Del Mar 1984

[justinmechanic17]

That Mc Twist must have been 3 times as hard to do on that board !

[Dm6Ripper]

Awesome skating! Seeing some of the originators doing what they did and still do best! Thanks to the uploader!

[benaberry]

I had a Losi pool deck, a heart with a knife into it, Hosoi rockets, independent trucks sweet.......not as good as my natas mini, then Jason Lee blind mini cat in the hat board......miss them boards. 

[sleeve318]

at 9:25 tony does a mutt air, tribute to rodney mullen...

[kopingkiller]

hosoi with the bigest airs and the most style

[EricRusselHodgson]

@kopingkiller that, my friend, is not surprising.

[HAPenstance2010]

I'm sorry. It's nice seeing this piece of history, but the Del Mar pool was so boring. Everyone skated it like a half pipe. Constantly back and forth. No carving. No flow to it whatsoever. It's cool seeing the old skating, but what a boring pool.

[london1817]

I was at this contest! ...just watching ..awesome!

[willywonkarocks1]

Is then when Tony was one powell peralta's bones brigade?

[kevinbaconisbest]

@willywonkarocks1 yes :)



[mwhitten77]

Did McGill win this one? Or was it just a demo? Hawk landed something crazy at the very end of his last run, that was "technically" a 540 deg spin, but not a "Mctwist..." I wonder what that trick is called...

[customxke]

@mwhitten77 Tony's trick was a "Unit"...basically a Miller Flip revert, invented by Billy Ruff. If you watch closely, you'll see his front hand on the coping for a split second/ ie 540 frontside invert. Sometimes Hawk's hand would miss the coping and he'd make it, but he never really got above the coping. McGill did the first 540s out over the lip.

[rebusd]

Lance Mountain once said he cried...

history in the making, at any rate... but they should edit this so it happens at 5:40, lol

[fatalcoolfatalcool]

Fuckin' Losi ripped!

[Sreybk]

Chris Miller was once quoted as saying, "I wouldn't even SWIM in Del Mar's pool."

[Randyh9]

@Docmoofesto Yep, I was just wondering what Tony was thinking when he saw McGill land it.

[friendofCHAKA]

I hope someone replicates del mar somewhere in the world!

[streetslasher666]

how come noone liked mcgill?

[lemonite1]

@streetslasher666 McGill was kinda goody goody and he was very competitive. He also had this All American boy image, he looked like he belonged on a football field, not a skatepark. Add all that up and put him in a very Punk Rock/Hardcore Skater era and you get contempt. BTW, this is the earliest video footage of the 540 that I know of.

[nkmcfrln]

@lemonite1 You could accuse him of being dull, but contempt? He didn't bother anybody. He did well to establish himself out of Florida. I remember the Upland contest in 85 and the interviews. What every skater had to say spoke volumes. I was impressed with what McGill had to say. Hosoi was high. Lester was insecure. Powell was cornball but they had merits. They team was taken care of. Look at poor old Duane Peters. Santa Cruz abandoned him. Gator? He needed professional help, not Jesus. Hosoi?

[tonyhawkdelmar]

thanks for uploading

[Randyh9]

Wonder what Tony was thinking at 07:26. I bet I know.

[OldSchoolChinny]

Yep-one of those moments that changed skateboarding forever! Bet Tony thought;"I'd better do a Unit at the end of my next run!"

[lemonite1]

@Randyh9 I saw Tony Hawk trying McTwists at Del Mar over 25 yrs ago. On one attempt, he slammed so hard he just disintegrated on the flat bottom. He could only get them about 2-3 feet out and he spun them flat with his board almost parallel with the ground, weird. He would always bottom out on them. I think either Lester or Phillips were the first to land them after McGill, Christian's?....wow!

[rebusd]

@lemonite1 probably Jeff. While stoned, with a beer in hand. :)