Jeff was a friend to all of us young skaters in Dallas. Treated us all like Bro's. If your deck was wasted, he would give you one of his old ones. Turned me on to Anime before it was popular. We would go to his house and watch Vampire Hunter D and Gundam vids. A true Bro. He is truly missed. R.I.P!!

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Philpod loved all skateboarders. We all loved him. Thats what makes him great.

@TheMorganMonroeShow

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff was the real deal.

@slypeppa

2 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I loved skateboardin, i still do. We was poor I skated a nash thr best I could and wanted to go to jeffs park, my first day there the other kids talk shit about clothes and skateboard, I didn't care I was there to skate, jeff and that dude that had a english accent gave me my first real skateboard.

@keithhampton9700

2 жыл бұрын

@@slypeppa That English dude was Billy Smith. A really cool dude and Jeff's best friend.

@stephenenglefield2110

Жыл бұрын

The definition of radical🙏

I was so blessed to be in the right place at the right time in skateboarding history. From 1987-1989 I rode for Tracker trucks and a small board company called Dread. I am so humbled that I was able to witness and at times skate with many of the legendary Texas pros. Anybody who was lucky enough to see Jeff skate back then will agree: when you look up the word "style" in the dictionary, there should just be a picture of Jeff Phillips.

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. Skate Army Never Dies. Check Out more Violet Ray videos on KZread.

Phillips ruled. Straight up. Swimming pools, pipes and ramps....so badass. As big as Texas.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Philpod lives! Thanks for watching dude.

Agreed. Jeff was the best ever.

Make the world a better place, hug a skateboarder ♥️. Have cancer now, gonna kick its ass, and sk8 for the ones that can't sk8.

@marcelboogaard3809

2 жыл бұрын

All the best brother. I’m rooting for you 👊🏻

@davidbarrus6542

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcelboogaard3809 thanks for your support.

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing dude. We hope you get well soon. You're a true ripper. LTS/SOD.

@pallemedel

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

@@pallemedel Philpod Lives!

This needed doing, thanks for putting this together. Every skateboarder needs to know about Phillips.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

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skated his boards in the late eighties. still think about him today

Those were the days. Pure style, RIP Jeff

Miss Jeff ⚡

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Philpod lives!

Just the best style ever no big deal

RIP Jeff Phillips. Cool dude.

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

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Jeff did as he said, kept to what he said no matter how much he is still missed. Ride in Peace pls and thnx for all 🍾💚

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Philpod Lives! Thanks for watching homie. Make sure to check out our other skateboard videos.

The best skate video and also the best video.

One of the greatest. Style power and tech. RIP Jeff.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

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I took a bunch of pictures at that contest at trashmore. He was the first one to win a contest without doing a mctwist since that trick was invented.

@marcelboogaard3809

2 жыл бұрын

Stick your pictures on KZread. I would love to see them.

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

"You don't need to spin to win." You just gotta believe. Philpod taught us that.

He’s still my favorite, plus Monty Nolder

Jeff was always missed when he left us.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

We feel the same way. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to check out our other tribute videos at Violet Ray.

Wow, I was there in Houston for those Shut Up And Skate contests… Jeff was such a ripper. RIP homie….

I remember getting that January issue of Thrasher magazine. RIP Jeff. One of skateboardings best.

Tony said that he was the third person to land the McTwist.

@crazyralph6386

10 ай бұрын

Yep, why Jeff was always in the top 3 for a long while, when all the ramp skaters were still building up the nerve to attempt a 540. Took a lot of skill and balls to pull it off, especially on those old heavy planks they skated on?

Gets me so hyped i roar and scream

Had his BBC Deck back in the day awesome board n bad ass skater.RIP BRO..

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. Philpods lives!

1:22 Frontside rock with a nice twist 😍

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Philpod Lives!

Wtf!!!! Can't believe there is only one comment here... Jeff Phillips easily top 10 vert skater in the mid 80s to 91-92 .... Tragic story to a true icon in skateboarding... Team Sims was right there with the Bones Brigade and the Alva team..... RIP.....

@marcelboogaard3809

2 жыл бұрын

Lance called him a vert machine. He’s top 3 in my book.

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcelboogaard3809 So did Tom Groholski. A vert machine. He made the ramp shake.

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude! Philpod lives. He'll always be the best.

Man that alley-oop boneless he had in his bag of tricks is fucking rad.RIP PHILPOD

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Philpods Lives. Thanks for watching dude

Ok this was fucking great! Just picked a Bad Boys Club Phillips devil man with trackers and slimeballs thing is almost mint.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. Philpod Lives! Make sure to check out all our great Skate rock tribute videos.

