How nice of YT to recommend a Phillips video which led to this Love Letter. I reckon he and Grosso are skating together these days :-) RIP hard!

I met Jeff Phillips back in 83. I was so impressed with him I bought one of his boards. I was never much for vertical but one evening at the blue ramp I saw him do a rail slide on a 2x12 that was attached to a 1x1x12 wood trestle. I was blown away and determined to learn that trick. It so happened we had a large beam lke that at home (my dad was an engineer and kept strange shit like that, lol) So I picked up a 2x12 plank, mounted it to the beam and started practicing at home. It took a good 4 months but I learned to ollie onto that 2x12 at speed and slide it out perfectly. Some time after learning the trick I was back at the blue ramp and Jeff showed up. I'll never forget doing the rail slide in front of him and seeing him jump up to give me a high five. He was a true champion, always making others feel great about themselves. I had nothing but that one trick in my bag but he made me feel like a million for performing it.

@solomon_express

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing man, that's a super fuckin rad story.

@LesbianNaziHookers

4 жыл бұрын

@thomas thompson Yep, I could only skate the mini and didn't have the skills to skate the blue ramp.

@matthewking7191

2 жыл бұрын

Is the blue ramp the clown ramp?

@SKEC212

2 жыл бұрын

That is so cool. You're so lucky man. Thank you for sharing that story.

@68Dye

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewking7191 Yes, I've heard it called both

When I heard that Jeff died, I was 21 yrs old and shed tears. Another wonderful person who left us too soon.

Met Jeff at the Clown Ramp in 84. He drove all the way out to Euless just to show up at my 18th Birthday party. He treated all of us groms like bros. He was a great friend and I miss him every day. RIP in peace !!

I used to OGLE photos of Jeff Phillips in the late 80s. I remember a photo of him doing a straight legged frontside air with a CRAZY look in his eyes and it would amp me up. He was awesome.

A dude that's gone, talking about a dude that's gone. So sad. Brings a tear to my eye. I miss everybody that's gone. I grew up watching these guys back in the early 80's. At least they are immortalized on youtube. One day we will all go skate together. RIP brothers.

@sirjj4654

18 сағат бұрын

Well put. Hope you are still skating my friend.

thank you for this episode, we used to skate in Oaxaca Mexico, and that is far from California, or Texas. I remember the vision ramp contest, and me and my friends where thinking how Hosoi, or the Powell Peralta guys were the best, favorite to win... And then Jeff Phillips came, no Mctwists, just radical, technical, smooth. until this day I think how he totally killed it that day. if tony was technical, Hosoi was style, Jeff was just gnarly, like watching Pollock painting, he was a true master in his domain.

Jeff Phillips is one of the gnarliest Skaters ever. IMO he was the ultimate 'rubbery bodied' type style vert skater.. and while he wasn't the very fastest dude(he was def fast though) he was def one of the most powerful. He just had total command. Not one bit sketchy. He was like a fucking Professor up there riding vert. Just total Mastery. Total precision. And smoother than fuck. Always remembered Phillips!!!

I met Jeff in 1984 when we went on a road trip from the UK to California, Philips arranged to meet us in Dallas and put us up at his friends house, Tom Barrows. This is a time when shit like this was arranged by letters but he met us at the Greyhound station as he said he would, what a legend.

@keithhampton9700

4 жыл бұрын

Scarecrow was a crazy dude. Great skater. He put me and my friend Tim up in Austin. Very cool Fucker.

Jeff was a major influence on my formative years skating. To this very day I still loft bio Boneless-ones in tribute.

Effortless..Charged Every move with an effortless and brutal grace..Saw him in vabeach for the first time at the Vert Attack in 85/86,I was 11/12 yrs old and couldnt keep my eyes off of him on the ramp,Fell in love with his style Instantly!!! RIP- Jeff...

I met Jeff at the Rat Hole in Texas by Irving with the Zorlac crew he was the best skateboarder I had ever seen and a good friend. Later he signed on with Sim's and rode with him manny Sunday Nights at Backman Lake on Clown Ramp.

