old school skating circa 1978

[orodriguez69429]

judas priest sucks

[lawnshark19]

Cool i still have shorts and socks like that

[fatalcoolfatalcool]

Those old skateparks back in the day had endless lines!

[tevarekVids]

Tony Alva!!!!

[Grizzly5055]

Cool vid man....I'm old school...49 now...Still got my Alva Board with Trackers and a set of Simms Wheels. I'm glad skaters are looking back to surfin the pavement. Like catchin a cool buzz all over again...Peace

[OldSchoolSkater64]

@Grizzly5055 I still ride that board... I broke one of my original tracker trucks in the late 90's and went with a pair of independent trucks for replacement... Still riding the same set of kryptonics.... Check out my other vids for some old school freestyle done by a 47 year old die hard skater.

[LongboardBail]

@Grizzly5055 my local skate shops sell Alva decks but i dont think there legit.

[DestruidoR530]

0:01 fuck i have that board! :3 and it's awesome

[yoyojamapprentice]

my freinds dad has that exact same bord

[lambrettagfdf]

looks like the old norcon(think that was the name) helmet,i had the blue one in late 70's.

[kskate91]

Did they have OJ wheels and bones back in the 80's?

[GorillaGamingMadness]

awesome! :D

[mushroomsyo]

cool pants bro

[mcxznbv]

so fucking sick. thank you for the upload. so much.

[XvFALLENSKATERvX]

Priest fucking rules

[obsidiandeatheater]

Wasn't alive "back in the day", but I skate old school anyway, it doesn't involve so many rules, it's what skating should be again. People just having fun and not and not letting their ego get in the way of the fun. If you do something that looks cool, do it. Whether it involves touching the ground or not, it doesn't matter, have fun.

[JJJJake124]

@obsidiandeatheater Could not agree more!

[mbot95]

tony's shit.....jay adams ftw

[DJTopp1]

u were really good

[skateboardalldayandn]

I wish skating was still like that these days...

[lalorietas]

tony alva for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ozarkcacti]

"The old school is where it's at bro!" I'm back skating again at 41 with my son and I'm holding up good. Back in the day we skated to rock, metal, and punk/hardcore, it's all good!

[nihonjinonnanochitsu]

@ozarkcacti I owe it all to Bieber.. I can do 720's in the deep in with Bieber blasting through the amps

[aca319ca]

i will guess the wheels are OJ or Bellair Bolts?

[OldSchoolSkater64]

Kyptonic wheels@aca319ca 

[mofopker]

@OldSchoolSkater64 do you still skate?

[rayuptheallie]

I miss old Fun land skate park . We used to rip it up.

[MrTaco905]

my old friend has the board at beginning it was when i was 8 so... ye he didnt skate it he had a zoo york

[Eastsidedan]

Crap music? Is this kid retarded? This song is classic, and so is this skateboarding.

[paolo09tcs]

the wheels looks like a longboard wheel :)

[skumrock]

crap music

[OldSchoolSkater64]

@skumrock ... you must not be a fan of old school rock then... no problem... but not only is it a killer song from "back in the day" but the song title "the ripper" matches the fact that I'm ripping up a skate park.

Peace

[travismartin1278945]

@skumrock The fuck?

[fredothechocolate]

LED ZEPPLIN!!!! u look siick at skating ;]

[hellaFoxy]

I love the style!

[BenDownHill]

where is this???

[calimntgirl34]

they go faster

[yczguy]

Dude I have a Alva board like that.

[killhobo8]

wow i can imagine how much those boards are worth i have an old dogtown suicidal tesions and thats worth 4000 dollars but those have to be wayyyy moree

[spasurfer]

good style

[EazyslashD]

Judas Priest !!!!!!

[bizzurman]

i'm glad skaters don't wear that kinda apparel any more

[mrmogensen]

i just got the exact same deck this christmas! its awesome :D

[Jordan4139]

the ripper!!!! WHOO

[gentritnuhiu]

i got an old school skateboard , i bought that 1 year agoo .. it is fUN with it ..

[alecstewart000]

this is realy fun i have a old skhool skateboard but its got benett truks and wheels with a g&s board but thanks for posting this it brings back happy times.

[midjet401]

nice man. im 13 and jay adams is my hero. put sum recent vids up. keep on rockin

[bcarman14]

@midjet401 seen the lords of dogtown?

