Why Style Matters 2/2 - ON Video Skateboarding Fall 02

[sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit]

Tom Penny's style > All of those skaters' styles

[dmul6789]

this is a really sick video

[einc70]

I remember Lotti from H-Street at the time. I loved his the way he moved. It was just cool...

[alexizc00l]

I'm gonna go grab my board

[SludgePunkGrunge]

Shit man Chris Senn for me along with Trujillo, Busenitz, and Templeton for me.

[pissdrunkerryday]

All Hail Cardiel

[SnifflesAllDay]

Stefan janoski??

[everygreatpowerfalls]

Nyjah huston need to watch this!

[FintonStacks]

Tom Penny= style



[SpitFire8212]

where is peter smolik in this??

[MrBizzmarky76]

There is no style anymore, just boring kickflip robots. Thanks, Rodney.

[milksteak74]

@MrBizzmarky76 How can you say there is no style anymore?

[SlickRick4EVER]

@MrBizzmarky76 I still respect Mullen, regardless. He has his own style... you just don't know it.

[MrBizzmarky76]

@SlickRick4EVER sure he has HIS style which is ok when HE does it, that's what he's always done. It just drives me up a fuckin wall to watch a video part that's just solid kickflips for 5 minutes. I'm an old timer, dude. Tommy Guerrero doing powerslides down a street in SF will always have more style and flow than someone like Rodney doing 360 flips over and over and over and over.

[SwiftySwormsOfSwill]

@MrBizzmarky76 I'm not blaming Rodney. What people do on their own time is their biz. A lot of em are just left to their own devices and peer pressure. How many ways are there to masturbate?

[fyspro]

its so funny how now like everyone just does everything hard gnarly and with style haha

[johnoXdamage]

look now theres millions of kids with grown man style

[matthewjamal]

i think

1) kenny anderson

2) austyna gillete

3) marc johnson

[risingpauler]

fuck mike mo. sick of hearin bout him there are other badass skaters in this world

[SneakerZeeker]

tom penny skated none stop. he would pusssh for days

[ganjacity1]

marc john and pj ladd where the inspiration and motivation that put me in and keep going

[ganjacity1]

marc john

[yezzaa1]

type in mike mo if you wanna see style!!!

[megamatt13]

@yezzaa1 shut up kid

[KuriousJoe1]

@yezzaa1

Not to diss Mike Mo, he is astonishing as a skateboarder, but to be honest I think his skating is far from stylish. Much like P-Rod, PJ Ladd and other so called "text book" skaters before him, their skating is great to watch because they land their tricks with impeccable precision, but that kind of skateboarding, in my opinion, is proof of perfectionism. If you want style, check out Marc Johnson, Luan, Koston, Tony Trujillo, oh and Jimmy Carlin! The list is endless.

[KuriousJoe1]

Oh and check out Neen Williams, the way that guy blasts heelflips is unreal

[16033kd]

@yezzaa1 you wouldnt know style if it fucked you in the ass

[Tampanda]

Gosh, this is a video talking about videos from back in the day and now this vid is ten years old itself

[RaabBlog]

how can you talk about style without even mentioning tom penny? He influenced most of the styles we see today.

[supernewuser]

My top 4 best for style today:

1. Austyn Gillete

2. Chad Tim Tim

3. Lem Villemin

Honorable mentions:

1. Willow

2. Danny Garcia

3. Mark Appleyard

[WFskate4life]

@supernewuser thats only three...

[supernewuser]

@WFskate4life yeah, I meant to hit a 3. Considering how stoned I was when I wrote that I'm actually pretty surprised the list was that good.

[ruggedouttechnicians]

BOOM CHACKA LACKA YO HERE COMES THE CHIEF ROCKA! 

