I'm learning so much about skateboard history with these. RIP Grosso

@Dreadz530

Жыл бұрын

Is he the guy in the last part? I only ask becuase the dude with the beanie is a known and proud piece of shit white power. He even is the lead singer in a white power band or was. I just watched a doc all about his Nazi ass.

@KidxChaos01

9 ай бұрын

Same man

@KidxChaos01

9 ай бұрын

RIP Grosso

Im afraid the Indy crew might beat me up, since my dad is long time Indy rider from 70's, 80's, 90's and now. I threw on a pair of Gullwing Pro 3's on my setup and I got a dirty look from my dad.

@dxmanforlife

4 жыл бұрын

Best comment.

@xisotopex

3 жыл бұрын

who is your dad? hope he still skates. it will keep you young or kill you.

@generalpolaris1778

3 жыл бұрын

@@xisotopex hes gonna be 55 in september, skating since 74 and hasn't stopped since. I still skate with him to this day

@samstoner4984

3 жыл бұрын

That's funny

@fabiendecker4936

2 жыл бұрын

Your dad rips. You should follow his path, Indy for life. Nice day to the family !

Seriously thanks Jeff and VANS for keeping the Loveletter's going, I always look forward to the next episode!

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Be sure to hit that subscribe button on the channel main page in order to stay in the 'know' for all new clips! Since you liked Jeff's series, you might like this playlist too: bit.ly/1izd3DX

Jeff lived a ROUGH life, but that only makes these more sincere. He truly, truly loved skating.

Im 62yrs and first skateboard was a fence paling with a pair of cut skates shoes . We use do go to the steepest hill which was like 1/2 k of 70 degree death broke my arm trying to go straight down got the death woobles right at the bottom was going warp speed . To this day my mates still talk about how fast l was going .Killer experience l ended up surfing everyday but love skakeboarding still

16:07 I think Daewon would disagree lol

6:06 Jeff’s sweet and stupid mug smiling LOVING his skateboarding conversations.... hahaha makes me smile and feel all fuzzy inside 😊 When he listened to skates stuff I loved it! RIP IN PEACE YOU GINGER BITCH! We all love and miss ya!!

Shitty morning but a Loveletters episode makes my day

@darthtortugas

8 жыл бұрын

I always smile when I see a new video in my stream.

@gavinsalas3585

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you had a good day man

@SuperJulio2008

2 жыл бұрын

@@gavinsalas3585 hope you’ve had a great week!

Those og krux mirror finish were the best trucks I've ever rode.... every pair of ventures I've ever had the hanger cracked down the middle

Grosso’s reaction to the E-Clips was priceless

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

I'm amazed that Hawk doesn't know the difference between nuts and bolts .

Jeff makes any day a good day in my book! glad to see him alive and healthy, pic show….love it!!

The sound of grinding trucks makes me tingly inside

Had those titan ti lights. Kept having axle slip. Worked in a machine shop at the time ended up re centering the axle and tapping a set screw into the axle and they were the lightest trucks I could find.

Even back in the early 90s indies were the goats. We all gravitated towards that product not sure why or because everybody was getting it. Thanks for going on record for generations to come. All these guys are legends. That's before the bones brigades craze.

Crazy how there’s been over 25-50+ truck companies. Keep on keepin on

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

And some of them made a really good product . Having a good product doesn't equal success . Independent made crappy trucks for decades .

Jeff Kendall needs to be on loveletters

No one talks about skating the way Grosso does, can't get enough of this stuff and i'm always on the search for more in depth skate history/lore/anything cool, kind of stuff

Thank you for multiple eargasms around minute 6

@Psymon1471

7 жыл бұрын

that monty climax THROUGH the death box!

@morty_falch8049

7 жыл бұрын

kkkkkkkkkk heck yeahh

Personally, Thunder trucks are my favorite street trucks. Perfect sweet spot regarding weight, durability, grind surface.

I still have Indys, trackers, and gullwings that I skate. love them all.

I feel like hearing and watching people grind makes me wanna go skate more then watching flip tricks and gaps

Lance Mountain,skateboarder and damn fine human being.

Love the C.H.i.P.s. insert at 7:24!

5:39 absolute music to my ears

I remember Tracker trucks with the plastic base. Those models sucked because they would crack and stick when grinding. Indy and Venture would grind the best for me. Skated in Fresno, CA back in the 80’s. My homeboys and I were the first to grind all of the curbs. The old days! Thanks for the video.

