him was pretty much mission impossible. So we decided to use old archives for this part, whatever cool stuff we would find, then saving whatever new stuff for his Flip "Sorry" part... For this Menikmati part, I only filmed the switch front foot impossible on the hip!

@jezzacaple

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

@hostsofmichael

9 жыл бұрын

Ahhh thus explaining that penny clip in the menikmati trailer. It was all you had. Thanks for sharing, Fred

@JonasPolsky

9 жыл бұрын

You're my BFF

@EmSixTeen

9 жыл бұрын

ta for the insight.

@Burritoast

9 жыл бұрын

bloodyfrenchfred I still listen to this old ass AIR song and AMON TOBIN stuff everyday!

I went to camp Woodward when I was around 14. I was wearing a pair of es shoes. I wish I could remember who it was but the team was there skating. this dude popped up onto the deck of a quarter pipe and said, "hey man nice shoes!" he took off and came back 5 minutes later with the menikmati DVD. I already had it on vhs lol but it was one of the coolest moments of my life. one of those moments that really made me feel like the guys in the videos I watch were just normal dudes like me. I love skateboarding

watching tom penny skate definitely has a therapeutic quality to it

@frontsidegrinder6858

2 жыл бұрын

Love your comment

@henryjones8287

10 ай бұрын

Well said

4 ай бұрын

Like he’s kinda floating.

Your favourite skaters favourite skater is Tom Penny.

@logravl5122

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Reynolds.

@Hasansworstnightmare

4 жыл бұрын

@NormanRockswell no andrew reynolds favorite skater is tom penny pretty sure thats what he means.

@logravl5122

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hasansworstnightmare u the champ

@SkateSka

4 жыл бұрын

FAX

@thrusteavis

3 жыл бұрын

Penny is the goat

Whoever edited this did such an amazing job syncing Tom landing with the snare hits.

The man does his tricks like he's floating on a cloud, sheer greatness!

@happywednesday6741

Жыл бұрын

Its honestly unreal!

@tommym875

Жыл бұрын

He was floating in the clouds. True legend.

I think every skater should pay homage to Tom Penny for his contribution to the Skateboarding culture. We got to remember the older folks who paved the way.

There are legends, and then there's Tom Penny. A legend among legends. Your favorite skater's favorite skater. He's basically the MF DOOM of skateboarding. Immortalized himself back in the golden era of the 90's and has absolutely nothing else to prove. The one and only. True magic.

@hankheavy

6 ай бұрын

I think you mean Kool G Rap but yes, you are correct.

@KeepRecordsTV

6 ай бұрын

@@hankheavy Nah, I said who I said with deliberate purpose.

@hankheavy

6 ай бұрын

@@KeepRecordsTV well, Kool G Rap is the right answer

His board control is unreal...

the reason Penny doesn't make sense to the newer gen is they are used to a proper flick. Penny was pretty much the first to flick of his nose and bring the board up to the feet. That's a given now, but imagine if you'd never seen anyone flick anything other than mob and then bam, a proper flick. Mind blowing for those who were waiting on their one or two vids a year at the time, hard to appreciate now.

@LEsconz

9 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about dude... Your grammar is really... Hum

@Jeremyramone

9 жыл бұрын

very good point, tom was a pioneer in skating when it comes to an insouciant flow and focused yet supremely dream like style and approach to skating. he is the best.

@anhiirr

9 жыл бұрын

jeremyshambles not to mention when you look at clips as a whole or the big picture of it all his parts and segments of his parts are even in a perfect flow equal to his skating style the pace speed and aggressive approach seems like the outcome wouldnt be as it was...but penny himself willed so many landings and tricks down sets and gaps that blow even the best pros away every trick he landed at carlsbad was a roll away, every spot with a hard setup or landing was stomped by this guy he made near impossible spots look easy to skate thats why hes hailed as one of the most talented if people miss it its because theyve never seen some of these spots up close but carlsbad gap isnt a joke, among others and his tranny skills as well are top tier theres never going to be a skater that could transcend skating in all forms the way tom did...as clean as switch frontside flips are by most pros i think no ones will ever be as good as toms

@Jeremyramone

9 жыл бұрын

andola jackson accurately, discerningly and rather eloquently stated, many pros at the time were in awe as to how tom would land his tricks down those gnarly gaps in a couple of tries if not first try, he is one of those phenomenon in the universe that illustrate the magic of existence. take care, cheers from san diego!

