I love how enthusiastic and knowledgeable about skateboard history this guy is. That's when you know a person loves what they do.

@firestem4

4 жыл бұрын

He's a very friendly guy! I just got back into skateboarding and he setup my board.

Fun fact: You guys have a FiberFlex skateboard with Krypyonics on your wall in the Braillehouse... it's the red slalom board near the 5 stair. And I know this because I gave it to you a couple years ago. You're welcome.

@kyleperico

4 жыл бұрын

Nice, it's funny how they have so many boards they didn't even know they had it

@CrashRacknShoot

4 жыл бұрын

@@kyleperico they literally said they had it in this video while looking at said board.

@coiby346

4 жыл бұрын

Where do they mention it?

@kyleperico

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Fabian My bad, I didn't notice it.

@CrashRacknShoot

4 жыл бұрын

@@coiby346 ...really dude?

This is the coolest video you guys have uploaded in a while. Thank you for this

@Skateboarding101

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I agree!

@christermannen

4 жыл бұрын

Agree

@brett_kendrick82

4 жыл бұрын

Oof that's rough. Personally I think every video they upload is the best video ever.

@midway626

4 жыл бұрын

I was about to say that, then i saw your comment lol coolest video ever!!

@carlmichell

4 жыл бұрын

Big facts. I took the time to write this with an xbox controller specifically to help this comment.

You are a legend mate who convinced me to start skating at the age of 42... never thought that two years later I am even on a mission to skate all the skateparks in Portugal and working on a website for the moment with all the spots from Portugal to Morocco. Skateboarding changed my life and a big part of that is thanks to all your videos that convinced met to give skateboarding a try. Who else thinks this channels rock?

@Goachi

4 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@surfandskatebucketlist3565

4 жыл бұрын

quality content guaranteed. love it.

@tuffgongc9

4 жыл бұрын

That's incredible... Someone may have inspired you to get started, but at the end of the day you're the one making it all happen.

@HarounCherif1975

4 жыл бұрын

@@tuffgongc9 yep. That's true. So happy i gave skateboarding a try. Never thought i would get hooked this much. This stuff is addictive!!!

@bigchungus4328

4 жыл бұрын

És de que parte de portugal? (Portugal gang for life)

Come by to skate and get some lessons with me #pushskateboarding

@ordinaryhand

4 жыл бұрын

💔🗺️🛩️💸😭

@kurtownsj00

4 жыл бұрын

Oh snap lessons with the man himself, neat.

14:05 this killed me how casually he just acknowledges the big shoe and then it slams down

So happy to see you guys interview Todd Huber. Todd has helped sooooo many people learn to skate and have a safe and wonderful experience for so many years at Skatelab (RIP) in Simi Valley. Now he continues to keep the history of skateboarding alive and known at the Skateboard Hall of Fame.

@thesaltgrinder8419

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I live in Simi and since skate lab closed this is the best place to skate

@tomarthur7622

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see the former skatelab collection is still up on display. Some of that stuff deserves glass cases, museum treatment.

I actually own one of the oldest skateboards in existence. My grandfather got it years ago. It was a couple of planks. The trucks shouldn't be known as trucks and the wheels are honestly fairly similar style but they're like the toughest callus you could imagine.

@BulletFist

4 жыл бұрын

noice

@ordinaryhand

4 жыл бұрын

you should consider donating it to the museum with your grandfather telling its story. that would make sure it and its story were preserved and other people could appreciate it!

@OhighOSkater

4 жыл бұрын

julie That would be awesome! If OC wants to keep it, it would be really cool if he would record a quick video showing it, so we could all take a look. I’d give the video a like for sure

@OhighOSkater

4 жыл бұрын

julie Maybe even tell the story behind it or have his grandfather tell it. That could be really cool. A little piece of skating history here on KZread

@coorslightyearz

4 жыл бұрын

Same dude. Unfortunately my grandfather is no longer around and wasnt ever able to tell me the story. But it's so crazy sick knowing his mindset led to him making a skateboard back then. I can only imagine the cool shit he would do with it.

1950: people make their own skateboards 2019: Braille makes their own weirdest possible skateboards

@oskargarden4559

4 жыл бұрын

...not at all. They take ideas of other youtubers and screw trucks made for skateboarding to it. They build nothing

@j.w.vanderhorst736

4 жыл бұрын

People make them for them to skate (and most of the time break them)

@oskargarden4559

4 жыл бұрын

J.W. van der Horst .. .. what is your point ?