@franciscoduarte1925

11 ай бұрын

I got a magnesium tracker nylon base.....rode 1 time.. broke my arm......back to Indy.

Jeff Kendall needs an entire Letters dedication!

@eight_hundred_eighteen

6 жыл бұрын

Ezra Richards watch the love letter to Steve Caballero

for me, I always loved INDY, THUNDER, & VENTURE. but for some ungodly reason, I always ended up with TRACKER. mind you, I NEVER bought a single set, but somehow I always ended up with a bunch of TRACKERS. I really appreciated the rubber base plates because I went through some base plates, but no one mentioned the 1 OBVIOUS problem with TRACKER.....the fvkkin' axles would slide inside of the hangars so 1 wheel would become super tight while the other 1 would become super loose & you'd ALWAYS have to bang the axles back into position just to roll. I know i'm not the only 1 to ever have to deal with that.

@deadbeat-vc9kg

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what happened to all my friends who rode Trackers. They broke their base plates and had to bang their axles on the curb once in a while to fix their wheels.😂

Beautiful show.

Man, I fucking love the Letters! Best episode in a while! Can't wait for part 2 of Truck Wars!

Dame that was one of the best ones yet... edit wise. I LOVE THESE!!!

That grind compilation is not something I need I needed

This is one of the best Loveletters yet.

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

Hi +skategreaser, so stoked you enjoyed! Check back for Truck Wars Part 2 on 8/11. Meanwhile, check out more Grosso clips, here: bit.ly/2a950RM

Grosso is a classic... "sun and fun"... he cant really be dead...

Wow that bs smith by Dylan. Rip

@evanbeavis4665

6 жыл бұрын

sadiq carrington is called a monty grind there a love letter on it

@fuckyshityfuckshit

5 жыл бұрын

Dude slayed on transition.

@sulfurcorpse4335

4 жыл бұрын

RIP grosso.

@Tricklarock

4 жыл бұрын

Riiight!?! It almost looks like he intended to stop at the death box to make it even gnarlier?

My first trucks were Trackers, back in the '87. Now I went and bought a new pair of trucks just yesterday and so be it, that they happen to be Indys. Nice coincidence in light of this episode. :)

Such well put together shows. Take a bow

best luv letter ever espied b/c jeff air it on my Birthday thanks

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday Jarrell! Glad you enjoyed Truck Wars: Part 1! Truck Wars: Part 2 is going to air on Thursday, August 11th! Make sure to check back! Until then, you can find more Loveletters here: bit.ly/29SdQDy

Favorite show

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

Hey Joe! Thanks so much for watching the Loveletters with Jeff Grosso! The next episode will air on 8/11, so be sure to check back! Meanwhile, check out his Lovenotes, here: bit.ly/29SdQDy

After almost 2 years of learning as much as I could in my driveway and neighborhood streets on a fucking Nash Executioner, I had finally saved up enough for a real set up that I could bring to a local spot and skate without ridicule. I ordered and Adam McNatt complete from Skully Bros. It showed up and I spent another week getting the nerve to actually show up to the curbs & loading docks behind Longs Drugs. I finally gathered up enough testicular fortitude to roll up. The last thing I was thinking about was that I was riding Gullwings...and that was the day I learned how serious Northern Californians take their trucks. After a few days of going through the motions the local crew realized that I was not going to go away. One of the older kids gave me his old Indy's and the world kept on turning.

these letters will live on forever

came back for the truck noise montage 5:57

jason jesse, what a man.

@vans

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Vincent! We're glad you enjoyed! Don't miss out on the most recent Grosso episode, here: bit.ly/2bR4KVm

No single mention of G&S chromolly trucks? Late 80s I loved those, grind like no tomorrow, could turn great even when tight. Didn't last long, so I went back to Indy after a few sets, but aside from the fact that they didn't last, they were the best functioning truck in my opinion.

Would be rad if we could get all these Love Letter's compiled on a DVD!

@vans

7 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome! Thanks for watching, Lyndon! You can always watch all the Loveletters episodes, here: bit.ly/2bGui9o

@cron205

6 жыл бұрын

LyndonTCorbett I totally agree VHS would be SANO RAD too

@cron205

6 жыл бұрын

Vans put out DVD's of this show

@sarahpottshaynes8150

4 жыл бұрын

💘

I hope they talk about Crail Trucks in part 2. 26 years and they are still going strong! Solid team with Lincoln Ueda and Leticia Bufoni on it and they were big in late 90s and early 00s with the World Cups and ads in US and European mags.

