As a 90s kid and skater, I have to say that I have a lot of nostalgia for these old x games courses, but let’s be honest the designers had no ide how to make a good street course. They just stuck ramps everywhere in every shape and a shiton on them. Worked better for the bmx guys and even in-line skaters.

@theskatemap

8 күн бұрын

See the thing is there wasn't even hardly street skating though. Like street skating wasn't even a thing until like the mid-90s really. These things take time :)

@dontcallmegus

7 күн бұрын

You can definitely see it a couple of times during the run where he has to awkwardly carve and loses all his speed haha. My favorite is the ridiculously steep like 20 stair handrail he starts with haha

@wegotmonkey444

6 күн бұрын

Everything is all over the place, but they always figured out a way to find some sort of flow. There's kind of a charm to it so it's fun to look back, but keep it at that 😂

@powertrip6426

6 күн бұрын

For sure and BMX and inline guys probably didn't love it either. Shit was just all over the place lol. The designing has gotten exponentially better over time

@mateo1726

5 күн бұрын

But Sal on the call? Bonkers

Crazy how much skating evolved from 2000 to today

Damn, I saw this run live on TV when I was younger. Now being 34 takes me back when my dad and grandma where still alive. He watching silently but amazed and my grandma cooking something.

@rudybankhead

7 күн бұрын

Crazy how we all have similar memories connected to skating back in the day. Just turned 32 & still keep up with skating as if I never quit

Those Koston's were sick.

@justinman114

7 күн бұрын

es Kostons were my go to for years, I still wear es because of him.

@Haven-Kai-Arias-Dad

5 күн бұрын

@@justinman114same here, I stick to es because of the aartos k4 and accels og and slim

@justinman114

5 күн бұрын

@@Haven-Kai-Arias-Dad accels are my go to nowadays, they are perfect

@Haven-Kai-Arias-Dad

5 күн бұрын

@@justinman114 heck yeah I was so happy they came back just before I got into skating again

Its crazy to think if they put todays skater back in the 2000s

@IHatePikeys

5 күн бұрын

Today’s skaters are only what they are because of the early 2000s😂

@reportedstolen3603

4 күн бұрын

@@IHatePikeysexactly lol.. “standing on the shoulders of giants”

Those K3’s!! I remember when he did the lakers colorway after the 3 peat. You had to be there.

Epic on what Koston did for Skateboarding always pushing the limits and just crazy cool to see the Bay Bridge in the background of downtown SF. HOME SWEET HOME!!

2000 Koston = peak Koston

@ScorpionKing9

6 күн бұрын

Totally.

Seeing those k3’s brought back many memories of me learning full cab flip. Fun times in the early 00’s

I didn’t know why more people aren’t mentioning it. The upgrade is beautiful!

thank you for the upload!!

Damn he could've wrote a whole damn book while chillin on that hubba

This reminds me of the Xgames video game on PS2

@joronomo707

5 күн бұрын

Facts

Thanks for this video!

Coming out forward

If that were to be an SLS score, 3.5, maybe even 4.... .... Excellent run though 👌🏽

I wouldn’t call that “sticking” during the kick flip noseslide.

Imagine the kind of tricks that would have gone down if the obstacles were the size that they are today.

Back when those tricks were actually considered to be a tough run. Amazing to see this in HD now too..I remember that static filled screen you couldn’t see well.😅

Wow, Eric Kostone was ripping back then

This was actually 2001. I recorded this on VHS and watched it almost every night. Such good memories

@kekdout1776

3 күн бұрын

right even where it says 2000 on the decal? silence

@moneymarcus90

2 күн бұрын

@@kekdout1776 the only possible explanation is that I’ve been living one year in the future my whole life

@kekdout1776

2 күн бұрын

@@moneymarcus90 how much bitcoin do you have? are you john tidor?

@moneymarcus90

Күн бұрын

@@kekdout1776 bitcoin collapses, everything is all about beanie babies now.

skateboarding peaked in the early 2000s

ballin in them 12s tho 👀

More entertaining in this video than todays Xgames

Wouldn't even make a Dan Corigan daily upload by today's standards. Still sick to see prime EK though

Announcers were good on this one.