[KingKarnivore]

Best style:

Reynolds

Cardiel

James Hardy... or Jake Donelly... or Chima Ferguson

[KingKarnivore]

@KingKarnivore O yea are Hsu of course, even tho he does not look like he was born on a skateboard. Great style anyway

[bancocarl258]

Best new styles

Elaiah Berle

Wes Kremer

Mike Anderson

[Bendeets]

4:00

[Smeatdawg]

Best Style Today

1) Luan Oliveria

2) Tom Penny

3) Mark Gonzales

[SlickRick4EVER]

@Smeatdawg Luan's more technical than anything. The other two I can agree, but not Luan.

[falleinloveshoes7]

Best styles today

1) Nick Trapasso

2) Austyne Gilliette

3) Neen Williams

Those are my top 3

[matthewjamal]

@falleinloveshoes7 thats a really good list man!

[FreshOuttaJersey]

this may be the best video ever

[ncboi2009]

They were talking about style and people looking natural while skating, and they never spoke about Mullen. What a shame, the best at doing what he does and he doesnt even get mentioned.

[whitehoesanono]

im pretty sure mj is a alien

[snipeshade]

I wish that i could travel back in time to see how it was

[Piscav102]

It's better when you do a easier trick with style than a hard trick that is ugly

[SlickRick4EVER]

@Piscav102 I like this quote! :)

[matthewdw94]

hate it when someone does a trick they think is awesome but it looks like shit

[jjdn43]

Jamie thomas has the best style and does really gnarly grinds down handrails! Style matters but some people try to add style to their tricks to the point that it looks like they're trying so hard to look cool but at the end it was never anything impressive.

[matthewjamal]

just think a decade or two from now we are gonna look back on shane o neil and p rod.

[debaca123]

This really made sence to me because in pro tapes they slow mo thier styal XD

[6rings66]

danny scher , all i have to say on the subject of stlye.

[robertacos23]

Anyone who tries to have style, doesnt. Its all about the natural

[rogerclark1976]

2:48 -2:54

[brodank]

"i wanna see him skate, i wanna see him push!"

[jewfroboy333]

todays style inovaters:

pj ladd, prod, shane oniell, mikemo, respond to this comment if you think of more

[heathshoegaze]

@jewfroboy333 dude why is it all tech shit? mike mo and shane o neill are good but dont have style, dudes like benny fairfax and nestor judkins and shit have style

[SlickRick4EVER]

@heathshoegaze What are you, a skateboarder connoisseur (I can wreck you worse, but I'm being subtle)? My philosophy is to just skate however you feel like you skate. Robot tech style...Gino Iannucci style... Chris Miller style... (fill in the blank) style..... fine. Most importantly... YOUR style. I despise people that dickride others because of their style. This quote = fail.

[heathshoegaze]

@SlickRick4EVER im saying they dont have style because you put them as today's style innovators lol..... not because im being a skateboarder connoisseur.....

[SlickRick4EVER]

@heathshoegaze LOL... SO WHAT!?!?

Let those guys be their followers... everybody has their different mindset on who they like. I like them ALL! . You know what: Why don't you try getting on a pool and skateboarding that? A Vert Ramp? A street? Or just doing it on an even flat surface and be technical (fine tune one's flatground skills? It all has its meanings; -deeply- look for it. I skateboard it ALL. Style? If it comes... it comes. Who cares....

[heathshoegaze]

@SlickRick4EVER lol 

[heathshoegaze]

@SlickRick4EVER well obviously u do care coz u posted a think about todays skate style innovators.

[SlickRick4EVER]

@heathshoegaze I posted a "think"?

[SlickRick4EVER]

@heathshoegaze I'm sorry, but you phrase that a little better so that it makes sense? The only Australian I speak is Fosters. Cool?

[heathshoegaze]

@SlickRick4EVER ahhh man whatever :)

[SlickRick4EVER]

@heathshoegaze No seriously (and sorry for the insult), but why is it that you think that I care about style? You are talking shit about those that have "tech" style like MikeMo and O'Neil (or whatever) and you are the one that is being the connoisseur and talking about how Fairfax has style. Enlighten me with your input. I would like to know.

[heathshoegaze]

@SlickRick4EVER because you posted a comment that is exclusivly about style.