@talktal

9 жыл бұрын

Darren Maxwell McCann i think the reason penny doesnt make sense to a newer generation because they didnt see him at his peak in the early to mid 90s when he first came to the states and destroyed hb and every spot he went to. when he moved to france and became reclusive he wasnt trying like he used to. or maybe he wasnt trying back in the day either and it all came easy, but he did some huge and mind blowing stuff

4:09 that kickflip back tail line in the pool is soo fuckn ill

@Mupp3tKing

6 жыл бұрын

I know that bowl sesh was so smooth and gnarly

@calebmoneyhollis663

2 жыл бұрын

Damn near made it look effortless and that’s a REALLY hard trick to land

@SmorgasLord

6 күн бұрын

always a favourite

that damn sw front side flip into the mini ramp gets me every time. such acute greatness and supreme artistry..the best ever!

@BierBrille

9 жыл бұрын

jeremyshambles People don't talk enough about how supremely hard that is, and how he handled it with such finesse. That ramp is not even a mini-ramp, it's so tight. Basically, It's like two ramps that butt up into each other.

@spacecaserecords1204

8 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of amazing tricks in this part, but that's the one that makes think "damn" every time I see it. That quick transition looks so uninviting.

@slados1

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah... but I feel the blindside backside flip into the quarter is even better. The amount of skill involved in that one is incredible, with a style of "being at one" with his board and the obstacle he's riding to boot. The guy's just unique. Truly "classic".

@steveperry7799

6 жыл бұрын

But its the simple frontside flip in Chickens pool that takes the cake. The one he does right after the backside flip to tail. Have you heard Andrew talk about attempting that exact same trick> ? He stated that he could NOT even come close and eventually gave up having NEVER pulled it.

@bassage13

6 жыл бұрын

I don't even understand how when he catches it, the board is almost vertical, lining up perfectly with that super steep transition.

That bowl line at 4:10 is just insane how he kick flips into that tail stall and then follows it up with a kick flip over that lip of the bowl. Insanely hard to do but he makes it look super natural

@kevinfredericks2335

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The first flip is ludicrously precise. The second flip overcorrects the pop in pretty much the only way he could roll out of the transition.

@Jonathan-ct9zf

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. He has to start that on the way up

@michaeldaily6373

4 ай бұрын

Find the clip where Reynolds talks about wanting to do that same kick flip over that hip in that same pool years later.....

Dude, I still remember the day I got this video. I was grounded but my mom still let me watch it! Moms a G!!!

@jayzardo3228

5 ай бұрын

what were ya grounded for bud

Alright, I've waited almost 15 years to say this and finally can confirm it - that kickflip indy at 3:50 is the smoothest one ever done in skateboarding.

Most iconic part, must of watched this about 100+ times when i was a kid, not even joking.

@peperruti

9 жыл бұрын

DAMAGE CONTROL Me neither.

@Jeremyramone

9 жыл бұрын

I still watch it about once a month, but with the smiths "a rush and a push and the land is ours" playing...then I put on my headphones and feel like I m skating in a magical dream world...

@satnamo

8 жыл бұрын

+DAMAGE CONTROL that's natural when you really love something, one watches it over ...over again like Semesi Streets nowadays

@Jeremyramone

8 жыл бұрын

satnamo or even better is when a book is so good you keep reading it repeatedly , cheers from san diego!

Tom has the cleanest style and ridiculous pop, true legend.

The smoothest frontside flip you'll ever see. Such a legend.

By far the best Classic Thrasher has ever done

All style, he just looks incredible on the board, effortless yet so precise. Living legend

I love the intro of this so much and I always will. “He left California and moved away for awhile” said in Geoff Scouse accent

The definition of an effortless style. I still have this on VHS somewhere...

