Skateboard kings 1978 (part 1 of 7)

[rnfr]

this is awesome.

let's crank some munch! haha!!

[Ceevmen]

you guys are dumb as fuck thats how they talked back then.

[quinnb123]

That is Tony Alva. And yes, the seventies were cheesy as hell.

[bronzr4life]

Haha lameee

[stipsazg]

Those guys acts like complete posers, they even talk like fakers.

[StevenATE9]

they're rockin alva shirts

[MrNerdchen]

they look like lord of dogtowns^^

[MrJacobdberry]

@cajun812

Freedom, try it.

[cajun812]

I'm curious...how do these street urchins even have money to eat at a restaurant? I mean, before their overnight popularity? No ambition, lazy, ill-educated. They were worse than most of the marketed crap that passes as entertainment today.

[Xxrealjoke345]

That's rite it is cool growing up in the 70s

[Bojayproductions]

It was cool growing up in the 70s

[dwilmer7]

Pretty sure these lifeforms were called "white-trash" in this era. Notice the primitive vocalizations during feeding time ( 6:10 ) This species went extinct only a few short years later, after hominus-nerdas finished college and then staked out sparse new territories.

[lago4]

sometimes it's hard to tell who's the girl

[poopbutt1805]

@lago4 whatcha talkin about willis?

[whelmers1]

zboys rock

[Olphus]

Spicoli!

[LechurreTv]

los mexicanos tienen que ver con tdo lo de los gringos

q mamada

[iwreckdotcom]

Eat dumb ass  \/

[MsFile1]

Lets crank some munch? what it means

[poopbutt1805]

@MsFile1 TOO EAT.

[MsFile1]

@poopbutt1805 thanks

[poopbutt1805]

@MsFile1 cool stay smart

[Flipszyme]

short shorts ^^ FTW 

[benderbg]

"Skating or surfing.. something constructive" ... I lold :)

[ShakaBer]

traducion espanish please !

[MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881]

It's hard to believe these dude we're actually poor :/ sketchy

[MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881]

@dwayneb9584 Dont forget the bitches and brew

[MrDoMiniCanPrinCe881]

Damn i love this :)

[lostindiancamp]

First reality show. 

[sagasa456]

Dude thanks for uploading all this oldschool shit !!!

[oooodin]

omg never heard of this movie before.tought thrashin was the first skate film..well i guess the net beats vhs sometimes ;-)

73 mod

[rafaelskater4fun]

whooooooaaaa that's just amazing guys!!! thank u for post this video!!! :o

[Flowmaster925]

short shorts no shirt no shoes and a skateboard thats the life

[tatchiwu]

$150,000 in the 70's? thats like 3 million now right?

[dwayneb9584]

Why the fuck was I born in 84, I wish I lived through the 70's It was so fucking bad ass. Skateboarding and Hendrix, what more do you need. Oh yea weed.

[poopbutt1805]

@tomspin42 DAMN RIGHT SKIPPY FUCKING TONY ALVA IS THE MAN

[dvd5623]

When I was 16, my friends and I used to also skateboard in drained out swimming pools, any chance we got. Motels, houses and once in deserted Pool & Jacuzzi store at night barefoot with no pads or helmets in the summer of 78', Skateboard Kings we were indeed....

[skinnyrichard]

:-) soooooooooooo glad i grew up in the seventies,skateboarding was my life for most of that time............loved those carefree not giving a fuck about anything days!!!!!!!!!as the saying went then LSD=London Skates Dominate................you knoooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww­wwww

[santanaincubus]

Cali is where skating was born. T. Al and the Z Boys are the shit.

[xOPTICxAMGx]

the z boys were gods

[debbyu2]

Tony Alva was so hot when he was younger! hahaha

[skatingagain]

I missed the good times of rock and now i realised that i missed the good times of skateboarding

[spacenoise5]

sunny beaches, breakfast, pools, skateboards and mexicans making wheels at a sweat shop! FUCK YEAH CALIFORNIA!! bastards.

[lexiloop1]

Is that girl Tony Alva's sister?

[evacookie913]

@lexiloop1 Yeah, it's Kathy.

[tattootiadog]

what a great way to live

if only we could press pause on time

[debbyu2]

That's Tony Alva! awesome!

[GHrockbandNL]

this is the perfect life!

[RideMyBMW]

Oh sh$#! Sean Penn owes these dudes his fu$#in career! Its Spicolli mon!

