Even now, Grosso is looking down going “what are you over here being sad for? Go skate!”

@calvinkwaak6866

4 жыл бұрын

damn right bruther.

@s.a.l.1974

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@s.a.l.1974

4 жыл бұрын

@Ondrya Wolfson big A little a bouncing b, dont let hypertension get you like it got me, 1,2,34

@s.a.l.1974

4 жыл бұрын

@Ondrya Wolfson mine too

@Sean151991

4 жыл бұрын

I heard this in his voice, haha.

It just dawned on me that one of Jeff’s biggest fears, was the day that he would be too old to still ride his wooden toy to the gas station for a pack of smokes, or whatever. The only good thing, if you can even say that about this unfortunate tragedy, is that he never had to go through that. He went out still skating. He was my favorite skater, and I will truly miss him.

@elnino4306

3 жыл бұрын

Me too man !

@adamlangdon2245

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. May we all be so lucky.

Oliver, in 1984 your dad taught me how to boneless street to bench at Citrus Park in Covina. I was 12 and he showed me every single step so it would be perfect. Grosso Forever.

John Lucero should take over the Love Letters. I can't imagine anyone else doing it other than Jeff.

@fintanoclery2698

4 жыл бұрын

Lucero would be great, so would Lance. Maybe have Steve Olson appear every episode for the sarcasm alone.

@RevJenkins13

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, Lance crossed my mind too.

@llamov

4 жыл бұрын

Paddy O'Lantern its VANS backing the letters. Idk how someone with Nike would look.

@davidhurst6982

4 жыл бұрын

Rulling.

@fintanoclery2698

4 жыл бұрын

@@llamov that would be an issue for sure.

"Don't sit there crying, GO skate."

@enriquesilva5515

4 жыл бұрын

Clickbait i’m sure Grosso is telling us that from skate paradise. And we will

@jamesoheare2021

4 жыл бұрын

You got it brother!

Been skating from 5 years old - Im 46 now nearly 47... never met the dude, but he was on my wall as a kid and the letters was my show man... it was everybodys.... STAY RAD EVERYONE!! RIP GROSSO!! GO SKATE!!

Its weird, but I always kind of adapted Jeff as the older skate brother I never had. My second deck was his Angel & Demon graphic, I bought it in 87 at the Ambler Skateshop outside Philly. Learned how to skate on that deck up here in Vermont, which is pretty cool to reflect on now, that it was Grosso's deck that I learned on. Just loved his power and flow skating and his wiseass personality. I followed his experiences from afar, from Speed Freaks to the drugs, Black Label, and of course, the Letters. He was a true original, and although I never met him, he had an impact on my life, and I'll miss him. Rest easy, Grosso, you have created a legacy with the letters that is timeless. Now go skate.

Please reissue all his shoes to benefit Oliver. I will buy a shitload and rock those in the pools!

@katherineseiss102

4 жыл бұрын

Adam bravo wish anti-hero would do the same for decks!

@adambravo2353

4 жыл бұрын

@@katherineseiss102 I agree. I ride Dogtowns, but his shoes are completely perfect for vert/ pools for me. I hope to get some more pairs.

@bleachvisionTV

4 жыл бұрын

all his sk8 mids are the best, imo. im saving a pair

@adambravo2353

4 жыл бұрын

@@bleachvisionTV love his Anti hero pigeon mids.

@hornaceka

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I was balls out collecting Grossos and riding BL and AH Grossos for 15 years! Been skating for almost 30! Would love to see everything reissued again! Oh..can't forget to rock the Green Vans!

Every kid new to skating would be lucky to have a Lucero in their life. Long Live the Label.

@RevanMartinez

4 жыл бұрын

The first skate video I saw was a black label video. That shit got me SO HYPED as a kid in elementary school..... great rocker music and gnarly skating

"That's the cool thing about skateboarding. You get to do what you want. No rules. Anarchy."- Grosso

@levijames96

4 жыл бұрын

Ondrya Wolfson you’re deluded! Under Late Capitalism you have Authority over you in every aspect of your life, Bosses, Police and psychiatrists just to name a few authoritative figures. Good luck winning over the dispossessed with your sloganeering tho.

I cried when I first heard. This year sux. The next day my friend/brother died. Grosso made is both fall back in love with skateboarding. Thank you Jeff Grosso!!!

@RevanMartinez

4 жыл бұрын

🛹 ♥️ 🙏🏽

Has me in tears. Grossman had always been my favorite. Him, and Loveletters is why I started skating again, after I beat cancer, at age 34, after 20 years of not skating. Damn! We lost a legend.