15+ years later and this part is STILL mesmerizing. GOAT

At 4:34 that handrail sounds so nice with the song

Watching Tom land frontside flips is like sliding on a pair of slippers and sitting in your la z boy. Flawless

I remeber that Penny wins the Mystic Skate Cup in Prague Czech republic back in 1996. In final round he landed only three tricks, because he only three trick try. And with these tricks he can simply win also the best trick contest. He stomped huge fs flip over central to the flat, take skate to the hand, came back up the bank by foot, then go to the central again with nollie bs 360 to the flat, turn around and same way he goes to the SS flip over central to the flat. After that he grabed board and lazy sitting down with crowd. Crazy and very impresive experience. This was exactly the point when "new school" skateboarding came to the central Europe :)

menikmati = enjoying, cool they were using indonesian language as the title ,dope!

Great part. Street legend. First board I ever bought was Penny's Flip in '96. A skater's skater.

My Uncle grew up with him in Oxford, they went to the same school. My uncle was two years older but he still hung out with him from time to time. No one thought the skateboarding would ever really amount to anything and a lot would take the piss but just look at where he got to.

Bruh this gives me goose bumps. Everything he does is soo hard yet to effortless

I’ve seen em all, when it comes down to most natural talent on a skateboard toms Light years ahead , he lands tricks before hes done them, watch close and u will see

So gnarly. the level of switch skating, the muska flips , the switch fs 360 fliip on the mini ramp. This man is my hero.

they say Reynolds is the frontside flip king but penny definitely gives him run for his money.

@sammyread1

4 жыл бұрын

Reynolds favourite skater is Penny. Nuff said

@alexsanchez2785

3 жыл бұрын

@L T nice catch

@josueperry6770

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Kubert That’s what I always thought bro straight up, to this day his he still my fav sk8r

@brandonhebert5255

3 жыл бұрын

Penny was always first. He helped me perfect my kickflips at 14 in 98

@MrZakkyyy

3 жыл бұрын

he's teaching Reynolds at 2:34

It's been at least 8 years since I've seen this part last time. I didn't realize how many frontside flips this guy actually did in his part.

I have never seen anyone with a smoother board catch. His flow is on another level.

That fs flip at 1:00 at Radlands. Instant goosebumps. That day he was incredible

@yeetmeng7258

4 ай бұрын

Tell me more

I remember watching this again after 10 years. Can't lie It hit my feels, Tom to me represents what was so special about skateboarding. So authentic and not driven by other worldy things. Skating used to be edgy, raw and like a dope underground community. He didn't hit crazy tech stuff like most Instagram skaters do now, but I don't need that because I'd gladly go back to the late 90s and 00s to relive this special time in skating again

@udo230FL

5 жыл бұрын

how true is that

nothing beats that effortless frontside flip at 4:16

@LeDimancheSoir

7 жыл бұрын

truth

@bugglemagnum6213

6 жыл бұрын

^stfu

@seanfallo592

5 жыл бұрын

The switch fs flip is unofficially the "penny flip". 4:46 is pretty rad though.

@cremebrulee6667

5 жыл бұрын

The kickflip right before that is also smooth as heck.

@aaronhamby3088

5 жыл бұрын

U guys crack me up

I love that soundless second while a trick is in the air.

Tom Pennys ability to make the extremely difficult look ridiculously easy is unsurpassed. One of, if not the best ever.

I had this video as well. Watched it over 50 times

This brings back memories. Air Premieres Symptoms Modular Mix... Perfect song choice for this part. Really matches Tom Penny’s Vibe and style.

@gabrielharaldsondecker

3 жыл бұрын

you're a legend, thanks for the song dude!!

@aidanmcclearn545

2 жыл бұрын

Looking for that song for time x👍

People may forget that Tom Penny took a very infamous hiatus from the public skate scene in the late 90s and at the time, everyone was watching Tony Hawk do the 900 and Danny Way, and X Games, but people were asking, where is Tom Penny? And this was basically his return. He frontside and backside flips everything. What a legend

bledsoe is such an underrated skater. One of my fav dudes for sure.

