Eric Koston | Skate Register: The West LA Courthouse

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The West LA Courthouse is arguably one of the most famous skate spots in Southern California, if not the entire world. In the second episode of our Skate Register series, Eric Koston takes us through the extensive history of The West LA Courthouse's contributions to skating from the early 90’s to present day, covering each era of progression that has pushed the evolution of skateboarding.
With The Courthouse's iconic stage, the fountain, the 4 stair, a 33 foot long outledge, and an infinite amount of ledges to string lines together with, the courthouse is essentially a public skatepark in the streets. In fact, In fact, ‪@nikesb‬ donated funds to designate the space as a legal skate spot in 2014 and the public has been skating it just about every single day since.
From the infamous switch flip switch manual by Chris Roberts, to the mind-blowing amount of unbelievable tricks Nick Tucker has done on it, the amount of skating that has happened on The Courthouse's sacred stage could tell a tale 10,000 pages long. But luckily for you, we won't make you read a novel. Instead, we put together a comprehensive collection of just about every significant trick that has graced the courthouse's grounds since we began skating it in the early 1990's. Listen up as Koston takes us on a trip down memory lane as we pay homage to The West LA Courthouse in 'Skate Register.'
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  • @ToxicDoesMinecraft
    @ToxicDoesMinecraft9 ай бұрын

    Make more of these, this is the best Berrics content in a while.

  • @stpedro-ht9ng

    @stpedro-ht9ng

    9 ай бұрын

    Jenkem does the same series better

  • @shawnskates

    @shawnskates

    9 ай бұрын

    @@stpedro-ht9ng the dern brothers do a pretty good job too.

  • @TheSeby0

    @TheSeby0

    9 ай бұрын

    agreed

  • @THEBIGLEBOTSKI74

    @THEBIGLEBOTSKI74

    9 ай бұрын

    Best content Because they’re copying thrasher and jenkem..lol😂

  • @ryann.9636

    @ryann.9636

    9 ай бұрын

    More of these please!!!

  • @Pedroepacas
    @Pedroepacas9 ай бұрын

    Crob must be in heaven now from Koston giving him that props! he's about to put that on loop!

  • @steveberra1598

    @steveberra1598

    9 ай бұрын

    Chris definitely deserves it.

  • @YouilAushana

    @YouilAushana

    9 ай бұрын

    Well, probably not after they put the Kelly Hart footy in there!

  • @weeeeee-bh4hg

    @weeeeee-bh4hg

    9 ай бұрын

    Oh they already know...

  • @mattstevenson1334

    @mattstevenson1334

    9 ай бұрын

    Shout out to crop on this one man

  • @Ejazzle
    @Ejazzle9 ай бұрын

    Koston is a serious legend that pushed skateboarding in a way that I don't think will ever be replicated. Getting a peak into some of his insight is something we need more of. Looking forward to more of these with Koston.

  • @TheIdontcare444

    @TheIdontcare444

    9 ай бұрын

    Its rodney, rodney rodney,

  • @tommyoechsli1018

    @tommyoechsli1018

    9 ай бұрын

    Jah

  • @Dadbot

    @Dadbot

    9 ай бұрын

    I remember in thps 2 all my friends were picking Rodney. I always picked Koston

  • @garrinking6489

    @garrinking6489

    9 ай бұрын

    Pushed Mongo 😊

  • @jthymesthree602

    @jthymesthree602

    9 ай бұрын

    @@garrinking6489 switch mongo, don't get it twisted

  • @thabangletsoso5449
    @thabangletsoso54499 ай бұрын

    Koston's such a great story teller, we definitely NEED more of these.

  • @poetsrear

    @poetsrear

    9 ай бұрын

    Awesome have him remniscing with putting his mind into it. He's such a goofer most of the times in front of camera.

  • @psarekt4591
    @psarekt45919 ай бұрын

    as a nine club fan Im so proud of crob for getting his props. #SpecialSpecialSpecial

  • @hugsdontwork2283

    @hugsdontwork2283

    9 ай бұрын

    I want Crob on the nine club. Rog can host ;)

  • @spookydoo4697

    @spookydoo4697

    9 ай бұрын

    Kelly too :D

  • @johnnybenavidez5486

    @johnnybenavidez5486

    9 ай бұрын

    I was happy for Gabriel Rodrigues"s honor #GabeForever RIP

  • @johnnybenavidez5486

    @johnnybenavidez5486

    9 ай бұрын

    Come to think of it. i don't remember seeing any of Keenan Milton's tricks on there.