Heart just breaks watching Lucero. Even back in the day you knew those two were tight.

He said once. he was just confetti for the party. But a party with out confetti is just not any fun. Thank you for always making skateboarding fun R.I.P. 🛹💔✌️

Long, long, long overdue Grosso getting that cover

@theglitch_713

4 жыл бұрын

Thats the fuckin truth....

Look after his family Van's please. RIP in peace Jeff.

@danielscotto532

4 жыл бұрын

what this guy said!

@bossmanbossman5481

4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@bossmanbossman5481

4 жыл бұрын

They supported him and his family for long enough, they don’t owe him shit

@scottc2276

4 жыл бұрын

@@bossmanbossman5481 Most likely because they will need it. If I have to explain it to you I am wasting my time responding to you. Look into your soul !

@lenk1975

4 жыл бұрын

@@bossmanbossman5481 so glad I'm not related to you in family or friendship.

The run "FOR OLIVER" will never get old. Everything about that run was prefect...R.I.P.

Your Dad gave you a great name Oliver. Hang in there and always keep your Dad in your heart.

Jeffs passing has had a profound impact on me, it’s taken me back to being 13 years old and getting my first skateboard, it’s taken me back to getting my first Thrasher mag and the Powell videos, seeing Grosso rip, then years later as I’d drifted away from skating I got turned on to the letters and wow, they brought it all back, he (Jeff) got me hooked again, interested again, I feel like I knew Jeff even though I’d never met him, it’s like he was a fellow skater so he is my buddy, because that’s whT it was like in the early days of skateboarding, anyone wearing vans and a skate t shirt was your friend as you were into the same thing, skateboarding!! A way of life. RIP Jeff Grosso and thanks for waking me up again🤘🤘❤️❤️🛹🛹🛹🛹

Heavy stuff. I grew up in North Vancouver (in the 80s) & Jeff Grosso had some bad ass graphics. I’ll say a prayer 🙏🏻 for him. Doing the Rosary 📿 later.

whoever didnt name this "The Love Letters to Jeff Grosso." really dropped the ball.

@theglitch_713

4 жыл бұрын

Real talk.... This is a Love Letter to Grosso.

Got to meet him at Etnies skatepark and he was gracious enough to sign my Apocalypse Cow board. I remember being so nervous to talk to him that all I could say was "you're my favorite skater and I'm a huge fan of the letters". He said thank you, smiled, and signed my board. Even though I wish I had managed to say more I feel lucky to have met him and am proud to say he was without a doubt my biggest influence and a hero. Happy birthday, Jeff, you're going to be missed.

Being someone who started skating in the early 2000s Jeff gave a very descriptive back story on a few generations before mine that were all so important...Neil Blender is the shit. Thank you Jeff God bless you buddy.

@MikeCookie1973

4 жыл бұрын

Ondrya Wolfson Grosso would be stoked at the reference to Garry Scott Davis, the pro skater for Tracker in the 80s that invented the boneless one. His deck was unique because of the bumps in front of the rear truck (and the use of dinosaurs way before they were cool).

@graxjpg

2 жыл бұрын

I started skating in the mid 00s, didn’t ever see a magazine until 2012

We are gonna miss you Jeff. Thank you for allowing me a little time on Love Letters last year. It meant so much to me, and I got to hang out with you one last time and talk grownup stuff & skateboards. Rest In Power, player

I like how it looked like Peter Hewitt was holding us down and telling us how much he loved grosso

Lucero, like his older brother, I'm hoping you chime-in on a million more stories about your youths'.

I’ve always thought Grosso was a legend and the love letters are hard to not binge on if you like skateboarding. He passed away on the same day as my grandad this year. My grandad was 93, his bDaY is also in April, on the 11th. I ordered some of the Grosso shirts for my family members as soon as I saw they were available. They’ve all seen a love letter episode or two with me. The shirts came in today on Grosso’s bDaY and we will be proud to wear them in his memory. We will never forget Grosso, respect! God Bless his family and son!

I just hope he’s proud of himself and everything he did for the skate community ❤rip Grosso

The dude spoke truth. Coolest person I never met. R.I.P. Sir, and God bless 'Goo'.

