Wade Speyer - 'Dedication' Think (1998)

[JefferySchmitz]

Rip city period. Speyer is the real deal - he still rips

[thetoole]

I did not know Wade was that good. Does he still skate?

[Petekiv]

To see the greatest skating exhibition, go to: Her name is ms Ann, by Rev. James Manning. He'll explain how to skate! A MUST READ!

[frogmaster5000]

insspirational transition sk8in. top quality goods

[withperfecttiming]

it sucks to me as a kid i didn't respect his skating like i should have. i was one of most kids with the small wheels and big blind jeans. it's not that i should have quit being who i was, just have respect for other skaters that just want to go big and have fun in their own way. immaturity. that's all it was. in hindsight, wade speyer and cardiel (and those guys) are skateboarding legends. it's like you can't see the forest for the trees when you are young. ripping part.

[SwitchRich]

It's always amazed me that Cardiel managed to achieve such fame whereas Speyer never got the recognition that he deserved. In many ways they were very similar skaters and in all honesty I'd say that Wade was the more skillful of the two.

[lamalditawis]

hell yeah wade is so under rated man.. what gnarly skater, lands every trick perfectly with such style!!! makes pool skatin look so easy!

[Ishouldsk8more]

wade rips that spine. great sk8n!

[bigbadwaltone]

damn this video is full of heavyhitters!!! its funny because at the time i didnt want to give credit to this type of skating,i was more into the tech stuff but looking back this is some of the gnarliest shit ever done! wade,phil,dan,pat duffy! sick shit thanks for posting....

[Rufusdos]

There's a Fox (bike equipment company) video with a Speyer part where he shreds that spine ramp possibly even harder than this. Incredible controlled agresssion. He doesn't just 'land' tricks, he eats them alive and wants more.

[20adventures]

proper f%$#ing skateboarding to a proper song that part still holds up today its the styz that all the creatur dudes are tryin to get with Im gonna watchit again

[borntobarge]

park shark

[twentynothing]

wade speyer rules

[TheShooter227]

this guy is the original real deal hessian. speed, gnarliness, and style like no other. i see alot of trujillo in his skating . i know that cardiel deserves his recognition. but wade was there along side of him, but never really got the status like cards. way underated in the skateboaring world.

[Kmarxist]

@TheShooter227 More like you see a lot of Speyer in TRUJILLO's skating. Trujillo is sick for bein all hess and killin it, but you gotta get it right when you say it man.

[jasraboin]

@TheShooter227 I agree

[antman0719]

killin it!!

[tsigr]

Mid 90s skating was no joke.After all the baggy cloths and crazy tech flips died out,out of the ashes came wade,cards,straight raw skating.I feel the wade was way under rated.

[kopry69]

holy shit! that's gnaly...way better than a lot of the new parts these days. 11 years ago, I can't belive it!

[ruga666]

this is me back in my prime

[bolthrower666]

FUCK and YES.

[awsell]

anyone remember his Black Label part where he cleared the truck with Rawhide playing? I still love that. Long live Speyer and skating you can feel.

[jckstnly]

i love that noseblunt transfer slide he does

[Justdabomb2]

I agree this is so sick. I'de way rather watch this than those 'steez kids'.

[GUNTHECRF450R]

haha you are so right... that steez stuff is bullshit... this guy goes big... thats how skating used to be...

[MaydayCavalier]

yeah! what the fuck is this steeze shit?! some ryan sheckler wigger wannabe came up with that in '05 or some shit

miss 90's skateboarding when shit was raw and if you were a pussy you got curb checked! okay maybe you didn't get curb checked but still leave that pussy hip hop shit to people like 50 cent. stop incorporating it into my favorite hobby

[neurocytohemotoxic]

@MaydayCavalier Skateboarding culture is a joke now. I started skatin in '01 and it was way different. The tight pants, nike sb, and oldschool vans trends didn't exist yet. I hate how most kids who skate dress the same. It's fucking stupid. Kid's care more about silly clothing trends than the skateboarding itself.

[MaydayCavalier]

@neurocytohemotoxic sad but true. i stepped on a board in '96 but didn't really get into it until '01 here too man

[neurocytohemotoxic]

@MaydayCavalier How old ru just curious? I'm 19 and started when I was 10.

[MaydayCavalier]

@neurocytohemotoxic i'm 26. didn't really get into it until i was 17

[Sk8erboi0700]

@neurocytohemotoxic I SOOO AGREE WITH YOU! All of these kids in designer skateboard clothes all baggy. or tight jeans and stuff really gets old. If you are really into real skating then who gives a shit about your clothes just throw some walmart clothes on and fucking shred

[neurocytohemotoxic]

@Sk8erboi0700 Yeah brah

[Kmarxist]

@Sk8erboi0700 It's only because skating is so popular now... Clothes are clothes, and it's sick to have your own style... problem is, youngsters don't think for themselves, and you have the X-Games making skateboarding into an EXTREMELY viable commodity. Add water & mix and you have a stagnant trend based climate, perfectly ripe to get played out and reborn again someday... It's not the first time this has happened to skateboarding. Que Serra Serra.

[Kamisguitar]

@neurocytohemotoxic Always gonna be a style around the sport. I started in 2001 too, when i was 12 and every kid was wearing the 90's baggy pants still. I got into biking after 5 years and wore tight jeans to not get caught in my chain but I wore them skating too. Now kids still dress like i did 4 years ago except back then i was one of the only guys wearing them

[MaydayCavalier]

i can't tell you how much i hate the "steeze kids". very much so

[elementskater99929]

its my teachers ex husband

[loyolaordep]

1:34

[krinkmop]

i'm pumped someone posted this. i had this on vhs days ago and this was my favorite part.

[nocomplyimpossible]

Savage, gave it socks!

[recframe]

0:58 crazy

[dedricthere]

One of the gnarliest transition skater ever. So fuckin' original with his lines...Great stuff.

[dedricthere]

THE FU !!!!!!

[Joshizal]

oh man that is ine of the coolest minis ever and he tottally destroyed it

[robertburnz]

So gnarly

[planbdud]

i know wade speyer personaly

[canoprais]

master style motherfucker!!!!

[madmikeF]

One time I had a Wade Speyer skateboard.

[atelak666]

does anyone know where the am section footage from this video is and where i could find it?

[slothmoss]

frontside disasters!!!!!

[bigbabyjesusaddf]

used too .. fuckin ripped shit on the label kills video .. drove a fuckin transport and all hahaha

[samuraijackson09]

no,krooked.

[durtaypamp]

this guy is the fucking man

[bolthrower666]

Made my fuckin year.

[monigote]

Awesome, can you post Jesse Paez's part from the same video. Whatever happened to him? Thanks man.

[blahblah6565]

thanks

[blahblah6565]

can someone tell me the song? it sounds like something from an old tony hawk game

[user8018]

fuck sake!!!!!!

[akayo1]

thank you

[terrillschmidt]

the f-ing man...