Thank you Grosso, I love Jeff Phillips.

When Tony Hawk is dreaming, he's Jeff Phillips!

IMO Jeff Phillips was the greatest skateboarder of all time. He was also a good friend and overall good guy. Miss you brother!!

the pride of Texas skating!best pro to come out of Texas for sure.

4:34 one of the coolest inverts i have ever seen! How he snaps into it at the peak?!? It looks like he is literally resting/standing on the air and pushes off of it to go back in, gnarly!

The blue ramp. Legendary in Dallas. I was too young, but man all I heard about when I started skating was this spot

Thank you all for commenting about Jeff, he was one of the best skaters I have and will ever meet. And he was just a great person. His park was amazing, he would fly through it

Love it.....R I P. Both of you

R.I.P. Jeff Phillips 😔

Had a Jeff Phillips deck back in the day RIP

Frontside Boneless. The Jeff Phillips Experience. Remember reading about his death in Rolling Stone magazine back in 94 . Very sad. One of my favorites growing up.

Jeffs memory and power still shakes the world

You could walk into the park and when Jeff was there, everything was on a different level of stoke. It was a pleasure to be part of this era of skateboarding.

RIP....cashed it all in way too soon....one of the best ever

Such a good intro while I'm ripping a dab! Love you guys!

More pool style skating is coming back. Love the old school. Jeff was an amazing skater.

just skating that ramp gave me chills. he is the ramp mannnnn :/

Thats the best footage of Phillips I've ever seen. Thank you for putting this together.

Bring back so many memories had jeff Philips deck my first !!

Soooooo lucky to have got to see him skate. At a friend's ramp in Corpus Christi tx. Alex's ramp. This dude fucking ripped. Him and Alex that day dominated everyone!! That was my introduction to skateboarding. The next 2 weeks I had a board. So much fun was had for years. Got to see Tex and Johnny Gibson skate there at Alex's ramp too. RIP ALEX MONTES...

I use to live in the DFW metroplex when I was a young skater and a friend of mine ended up working at the skatepark. I remember him telling me that Jeff Phillips had died a few nights after it had happened. Thanks for making this. The Loveletters videos are great. My cousin is in the Sadlands episode.

I met Jeff probably around 1978ish at Wizard Skate Park in Dallas. I, my brother, and several of my neighborhood buddies went to Wizard almost every day after school. I remember hanging out with Jeff, Lee Shaw, and Mike Eisermann all the time. There was no pretentiousness. Just a bunch of cool skaters that were up and coming and you knew it. Jeff tried teaching me how to get air but I never could really do it. But we were dedicated. One very hot summer day, we went to an abandoned house on Audelia and Forest and there was a swimming pool in the back yard. We drain the water and plugged the drain hole with cement. We skated all day. Hotter than hell but we had a blast. Jeff would pull those same tricks you see in all the videos. Also, they built a half-pipe in Lee Shaw's backyard and I got to go hang out and watch. The pipe was huge, or at least it looked huge to me back then. I was saddened to hear Jeff committed suicide. Skating made a comeback! I'm sure there were other issues, but it's just sad. I'll never forget him. He was fearless on the skateboard. And one thing I will always remember about him is that he would tell me the best parts to buy for my own skateboard. I've tried to find Mike and Lee but no luck!

@georgewcamp

4 жыл бұрын

I hung out at Wizard as well, skated on the team and knew Jeff and Lee very well. It was a great time in skating history!! I lived in Plano and used to commute to the park in Garland and Jeff and Lee would come out to my place and ride my half pipe. Jeff was a super generous guy, such a shame, his talent is missed.

The first deck that I bought worth mentioning was the Jeff Phillips tyedye model. I think it was around 87. That's where it all started for me. Dude had style for daze.

My first pro board ever was a Jeff Phillips tye dye graphic. Before that it was a flea market rad board. After the Phillips, I had the Coca cola Jeff Grosso. Rip Phillips, Rip Grosso. Grosso forever 💔🙏❤️.

