How To Skateboard Like Tony Alva

[winter11911]

just watched a movie about him and how he got famous and his childhood with his friends



[HaNdsoFBLoodCss]

music ?

[mikev4evaskater666]

is that why lizard king is pro. hes very passionate XP

[allabastormaroe]

@mikev4evaskater666 antwaun too. passionate about what.. i'll never know.

[cmonty72]

Alva said "like a pro" not "like me". Alva knows everybody has their own style.

[WenwestartMAKINGfire]

i honestly find the whole short board style better and try to twist and turn and hills and skating bowls. but what makes me laugh is that Alva back in the day was all about ego and looking cool...even legends grow up i guess.

[Jrredwing8]

TA looks bored

[liveliberal]

9 people are posers

[lazerman22314]

Only thing i fear about starting to skate... IS being called a poser. I want to get into it. i just don't want to be labeled as a poser.

[TheBullShitaki]

@lazerman22314 Why would you be labeled a poser? Everyone starts out at somepoint..

[plou0018]

@lazerman22314 Then get into it and stop whining or you'll just be a poser who never even started.

[smartijn]

sinds when is TOny alva a half pipe, and street skater.. doing ollies en kickflips...

[ballennick33]

LORDS OF DOGTOWN!!!

[Chrisofwowjr]

I'd rather skate like mullen

[CLGoldman]

Nobody can skate like Alva...Nobody. PERIOD!

[slapandskate]

im pretty sure tony alva didnt do kickflips, i was hopinng this vid would show his techniques and the stuff him and jay adams did in dog town

[TheExtremeAnimefreak]

o-O Curving.. Beginner, okay wtf? XD I can't even skateboard without falling flat on my face. :3 

[danpark22]

IM SORRY BUT THERE IS NO WAY U CAN SKATE LIKE ALVA THE BEST SKATEBOARDER ALIVE

[krankskates]

@danpark22 alva is far from the best skateboarder alive. him and the z boyz r just a MASSIVE part of skateboardings history, yes he was the best or one of the best, but id like to c how well he does in a modern day competion. against the likes of todays pros.

[RobinHestadNilsen]

OK, "dont controlled by you're ego" look who's talking

[nolimitsdist]

Tony Alva Is a Monster.. Great attitude real advise. Not just ability, dedication and loyalty. It takes a certain breed to be a skater.

[skatethehouse999]

you dont skate like tony alva.....nobody can or ever will he is just too good

[Bonkatronicks]

@skatethehouse999 i'd beg to differ...has hes ever been to x games?

[riotgrrl67]

@Bonkatronicks like it matters. the best skater is the one who does it for fun and because he likes it. not for money or going to the stupid x games. jay adams never went.

[Bonkatronicks]

@riotgrrl67 it was a simple example to show hes not the best skater i bet he would eat shit trying to back lip a 12 set. but still hes realy good but hes not the best..hes actruly the reason i started skating lol after dog town i got inspierd but found out street skating was way better..

[sosexyerahn1]

@Bonkatronicks Seriously man, how can you label one as better. Skating is for fun not for competition and fame. I'd prefer Jay Adams' style over street cause it's fun as fuck. Going fast and carving is a shit ton more fun than practicing fucking flip tricks 4 hours a day.

[Bonkatronicks]

@sosexyerahn1 Dude come back when you've learnt how to push normal not mongo and when you've taken down youre bam posters go ride a long board if you wana bomb hills fukn Grom!

[sosexyerahn1]

@Bonkatronicks Learn to spell bro... And don't call me a fucking grom. Long boarding isn't my thing. And I'm not here to argue with some poser who is standing up for something he doesn't know. Maybe if you went out to skate for fun one time you'd get what I'm saying. I don't give a fuck about what you think.

[bvivers]

@sosexyerahn1 Well said.

[Bonkatronicks]

@riotgrrl67 because hes shit

[D2Synua]

this video is fucking bullshit, how the fuck can you learn to skate as Alva when Alva ain't teaching?