@oskargarden4559

4 жыл бұрын

.. if you can comprehend simple words... will be able to understand

@lucasfrazier8021

4 жыл бұрын

@@oskargarden4559 the point is people send them nice skateboards and they destroy them, it would be nice to do that but Its sad that they destroy nice skateboards that people sent to them that they paid for and braille destroys them

The skateboard shown at 10:37 has a roller in the trucks to keep the trucks from eroding. This video is amazing

Those birdhouse boards with the original art were amazing!😲😲😲

@kurtownsj00

4 жыл бұрын

Owner mentioned the Hook Ups boards....guess since this is a family friendly channel we missed out on those. :P

@ericholguin6054

4 жыл бұрын

Kurt Stedman lol... those would’ve been siiick!

The way he talks really shows how excited and passionate he is about his shop

After watching this, i looked back on some braille vids to remember what a current skateboard looks like.

I couldn't believe Carlos was leaving. He was one of the best people from Braille. Good luck on your journeys Carlos.🙃

@clairenicholls

4 жыл бұрын

Dirtbike Rider30 ?

@why.limelightxxx9770

4 жыл бұрын

Dirtbike Rider30 How to u know?

@thafoo7076

4 жыл бұрын

Cassie. Vs020 Carlos did a live stream on Instagram stating that he's leaving Braille😭

@stevencooper5235

4 жыл бұрын

wait what!?

@thafoo7076

4 жыл бұрын

Digabyte yep so if you dont see him in videos anymore then you know😭

Aaron when he sees these old boards Aaron: I feel old again

Man.... The stuff sitting in piles..... It hurts my heart. I hope you guys brought back some of those boards to skate.... These videos will exists forever. Skate them while they still exist

Hey guys i got a skateboard yesterday because of you all! Thanks for giving me the confidence to start skating again at 33 years of age. 🙏

What an amazing video! I certainly felt educated and now have more knowledge about skateboards. Thank you, Braille Skateboarding!

Got my first board today and i have had a blast skating it so far, thank you for inspiering me to skate :)

This has to be the coolest and greatest video ive seen for a while, just the history behind it all is amazing

"core" skaters getting triggered when they find out scooters where existing before skateboards where a thing 😂

Seemed like it makes Tod day to show off his stuff. Great video!

Yes Doug!!!

Gotta say I love this channel and it encouraged me to start skating so thank you guys for being so awesome. Keep up the good work

To see some early video recording of skateboards from the 60’s, look up the Jan & Dean song Sidewalk Surfin’ - you won’t be disappointed

@gr8soundzrecords

4 жыл бұрын

Just checked, make sure you watch the 6 minute version on American Bandstand, at the end shows Dean riding around on a really old board and talking about some of the tricks that were popular then!

thats an awesome place. you can tell how excited he gets explaining everything to people. he loves sharing the knowledge.

So cool video and such a big shoutout to you for not letting haters get to you and still stand true to what you believe, that skateboarding is for everyone and that it should be FUN and FRIENDLY. Love to y'all

This man is wonderful. I'm so glad people like him are out there. Thanks for sharing!!!

Great collection. What I remember was that Skateboarding (Sidewalk Surfin) started in 1963 in California and spread to the whole USA in 1964 and later worldwide in 1965. Take it from one who was there. Check out the newly published "The Skateboard Craze Of 1964" on KZread which also include the original Skateboard music.

genuinely love how excited he is to show off his passion and collection

Thanks for uploading this video guys. All that history about skateboarding is so cool! Thanks!

I love how passionate this guy is, absolutely amazing.

Much respect to the skateboard museum. Lovely, just lovely

I want to thank all you guys at braille for helping get into skating you're all such an inspiration to me

Great Dude, awesome collection, thanks for the tour!

What an incredible place. I could watch hours of video from here really showing off everything.

Sweet I recently placed myself on the braille world map it's amazing how many skaters are out there

@senorcastillo8854

4 жыл бұрын

It's growing. I feel like it's going to be mainstream soon.

@JSB-2Z-2K

4 жыл бұрын

@@senorcastillo8854 It is way less popular then in the 90's. Back then it was truly mainstream, scooters where not even a thing, now it's more about scooters being mainstream

@senorcastillo8854

4 жыл бұрын

@@JSB-2Z-2K if we encourage more people to skate. Then we could possibly have less scooters.