That clip where he is tapping his truck on the coping. I was there that day in Northampton, England. It was British champs in, I think 95. He was halfway through his run of so far unbelievable tricks. He then stopped to tap his axel a few times until he was happy, like he had all the time in the world. He then continued his run, landing a load more ridiculous tricks. Like, hard tricks on hard obstacles, as easy as u like. It was so weird, and so magnificent. No one had seen anything quite like that. Then he conquered usa and the world. The 90s, what a decade to be a skater.

Tom Pennys Menikmati´s part has the best style, best part, epic song, awesome tricks, been watching this from time to time always since it came out in VHS at 2000.

Nobody wore baggy clothes as good as Tom Penny, always looked on point, matched his style of skating perfectly in the mid to late nineties 👌

After all these years, it took me this long to realize that there isn’t a whole lot of ledge/rail skating goin on. But the bs tail slide at hubba hideout & the one up the staircase…unmatched.

Let me say, as someone who doesn't skate, but has always loved watching skate videos, part of what makes this dude's videos so great is the clothing style of the time. Skating just looks cooler in drab, baggy clothes, big baggy pants in particular!

@treflippin

5 ай бұрын

just curious, but why dont you skate? if you like watching it why dont u try it is there something preventing you?

Takes me back. The good ol days. Me and the homies use to watch this all the time before skating and Penny's part was always a favorite. One of the best to ever do it.

Watching him skate is art. Feels like he's doing trick in slow motion and so smoothly.

I loved Tom Pennys part! It showed his skating is timeless!

So glad to see this again. So much grace and mastery of style. So inspiring. Thank you 🙏🏽

This was the best era of skating. Not much shocks me now with skating because the progression is insanity. But back in these days we were shocked all the time.

@powerboon2k

3 жыл бұрын

Skate progression these days is extremely linear and almost formulaic. Bigger gaps, more stairs, flip in-flip out, more kinks in the rails... but in my opinion very little actual innovation or progression in how to skate. It is a pure jock mentality that dominates right now.

@drmatacic

3 жыл бұрын

@@powerboon2k Exactly.The jock mentality sucks bad.

Skated London with him. Chill as. Didn’t even know who he was, he didn’t make a thing of himself. Style.

The best style in all of professional skateboarding, even to this day.

@cowtip_

3 жыл бұрын

But nyjah style though

@SkateBoardVideos99

3 жыл бұрын

@@cowtip_ Lol

@fordgalaxie3695

2 жыл бұрын

@@cowtip_ Lol

I haven't really skated in a few years.. I got a board out that my wife got me as a birthday present the other day and got a few pop shuvits and kickflips in. This shit really makes me want to pick it back up and just enjoy the way I used to feel when I was younger. Thanks Tom for showing everyone what this shit is all about.

He's the reason I try to learn every trick going damm near as fast as I can. Style for days!

he makes everything look so effortless. p.s. anyone else watch this right after his Firing Line?

@patalo299

6 жыл бұрын

fuck yeah

@renanalcantara8856

6 жыл бұрын

Yep.

Skated London with Tom back in the 90s. He had a style. Cool guy. Chill.

a pleasure to watch again, thanks thrashermag

Go watch his footage of the chain banks in SD. He murders that spot. Then go there and look at it. It's incredible. Even good skateboarders (like really good guys you skate with in real life that are solid) can barely do an ollie into it and that's it. Trust me. Tom murders that spot so hard people. Nollie BS flip into that is bananas

@hansvandullemen9368

5 жыл бұрын

Brandon turner switch hardflip

Menikmati is from “Malay/Indo” word. The meaning of the word is enjoy, we really enjoy “Menikmati” video because Tom really enjoy his skating. What a class! Thanks Tom, you are such an inspiration

I think this came out in 2000, not 2002. Anyone questioning Tom Penny's contributon to skateboarding really needs to wake up and do their homework. What you see today has been crafted by people like Tom, who pushed skateboarding forward more than you will ever achieve in your lifetime.

i can watch this a thousand times over again, and i still can't differentiate his switch

Cant watch this part enough. His style just flows like water! Still up there in my Mt Rushmore of skate parts!!!!!!!!!