Skated with him several times at SADLANDS in the 80s Orange County 🙏

When Charno said "the special ones don't come around that often" or something to that effect he doesn't mention the obvious fact that all on the panel are special and did amazing things for skateboarding. Steve Van Doren, providing killer shoes to the world, Lucero, a skateboarding mainstay and Jeff's childhood friend, Lizzie, helping to bust the door down of the boys club, Rick and Buddy, skating with you growing up and c'mon Fruit of the Vine, Northwest, Deathbowl to Downtown, Salba, pool god, Olsen, your photo at the Brooklyn Banks alone is pure bad ass, and Nieratko, giving us Big Brother hilarity and championing New Jersey through it's lifelong hated status,, you all are amazing and I thank you. Grosso forever 🇮🇹🇺🇸

@0shitferbrains0

3 жыл бұрын

Fruit of the vine. 🤘

@adamlangdon2245

Жыл бұрын

Q man🤘 skate army.

He definitely had a way of sticking in your memory! Live forever Grosso!!

This is the first time I’ve ever cried when some one I didn’t personally know passed..... thanks for years and years of loving skateboarding. Our stupid wooden toys. Go skate guys...... that’s what he wanted......

Listening to his interviews in place of sobriety meetings when I couldn't make them, helped me many time. Stay punk go skate RIP GROSSO

Jeff was the same to skateboarding as John Madden was to football as a announcer , a must watch. I build two halfpipes and I wrote every company wanting stickers and banners. Nobody sent me anything but I sent jeff a personal letter about our ramps here in Darlington, SC with a pic of me doing a air and he sent me all kind of stickers for our ramps. Also my real hero before was John Lucero. Once I found out they were right , that was a plus. God has him now

I cried for a good portion of that. It's nice to know Oliver will have tons of support and many positive male role models in his life.

Jeff cared about skateboarding and he knew how much it changed lives. He always wanted skateboarding to stay pure and true. There will never be another. RIP JG

Its weird,but not, how I was affected when I heard at like 11:30 PM that night. And then , still , for the following couple weeks, I was emotionally impacted over this. I still remember his "I'm part of the Forefront" and always being entertained watching "LOVELETTERS"...he took me back to those early days when I was just a kid and skateboarding was all that mattered. It was that and punk rock. That shit still lives deep in my heart!!! FOREVER!!! RIP JEFF.

SALBA !! him opening up is so rad. Legends never die!!! Grosso lives on in my passion and attitude towards skateboarding . Thanks Jeff. BEST SKATE GRAPHIC - GROSSO TOYBOX!!!

I love how positive the comments are on this video. That goes to show the impact this man had. You will always have your print in the sb world

Me and a bunch of friends travel to SoCal every year to skate. Been doin it for almost a decade, some of us even longer. I always wanted to meet him and would always miss the opportunity, sometimes by just minutes. I finally met him on the trip down this year in February at the ramp in HB on the last night of the trip. Fucking stoked I finally go to meet him and to thank him for being rad.

That ramp clip with Dream'n playing. Lucero, you're killing me........ I feel a part of my childhood is gone...... But not forgotten! Can't wait to get my house built and put up my Wall -o- Grosso decks up in my office..... F - You Grosso! We Love You! ........ok I'll get out and go skate now!

RIP homie... I was born in the 70s, grew up in the 80s skating, listening to punk rock & rap... Loved Jeff Grosso. I loved that Schmitt Stix deck that had the same shape of the Powell Lance Mountain deck. I didn't get that deck because I went with the Lance deck... Used to love seeing you in whatever skate vids that came out & the latest issues of Thrasher & Transworld (and then carefully tearing or cutting out pages to put up on my wall). Condolences to his family & friends.

Grosso forerver- you will always being an important part for the skate commiunity

Jeff "Grossman" Grosso. You will always be a huge influences and inspiration to me in not just skateboarding but in life and music. You inspired me to skate pools and ramps, you inspired me to get back on my board and get back in to skating and you also helped me to get off drugs and want to stay clean. I love you Grossman... go easy, bro

Rest easy Grosso you’ve taught us a lot.

Rest In Peace brother. Thanks for all the words of wisdom and the great memories

Skate and Live! Thanks Jeff For putting the 'Wisdom' in 'Wise-ass'. Prayers an best wishes to the entire Grosso Camp.

I truly believe the show “ Love Letters” is or will be bigger over time. What a ambassador to the sport! RIP Grasso❤

My new favorite part. It’s my favorite blondie song and it was done really well, and at the end where he’s got that big Jeff smile on his face I get a lump in my throat. Just the song and the situation together is soo good it gets to me. RIP in peace Jeff!!