  • @leeem0

    @leeem0

    9 ай бұрын

    Was actually thinking watching this I'm stoked he was in it so many times. I feel like a lot of people only know him from Nine Club and don't realise how good he actually is.

  • @cacorap
    @cacorap9 ай бұрын

    For those of you who live in LA it seems normal to be in a place like this. But for those of us who live far away (in my case, Brazil) being in a place like this is a dream that I intend to fulfill one day. Long live skateboarding!!!

  • @killukrue

    @killukrue

    9 ай бұрын

    shout out to felipe ortiz

  • @andrewboyce7268

    @andrewboyce7268

    9 ай бұрын

    Even for us people in the US outside of LA would love spots like this. East Coast has some, Midwest has parks, West Cost has everything

  • @blurryrecords

    @blurryrecords

    9 ай бұрын

    I lived locally for about 5 years. Some of the best ledges around in my opinion and you literally never know who you might run into there!

  • @hugsdontwork2283

    @hugsdontwork2283

    9 ай бұрын

    True but even if you live in L.A. that place is a long-ass way from Venice beach/Santa Monica for example.

  • @Sense.8.

    @Sense.8.

    9 ай бұрын

    I can tell you this, it’s definitely normal but we know the significance of this place! I’m from the city born and raised for 26 years, courthouse will forever be legendary!

  • @erwanmoreau6357
    @erwanmoreau63579 ай бұрын

    I have to say, I have cry a little bit. What an hommage not only to the place by it self but to the skate spirit in general. Thanks you for that.

  • @lukeyeager1363
    @lukeyeager13639 ай бұрын

    This needs to be a whole series with the perspectives of seasoned pro skaters who've seen it all go down. Fully had my attention the entire time. Don't even think I looked away once. This was amazing.

  • @robhimself33
    @robhimself339 ай бұрын

    It is great being part of the first generation of skaters to truly embrace nostalgia like this. We obviously weren't the first, but the video parts and progression that occurred when we were coming up, along with the popularity and technology of today making this sort of retrospective possible, I absolutely love it. If I'm lucky enough to live to be an old man I look forward to looking back on this current generation and seeing the insane stuff the future kids are landing.

  • @KellyWakasa
    @KellyWakasa9 ай бұрын

    love the way this was made. felt like if stranger things editors made a berrics video

  • @ActorsReal2Reel

    @ActorsReal2Reel

    9 ай бұрын

    😂 because of the music

  • @awguitarroom8033
    @awguitarroom80339 ай бұрын

    A lot of history in these spots. You can see Eric thinking about the good times its such a beautiful thing. Great edit guys. Eric you're a legend. It was you and Reynolds that were my heroes growing up

  • @ReezyResells
    @ReezyResells9 ай бұрын

    More of these please!! That SAD clip was a hidden gem!! Nick Tucker is a beast!!

  • @nicktaylor6724
    @nicktaylor67249 ай бұрын

    Dang Crob really got his flowers in this. I'm stoked for him! Chris down plays his skating way too much, it's awesome he got some shine!

  • @natandelreal1826
    @natandelreal18269 ай бұрын

    "You were just hanging out and you didn't realize what kind of progression was actually happening because you're just too busy in the moment having fun" - Eric Koston Man, doesn't this perfectly explain how the good ol' day are made?

  • @notfarfromgone1
    @notfarfromgone19 ай бұрын

    I've been waiting for Koston to drop the total knowledge that makes him worth listening to. Thank you.

  • @HForHairie
    @HForHairie9 ай бұрын

    Eric just credited all The Nine Club host in one famous skate spot.

  • @nickhomiee
    @nickhomiee9 ай бұрын

    So sick it gave me the chills stoked koston mentioned crob and the out ledge🔥🔥

  • @jameshalldorsson9695
    @jameshalldorsson96959 ай бұрын

    Top Tier content, this whole wave of Skateboard infographic media has been super satisfying to watch from berrics, Transworld, Chase on his new channel. This is the kind of content we need more of

  • @brauckstar
    @brauckstar9 ай бұрын

    I finally made it to this spot in February at age 50. The place is magic. I could feel it. Skated out of my mind for an old man.

  • @sunnyside9273
    @sunnyside92739 ай бұрын

    This covers the very reason I still love skating, progress. It just keeps progressing slowly, getting pushed further & further. The impossible becomes possible.

  • @jarrodweaver6329
    @jarrodweaver63295 ай бұрын

    Need 1000 times more videos of skate history, so amazing

  • @mikechevalier306
    @mikechevalier3069 ай бұрын

    Great video. Thanks for shining some light on these iconic spots. Looking forward to more content like this!