[NYdrone]

Thanks a lot for posting this. I really really enjoyed it!

[LuisMayo120]

they all look like girls lol

[schuey999]

@RideMyBMW LOL! Right!!

[samplejunkie84]

Wellll......Lets crank some munch...lol that was tight. 5:10

[sk8erguy011]

@theboofah haha exactly what i was thinking

[akaRHELIK918]

they still sell those kinds of board used in lords of dogtown?

[ODespistadoO2008]

@akaRHELIK918 yep sure, real skateboards r still avaiable for thos who want to have fun and real skating! get a longboard or a mini version of some brands!

[alexrj2]

already the illegal aliens.

[alexrj2]

that's seems another world though.

[TheWoopi]

hahah steel wheels

[fairlystupidjello]

I would've said the same thing as Tony at 4:33 lmao

[moldycheesefarts]

did anyone ever make fun of Tony Alvas hair?

He looked more ridiculous than the average 70s kid

[sateliteoflove202]

"Lets crank some munch"  5:06

[HannesGlans]

My god.

They must smoke a lot of pot.

[TheDogtown1976]

i fuckin wish i grew up in the 70's and skated with them

[detroitckr]

I kill lions and skateboard oldskool

[dslgunner1977]

Damn, I was a todler when this came out! lol

[OnMyTireSwing]

@dslgunner1977 i wasnt even born... in fact this is more than 10 years older than me

[fgordon2012]

This is a terrific video. On instantskate,com there are usually amazing videos.

[Spideredge]

"If you're in dogtown Los Angeles, you ride a skateboard! In...the Twilight Zone!"

[Flakatak76]

LOL "Lets Crank some Munch"

[WatchVenusSpa]

Does anyone have the 1977 World Championships?

[SKOTP69]

My God! This is just so blissfully CLASSIC!

[morrocyclon]

I love the begining. its classic 70's type special effects and music! I grew up half way through the seventies, started off riding a skate on my knees when I was two then evolved to eventually end up on my feet an so on and so on! I got to say that those first six years of my life I can never forget!

[dslgunner1977]

@morrocyclon I was born in '77 and started skating in '82 or '83. I still remember my first board; it was a blue, plastic 'Freeformer,' it was basicly a mini-version of the old freestyle boards, which actually have more in common with today's boards than the ramp/street decks of the 80's, in that the nose and tail are the same size. My first "real" (full-sized) board was an ALVA w/ Gullwing trucks.

[morrocyclon]

@dslgunner1977 Yah I did alot of experimenting whith diffrent types of skateboards, from homemade peices of wood with skate wheels, to them plastic banana shaped skateboards, to them old cheap Bruce Lee skateboards that weighed a ton and where sold a dime a dozen at swap meets. I didnt have money to buy a pro board so I would thrash my homies boards and I think around 87 Some older skater gave me his hand me down Hosoi Street wich he chopped down five inches because I was so small.

[dslgunner1977]

@morrocyclon Yea, same with me. I never got any kind of "allowance" when I was growing up, like some kids did. All my boards came from a friend of mine down the street (except for my plastic 'Freeformer' and a generic 'Spectra' from Sportmart). Me and my friends used to go "garbage Picking," and we actually found alot of really cool stuff. One of my friend's older brothers buildt 10 bicycles all from various bike parts he found in the trash! We used to make go-karts too.

[dslgunner1977]

@morrocyclon Also, when you mentioned home-made skateboards, I remembered my first attempt at at making one when I was 7. My parents had just thrown out an old baby stroller, so I took the wheels from that and I nailed them to the sides of a 2x12(x18long) piece of wood...well, one thing I didn't take into account when I first tried it, was how easily and quickly the wheels rolled, compared to normal skateboard wheels, so I smacked my face right on the concrete! I had a jacked-up face for 3 weeks

[morrocyclon]

@dslgunner1977 "Thats pretty insane bro! Them stroller wheels are pretty treacherous! The craziest thing that would come close to that was when I put some tires of a RC monster truck that I found in an alley on my OJ's 60 wheels (they fit perfect)..Whith them tires, I could ride over loose gravel and on hard dirt but the only prob was that I would lose momentum because of the traction. When we would take a break from skating concrete we would roll down dirt hills. Damn, those were the days.

[RideMyBMW]

Holy sh%$ dudes! I saw this in grade 5 social studies back in '87...Total fu%$in flashback! Whoa!