Phillips vert 👑! right on the MONEY! 🎯

remember meaning jeff in 1977 thru Worm and never saw him all the way thru hs without a board. amazing rider who was the loudest (power)rider I ever saw

I love skateboarding rest in peace mr phillips...

im SO GLAD this love letters exists im crazy with 80s skateboarding and learn shit ton out of this BIG THANKS.

Pure power. Machine of a man. Legend.

Bachman lake was epic in the 80’s I skated there all of the time. The blue ramp was so steep and the fiberglass was gruesome.

so sad. if only he'd held on. he'd be ripping today in the masters class.

@marissac870

4 жыл бұрын

I think about that all the time. Fucking a man

Saw him rage at the infamous Bowie street ramp in Corpus Christi Texas. Owned by Alex Montez RIP. Johnny Gibson. And Craig Johnson skated it too after a demo at the Trade Center Flea Market. My introduction to skateboarding. I skated every day after that. I got a photo of Johnny on the ramp but I cant put it on here. Rest easy Jeff Phillips. The entire skateboarding world misses you.

@indiglo1971

4 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I heard of Alex's death. I never went there, but I skated Nell, which I understand was the same ramp.

@drinklords5380

4 жыл бұрын

indiglo1971 Nell was about a half mile away from Bowie Street Alex’s tamp. And sad to say Alex has passed away. It’s been a few years now. I still pass by there sometimes. And remember that ramp. Alex was good enough that he could of been a professional skateboarder. The dude absolutely ripped his ramp. He was a cool dude! I’m glad to say I knew him. Rest easy Alex. Are you a local here in CC.TX?

@indiglo1971

4 жыл бұрын

@@drinklords5380 I'm back in Corpus. Alex's ramp was a little before my skating days, but I certainly heard of it. I remember some of the older guys like Ross and Ruben Garza, Billy and Roger Jones, David Ward.There were a number of ramps back then.

@drinklords5380

4 жыл бұрын

indiglo1971 Shoutout to the other rippers of that ramp on the daily sessions. Roger Jones. Robert Meyer. Randy Goff. Mike carney. And many many others.

@indiglo1971

4 жыл бұрын

@@drinklords5380 Was that the Mike Carney that hung out with Victor Gerth?

I met Jeff at a contest in 87 or 88. Nice dude. Didn't share any weed with me though.

@keithhampton9700

4 жыл бұрын

It's because I was out at the time. HaHa. I was a weed mule for all the bro's in the 80s and 90s.

Hope homie is skating in heaven. Damn shame, man. Dude definitely hit home for all us 80s skate rats.

Amazing skating love the footage good to learn my skate history the new generation needs to know their roots

Holiday Havok.... Acid Ripper!! Trophy Winner #1!

Most of the time at his skatepark it was just a bunch of kids trying to do basic tricks but then Jeff would show up and we were all in awe watching him do shit that seemed completely impossible to us.

1:15 most fired up layback air i ever seen

Love Phillip's style

Thank you for this episode.

Jeff was a true badass..... FACT

This was all heart THANK YOU

RIP Jeff !

sick as ,one of my favorites.He ripped shit up,RESPECT.

Hosoi sounds like the dude to kick it with back in the day

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

He was and still is a dork .

Great to see. Thanks for doing this!

Great skater!!!!!!!!!!!

he was destroying mount trashmore ramp. and that shit was oververt

Gosh he was awesome skater

Thanks for making this.

cool dude et him at our local ramp him, crag Johnson, rode up with Dan in the Hearse that was a hell of a group to watch

That's the perfect name for his style of invert fakies, Phil-Pods

I do not know the background of this professional (I looked for a doc video here) but I can wean because of the timing of his departure that in terms of perfection ages 30-40 are the hardest times when it comes to sexual maturity. It is when you know and do not know how invested you want to be. I hope his story can help others as suicide is something that can happen to anyone under particular circumstances. As for my own story my difficulties centered around the use of alcohol, tobacco, and a few others. When that stopped life returned to me on my terms and not that of a drug or somebody who needed a ride or to be cared for. Seek help and take steps and stop thinking others do not know the difference.

the layback at 1:17 is insane!