[mmxp13]

1:2 to 1:40 even though youve matured from what ive seen in documentaries you had the biggest ego

[jakemill90]

you cant skate like alva its something your born with style the definition

[jakemill90]

you cant skate like alva its something your born with style the definition

[Mikeyugo11]

stop tryin to skate like tony and get your own style. thats what its all about

[travismartin1278945]

@Mikeyugo11 Damn Straight SONNN

[benjamfl]

i wush he would of stayed with the old skool

[VeniceDevil23]

How the fuck is alva gonna talk about not being controlled by ego?

and @glenneveaux try skating with jay and see if his reputation is blown up then

[MrDarkmarius]

That was awesome!!!Thought the name of this youtube clip could have been (TONY ALVA HELPS TO EXPLAIN FIRST IMPORTANT STEPS TO PRO SKATEBOARDING) But Tony did a good job of making the name of this clip unimportant. What he was saying & the fact that it came from him is important. . .

[glenneveaux]

don't look to happy t.a? what's up? jayz always better to the white fuckz. if u really know the z-boyz, u gotta mention shogo. jay'z myth outgrew the reality of his skating. all awesome pioneers, but, t.a. gets shit because he's latin. same w/shogo because he's asian and not a bleach "fake" blonde like li'l red-haired jay. oh, and i liked jay'z aggressive-"looking" style too, but, how many of his gnarley pics did he actually pull-off?

[EternalPerfektion]

@glenneveaux You're talking bullshit, man.

[CORRUPTsn1per]

@glenneveaux shut the fuck up man you got no clue what your talking about

[MegaKyle13]

@glenneveaux fuck off you couldnt skate or surf half as good a jay ever

[flamingninja93]

@glenneveaux good argument but you got your facts all wrong

[flamingninja93]

@glenneveaux it has nothing to do with race skating is an art and a form of exprssion and only the passionate will suceed, will more people like jay because he's white? yes, but that doesn't mean tony is any worse of a skater

[talayuma]

Okay maybe he's right. But isn't all that shit obvious? It's not alva's fault. It's just a tough question to answer.

[talayuma]

This is gay, Tony Alva is talking shit. There aren't rules or guidelines. Just be yourself and rip if you wanna rip.

[majora158]

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[dslgunner1977]

My first "real" skateboard [back in the early-mid 1980's] was an ALVA! Before that, I had a blue, plastic mini "Freeformer" from '82 or '83, when I was a youngun'

[assofmy]

i h8 ma lyf cuz i live in a town where im da only skateboarder :(

all other ppl r lyk gay zoombies

[Vogelfrei777]

@assofmy

Wow. And that's the reason you write like a fucking idiot, unable to use punctuation.

thats c88l br0thda

[assofmy]

@Vogelfrei777

dude im not a fukin William Shakespeare, btw y r u so bothered about it ???

[oledude100]

i just want to know how to get the friction of the bord

[nerdgroup56]

Why is he talking about the modern day skating, in his time he would be chillin when he skated....he was relaxed and u just carved and had a good time

[diegohh10]

i prefeer the good tony

[sk8rocksick1]

its about 25 degrees here by where i live... but that doesnt stop me from skating, in fact i would prefer the cold over heat because there is a limit to how cool u wanna be in the heat, in the cold u just gotta put on more layers of clothes! =D

[jtw1113]

@sk8rocksick1 but the board sounds like a brick in the cold!the wheel's sound like old clay wheels...its just a different feel,but it's cool all the same.

[sk8rocksick1]

its about 25 degrees here by where i live... but that doesnt stop me from skating, in fact i would prefer the cold the heat because there is a limit to how cool u wanna be in the heat, in the cold u just gotta put on more layers of clothes! =D

[kingnuke]

@sk8rocksick1 dude here in the summer its like 40 degrees 25 degrees to us is like springtime :)

[ecury36]

if only it wasn't fucking 45 degrees out ide be skating, already so tired of the fucking cold weather, so depressing

[tOmPLS]

@ecury36 dude. i take it you've never been to the midwest. be thankful its 45 above and not 45 below...and skate whenever possible.

