RSS's preamble opens my mind and allows me to consider Grosso's run in a new context- that maybe his contest run (displaying his skill, grace, and control combined with a deliberate goofiness) as a reaction against this new wave of skating and this contest format that it inspired. I had previously thought that Grosso just was not "into it" that day and decided to just goof for whatever reason, but now I think maybe it was his way of (maybe a bit of unconscious insecurity coming thru) showing that he was not taking (or didn't want to ) this new direction seriously.

@RealSkateStories

20 күн бұрын

🎯

I went to this when I was 16. I went with my friend and his dad and two other friends. We stayed at the motel right beside the Colosseum where they held it. All of the skaters stayed at the same motel. I remember walking by one room and the door was open and all of the bones brigade were sitting on the beds talking and watching TV. We were able to talk with them get autographs and they gave us free stickers. As a 16-year-old kid that was a dream come true. The good ole days.

@RealSkateStories

21 күн бұрын

That is so rad!!

Growing up Lance Mountain was my next door neighbor in Costa Mesa. Would skate with his son all the time as there was a 6 stair right to the right of our place.

What stands out to me is that you could see how different everyone's style was. You don't see that too much anymore.

@telefunkenyou47

20 күн бұрын

What stands out to me is the absence of Christian Hosoi.

@ClayKirby-sj3zy

15 күн бұрын

❤

@eddierocksteady

2 күн бұрын

I don’t agree. I have the impression Skateboarding is much more diverse nowadays including style wise

TR the skateboarding Historian who shreds, so fn Rad . Thanks for throwing these edits out here for the grems…and the Barney’s ,,,

This made my Saturday morning, thank you. Jeff Grosso was hilarious, awesome historical footage on the evolution of skateboarding and what a great soundtrack, nice work!

I lived in savannah. After the event our local shop had a couple of the ramps. What fun to see some of the same ramps i skated on. It was a section of the 4 way i do beleive.

spot on REAL SKATE STORIES, this video has a lot to say about were skateboarding was at this pivotal point in time. Besides the main points you made - you also see "old" street stylists interacting with "newer" street stylists - like Andy Howell (soon to be with NEW DEAL in a couple of years) and Jesse Martinez with an earlier (based in 1985-87 sensibilities) street style (picked up by Rocco for SMA -world industries, but would soon be surpassed by the likes of Jeremy Klein and younger thinkers). Side note - Check out Andy Howells fit (notably the way he wears his backward baseball cap tilted - and then relate that to NEW DEAL deck graphics a couple of years later).

That launch off the jump ramp up the rail board slide that Gonz did was the best trick on that video in my opinion.

Crazy how it changed from then to about 1990 when I turned pro.

Opening with Guerrero, he just style flowed like water- wish I could see more footage of him during this period (even though he was being superseded by numerous up and comers at this point).

@RealSkateStories

20 күн бұрын

Check his part in my movie Goin' Off. Mad slept on.

TG was the only guy to Ollie grab the whole box. Can Early grabs.

Doug Smith all the way! Loved his public domain part!

@jamponyexpress7956

20 күн бұрын

His style looked so good in Public Domain- shame wanted to see more of his skating (did see some of it later in some Gordon and Smith vid).

Awesome 😎👍

Rock on !!!! 🤘

miss og soundtracks

Cab had a great style 💯

Grosso was too funny at this contest 😂

Wish u played songs from that era

@RealSkateStories

15 күн бұрын

Most are actually recorded in the mid 80s and the others are 80's/90s style.

I think it started earlier, like Oceanside street style, the Sacramento contests, and Streetsyle in Tempe. Savannah and Ohio Cow skates were where it became obstacle style and more vert pro’s started entering

@RealSkateStories

21 күн бұрын

Started way earlier than that but this was a turning point, only three years later street had taken over.

@jamponyexpress7956

20 күн бұрын

@@RealSkateStories As far as I am concerned (outside of the skate industry level- skaters on ground level (those not connected with the skate industry) knew by the end of 88 that street was were it was at - center of gravity wise).

@RealSkateStories

20 күн бұрын

@@jamponyexpress7956 My observation from the inside is that the difference in how much of skateboarding's collective consciousness was concentrating on street comparing 88 to 91 goes from 20/80 to 95/5

@woodnbikes

19 күн бұрын

​@@RealSkateStories I was in NY. For about 4 years we had 3 ramps on Long Island, all within a 1/2 hour skate from each other. There was a whole other crew we knew, they were scared to drop in on our death ramps, so we would just skate street with them . Then, dont remember if it was Transworld or Thrasher , but the cover of the mag said "Vert is Dead" That entire street crew quit on the the spot. They took it as skateboarding is dead. I know quite a few others did the same. Kinda backfired 🤣 The vert crew kept skating till college split us all up, then the neighbor used that as a good time to use the Variance law and get our last ramp taken down. Thank god the reissue craze hit and got me back on 20 years later .....

@RealSkateStories

19 күн бұрын

@@woodnbikes Thats wild. Most places it was the vert dudes who quit.

Crazy 🤣 times mostly embarrassing but definitely some awesome skaters out there. Julian, Tommy Jim Andy gonz jesse and some straight up kooks. Jomi Scott paul van doren? Danforth actually ripped and he mongo kele roscrams is i ripper but you can't tell here. Whii was working at thrasher then and i wish o was there because i could of plaotop 10 gor sure. But at the same time i may of forgihow to skate for those 2 minutes 😂😂

Surely Grosso should have won🎉

They chose not

I'm sorry but can didn't beat Tommy.

@bangmateo7481

20 күн бұрын

Tommy was always a bit overrated imo

@RealSkateStories

20 күн бұрын

@@bangmateo7481 TG was way ahead of everyone else mid 80s

nowadays the black dude would of one guaranteed because he's the only black dude in the event. truth.

@ccomm2288

21 күн бұрын

So what's it like being autistic?