[morrocyclon]

@RideMyBMW You must have went to rad ass school if they showed you this in social studies! I wish I could have went to a school like that when I was a kid!

[elementska8ter]

The Begining Is Soo Trippy.

[skaterduderatm]

Did billy yuron joined the zboys?

[skaterduderatm]

Did billy yuron last long in the z-boys

[skaterduderatm]

I miss the old days when every one goes outside, go on skate trips across the country but know it's all gadgets

[schuey999]

Is that Jeff Spicolli?

[skaterduderatm]

The best skate video ever

[gangsterdotorgg]

Thumbs up if you were born the wrong time

[animalman1122]

@gangsterdotorgg when i watch this and hear the guys talk, i saw wow im like that too, today no one is like me, im 16 and feel like i need a time machine, the music was better the life was better, people went outside, shit i need a time machine

[DANHANKLE]

Joeyorien is a kook! If Tony Alva, Jay Adams, Stacy Peralta et all didn't "invent" skateboarding as we know it, who the hell did??? One name , I dare you, you can't come up with any cus there wasn't anybody worth mentioning before these cats!!! Truly Kings!!! old fucking kook!

[gangsterdotorgg]

What's the name of this song?

[youTshirts]

alvaaaaaaa!!!

[joeyobrian]

they didnt invent the sport it came in the 60's they were just toddlers then in the 60's man. some other guy did but it wasnt them they invented the tricks and surf manuvers only.

[mjl718]

LOL..."Let's crank some munch!"

[UltimateRocker567]

@mjl718

LoL i said that to my mom she goes "WHAT THE FUCK!"

[nocknights]

"i could go for a skate session!" i know what you mean!

[skategreaser]

Check out the old Alva shirts!

[n0morew0rds]

Freewheelin' 1976

Another good one!

..w/Stacy Peralta

[n0morew0rds]

Please upload...1978

Skateboard: The Movie

w/Leif Garrett/Tony Alva

[WiltatKansas]

That was the best era in USA

[vipergtsr20]

your boys is hot

[OctoBox]

I remember riding on clay wheels.....one tiny pebble and it was launch time. When 'thane wheels came out we went nuts.

I was too young to go with them but my god-sister brought me to a backyard session once or twice. I came home reeking of weed and that was the last time she was allowed to babysit, hahahaha. I was 8 or 9.

[acritarchs]

@OctoBox G'day, i was a bit older so yeah I'm 49 now, and I remember those clay wheels and it amusing to report that on my current Californian Cruz Stik the wheels still lockup on a pebble! But hey ive only broken my left wrist 4 times, what the heck! Angie

[08SORE]

dude tony alva is mexican if you didnt know that

[KellyCurbstommp]

whats the song that starts when they start cruzin?

[SocailQueen]

at first i was like what? Tony alvas mexican? lol

[tom3999]

half mexican lol half californian@SocailQueen 

[SuperJerico23]

try lords of the dogtown

[aaronamccoy]

i was in venice in the 70's..what a place to be, not just skating but for music everything else..

[sk8erguy011]

@aaronamccoy aw dude thats awesome, i bet the whole seen was gnarly

[freqazoidiac]

excellent quality of this video. the one on google has very low res.

Thanks for posting this monster, and is just another Expose where mr.Peralta got some of his film ideas from for the Bones Brigade chapter.

Thanks for posting this not-often-seen classic for us Sk8 heds!!!

[morrocyclon]

0:59 "it was'nt me, it was the one legged skater!" Damn that fucker has some good balance!

[shittyshit69]

@morrocyclon if you can't skate one legged for a while you can't call yourself a skater

[oOTevtronOo]

@morrocyclon I didnt even notice that

[ajr3509]

weird ass music?



[deathbypowerglove]

I love these old skate videos, its not your standard flip in flip out shit. or handrails handrails, it creative.

Not that todays videos are terrible

[unclewiggly4176]

Let's crank some munch!

[JetJockey87]

lol at camerawork @ 1:29... guy in mirror holding camera derrr

[dontay77]

I cant enough of this video. Ive watched it quite a bit....

[acelipes]

sick shit!

[StellaArtois101]

thank you SO much for posting this, you are a god!

[Blimpy360]

I love the 70s see how they all wore those short shorts? I remember everyone wearig them when I lived in Santa Monica back then i miss those days

[fall3nsktr]

dude this is some sick shit where u find it

[FlorrieDugger]

Hey does the intro for this movie, "the world about us" come with the movie, or did you add that?