RIP Grosso, RIP JP

so people all did things their own way and were unique......boy are the compliments complex for skaters. RAD man...RAAAD.

Whip and dip, Harry Hines (Dallas Texas)

sick comeback bro, you sure got me.

Great video!

In a beautiful world Jeff and Jessica would still be with us and Gator and Hosoi would be asking us if we would like fries with that.

@crazyralph6386

10 ай бұрын

Why Hosio? The dude had his issues however, he’s a good man and by no means in the same category as Rogowski

I remember Phillips Skate Park and Rapid Revolutions.

Do you want to see a rare piece of Jeff Phillips memorabilia? Go to Lance Mountain's website. Go to "personal collection", then go to "why". In that section there is a sticker that came with some Phillip's boards back in the eighties. Apparently, there were certain boards that did not have screen printed graphics, and there were stickers used as the graphics.

@followinfantry6097

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info.

One of the only people I’ve ever seen live with this type of power and agility on a skateboard from modern-day times is Jeremy Green. Dudes got the attributes Hosoi described. I know there’s many more, but that’s the first that comes to mind

bachman lake. i have some sick jeff stories. righteous dude. never hated on the street groms like some other tx vert dudes. his nephew toby-what up dog

@smashmasterjohn

9 жыл бұрын

He talked me into dropping in on the clown ramp when I was 14y/o...

@backsmithfakie

8 жыл бұрын

+jerrylewispubic awesome,seemed like he appreciated all types of skating.Just get out there and get some

The dude was also one of the first couple of skaters to have the balls and skill to attempt a McTwist at Delmar. His athleticism and style was only outmatched by his courage and balls out aggression.

frontside boneless

Terminator on a board...big dude machine like brilliance

thanks for this !!!!

Phillips was the dude.

That blue ramp is the templet for so many ramps, first wood bowls. Note.

Ditto what Chris Miller said.

proper tribute man. great vid. what chris miller said

Yess very informative thank you

Fuck yeah Jeff Phillips your rad as fuck!

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

In the RAF 👊

Thanx from Italia grosso

Phillips and Grosso now ripping it up out yonder

Phillips beat hawk in a contest on acid....how fuckin rad is that!

perfect thank you. TEXAS

R.I.P Grosso

The houston skatepark was legit steel layered ramps. It was scary to skate much less do big airs.

I remember reading that the same neurological connection that we as skateboarders...or anything people do that takes a commitment to try that at first you're scared to do, well that connection becomes so strong that those types of people are much more prone to suicide. It's the "fuck it I'm going" kind of thing that actually reprograms the brain to not fear loss of life as much.

1:20 the homie on the ramp is wearing a Ronald Reagan JFA tshirt rad!!

The Jeff Phillips board was for all the bigger guys out there. I bet they sold a ton of them.

Jeff Philips committed suicide Christmas day 93... such a traged.... rest easy fallen hero

@Rezqewr

10 жыл бұрын

Watched Jeff skate the "Clown ramp" in Dallas, 1984. Helluva' skater, but he was no hero. Heroes don't kill themselves.

@chrisrohrbeck9097

10 жыл бұрын

Rezqewr uhhhh the fact that he killed himself is not what makes him a hero to me.. its obviously his gift for skateboarding.... obviously

@jjjrrrgggtttful

10 жыл бұрын

Rezqewr thanks mom

@engmofo

9 жыл бұрын

Rezqewr You don't know shit Boy

@Rezqewr

9 жыл бұрын

@Engmofo: Next time I hear you say "boy," I'd better see one around, son.

Ever notice he always finished his runs consitstently all the time. I think he fell like twice in nsa jams. That's the whole point in contests....right!?? Phillips wins. End of story.🥊🏄‍♂️

legend men

Awesome.

I skated the metal ramp once too@!