"O'dell, over here" lol

i liked this episode a lot. something about the tour... steve shows a spot, says what’s been done there, vid cuts to clips of the tricks he talks about. super cool. chill dude. how many months of the year can you skate in ny? like tons of snow and ice?

Man I grew up skating with Steve and the 5 boro guys everyday. One of the most humble dudes in the industry

He's like a tour guide of all the skate spots in NYC and all the stories behind them

Dudes from back in the day glad hes still around love those stories about Harold RIP

The sad reality about street skating and why people don't hang out at the street spots anymore I think is because there are so many skateparks been built. It easier to go to a place where you know you always will be able to skate, it will be easy to skate as the environment is adapted for skating, you won't have to deal with unwanted people and you will find familiar faces unlike in the streets, your personality has to be strong enough to deal with all the things, all the risks and all the bullshit which takes a lot of you, but still the gain for yourself is priceless. People had good intentions when the skatepark wave begun like kids will have a place to skate, safe environment and shit, but I personally think it ruined and pretty much killed street skateboarding for masses. Yeah, the technical progression advanced, but the actual street skating downfall. It's so sad when I don't see anyone skating in the streets or street spots anymore.

@DavetheChimp

9 жыл бұрын

***** I love to skate in the streets for transport, still so much fun, but I'm in my 40's now, with little time to session, so always choose the skatepark (though that's also because I can ride a bowl for hours, but popping up and down things and having to push kills me within 20 minutes!) it's why I'm kinda stoked on this longboard and cruiser fad. Sure, it's kinda dumb, but at least people are skating in the streets again, and the more people riding some kind of skateboard, being outside, and interacting with the "real world" the better as far as I'm concerned! The way forward is sideways!!!

@dubcoder

8 жыл бұрын

+Painless1992 if you catch the right spot at the right time you'll find us hanging out for a few hours or until we get kicked out. we're still out here!

@chetrok1

8 жыл бұрын

Well written , totally bums me out to see kids at just park's I think that was part of local govt keeping kids from hutting all the spots like back in the day, they're in a controlled environment now and I think theres alot to be said crusing youre city for skate spots and being on the streets and getting shit from cops security bangers average white collar assholes downtown it builds character , when I was young you could tell the vert dudes from the street dudes we were all a rough street kids, miss those days

@juvedoo99

8 жыл бұрын

I still skate purely street with my brothers. There's nothing better than to push as fast as possible down the street and bomb hills. Skating is all about the experience of roaming the streets. I do agree that skateparka have in a sense stolen the spark of being a skate rat.

@erikbreaman9124

6 жыл бұрын

Before the tony hawk park building era you had to negotiate just to be able to get a turn to push off at any of the spots in these videos.. That was only like 14 years ago or less.. People who barely had money commuted it from MA and NJ and PA at least twice a week to skate around Manhattan then go to one of a dozen house parties on any give night.. The current skate scene might have more refined skaters but the new skate culture is straight up PC garbage..

Steve is legit as a skater can be. Respect.

he's right about everything. from nyc, skated all those spots back in the days.

Love how nostalgic he sounds. Good ole days.

We used to call steve Cave Man. He is so fun to skate with. "its not the destination its the journey." A perfect description of Manhattan skating. you got to give him respect. the guy that answered every nyc skateboarder that was like "fucking zoo york is all we have to represent nyc skating?" fuck that shit. steve shows the world the other side of nyc skating.

it is the journey. remember skating to riverside park from brooklyn, just stoping at spots along the way.

Could listen to this guy talk about historic bumps and ledges all day

Dude is like an encyclopedia of skate history

lovin the throw back to earlier times. now a days there's not much appreciation. everyone's rad these days- but the old timers know what's up... check out ricky o. 's piece it's mad.

this brings back so many memories !

yep..i wento emb my first time in 2016,....just to be there and imagine all the history..it felt cool to be standing there looking at the ground...I wish someone(s) would rebuild EMB as a skate park some where...would be cool....or people should buy EMB and rebuild it as a skate park...if that's possible......I totally missed out when I was younger not going to Emb...bummer

Wish this was longerrrrrrrr

This one almost had me shed a tear. RIP Harlold

much respect

Awesome history lesson.

A historical tour for skaters in NYC. Jah bless.

Driving on the streets in cities is fun, but also fucking dangerous. One lil pebble at the wrong spot, you fly, the cars behind you will roll over you, have fun.

11:30 This is my fuckin spotttttttttttttttt I love NYC, born, raised, will skate here forever

My first ever.board was a 5boronyc. I live in Chicago.

this series is history

Miss meeting up at Astor Place

This was the coolest epicly later'd..

i love hearing this guy talk

Those fountain people are nasty bro

kirk from tx?

Nice video

Oooh Epicly Later'd, why you don't let me study!!! :(

haha i love how the episodes always end with a semi-depressive statement

Cool to see all those spots from a Veteran.

Get up here o’dell... lol just ordering paddy around and stuff

"Am I being pretty negative here? I'm not, It's just more like reality dude."

i skated wit him in albany ny it was sick

This is his city dude.

Zoo Yorks Mixtape Greatest Skate Video of all time!

"Over here O'Dell"

Rip Harold hunter

10:21 photobomb!

7:13 he lands that shit just to immediately eat shit on a pothole. raw

But RIP Harold Hunter, what a fucking legend

Lennie Kirk damn

10:23 that girl in the backround hahah

Kids (1995) Larry Clark Watch It

Zooyork Mixtape... Watch it...

Over her O'dell lmao

I wish I was born in that time.. now a days wherever anyone goes theres always gonna be a kickout or some asshole saying were not aloud there

I was born at the wrong playce in the wrong time...

Thought i was over skating, left it in my teenhood. The love never died. (and im more a blader)

Seaport, pyramid ledges, blah blah blah Water St was the shit.

hah he swears so much ;)

@chetrok1

8 жыл бұрын

oh no its NY tell youre Mom

at the end when steve asks "was it up to par?" that says it all. If you consider all the spots and most of the cops and security guards are preoccupied with other shit. there are no excuses. look at the cali dudes. they are paying off cops and security guards. meanwhile the nyc kids have metal coping on every curb. I was talking to tino razo outside of max fish in 2007 and he admitted to me that he couldnt do a slappy. that blew me away. you have fucking metal coping and you cant slappy?

Lol this guy's so New York hahah amazing