[Lengsel7]

Really nice video. That park both sucks, and is really cool at the same time. Great soundtrack too! Cheers! \m/

[ethen24]

I heard those Alva skateboards are worth a lot of money nowadays...

I have a Howell board with Power Paw wheels and Speed Spring trucks myself. Anyone know how much they're worth?

[bobbyhill19899]

depends on condition i guess

[SWSmagnum]

these old school guys thrash modern girls asses

[valtronaatixx]

hehee i just got my own old school skate!

bullet fish style deck and indy trucks!!!! yayyyyy

[Fudruckus]

I see Air Flow. That must be East Cost.

Va Beach skater, Thunder Bowl, Concrete Pipeline, Norfolk skatepark.

[spesqueira73]

This video is seriously awesome the wallride on the garage door is insane. I started skating after the skatepark boom went bust, then street skating was born. Your from the east did you ever ride cherry hill?

favorite*****

[OldSchoolSkater64]

thanks.. you can't tell from the pics but I have a gravel driveway so I lined up a bunch of old plywood and luan pieces to make a runway to that ramp and I had not been on my skateboard for like 6-7 years before that day!! so I was really stoked that I was able to still ride vertical!! I got re-hooked on skating after that and I don't think i've gone more then a few weeks without skating since then!! No I've never skated Cherry Hill...

[USMC77777]

hey buddy you seem to have quite a bit of smarts on boarding i got 2 questions would an old school powell board be able to use on a halfpipe and bowls and 2 what wheels should i use for it regular or longboard wheels answer would be great thanks and keep skating

[OldSchoolSkater64]

I prefere a nice wide board to ride 1/2 pipes and bowls that have vertical so if your old school powell board is wide then it's probably a good choice to start with and for better grip I would go with some softer wheels like the longboarders use. if your board is wide keep in mind that the outer edge of your wheels should be close to even with the edge of the board so you may need some wider trucks....if you want to do flip tricks and slides then a small board and hard wheels are best. peace

[USMC77777]

yea well the reason i choose a old school board was that my feet are size 12 so its probably easier to ride a old school board no i got just one more question should my trucks be tight or loose or is it just a preference thing tnaks

[OldSchoolSkater64]

i think preference and riding type... like for 1/2 pipes just doing 180's and fakie's and other "reverse" momentum tricks then i keep my trucks a little on the tight side (not over tight) but to do some bowl carving i'll want more turning but still firm.... have fun experimenting

[USMC77777]

thanks buddy

[BigFatBlobz]

@USMC77777 if u want to turn more easier choose to lossen them but if u like going just kinda straight then dnt but its best of to lossen the hope this helpd

[MusicFan4202]

NIce man nice

[cs16rlz]

i want 2 get my hands on an old skool sk8board, i want 2 see where i can get one of those in argentina,, there must be a place! 5/5 cool pics man, Kick ass song!!

old skool for ever

[spesqueira73]

Some of the best no-handed airs I've ever seen from this era.

You got a mean edger as well!

KEEP RIPPING!!

[OldSchoolSkater64]

Thanks... I'll keep ripping as long as I can!!!

[sk8erboi4321]

ya thats sweet pics dude back then people skated for fun and not to get cash chicks and to wear the clothes.wish i was born back then hell sometimes i imagine i was a member o the z-boys lol

[OldSchoolSkater64]

yea I miss the old days... everything was way more laid back and like you said we really did skate for fun ...and I do think some skaters still skate for fun these days but alot are doing it for the attention and trying to nail that "big" trick to impress.. and I AM impressed at the stuff thats being done on skateboards these days, it's sick....

[OldSchoolSkater64]

the z-boys were my hero's back in the 70's when I was a subsriber to skateboarder magazine and I would always look forward to that next issue to see more pics from dogtown... to me Alva was king then and he is still kicking ass today ....LONG LIVE THE KING!!

[SniperBarrel]

Awesome pics man... 5*

[Cheddar5279]

Very nice video and good choice in music. u need 2 get ur ps3 fixed so we can rip up some skate 2. its perty fun

[OldSchoolSkater64]

lol i was just agreeing lol

[ruisshoes]

no lol i was just saying lol.

[OldSchoolSkater64]

yes!!  thats the way we did it back then!

[ruisshoes]

thats how u used to ride back in the day.

[OldSchoolSkater64]

yes!!