Bless the editor of this video, the visual references please my feeble, millennial brain.

Gullwing Magnesiums were pretty cool to see in action. They sparked a little and smelled like an electrical fire.

@cron205

6 жыл бұрын

ErgoCogita GULLWINGS RULE😎

I really want to skate one of those 80s boards to see what it feels like

In part 2, could you guys address the size change of baseplates that seemed to have happened at some point in the 90s? I've always been curious to understand why from a design perspective that they got smaller.

@frankiegamboa7240

5 жыл бұрын

nose slides/ tail slides would destroy base plates at that time period beefed em up to save the pivot point and to modernize bolt patterns

love grosso and loveletters !! :D

Great idea to go into equipment. I wonder if you could do an episode on wheels or bearings or even griptape?

@NoBrakes23

8 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping that's where he heads with this.

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

A love letter to bearings or griptape ?!! Fug no 🤣🤣🤣

@ccollins125

Жыл бұрын

@@jimmytgoose476 Grip tape jobs are serious business

Indy for life!!

All that grinding was music to my ears

so sick thank you

LOVE LETTERS RULE!!!!...such good watching and history channel of skateboarding!

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

What's up, Daniel! Thanks so much for watching! Check out more of Jeff Grosso's awesome skateboarding history, here: bit.ly/2a950RM

@danieldrkness7489

8 жыл бұрын

Vans!!!..seen them all!..too good!..I wait for the new ones and check in each week!..love your work!

just when you thought the letters couldnt get better, it does! best part. jeff and jason smoking. jeff or jason should have their own show like B~Reals smoke box.... I wonder if those crazy round G&S trucks will make the next episode?

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

Smoking is for fucking idiots .

can't wait for the next episodes I watch them all.

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, Peter! Thanks so much for continuing to watch! The next Loveletters episode comes out on 8/11, so be sure to check back. Meanwhile, check out this Love Notes episode, here: bit.ly/2aJJm6p

@peterjones9646

8 жыл бұрын

Heck yes!

ran into Jason Jesse at Venice Skatepark "Out of the Blue ", it was Great to see him after all these years!

@jasonchuckmars5037

8 жыл бұрын

Jesse in indys nodoubt

@AUTOPSY666

2 жыл бұрын

Jessee

Godbless skateboarding and its history

I had a set of tracker ultralights..... a nd would snap kingpins and be unable to ride until I could afford a replacement base. My dad drilled put the base to remove the king pin and we went to the hardware store and bought upgraded bolts. I eventually swapped to indy with a set of red trucks that I ground to the axle. They looked dope.

I remember back in the day Gullwing came out with super flyweights or something like that. it was a black plastic base to replace to make them lighter.

Went to the az liquor store one time in Victorville yo but a pbr and while skating the parking lot I lost my axle nut and fuxkin used the beet tab off the pbr as a clip thing like hawk was talking about to make it home. Worked great

thank goodness i was wondering when the next episode for the loveletters to skateboarding was gonna happen EL heavy grosso is Da Man the legend the skateboarder RAD DOG and GOD

I skated 30 plus years.rode independent that's it...going out this summer I'm 47 years old had a stroke 3 years ago.it's my passion.SKATE

Best video in world history

I’ve been a thunder guy from 2011-2019. I picked up a pair on Aces and I love them. I want to try some 159 indys next

@bassmanoper6659

2 жыл бұрын

Trendy guy...i want to try aces tho

Ventures were my truck of choice in the 90s

1:39. 🤣🤣🤣 FUCKKK’N LOVE YOU DUDE !

Losi is a beast. Indy for life. Thunder on the long board. I fall more on the long board but pretty fun. Bumps & bruises. Element. Prob 25 yrs old.

6:20 dylan has so much style!

Gullwing super pro 3 had a pair in the late 80's loved them,now Destructo I run and there pretty good.

@skooli2

8 жыл бұрын

I kept breaking kingpins on GW Super Pro 3's. Some kid left a Caballero with Indys on it at my house around that time, and I've been on Indys since.

Not even a minute in and I had already fell in love with this episode 0:47 that fucking adolescent pre-testicle drop battle cry was everything.

Hey, can we go back to that Indy ad real quick??

This show rules.

Indy 169s with a Grind King kingpin and Supercush bushings on a 1" Cell block. Now that's Oldskool!