That Mount Trashmore shot was Crazy.

I saw Jeff win the Holiday Havoc in Anaheim back in 86! Not many skaters today can boneless into vert from the deck!

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Philpod had the best boneless. It was standard issue.

@condor5150

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine rolling out frontside onto the deck then launching a frontside boneless over the channel into vert? I've only seen one other skater do something similar. Which was Texas Dan on a 8 foot square bowl at the boulder co skatepark about 20 years ago "no channel though". He obviously is a disciple of Jeff's!

It's so cool to be able to see this stuff. I started skating in 2000, so this kind of footage was inaccessible; they wrote about him in the magazines, printed the occasional photo, but this really shows how gnarly he was. There was a lot of mystique about him, the dude who beat Tony Hawk on acid (actually mushrooms, according to what I've read since then, but same difference pretty much).

My first board was a Jeff Phillips. Went to skatecamp in San Louis Obispo knocked on his dorm door and he broke out some stickers for us. Did not say much but was a cool experience when you were twelve.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

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This was my very first Pro Model Skateboard I ever owned ! A SIMS Jeff Phillips ! Such a bad ass skateboard and skateboarder !

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude. Philpod Lives!

@MannyDer

Жыл бұрын

There is an online auction right now with one of his boards in it. It's in a lot with some other junk, they didn't know what they had, till the price started to go up like crazy. It's only at about $410 right now

I love the footage of Virginia Beach Mt. Trashmore ‘86 Eastern Assault contest. Phillips won that contest and beat both Hawk & Hosoi. That was significant because most contests back then were won by either Hawk or Hosoi and by then Hawk was doing both 540’s & 720’s.

ONE OF THE BEST EVER PERIOD!!! PHILLIPS 66 Concrete Soldier forever!!

🙂

love your edit! Thanks for Sharing. RIP Jeff you ruled!!

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. Philpod Lives

That egg at 2:06 is INSANE!

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

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I think it was Hosoi who said when Jeff philips the ramp,it was like thunder..

Truly great…landed so underside of the coping every time! A lovely man as well…I f I had been a pro…that’s the one I’d have tried to be! Only sad although we met he was injured and I never saw him skate.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Philpod lives!

I wear My Jeff Phillips T Shirt in Most of my Videos!!

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta rep the set. Thanks for watching dude.

0:47 - How is this even physically possible?

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Lay back air roll around. "Hes on a shortlist of those who can make a lay back air look good" - Jeff Grosso

@starzkream

Жыл бұрын

@@violetray5655 Phillips made EVERYTHING look good.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

@@starzkream Philpod is the greatest hands down. "If Jeff stayed on his board, he was a tough guy to beat" - Tony Hawk

"Greatest who ever lived"? I don't know if I would say that (I'm a Hosoi man, myself.) That being said, I fully support YOU saying it; because Jeff Phillips' name definitely does not come up enough in conversations on the greatest. (Frontside elguerial?! Who does that?!) My first deck was that Sims speckled, devil graphic Phillips in purple with dark blue and green. I got it at the end of '86 or early '87, which was the same time I got my first mag: the Transworld where Phillips won Holiday Havoc. (Hosoi won highest air, by the way.) So, thank you for this! I had forgotten. Thank you, and thanks to Jeff.

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

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@keithhampton9700

5 ай бұрын

Don't Mess With Texas was my favorite shirt. It had all of the Texas greats .I think Jeff Newton made them.🤔

Had the best boneless ever

@violetray5655

Жыл бұрын

Philpod Lives! Thanks for watching dude!

Young ones, listen to this song and then tell me with a straight face that Blink 182 is a punk band. You can't do it.

Fronsite boneless into vert is heavy

I watched billy get pulled out a bowl with a rope, r.i.p

Tony Alva

Skate Tough or Go Home

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

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Was Rob Roskopp ever good ?

@marcelboogaard3809

2 жыл бұрын

He was 100 times better than me 😂

@pennyhemens478

2 жыл бұрын

You know, he had some good street ollies for the time. He's had some great photos too. Theres footy of him at Raging waters doing judo airs.

@butterblood

2 жыл бұрын

I think his decks were more popular than him haha. When I came up skating in the later 80s, so many people had his decks n shirts but nobody ever really brought up his name.

@jonnybgood9376

2 жыл бұрын

@@butterblood starting to realize this also cool ass Deck

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

Yes He was the top Vert skater on Santa Cruz along with Christian Hosoi. "Wheels of Fire" Check it. Thanks for watching.

*Tony Hawk is GOAT

@violetray5655

2 жыл бұрын

"If Jeff Phillips stayed on his board, he was a tough guy to beat" - Tony Hawk