Jeff was always so cool to me whenever I’d run into him over the years. He WAS and always will be SKATEBOARDING. He carried the torch for all of us, and we will not forget. The world lost a true individual and a helluva guy . Love you and miss you Jeff. I’ll carry that torch as long as I live

Wow, my heart still breaks so much about this. I love that you are honoring his life, talent, and contributions to skateboarding. He showed me that the come back is always stronger than the setback. Well done Grosso.

I never actually met the guy, but he felt like a local. He was the Truth #Godhead

Never been so upset about someone I never met felt like grosso was the skate dad I never had much love to him and his family. Was one of a kind in the best of ways 💔

My second time watching this. Rip big man. Total legend.

4/28 will Forever be GROSSO DAY

RIP Grosso. Always one of my favourite skaters, this is one big love letter back from skateboarding to Jeff

Somebody needs to make a Grosso Forever shirt with the proceeds going to his family. I'll be first in line to buy. RIP Jeff

Grosso, his skateboading, and the letters will never die. Like many others who had never met him, I was badly shook when he passed. That's because he spoke to each each and every one us like a friend about something that we all love. His caustic norcal-like sarcasm, his bombast, the outrageousness of some of his opinions...that familiar feeling where he's gone too far. He was the original Brat. That attitude could sharpen diamonds. It could readily dispatch imposters. It could shape a culture. We needed it. It was powerful enough to mock death. And for all he did and will always continue to do...we love you Jeff

Go Jeff! I grew up with Jeff and Eric Nash!! Great memories!!

Beautiful tribute to an awesome guy. I'm grateful for Jeff and others like him that paved the way for future generations.

At least he got to put out a ton of Love Letters before his time was up, they're so precious. A big thanks for the creators and producers of that show as well.

“If you know what I’m talking about then you’re a skater. If you don’t know what I’m talking about then you are just someone who skates” RIP Jeff

@0shitferbrains0

3 жыл бұрын

🤘

I was one of the people that texted Jeff about addiction, he actually cared enough to text with a stranger. He really was the great man that everyone swears that he was.

going to miss you Jeff, thanks for all that you did for skateboarding, you got a load of us old dudes from the UK skating again, thank you and God Bless you and your family x

I feel like I'm ten minutes late to watching the premiere live, but I wanted to give a big thanks to all of you before you leave. Lucero especially. Godheads, all of you.

I had a Toy Block Schmitt Stix. Love the Letters. Slams and Curbs are my favorite. I still have the Toy Block sticker that he signed (he did a demo with Lucero did at a Whittier Skate shop).

@llamov

4 жыл бұрын

Edward Duarte theyre all so good, but everyone loves a good curb, and seeing a good slam.

I'm a 62 year old surfer, we skated pools when it was a new frontier and haven't skated since but I work with a few skates and they turn me on to Love Letters I became a fan of skateboarding and even more so a fan of Grosso!!!

In the 80's in Brazil, we didn't have information from outside skaters, a few years passed and the result, the skate representative had the image of Jeff Grosso. He will forever be remembered by the skateboarding family. Muito obrigado!

grosso reminded me whats important in skating and to take pride in this weird tribal activity weve dedicated ourselves too. Grosso Forever

Jeff you ruled man. Thank you for all you’ve done for skateboarding. We love you!!!!

Letters is all I'm watching lately.

@kifflom4032

4 жыл бұрын

It's Saturday night you have no pants on.

Thank you, Grosso, for teaching us everything we wanted to know and everything we didn't care to know about skateboarding. Lost a real one.

one of my all time favorite skaters always got me stoked to skate “stop watching and go skate” miss ya man Rest In Peace Grosso

Time to go skate! In memory of this man.

Thanks for being an inspiration. Glad we could get you sober long enough for you to pass all your knowledge down for the next generation. We will miss you.

Thanks to you'll for this Jeff Grosso tribute! R.I.P. Jeff Grosso.. Peace!

Will genuinely miss his love letters to skateboarding.... from a creaky 47 yr old who started in 1979 on the useless wooden toy

@Logan-wb3yn

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll land a nice kickflip for you today in honor of jeff and all past generations that paved the way

@Logan-wb3yn

4 жыл бұрын

Update: I hit a nice clean kickflip manual line, Hopefully that can bring you some peace knowing the younger generations will watch over this sport we all grew up on

He was such a great person. Skateboarding Vans at the Block was always a pleasure. RIP!!!!!