  • @FreakOhSuave
    @FreakOhSuave9 ай бұрын

    I could listen to this man talk all day 👏

  • @otfdaddynmama5743
    @otfdaddynmama57439 ай бұрын

    Wow...nice vid...love the aspect of the history....such poetry in motion.

  • @dadboard
    @dadboard9 ай бұрын

    Best berrics content I’ve seen in the last 5 years

  • @wotceseriescollector

    @wotceseriescollector

    9 ай бұрын

    and they copyed it from the dern bros....

  • @dadboard

    @dadboard

    9 ай бұрын

    @@wotceseriescollector idk who that is but I wouldn’t be surprised

  • @TheCamojorel
    @TheCamojorel9 ай бұрын

    So stoked the clip I filmed is in this!

  • @donnytucker
    @donnytucker9 ай бұрын

    Iconic skate spot. All those early 411vm's I watched in high school with footage of this place got me so stoked to go skate with my friends.

  • @suar3zj
    @suar3zj9 ай бұрын

    i could watch these videos all day

  • @RebelDrifter
    @RebelDrifter9 ай бұрын

    Poetry in Motion. Thanks Berrics / Froston... For somebody like me who has never been to the States and just watches 411VM vids growing up in the Netherlands and also skating... This was amazing!

  • @AndreOAirton
    @AndreOAirton9 ай бұрын

    So cool to hear the story of legendary spots like this one and even cooler to see the progression of tricks being done through the years. This might be the coolest series yet, looking forward for more!

  • @SlicedBread1219
    @SlicedBread12199 ай бұрын

    I love this series.

  • @sway_onthetrail
    @sway_onthetrail9 ай бұрын

    We often think about who made skateboarding what it is today and there are a lot of people to thank for it; including Eric who has done unbelievable things for this sport and culture. But we often forgot about the places and spots that shape the actual landscape of skateboarding. I love this series for that reason. I have been skating for around 25 years now and seeing how far it's come has been genuinely beautiful.

  • @AngryChineseWoman
    @AngryChineseWoman9 ай бұрын

    This series and Thrasher's "this old ledge are the best

  • @mistaskeem
    @mistaskeem9 ай бұрын

    So legendary it hurts!!!

  • @momoBL
    @momoBL9 ай бұрын

    I love to watch this legendery staff. So glad I grow up on this perfect childhood of mine and era of skateboarding. watching you guys from other side of ocean. Thank you, you were and still are my heores :) mad love and respect to Eric

  • @sethprops4404
    @sethprops44049 ай бұрын

    Been wanting to meet Eric for ages. Maybe one day! KCMO rep!

  • @Andrew4181975
    @Andrew41819759 ай бұрын

    I feel this way about Legislative Plaza in Nashville because it was my EMB so to speak growing up in the South. We used to spend SO much time there ,and it was / is just an awesome place to skateboard plus you could always bomb the hills from downtown too !

  • @ryanrowe1975
    @ryanrowe19759 ай бұрын

    I loved this series

  • @dasbacon
    @dasbacon9 ай бұрын

    series is amazing. from all the old footage to the knowledge of history.

  • @MitchMahoney
    @MitchMahoney9 ай бұрын

    Exquisite story telling sir

  • @JubreTV
    @JubreTV9 ай бұрын

    Truly amazing

  • @techn1que_
    @techn1que_9 ай бұрын

    Love u Frost. Been my favorite skater for 25 years

  • @vtownjester
    @vtownjester9 ай бұрын

    To me, Ray Barbee started the whole flipping up stairs thing. He was doing those in the 1989 Ban This video. But there is something about mid-90's skating that always hits a soft spot with me. Those were my personal heydays when it came to skateboarding and hanging with friends. Basically life at that time was just bliss and we kinda knew it.

  • @legatus160
    @legatus1609 ай бұрын

    Need more of this

  • @itr0863
    @itr08636 ай бұрын

    I don’t skate, but I recognize probably 40% of the skaters he mentions, especially in the older footage but I just love this kind of history. I would like to see more spots talked about like this It comes to the history. Very awesome.

  • @LuckyBunz
    @LuckyBunz9 ай бұрын

    Such a great video, the editors did an amazing job with this one.

  • @kl5818
    @kl58189 ай бұрын

    The wildest tricks that has gone down , and in this moment crob the switch flip switch manny comes 😃

  • @mguay001
    @mguay0019 ай бұрын

    Should've done this with CRob

  • @pcoast3678
    @pcoast36789 ай бұрын

    Love skateboarding and so privileged to live in LA and skate this spot.