[gayandblackin1985]

2.08 is troy mc clure narrating this?

[joeyobrian]

hey i still skate like the dogtown crew so it's okay for u to bring those back lol

[killersushi99]

Thats it! Im bringing back the headband and knee high socks. Ok maybe not.

[eatthelivingdead]

@killersushi99 There coming back man

[kerrzo1971]

Hey... what time is it???? 

Its time for a very strong lager and a joint, the breakfast of a true champion.

this is a very cool video. peace.

[Exorcista182]

it's raybans! hahah

[Aivopiirakka]

4:06 what glasses are they?

[Aivopiirakka]

Matches fucking perfectly to what I was looking for! California, summer, cool lifestyle... Man this is something what I call magic!

[nitrovo]

@Aivopiirakka fuck yeah dude, I was born in the wrong place at the wrong time but this video and that whole lifestyle in LA in the 80s with all that skating and sweet punk /thrash bands.

[SnIpPlEt]

@Aivopiirakka Something that i tried last summer.........i TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!!!!!

[morrocyclon]

@Aivopiirakka Yah those where some magical times! Especially out there in Cali!

[y0nNeTte]

@Aivopiirakka what other movies do you recommend beside lords of dogtown and grind -- i've seen those

[itsantamon]

@y0nNeTte street dreams <3

[contact1araya]

Sean Penn ows these guys his fucking life...

[mkcsk8maniac]

2 :55 the kid name bill,his style is as nice as jay adams i guess the zboy's wouldn't skate with any one with a bad style.. i guess?

[trinzeon]

@mkcsk8maniac - yeah - that is Billy Yuron and he rocked it as hard as anyone

[stringslayer]

I wished I lived there.

[auldsk8r]

Surfing and skateboarding, the ideal lifestyle!

[brynot]

East Bay Ray!!

[HeynesProductions]

@S2BRAF

Are you fucking retarded?

[jtw1113]

The dude with the hat that's Paul constantineau they called him corn dog Sid was him at time's in the movie lords of dog town, at the end he was this kid name Dino....dino never skated with the zephyr team but corn dog was there for all the early pool session's....he later skated for g&s fiberflecks.

[thepickupchick]

This video is suuuper cool : D

[BOABRAB666]

wot a dickhead throwing sk8board at a dog the prick id like to see him try that to my dog id cut his baws off loved all these guys till i saw that fools

[santanaincubus]

were they acting? or was this a documentary?

[DoloresDelerious]

i love this

[icarntspel]

hi i'm Troy McClure

[KkbrucekK]

you may no me from such movies as extremely sorry and ride the sky

[FrawstbyteEXG]

@KkbrucekK

And "the erotic awakening of S"

[FAYEandAJ]

@icarntspel you may know me from such educational films, like 'Here Comes The Metric Sysem" or "Led Paint: Delicious But Deadly"

[LinMN1966]

@icarntspel

Yeah, you nailed that, as the replies show! Funny! I sure miss Phil Hartman!

[realisticHomeboy]

me too

[johnplayersstandard]

This is fucking awsome.

[bradleycox91]

haha the music at the beginning is super creepy, this vid seems like it belongs on animal planet

[OnlyMe993]

what year is this??? :D

[cuppycakemunsters]

you must be really stupid because the title of this video says 1978.

[jaydoubleyou23]

theres a difference between being stupid and blind.. ; )

[cuppycakemunsters]

oh shut up, you know what i meant.

[jaydoubleyou23]

hehehe. hey, does anyone have feedback on soft wheels in pools? thinking about trying it.

[bretthss11]

grippier and smoother

[Joeskateapool]

@jaydoubleyou23 the softies will be slower as well.try harder wheels that are dyed,the dye gives the wheels more stickiness than un dyed white wheels so you have the grip of softies and the speed of harder wheels. but its up to you!

[hotforjpn]

Radical Skates=Dogtown Skates... Alva!!! Need I say more???

[shittyshit69]

when he wakes that dude up Alva sez " hurry up, grab that Creedence"

[japanisefishmarket]

how do you prove your a man?

not by waring those fucking shorts...

[dark8lion]

that was just the style back then.

[ratchetrockon]

lets crank some munch!

[alexandrelafaiete]

Z boys?

[LebronBeast23]

zephyr boyz