[19splat91]

torey pudwil needs to watch this

[irontrooper321]

@19splat91 lmaooo i thought i was one of the only people that thought torey pudwills goood ass fuck but has shitty style

[13aoliver]

@19splat91 who the fuck cares?pudwill rips

[crazycandycarl16]

@19splat91 To me, style is irrelevant if your kickflip back smiths are fuckin bottom of the ribs high, bruh.

[SlickRick4EVER]

@crazycandycarl16 explain more in detail on what you mean by this

[crazycandycarl16]

@SlickRick4EVER Have you ever watched Torey Pudwills' Battle Commander? People say he has shitty style because his arms go everywhere, but i honestly don't notice it that much because I'm trippin shit on how high he pops his tricks. In his Battle Commander part, he does a kickflip backside smith like four and a half feet up it's super ill. Definitely a part i would recommend you watching.

[SlickRick4EVER]

@crazycandycarl16 Pudwill's technical, plain and simple.

Ask yourself: Is the way he performs his tricks (grinds, whatever...) look effortless and not strenuous? When he balances his tricks, does he have it in check or does he try to work hard just to maintain his balance?

Dude, if you want to know about style, don't look too far to find out the father of it all: Surfing. Look at how a surfer surfs and then you will find out where I am coming from.

[crazycandycarl16]

@SlickRick4EVER Touche'

[techboarder]

one person don't have style.

[bcome82]

what's the song playing 2:17, please need to know

[10menonachest]

i can't relate skateboarding to be "en vogue". when kids mention style at skateparks, i find it bias and lazy. it's an excuse to not learn or try anything new. thrash it or crash it.

[duotone3]

Cant believe that Rodney Mullen wasnt mentioned

[SlickRick4EVER]

@duotone3 Rodney doesn't have style. :(

He has TECHNIQUE, but no style. Why do you think they call Tony Hawk and Rodney "Robots" ? :/

[mikehoncho73]

@SlickRick4EVER THANKYOU sir. i just ran out of characters commenting on the previous vid expressing a similar opinion. i'd rather watch tom penny do a fs flip on transition than mullen spinning around on the fucking flatbottom. or marc johnson bust a superfast tre-flip oozing style vs. a mullen stationary ANYTHING. if you're not rolling anywhere, you aren't really skateboarding. ugly, wack, retarded style isn't very stylish. you are correct, NO style, fullstop. a fucking handstand? really?

[SlickRick4EVER]

@mikehoncho73 -____-

Listen, bud: If it wasn't for Rodney's "stationary anything", street skateboarding would still be NOTHING (or about to BARELY be something). Now if you want to bash cats like Pudwill, by all means, whatever... fine. Can you do a handstand, bro? Try it. It's hard, let me tell you. Mullen's a farcry from being hated. Just try the shit he did in the past and then you would understand - same goes with T. Hawk. Care to discuss this in detail: Drop me an E-mail.

[rreljasaurus]

2:19 (Y)

[stailtoyz]

5:07 best backside flip ever

[EhNoixManolo]

jeffwonsong needs to watch this video

[emericadw]

@EhNoixManolo LOL

[draven860]

93 was the sketchyest year haha

[CoolCarlos213]

This is real talk

[swanseajackwales]

Good vid but where was Penny and Appleyard?

[infinidominion]

@swanseajackwales standard Flip'n it. They're unavialable cave-dwellers....thats what they're sorry about

[999alex9991]

@swanseajackwales it not about who the best skater is about style, they cannot put them all in one video

[adhesiveD32]

@swanseajackwales yes! where the fuck was penny?

[999alex9991]

@swanseajackwales just shut up

[nightshite]

is that it? no prt 3?

[sabo99]

mark appleyard jerry hsu kenny anderson ....talking about style

[alexanderj1986]

such a good point. it doesn't have to be a difficult trick to look good.

for example, reese forbes ollie? thats so rad

[uberblazed421]

Song:Interpol-Untitled

[RELYTTALHCS]

This is a good ass video magazine post more please!!!