[GPThorpe94]

u fucking love Tony Alva!! :)

[ulquiorra144]

It's impossible to skate like this fucking god!

[sayhai]

i got no brain....can i skate??

[ajinstallersjeff]

wll i guess u learned a lesson in humility!jay adams is the best not you!

[lalababyax9]

Alvs forever!!!!

[TheBradleyClarke]

i hate living in england, i should be practising like he said 4 hours a day, kinda hard in british weather.

[FeeldahVibe001]

@TheBradleyClarke google search from some indoor skateparks close to you

[FeeldahVibe001]

@TheBradleyClarke for some*

[TheBradleyClarke]

@TheBradleyClarke i know u said bout going sumwhere, but im a TOTAL NOOB!! like cant even ollie or pump. and there isnt a indoor place that i wnt get laughed at.

[o0rolyat0o]

him and stacy peralta both are kick ass

[ScaredOfEvilClowns95]

@o0rolyat0o what about jay adams?

[dstfrb]

Dope.......Venice OG......Respect....

[1996Aqua]

Guys , Tony Alva was one of the Lords of Dogtown , like Stacy Peralta , the guy that learned Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen how to skate ,allso there was Jay Adams

[NintendoDSVampire]

@1996Aqua I hear Tony Alva was a TOTAL douchebag from people that have seen him skate and act... Like one guy said he was knocking down toddlers and pushed down a deaf kid at one of the skateparks he's been to.

[thelovelymurder]

ok so this guy is older then my mom..

but he can make these pantys drop!

looool xD

[Bs1997]

You cannot teach the ways of Tony Alva...

[WATCHMOVIESFORFREEHQ]

Fuck TONY ALVA JAY ADAMs!

[Axlrose971]

@todans..shut the fuck up nutsack!

[nishcay]

Team Zephyr.

[mysideofthecouch]

he just said dont be controlled by ego when he had the worlds biggest ego. Jay adams is the man THE END.

[VivaLaMac666]

@mysideofthecouch he takes his own misstakes and make sure that we dont do the same...

[todanes]

gay

[C0okieNiNjA]

@todanes fuck you!

[wave60]

I have met Tony a couple of times and most recently, a few years ago at his shop in Oceanside. Nice guy and glad to see he's into skating still. Back in the mid to late 70's us "Down South" skaters had alot of respect for the Dogtown skaters. Heck, by 1978, I couldn't keep up with these guys in the pools and hung up the skateboard for good. Started surfing that year and don't ever plan to stop. Love these Dogtown videos on youtube. It takes me back.

[snufflejd]

Tony Alva...He was one of the dudes in Lords Of Dogtown right?

[aicadi06]

@snufflejd POSER!

[coasterguy1122]

i learned to manual first

[SmashKetchup]

Is it rude to say that i like Jay Adams' style better?

[rockingroller9000]

@SmashKetchup No dude, i agree 100%

[Failproductions27]

@SmashKetchup same dude

[skatingshayne]

@SmashKetchup No because Tony has said that jay had better style then the rest of them.

[nolin335]

@SmashKetchup na jay adams is better he just never blew up like the rest of the zboys

[skatertimmy14]

he says not to be controlled by ego, yet that was totally him in the 70's..all ego

[helloimamole]

@skatertimmy14 Well maybe he learned his lesson *nod*

[guyswhosucatvidgames]

Not true look at Billy marks he skates 2 or 3 times a month.

[CCbadboy90]

where is He looking at?

[mmxp13]

Even though tony is pretty much the best skater you can still see thats hes reading off something he glances at the top left side of the screen pretty often

[davidschmitt93]

nice T.A nice

lol l.o.d.t ftw

[metaljunkie98]

met this guy at a skate demo after it was over me him and a cuople of my friends just sat there talkin to him for lik an hour hes the nicest dude ever!!