  • @meepmeepimajeep100
    @meepmeepimajeep1009 ай бұрын

    This was beautifully put together

  • @dan5k87
    @dan5k879 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid I used to watch this videos and for me was just skateboard videos with people doing tricks without even knowing the amazing story behind it. Now watching this it makes you realised the meaning of every skate spot that today it became skateboard history. I love skateboarding man 🤙

  • @Arkansauce76
    @Arkansauce769 ай бұрын

    Please do more of these.

  • @SaccoBelmonte
    @SaccoBelmonte9 ай бұрын

    Such an iconic place. Good you can skate it without problems now. How ironic, some people is there progressing while some in the courthouse are regressing in life.

  • @anthonypatterson01
    @anthonypatterson019 ай бұрын

    This is good content, please do more spots in the future!

  • @s_m_north
    @s_m_north9 ай бұрын

    These recent videos popping up documenting our spot history by the people that made it is so important. Great video.

  • @terrencejones6731
    @terrencejones67319 ай бұрын

    Koston has always been legend!

  • @LAtoMars
    @LAtoMars9 ай бұрын

    This video gives me goosebumps, I remember watching this spot in all the skate videos growing up, till I finally was old enough to move around LA freely and actually skating this spot. Such a legendary spot like the USC blocks.

  • @MrAkando
    @MrAkando9 ай бұрын

    Loved this! And for us skatenerds who never traveled to the US the insight here was a real treat! Thanks.

  • @Andyboylettuce
    @Andyboylettuce9 ай бұрын

    The progression of skateboarding is so fascinating to me. Seeing what guys and girls are capable of these days is why I still try to keep up with it even though I stopped skating over 12 years ago 😅

  • @joeldufresne
    @joeldufresne9 ай бұрын

    Great edit and music. Need more history lessons like this. 🔥

  • @nik-jv9qi
    @nik-jv9qi9 ай бұрын

    thank you Eric, true legend!

  • @ibebrett
    @ibebrett9 ай бұрын

    PLZ.. more content like this!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @penapedro7894
    @penapedro78949 ай бұрын

    Stevie with that violation game strong. legendary bails hahah

  • @danadominguez5760
    @danadominguez57609 ай бұрын

    I'm loving these videos. Thanks!

  • @brettsorem131
    @brettsorem1319 ай бұрын

    Such a great video. Celebrates the pioneers who paved the way for the young bucks!

  • @kboehm87
    @kboehm879 ай бұрын

    these videos hit me in the feels, growing up in the 90s skating was such a special time.

  • @LoboProducciones
    @LoboProducciones9 ай бұрын

    Incredible!

  • @vxyz5219
    @vxyz52199 ай бұрын

    Amazing content, would love to see skateboarding being documented like this more often

  • @user-un7yi3iq9d
    @user-un7yi3iq9d9 ай бұрын

    Koston - pice of soul of skateboarding! God bless u

  • @scambaitnaansense512
    @scambaitnaansense5129 ай бұрын

    It needed to be Koston to narrate this , perfectly executed,an I miss my Koston 6's laker colored

  • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
    @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin9 ай бұрын

    "The ledge tricks were like, cool ledge tricks, but they weren't the most progressive" he says while footage is shown of him doing a switch flip fs tail nearly 30 years ago. That trick still holds up in video parts today, not as a single clip but still. Koston is such a legend

  • @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin
    @TheGhostOfFredZeppelin9 ай бұрын

    Creager's bs flip at 3:16 has to be one of the best ones ever done

  • @aaronlopez8722
    @aaronlopez87229 ай бұрын

    This videos gives me chills

  • @sakriyou
    @sakriyou9 ай бұрын

    What a video! Please, more docs like this with more iconical spots!

  • @OllyF
    @OllyF9 ай бұрын

    Loved this video! ❤ Thankyou Eric, would love to see more videos like this 👌

  • @skatecar
    @skatecar9 ай бұрын

    You know Crob's feeling really good heading into the next Nine Club Live😉

  • @JohnEdwards-yo8vl
    @JohnEdwards-yo8vl9 ай бұрын

    The feels in this one, wow.

  • @KeepRowing247
    @KeepRowing2479 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait to see the content these dudes make when they are 60 and 70 years old… Koston is God-like

  • @HipHopBeatSource
    @HipHopBeatSource9 ай бұрын

    This is so incredibly well produced. More of this please!