@thehappyhandler827

8 жыл бұрын

cellblock risers lol

@jasonchuckmars5037

8 жыл бұрын

169$ RULED tracker in the late 70s took over but Indy soon took over imo all the badasses rode indys

@jasonchuckmars5037

8 жыл бұрын

hell yea myfriend those were the dayz

@sofa_king_gnarly6166

8 жыл бұрын

Sk8-4-life!

@jasonchuckmars5037

8 жыл бұрын

Definite lifer

Monster trucks heath kirchart as the ambassador , I had a pair

I know that anxiety when getting new trucks. I just bought my first pair (Thunders) in about 4 plus years. At least I have my old bushings though. P.s, boil your new bushings for a few minutes, idk it just works.

jeff was fuckin narly and he always will be inside our hearts

Tracker Agro`s...best trucks EVER!!!

Lance is Awesome! He reminds me of Oscar the Grouch sometimes. Rest in Reeses Pieces Jeff.

Steve Olsen is so hilarious. He just talks like skate god :D

Cutter trucks from La Jolla, San Diego. Chris Cook put me on their team. Good Trucks !

I had all your boards skating Upland pipe growing up there. Tried most of them ended up Tracker with Oj 2’s one small riser and any board left!

I use to ride indie on the back tracker on the front. Back in fish boards nice setup.

@jimmytgoose476

Жыл бұрын

I bet it handled like a fork lift truck 😃

Didn't even mention Destructos, they had pretty sick team as well and I really like the ones I am riding.

@skulleagletartat

8 жыл бұрын

renaldis, was that a truck, too?

@Mockyovelli

8 жыл бұрын

Web Trucks and Kreeper

@MilkSteak23

8 жыл бұрын

oh shit I used to rock Destructos, I remember they had so much room to grind down before you got to the king pin. I was disappointed in the one pair of Fury trucks I got, the bushings were so soft they squished out the sides when I tightened them. P.S Tensor trucks sucked and I forgot about how many trucks in my day came and went like Ruckus, Monster, Kreper etc. Sorry nostalgia got me rambling.

You guys are so ****ING RAD ! Don't stop doing what you do

Dude LANCE hit it right on the head . Yo to me these guys where my freaking HEROS . Even when VERT went unpopular I still wanted to ride VERT ! Those dudes were gnarly and all you had to do to shut a mofo up was to tell that person to drop in a 12 ft. Ramp . People tired of it cause they couldn’t do it. I was into street and I moved to CLEARWATER for a short time and there was a indoor skate ramp with mini and vert ramp. It was gnarly. I learned a lot there and when I ca,e back to NY my style was so much bigger and better.

Venture was all I would ride in the 90s. Later I branched out to independent and Tensor.

No one is going to talk about Fury trucks late 90s early 2000s? They were great.

Lazers were very good, and had a bunch of extra metal on too to grind off before you get to the axel...

I love ventures

fucccck love thi shit thankkkkkks Grosssssoo and Vans ur legends

I love the loveletters

@vans

8 жыл бұрын

We love you! Thanks for watching, John 117! Truck Wars Part 2 comes out this Thursday, so be sure to check back! Meanwhile, watch more Jeff Grosso videos, here: bit.ly/2aEtmj5

@1ironaut538

8 жыл бұрын

+Vans haha yes I've probably seen it but I will check it out! i honestly don't even skate, I mountain bike and mostly ski, but I love the history of skateboarding and how the jeff grosso episodes illustate it. never stop producing this shit it is fucking fascinating and forever entertaining. love jeff and these episodes

It's sad they had to get rid of the iron cross because it's a great example of how you can ascribe positive to an evil symbol and change the perception of it, as kid this was the Indy truck logo before history class taught me it meant something else but didn't also explain the counter cultural significance

i had a red pair of web trucks when i was a kid cant really remember them all that much aside from the front truck breaking

I just skate Ventures and Independents. Venture started out as the cheap version of the Independent truck. Both are good.

oh man this was so gnarly

@vans

7 жыл бұрын

We're stoked you enjoyed, stewietk! Can't get enough? Check out more of Grosso and his loveletters to skateboarding, here: bit.ly/2bnMaTq

@stewietk

7 жыл бұрын

+Vans I've watched them all ahaa

Where can I get Steve Caballero's t-shirt .. ? Love it !!

Yo that backtail Ben Schroeder did was like from the future. Looks like it was filmed yesterday with a hi 8 cam.

My first pair were Gullwing. But I'm an Indy guy till death. When I was a kid, we all thought Trackers were hollow... or soft!