Thanks for posting. My Mark Gonzalez looked just like those back in the 80s.

So awesome! Glad you guys shared this.

Skate boarding is so fun I just started

Old guy here, 69 years old. In the 1950's some of my friends removed the crates|handles from their crate style scooters to end up with the first skateboards that I recall. I bought my first skateboard in 1962, with steel wheels, and a couple of years later one with clay wheels. In 1965, I bought a Hobie Super Surfer wooden skateboard and later a Hobie waffle pattern fiberglass skate board, which was concave, and probably the first skateboard that could be considered to have a kick tail and a kick nose. Both of the Hobies used Super Surfer clay wheels and the same or similar trucks. Vita-Pakt was associated with Hobie, but I only recall seeing the Vita-Pakt label on a pack of Hobie clay wheels. Sunkist was associated with Makaha skateboards. In 1972, someone from Blue Cheer (Hobie) saw me on the fiberglass board and asked if they could use it to remake the molds, but by the time I met up with that person again, they had bought one that they wouldn't have to replace. The remolded boards were released around 1975 with "Super Surfer" polyurethane wheels, but they no longer had the center stripe decal which looked like wood with the Hobie logo on it. I bought one of the 1975 remolded boards, and I still have it. It is still working and has the original trucks and wheels (I managed to not lose any ball bearings). The 1965 board is in storage somewhere, but missing threaded inserts used to mount the trucks, and I no longer have the trucks or wheels for it.

I can finally do treflip because of u guys love u guys keep it up🤘

@valeskajones2629

4 жыл бұрын

congrats!!! :DDD

@fridgepuff1722

4 жыл бұрын

Congrats!

@kyushastyle3192

4 жыл бұрын

Cool🛹 ↙️🔄

@raddog1478

4 жыл бұрын

learned lazer flips before i could 360 flip

@campfire8103

4 жыл бұрын

I went through a good 2 years of anger and sweat just trying to 3 flip now they're so easy keep practicing them man

I just realized this is guy to who I sold board on ebay.com . It was on 2017, the board was from USSR. I sent it from Latvia. It was laying on my balkony, I thoght it would be cool to give it a second life. boards brand is RIPO, it was manufactured in Latvia when it was part of USSR, I think, in 80's. I added a letter to packedge, there was written "if you dont like this board, send it to braille skateboarding youtube channel guys''. And now, you visit this place which's adress is next to adress I sent my board. It is breath taking!!!

@mesoc

4 жыл бұрын

nice :)

Wow, that was a great tour! Thanks guys!

Skateboard collection... Wow, just wow..

So cool, and brought back so many memories of skating from my younger years.

Thank you so much for sharing this video! I'll definitely plan this museum in my travel trips!

That Back Room is a-maz-ing .. so much history, some one needs to make a long video with this guy, a wealth of knowledge.

possibly the best video you guys have ever made

Love this guys passion.... you can tell he loves sharing it as well. 🤘

this is so cool! do more of this kinda stuff please!!!

Thanks for everything you do for skateboarding!!! Epic video

I just got my board less then 2 hours ago and I kind of learned from you guys. Thank you!

Very great video and educational. Found a great guy to interview.

I see my old Black Knight w/ clay wheels from 73'. lol. and my fiberglass Bahne from 75'. Cadillac and Metaflex urethane took us places we never could before. Nice museum!

hi, I love your guys videos, they always cheer me up when I get sad or mad. And I always fell inspired to learn tricks. I learned how to pop shuvit from one of your videos

this man is so enthusiastic and has so much interesting stuffs to show and shares his passion. visit him again and make a 3 hour video with him, please.

I’m glad that I’m watching y’all Videos again! 🔥🔥🔥

Landed my first ollie today

@Blue-ju3jo

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao we used to go to school together

@mongo9144

4 жыл бұрын

That’s great! Congrats

@panthr4332

4 жыл бұрын

Well done 👏

@julia_3094

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Congrats

@laurenthompson744

4 жыл бұрын

Mongo thanks!

The passion this dude has for the history of skateboarding and skateboarding in general is amazing.The braille house has to get a board from him to put onthe wall..

Great video! Love the skateboarding history!