🇺🇸JEFF🖕GROSSO🇺🇸 ..... You will ALWAYS be remembered, loved, and missed. Thank you Jeff! Thank you Van's! ✌

So grateful that I got to see this. Skateboarding was my first LOVE and to see his LOVE for it inspires me to still SKATE!!!!

I used to manage Play It Again Sports in HB. Lucero calling me up to ask me not to buy stolen boards off Jeff anymore was a weird call to take. I was so happy when he straightened himself out even if I lost my Label hookup

@a.a.pedersen8675

4 жыл бұрын

beemaster666 I used to buy boards from you dude!

@beemaster666

4 жыл бұрын

@@a.a.pedersen8675 in a town of surf shops a hole in the wall sporting good store was the most legit skateshop. We had so many flip, baker, birdhouse, and black label riders selling us boards. When small companies like DNA or ATM went out of business we'd buy a bunch of boards and sell them at the same price as a blank. Best time of my life.

@devenchinso

4 жыл бұрын

@@beemaster666 So cool man. Great story. I lived in NorCal my most of my life. Hung out with lots of pros. So like pro skaters would come sell their boards to you ??

@beemaster666

4 жыл бұрын

@@devenchinso I'm not sure what you're trying to mock, but yeah it was cool. To move from NY to HB. To go from homeless to working in a shop that had pros and all the AMs in Huntington and Costa Mesa stopping by was dope.

@devenchinso

4 жыл бұрын

@@beemaster666 I'm not mocking anyone man. Here, lemme edit that comment. Now, that's better. Anyways, I seriously want to know. Pros and Ams would come sell their decks to you ? Can you tell me which ones who did it all the time.

Heart hurts way more then I thought it would

Big thumbs up 👍 Mr Grosso will be missed . Happy birthday Jeff & fam !!!

I wish I had’ve meet him😢 Happy birthday and much love from Australia!!!

Thanks for caring and for helping put this tribute together for Jeff and a safe place for all of us friends, family and fans can share stories and memories of a guy who have us all so much. You're the real deal. Grosso Forever. 🖕🛹

Grosso was the living embodiment of skateboarding... you will never be forgotten

Man of many great t-shirts, miss you lots Jeff. Hope you’re well.. R.I.P

@seekah1

4 жыл бұрын

He's got some classic Ts for sure.

s/o steve alba for his words on grosso ! that was important

Brought a tear to my eye. RIP Grosso forever Peace

Who would’ve thought that Lee Ralph would outlive everyone. Love you Grosso.

Never stopped learning from Jeff Thank you for everything you taught me

Grosso was a complete Legend and dedicated to skateboarding in a truly special way. Love you Jeff. To Oliver, having that Grosso blood flowing through your genes and having Jeff as a father for as long as you could makes it certain that you will live a beautiful life. I lost a parent at a rather young age as well, and I hope you heal up because we're going to need your radness in this nuts world

RIP Grosso. You were a true ambassador of skateboarding. Your story is to be cherished and appreciated for all you added to our lives. Life is a dream and you have finally awakened to the great unknown.

Oliver, If you ever love anything as much as your dad loved you and skating, you’ll have lived a good life!

Respect for a legend....from italy

All I can say is thank you for all the good influence you gave me Mr. Childhood-Hero! 🛹R.I.P. Jeff🛹‼️✊🏼

Without Jeff, we're gonna need someone to correct people's thumb position on layback rollouts, and to keep the knees tucked on FSAs but not on Indy airs! We miss you Jeff...

@pigdog237

4 жыл бұрын

@Christopher Bright I watched a clip of myself doing one (badly) and my hand postion is wrong! Better sort myself out!

@llamov

4 жыл бұрын

You're right. Skateboarding is at a crossroads.

@vincerodriguez209

4 жыл бұрын

those who know or need to know .. KNOW! "thumbs on deck" it's skateboard proper etiquette :"(If you practice proper etiquette, you are less likely to offend or annoy people - and you may even charm them}.

@wantmeX

3 жыл бұрын

@Ondrya Wolfson need to know too? someone can link the letters about the "rollout". Ps : indy air you should tuck knee too, look so much better

My best buddy I never met. Rest in peace Jeff! Goo you are the man, keep dads spirit alive buddy!

I miss you tons Jeff I can't wait to have Grossofest2020 in your honor for The Goo. Gonna to be a blast. You would be so proud ... Circle Jerks and Agent Orange on board so far & many serious bad ass punk rawk bands. Soon as this coronavirus blows. Ride on the wings of Eagles my old friend.