  • @CarsCatAliens
    @CarsCatAliens9 ай бұрын

    Watching Koston back in the early-mid 90s, he always had the sickest sht. No one, well beside Stevie and Kareem made pushing switch look so dope

  • @normanl.6891

    @normanl.6891

    9 ай бұрын

    Kalis

  • @CarsCatAliens

    @CarsCatAliens

    9 ай бұрын

    @@normanl.6891 yup

  • @Dirtyshoes22
    @Dirtyshoes228 ай бұрын

    Thank u Eric, love from Colombia 🇨🇴

  • @megaflux7144
    @megaflux71449 ай бұрын

    extra props for crediting the skaters and parts.

  • @armchair_contrarian
    @armchair_contrarian3 ай бұрын

    This reminds me of one year in the early to mid 90's we got into an abandoned manufacturing warehouse in Cherry Hill, NJ right near the old racetrack during the winter and we built an A-frame, a pyramid, and a couple quarter pipes inside it.. there were also ledges and a loading dock and the ground was so smooth. Eventually, word got out and kids from as far as LOVE Park used to take the peedline from Philly to skate it...

  • @getemkell
    @getemkell9 ай бұрын

    My childhood wrapped up in 12mins smh koston took it back one time fa da one time!🐐🙏🏾♥️

  • @dharmaram7527
    @dharmaram75279 ай бұрын

    More of this. Great documentary fellas production is so good.

  • @jeffclark6552
    @jeffclark65529 ай бұрын

    One of the sickest skate videos I’ve seen in a while.

  • @seanbush9122
    @seanbush91229 ай бұрын

    This was awesome. I hope you guys keep making videos like this of other popular spots, narrated by the skaters who helped make them legendary. I could see one hosted by of Reynolds or Greco talking about the Wiltshire sets

  • @sighndlease
    @sighndlease9 ай бұрын

    such a legendary spot... being from New Jersey, i got the chance to fly out to LA a few years back. didnt bring my board cuz i was supposed to be chillin wit this chick the whole time. ended up walking to the courthouse with her. asked some little dude to borrow his board just so i could do the shittiest back noseslide on the ledge down by the fountains. got it on vid and will always remember getting to skate where hundreds of absolute legends skated.... felt insane..

  • @rfc6492
    @rfc64929 ай бұрын

    man.. this was great

  • @RodriguesPaul360
    @RodriguesPaul3609 ай бұрын

    props to EK for his contribution to skateboarding and skateboarders!!!! salute 1000x bro

  • @Hello_I_am_Jeff
    @Hello_I_am_Jeff9 ай бұрын

    this was my era. not my hometown but i first skated here in 2001. i saw someone trying nollie flip front crooks and was just in awe of how much further along this scene was. the nostalgia for those decades, for watching the way skating evolved - it was magic.

  • @robowenmikels
    @robowenmikels9 ай бұрын

    Wow, Nick Tucker dissected that stage like a surgeon! I've heard he was good but that's just on another level! Brought a tear to my aging eyes because I know how difficult this stuff is and the level of dedication that it takes... but also, I don't come from a nice place, didn't have anything handed to me, life is alright but what really is there? besides work and eating? There's skateboarding, there's the thought of learning a new trick or series of tricks, it keeps you awake at night...it keeps some of us alive, too. It's a glorious thing. You conquer self-doubt and fear with skateboarding, it makes you sharp and keeps you healthy (if you want to keep doing it). There's nothing else in my life that is as difficult and as fulfilling as skateboarding. After 20+ years, I'm still learning things, I'm still getting broke off and I still want to skate.

  • @Jan123.
    @Jan123.9 ай бұрын

    This was awesome!

  • @jeremiahpatterson6232
    @jeremiahpatterson62329 ай бұрын

    So cool!!

  • @Coonandfriendsify
    @Coonandfriendsify7 ай бұрын

    This is awesome...

  • @dauktavikta
    @dauktavikta9 ай бұрын

    Really well done E..😊 Put the comedian on pause. Great tone & texture to the piece 💜

  • @bradical8198
    @bradical81989 ай бұрын

    That 1993 411 #3 was for sure ahead of its time!!

  • @adrianhernandez1080
    @adrianhernandez10809 ай бұрын

    Good stuff Kostons the Man

  • @magicwood2360
    @magicwood23609 ай бұрын

    You can tell when something is made with love ❤

  • @user-gh9qg1sg7t
    @user-gh9qg1sg7t7 күн бұрын

    In 2002 when I was a teenager I varial heel flipped off the stage with a young PJ Ladd in the back watching. I still have the video 🛹

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