A hell of an classic!

such a high level of difficulty, yet done so easily

What still is so crazy to me, but also proves his status, is the way he casually rides vert and transition in general like its nothing. Especially at that time destroying both was unheard of. Part of why hes considered THE natural skater

@neuvocastezero1838

11 ай бұрын

A friend of mine at the time, while watching one of transition sequences from this video said "It looks like he's always about to fall asleep."

young andrew reynolds getting in pennys way 2:33

@themistoklis

9 жыл бұрын

this is how you do a real fs flip BITCH

@mrfellah

9 жыл бұрын

good eye

@anhiirr

9 жыл бұрын

themistoklis haha, penny was a huge influence on reynolds. Its what made reynolds hunger for clean fs flips and switch fs flips on top of caballerials and nollie caballerials.

@jrizlechavez94

9 жыл бұрын

andola jackson no one asked kook

@Cornrowwallace33

7 жыл бұрын

well he was the one skating with penny, not us. makes sense

Menikmati was the first skate video I ever bought - I bought it for my brother's birthday. Don't know how many times I watched it :)

SICK!! I remember watching a whole of this, right before going skating

The alley oop bs flip into the miniramp at 5.35 is literally one of the best executed skate tricks imaginable. that is sooo haard. even thinking about being able to roll away from that confuses me, you're going switch at a bizarre angle into a mini--ramp for a start. it's just "argh wtf he actually did that?" good, good. But with him, it looks like its just a kickflip or a shove it to begin a line like something he just coughs out while he is warming up. as if it were the kind of thing he busted out every two seconds. it's just ......... Tom Penny

@SkateSka

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! I'm sure if you ask The Muska he would confirm that it absolutely must be like that every two seconds on like random sessions.

His skating makes the music sound better. Timeless.

That nollie 360 at 4:33 might be the best trick from this entire part. He did that insanely proper.

Fuck!!!!!This IS THE essence of skating.This guy right here has been my favorite skateboarder since I first seen him in the 411vol. video in like 1993. I was just in awe!!!This menikmati part holds up to any of the newer video parts of today.Im rambling but u get what I'm saying!!!!Legend!!!!

Still blows my mind even to this day. :o

03:55 I think,it was the best S/Frontside flip i ever saw till now(Me and my friends watched in VHS),and believe me,i saw a lot S/frontflips in my life(I'm 34).

His switch stance is just as natural as anything else. He doesn't favor anything, he simply respects the purity of it all.

This reminds me of living at the ghetto mansion and skating the base blocks in comox valley bc. I used to Watch this before skating every day and it never got old...true classic

Always come back to this video when im heartbroken. Thanks tom ur a good lad

Tyler Bledsoe looks like Thom Yorke

@MultiBanna123

9 жыл бұрын

That's the most accurate description ever

He makes everything look so effortless.

Skateboarding with Tom penny..Paul carter..John cattle..Paul shier the list go’s on around Bristol/London back in the day i still feel blessed..Tom had and still has the best style on the planet🤙🏼

His frontside flips make my heart melt

Awhile back---While back early 2000s Tom welcomed me on the tour bus he was super chill he gave me a signed Cheech & Chong board. Gotta dig that up somewhere in my parents garage. Real cool dude.

You have to drink every time Penny frontside flips in this part.

@faridddddd

3 жыл бұрын

I know Tom did

Great footage and music. What is the music?

Tom Penny is #1

2:00 takes two steps and kick flips a ten set like it was a curb. The Flip team of that time was so sick.

This is fvcking amazing and mesmerising, the music is perfectly chosen for Penny’s skate style ❤

Every second of Penny footage is gold for me.

so many frontside flips! but I could watch them all day!!

the best f/s flips in town. ever.

I still wake up thinking about Tom Penny it's mad! Poetry in motion. I have this analogy that he's like a Sheppard with a trustee dog (the board) and it'll be there no matter what. 39 times out of 40 at least. Respect.

Tom went to my school. Fuppin legend

In this part, he has the kickflip, frontside flip, switch flip and switch frontside flip all on lock

Tom penny has a effortless style, it's like hes just along for the ride whilst the board does its thing, sick 🤘

80s and 90s skate vids are my favorite.

3:55 that switch frontside flip into a mini with transition that can't be more than 1 1/2' on a 5' ramp, holy shit that blew me away when I first got this video