@SoloBueno1

Жыл бұрын

That one guy sounds just like David Cross (Tobias from Arrested Development)

@saxenas

Жыл бұрын

@@SoloBueno1 lol. I'd like to know who that announcer was. He seemed like he knew his shit and was chill.

@FoVision

7 күн бұрын

​@@saxenassalema masakela is one of em

Can you make a video on how you are upscaling?

I would like this to be playing on the large screen for all of the skaters as he is walking around talking trash in his latest videos. He is hilarious, but I would love to give them some ammo to dish it back at him.

Always wanted a pair of those eS Koston 3s lol. Basically Jordan 12s you could shred in haha. 👟

Style for days.

Today's skateboarding has elevated to new levels Watching this is like easy mode

Crazy park

Now days - a 9 year old Japanese kid would do this whole run switch, while adding in every flip trick under the sun and still score a 7.5 lol

@wilproK

5 күн бұрын

And yet Koston had infinitely more style.

93.50. That would be about a 70 today.

@pierreardouin6441

7 күн бұрын

That course is horrible to skate, modern skaters would have a pain to do a much interesting line there.

@EDCsteals

7 күн бұрын

I don’t think it would get anything near that. If someone did this same line in SLS I think I would get like a 5.2. He did 2 50-50’s, a switch tail slide & a kickflip nose slide that was about it. Then there was the little 360 at the end and the small grab off the ramp. Honestly I think it would be even lower than 5.2, maybe even 4.5

@chadcarveymusic

6 күн бұрын

It would be a 60 or lower, the level of skating now is insane

@snowyrox3331

4 күн бұрын

This is like a 1st place run in women's SLS today. No offense to Koston. It's just the bar has been pushed so high over the past 20 years.

@chadcarveymusic

4 күн бұрын

@@snowyrox3331 yumeka oda is throwing down kickflip front feeble down big handrails in her runs now, may have been a first place run a few years ago though

Is that David Cross commentating?

@Matthew_80

7 күн бұрын

Yeah

It’s wild how “basic” this run is in today’s skating world. That is NOT a diss! Just think about it 🤔 🤯

Now people are doing switch flips into nose crooks and flipping out

@moldyrefrigerator

5 күн бұрын

“nose crooks”?….As opposed to a tail crooks?

Max from goofy movie 💯

Dude I miss these old park courses 😂

0:22 KOSTON II

!!

One flip trick😂

Dude I got to be honest like there's this dude Jamie Smith he used to skate at our park and you can see him absolutely ripping at a level that's way higher than this in the late '90s. Like 360 flip to blunt kick flip out shit. There's a video of him on KZread.

@secretsauceskateboarding4337

3 күн бұрын

So many good skaters out there but don’t have the connects I guess. I know people today that SHRED but just work 9-5’s.

Imagine if Yuto or someone went back in time and skated in this contest, I think the judges would have a fit

i wonder how yuto or nyjah skate this skatepark

"His style is really what he's known for" Lmao I remember watching this lice. Saying wtf no he isn't. Lmao he's not a flowy skater. He's a fast big trick guy. Sure now in old age he's not as much but smh

FS04

Wild how much more complicated street comps look compared to now watching these when I was a teen thinking like damn now it looks way more fun and better to skating comps today

In the Jordans tho ❤

@LotkaVolterra

11 ай бұрын

I knew a lot of kids that used to wear those Koston 3s because they're the only skate shoes that look like Jordans. They certainly look like them from a distance.

@breddary

9 күн бұрын

​@LotkaVolterra Jordans are the world's ugliest shoe. My gosh.

@chadcarveymusic

6 күн бұрын

Koston 3 by es footwear, had a pair in brown

Where's the pizza?

the asmr of the rail @0:09 was pure clean

Lmao X Games more like CASL 💀

decent run

Too easy for him

“He’s know for his style” yeah. homie has always been sketchy af.

@Mocroskate

8 күн бұрын

Yeah lol, but he went hard and big so that makes up for it. At least in his video parts.

@larryc5361

5 күн бұрын

Sketchy? Koston is a legend. He's been dropping insanely good parts since the early 90s. Koston was better than you in 1993. 🤡

I was going WTF to the intro but this was right before he basically became famous 😂 should have actually read the title 😅

bruh

The commentary is so bad!

Barker barett was way better

The commentary was painful. Sal is really the lamest personality in skateboarding

Koston