[methodairmoshpit]

Tony Alva and Jay Adams are my fucking idols... skater-wise, that is.

Musically it'd be like... Ian Mackaye.

[luckyhXckid]

thats my old middle school his skateing at lol

[bubbis7]

TONY ALVA IS DA SHIT!!!!!!!!

[Wilkehannes]

i admire alva, but this was crap

he talks about passion and personality but looks like he lost those things long time ago and he´s like just saying one empty phrase after another

[mjndstudios]

@Wilkehannes definitely seemed like he wanted to be somewhere else. wonder if he got a paycheck for this and just read off cue cards

[GZA4RZA]

@Wilkehannes Such a real statement, Hes just doing this for the money it's pretty sad- i wish people remained the way they acted before they were famous

[clubsprint]

@GZA4RZA , The man has to feed his kids dumbass. He's been able to turn his love of Skateboarding into a lifelong profession. Bet it doesn't ever feel like work. He deserves much Kudos. When you have achieved as much you've earned the right to criticise.

[raulevich]

52 years old, born september 1957

[Arayin1]

@raulevich is he still skating at that age?

[metaljunkie98]

@Arayin1 ya i saw him ata demo yesterday he RIPS

[urodzilamsieaniolem]

his old. he have 54 years ;p

[Herrsunden]

what a piece of shit

[MiniDiminix]

Tony Ala is the most awsome man on earth is there a cooler man than himO.o??????????

[paddiemacdoo]

yeah there is, hes called jay adams.

[excusemeporfavor]

@paddiemacdoo i agree

[viktor9621]

@MiniDiminix rodney mullen, king of skateboard

[daverave121212]

wow,so,if i watched this video i know to do all tricks and i am as good as tony alva is.

[MetalSk8Shred]

Man, this guy loves skateboarding to a whole differant level, you can just tell by the way he talks about it.

[coolskaterlikeice]

TA inspries me :D

[ipapi1996]

saw him yesterday at zumiez in seattle

[sk8erguy011]

no f***** way

[gmr234]

DUUUDE i remember when i met him in NYC chelsea piers park closed and i went to the skate park down a few blocks or so and i saw him there and i got a photo with him! BEST DAY OF MAH LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFE plus he taught me how to do a pop-shove it :D

[MrNateGuru]

shit, how much did they pay him for this? im happy though he didnt say some stupid shit like, "okay kids! lets skate like your grandpa does! now, heres the BERT SLIDE!". it would be abuse of the begginnings of skating that wasnt for queers. no disrespect to russ howell, ty page, etc..

[764395182]

dude Tony Alva is my insperatin to skate I mean where would we be without him and the z boys and mark gator

peace out!

[PopGuun]

Tony Alva and stacy peralta - both mexican - americans!!!

[coolskaterlikeice]

im mexican american :D

and spanish <_<

[sk8erguy011]

peralta is?

[PopGuun]

MEXICAN AMERICAN

[sk8erguy011]

i never knew that

now i know

[kevindoeforever]

@sk8erguy011 stacy peralta made powell

and if it wasnt for him tony hawk would not be a pro skater and him and tony and jay boy adams were like best buds

[sk8erguy011]

yeah i know

[ForbiddenWarrior1]

@kevindoeforever *COUGHCOUGH,lordsofdogtown,COU­GH*

[huggiez124]

WTF.

THAT KID IS SKATING AT MY SCHOOL.

[ladiesman78703]

i met him

[gokubelmont]

me too he speaks spanish i asked him

[Solaris102]

i would like to go out and skate but its almost 01:00 the clock..morning

[bitchbusted]

who cares what time it is. get your ass out there and skate......god dammit!!

[spunkafilipinoatana]

i know

[hotforjpn]

don't want the gangbangers to cap me azz bitch..so I be skatn in da day. and don't be dissn God

[TheSkateMonkeys]

fag

[hotforjpn]

Poser, IMO