1995 New School Pete Mihalenko Superskunk Skateboard Deck
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Santa Cruz Israel Forbes 'Reading Girl' Skateboard Deck
Per the request of 90's Skateboard Nostalgia reader ewc256 Here is an image of the Santa Cruz Israel Forbes 'Reading Girl' deck from the Winter 95/96 CCS Catalog. Thank you for following and supporting this blog.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Kids (1995)
The Film Kids Came out in 1995 and it caused a lot of controversy due the mature subject of the film following two New York Street kids(Leo Fitzpatrick and Justin Pierce) throughout a single day in NYC. Of All the films of the time that seeked to capture what teenage Skate culture was like in the 90's This film is the absolute most accurate and It scared a lot of people. The Late Justin pierce and Harold Hunter both have substantial roles in the film as well as many other recognizablle skateboarders of the era. The soundtrack to this film was pretty decent, as well, listening to it in 2020 brings back a lot of hazy memories of making bongs in my room out of vases and partaking in other general juvenile deliquency. This film is an absolute classic and sybolizes a pivotal moment in 1990's street and skateboarding culture.
Top 5 Most Iconic Skate Spots of The 1990's
Skate spots come and go. Some get demolished and others just get played out. I've compiled a list of the top skate spots of the 1990's. Here is my list ranked in no particular order. Enjoy! Can you think of any others? Post your suggestions in the comments!
#1 Burnside Park - Portland, Oegon
#2 Brooklyn Banks - Brooklyn, New York
#3 Santa Rosa Skatepark, Santa Rosa, California
#4 Love Park - Philly, PA
#5 - The EMB - San Franciso, CA
Seeking Skateboarding Footage For Videos
I've decided to use my video editing talents to reach out to the skateboarding community. I'm currently in search of skateboarding footage that I can edit into short skate videos for use on this blog .I'm also putting together a shoestring custom skateboard company called "Inimical Skateboards" and possibilities of sponsoring amateur skaters that fit into the brand's image may be in the future. Skateboarding footage can be submitted by using the following link: https://www.fiverr.com/share/QrK99j
The Significance of The Hubba Hideout in Skateboarding.
This is a sweet little mini doc about the legendary 90's San Francisco skate spot 'The Hubba Hideout". If you were skating in the 90's you remember the Hubba Hideout being featured in just about every skateboard magazine and video.
Thursday, November 12, 2020
The Time I met Rob Dydrek in 1997
It was 1997 and I was in Dayton Ohio visiting my dad. My stepbrother's best-friend's older brother was the sales manager for Alien Workshop and the Alien Workshop skate team was coming through town on the Timecode Tour.Lennie Kirk was scheduled to stay at my stepbrother's friend's house in Troy, Ohio. I was 14 years-old and stoked af. I got to spend a day skateboarding with Lennie Kirk who was recovering from brain damage after taking a hard spill trying to grind a dumpster. Lennie was going through a hardcore Christain phase in life and was on a Jesus trip the whole time and any conversation with him was bound to turn into a sermon. We took him around Troy which doesn't really have much to offer in terms of skate spots but Southern Ohio isn't really known as a concrete wonderland. There was a skate demo scheduled at Ohio Surf and Skate and the whole Alien Workshop Pro Team was going to be there. I ended up going with my stepbrother's friend's brother's little skate crew and everyone was there, Fred Gull, Mike Hayes, Josh Kalis, Rob Dydrek, everyone. Being a kid from a small town in Northern California being able to hang out and skate with the pros was like a dream come true. Kids were going up to the team and getting their promotional posters signed and I was told to doi the same. I skated up to Rob Dydrek and asked him to please sign my poster. He paused and sized me up and noticed that I was wearing a Media skateboards T-Shirt. Dydrek scoffed and said, "Media?!? What? Did your mom buy you that shirt?" I felt slightly insulted and began to wonder if I was about to have to fight this 22 year old dude that was standing eye-to-eye with me, a 14 year-old kid that couldn't have stood over 5'6" tall? I know it sounds dramatic but at 14 I was actually a pretty dangerous kid with a fuse shorter than Rob Dydrek himself. Everyone else there was cool as hell to me. Mike Hayes passed me his cigarette and dapped me then started doing 5-0 grinds over the pyramid box, Kalis was cool to me, everyone was cool to me but Rob Dyrdek was an asshole and I never forgot that. Years later this dude gets a show on MTV and I realized, that's just what he's like, a short little skater dude from Ohio with a bad attitude. He was basically talking to me the same way he talks to his little cousin I got older, I got over it.But yeah, Rob Dyrdek is a midget asshole and Lennie Kirk is in prison the last I heard for armed robbery in San Francisco. I still own my Alien Workshop 1997 Timecode Tour signed promo poster signed by the entire team. I wonder what I can get for it on eBay?
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