This is my hometown! Simi Valley shoutout! I wish you guys had the chance to skate at SkateLab when it was still open.

wow, just wow. cool to see all the memories

I saw that caliber aluminum deck on the wall.. that takes me back.. in '77 I have a board with an metal deck nearly cut my leg off a few times

@brailleskateboarding

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow 😳

I have a first copy of of Cab. I have it signed and coa. And a lonnie toft 8 wheel. Love seeing the Museum footage. Awesome video.

I luv your guys vids learned to Ollie and drop in small drops and kick turn in 5 days

Great video! More of this kind of content!

what a place - amazing project hope this is still there and un-affected by tthe lockdowns.

I remember when it used to be SkateLab!! R.I.P. I’m stoked to see what Todd made it into and is keeping it alive.

LOVE this guys enthusiasm!

Good job guys. The new generation needs to know their history. Do more like this Gabe. Do one on rollerblading and surfing and whatever else you think is cool.

This is sick, I love skateboarding history.

awesome video guys!! piece of history there! flex molds...!!

When I was a kid they didn't have store-bought skateboards yet, so my friends & I made our own. Mine was a wooden 2 x 4 plank, about 18" long, with the skate trucks nailed on with bent-over nails. The wheels were metal. We decorated them by using crayon or thinned oil enamel paint to color in the grain patterns of the wood. They didn't turn. If you wanted to turn you stopped, picked up the board, and re-positioned it in the direction you wanted to go. They made a LOT of noise going down the sidewalks.

This guy makes me want to go out at 4 o clock in the morning just to skate. He is so freaking passionate. I love the video guys!

Such an honor just to be able to see everything there!! Thank you guys!!!

this is place i have to see one time in my life for sure !!!

Absolutely incredible!!! This guy is next level!

keep up the great work with these videos, fascinating stuff here

Awesome.. Thank You.. Much Love

Sucha good flick, thank you, much Love.

This is one of the best SKATEBOARDING video youv made in a longg time

I love this guys passion

I have a lime green fiberglass Bahne there I sold to Todd in 99’ … I wish I kept it, but I kept skating it and every time you pick it up, you get fiberglass in your finger tips ! Drove me nuts.

Epic episode...Thanks for the awesome history lesson.

They still do grass ski tournaments in Central Europe, like in Austria and Switzerland. The rollerskis are still popular in countries that do a lot of cross country skiing. You see it all the time in the outskirts of cities.

this vid is so sick, thank you! i skated in the mid-80s when i was ~10 to 12 years and i was psyched to see the fat, flat boards! 😍 the art and aesthetic of that time is super close to my heart. i especially love old skate videos like alien workshop "memory screen" - the love and dedication and art and actual hours of time that went into those films must have been incredible. i'm sure the museum must have screenings. i wish i could visit! thank you for this peek though! 🌈

@ordinaryhand

4 жыл бұрын

(i started trying to skate again a few years ago and i love it but i'm still terrible!) ☠️

Guys this video has been one of the best one ever...!!! You guys should do a “back to the past” episodes where you guys try out some of the old school boards and old school trick for the younger generation, for they could see how it all began I would love that..!!!! And I know a lot of ppl on you channel would love that as well...!!!

That's right! My hometown Simi valley!!

I live in Santa Cruz and you can find crazy boards and cool little pieces of skateboarding history all over the whole town

Beautiful collection!!!

Amazing collection. No wonder they’re hard to track down... he’s got all of them!

Fun to see That room with all the Oddball weird boards. I remember most those gimmick toys / skateboards. I remember riding most of those that he has in that room.

This dude is so easy! What an awesome collection!!

Well, that's neat. I'll have to add that to my stop-by list next time I'm near LA

This guys passion is really dope.

I bombed a crazy hill on that long red plastic one with the handle. We were having races as kids and someone had one of those so I used it in the race. Cool to see that model again because I often think about that board and wonder how I survived.

wow this was really dope to watch. love the guys energy on this topic

I'll never forget my first skateboard a Sidewalk Surfer my grandfather bought me in a department store Tri City in 1968. It was actually too dangerous at age 8 in 1968. The second board I acquired was a Mickey Bahne from K-mart in 1972. Of course the dream board of 1976 was the Gordon and Smith Fibreflex with Bennett Pro trucks and Road Ryder wheels.

Can't believe i haven't heard about this place, i'm a huge fan of Z-boys and old school skateboarding in general, so i need to visit someday! Cool video guys :)