Man that is some classic footage right there. Spirit of 79 forever!

That's freaky. I was there on that day. Aug/Sept 1978. I was 14. Met Tom Simms and Stacy, Frank Blood and George Olsen. Thanks for this.

I was there as well .. truly amazing, I'll never forget it - really a NorCal vs SoCal shootout!!

Skating from 75-76 to 79 took a huge step forward. Like two completely different things

@GJ0KYZ

5 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. I began skating in '76 and what we were doing back then seems prehistoric to what TA is doing here.

Those were the days, remember it like it was yesterday. Up in the Bay and the Inland Empire, Badlands we were Gods. Santa Monica not so much.

@Yourmommais

3 ай бұрын

Whatever...you guys sucked back then. Rodney Mullen is God. Fuck a Tony Alva

@Yourmommais

3 ай бұрын

Fucking dorks

Great memories. I wish they had filmed some of us women.

I don’t remember this key hole? I remember the washboard, some egg bowl, and a long half pipe that wasn’t really rideable. The viewing decks were cool at WSP. I remember getting a Pegasus “rocker” board, Bennett Hi Jackers, and PowerFlex 3’s or 4’s at Gremic’s skate shop in Los Gatos. Skateboard shops have a unique smell to them. There also was a Van’s shoe store at “Beta” in Almaden. I liked hanging out at Almaden Valley Bike Shop, talking to Mrs. Ruffner. She was a neat lady. Man, it was great growing up in Almaden in the 70’s-80’s!

@martinSWE

6 ай бұрын

The Keyhole, was in left corner of the park next to the clover bowl You had to come close to see it was not meny skater could skate it .

Blackhawk was banned from Winchester for ripping through park with no helmet. The Blackhart van was notorious for weed and free stickers . 1980

wow

as a 13 year old I thought Blackheart was the coolest. smokin thai

Wally!

Is this your footage from back in the day?

@martinSWE

Жыл бұрын

Yes i was there that day, with father super8, only had one film

@anthonychihuahua

Жыл бұрын

@@martinSWE Much appreciated for showing this, my friend. I have one 8mm reel of when Tony Alva and some of his team visited our skate shop, Imi Jimi, in Denver, Colorado in 1987, and we fully shredded a local pool. I was on Alva's "B-team" and only 16 at the time. Good memories.

@anthonychihuahua

Жыл бұрын

Are you the legendary Eddie Elguera, "El Gato", himself, El Gato Classics?! I have a copy of EVERY Thrasher magazine from the very beginning until 1990, my high school graduation year. I'm certain you're in one somewhere and now just need your autograph to make that issue unique! No kidding!

@eddieelguera9826

Жыл бұрын

@@martinSWE do you have an email?

@martinSWE

Жыл бұрын

@@eddieelguera9826 Yes It is martinbjk@gmail.com

I think salba won

get a new cameraman