3 Hours at EMB.

[BobbySKeight]

what happened to all the nice stairs there :(

[r3ynoldsisdaboss]

this place was practically a skatepark i wish i was around to skate there in its glory days

[Littlewritter]

Yeah, the good ol dayz. There are probably a 1,000 skate stoppers there now.

[23coffeebreak]

I have such fond memories of this place and I've never even been there! I'll never forget watching the Questionable video for the first time in my local shop and being completely mesmerized by Carroll's part. Not just for his amazing skating and songs but also for "that place with the bricks" as we used to call it. I couldn't believe a place like that existed that WASN'T built with skating in mind. I'm still sad to this day that it's gone and I never got to skate there! Thanks for posting this!

[DJMSherman]

IF I remeber right didnt they fill EMB with sand and make it a volleyball court, shortly after this?

[haskateboards]

embarcadaro?

[eddy536]

argh!! i cant ollie to manual n 50-50 , i've been skating for 6 months , all i kno is ollie , caveman :/ i'm so frustrated i cant even do a nose manual

[ripstikking1997]

james is my uncle....

[theinsomniaddicts]

fuck, i miss those days...Jacob, I added this vid to the site today (Check Out: Kamau Abayomi) on the EMB4ever site

[9eyeh8chu9]

is it any wonder MC is so slick on a skateboard. EMB looks like it was fun as hell. Legendary spot man. RIP.

[murdertoy]

Fucking sick skating! And LoL the 90s clothes are pretty nice! hahah... better than EMOs clothes

[BlahBluBlu69]

does anybody know where i can find a good video of the gonz gap?

[kpdawes]

@BlahBluBlu69 yeah, where's videos of gonz gap?? come on, it's famous gap.. last gonz gap was killed and never will be beaten is danny gonzales's kickflip to melon grab over fence gonz gap when SF was getting ready to destroy embarko

[fptr75]

who si the guy with the green t-shirt?

[soulmachineNo1]

James Kelch. EMB Legend

[halonelywayfarer]

Skateboarding used to be so raw, now its jaded and bastardized by lil emotional kids in girl pants and pink bracelets and shit, makes me sick, atleast theres still some rawness to it, its to bad those kids will never feel what that it is.

[superian2u]

I love studying up on skating like the world industries thing and The gonz thing and who can forget the GUY,CHICO,RICK HOWARD,MIKE CARROL AND OTHERS thing so funn reading up on it also kareem,daewon,daniel castillo

[Mataleone1991]

Not brothers, but possibly.

[dintendo65]

tony childress + chet childress = brothers? maybe? possibly?

[switchheelfront360]

the only thing i got to skate at embarcadero was the 5 stair and shit and ledges and stuff.

[mattbpatterson]

wow! awesome, you never got to see the whole spot like that in the old videos. Definately a new perspective (for me anyway)

[SkejtMac]

nu snackar vi skejtboarding :)

[gnarnivore]

RIP EMB

[mikeizballin60]

what happned to it

[mkeskate08]

skate stopped then it got demolished

[mikeizballin60]

dam. i wish they remade EMB

[mattberry08]

its just stairs now

no ledges

[bigdirtyjames]

emb is still alive. embarcadero plaza is gone. figure this shit out people.

[notinsanesk8r]

yeah its pretty much gone they have a 2 block extended 5 and a new emb gap i went there a few months ago

[gillep04]

emb is the crew. embarcadero is the location.

embarco's most blunted

[mikeizballin60]

isnt this spot on ea skate?

[tristans]

sure is, i love sessioning it

[gnarnivore]

yeah but its alittle different

[mikeizballin60]

how is it diffrent

[ERICWENDYBRIAN]

Excellent footage! Please post up more. You should make a 2-hour dvd out of this stuff, I'd sure buy it!

[LakaiFullyFilmed]

already did

[jacopoatzori]

ahahah!!!!!11

[DiscoSteve0306]

This is Jacob Rosenburg's account right? what was your camera setup when you were filming these EMB videos? by the way, those new carroll selects look awesome. i have to get a pair of those so i can see that dvd that comes with them (and they're the raddest looking shoes i've seen in a while) but i digress. please keep putting this classic EMB footage on for all to enjoy. i know i could watch for hours. this was a beautiful time in skateboarding and i wish i could have been there for it. thanks.

[jacob43]

yes it my account. I started shooting EMB with a canon 8mm camera, but the footage above was shot with a Canon A1 Digital, I had a fish-eye adaptor (that's the vignette) and that's about it. I am pretty stoked on the shoes too, they look excellent. there will be more footage.

[contractkilla94]

i have them they tear fast

[adamj5]

Soo stoked that you're putting up all these vids on the net man, thanks.

[FOOSAG]

Too bad no more skateboarding at EMB anymore...

Quick question, how did you make the camera shoot video with the circular lens around the edge?

[Tomasthesk8dude]

you need a fish-eye lens

[Xxfightfare187xX]

where is EMB?

[jacob43]

In SF by the bay, it was in Justin Herman Plaza.

[xxxGRENADESxxx]

@jacob43 Is EMB still skatable? It looks pretty smooth.

[RTWFguitar19]

classic skating

[staygold86]

I love watching old EMB footage!

[desincrustant]

dude your videos are amazing, bringing that classic shit.

[jamesecash]

Beautiful skating... some real gems from the past.

[rodriguezplayer]

props to the kid in the blue

[4evayoung]

I would of like to of known you but I was just a kid. Your candle burned out long before the legend ever did. RIP EMB. Peace

[DOLLINRULES]

why can´t u skate there anymore?

[las10plagas]

all these blocks are gone ...

[billbobjoe32]

and theres a 24 7 police just for emb

[SicSeb]

Skateboarding has come such a long way! R.I.P. Embarcadero

[speakonitgod]

1:58 LOL i love san francisco man we got nuthin but love for each other its dat real out here...

[TEAMGHS]

wow u guys are pretty decent at embarcadero..... ilicwe near there just a few miles down... but yea great job..... work on the mauals get them on LOCK!

[daflip]

Your stupid, this is super old.

Can't you tell, Some of those people are the pros of today.

Embarcadero is gone btw...

[TEAMGHS]

stfu some ppl still go there this place is still good to some people... i was just down there last week and i saw some one treflip off the bigass stairs there.

[misanthropic89]

I think the point was that you are obviously too stupid to recognize who Mike Carroll is and the fact that this is obviously from over 15 years ago. Look at what they're wearing. EMB was torn down in 1999.

[TEAMGHS]

bitch i live in DC[Daly City] i go ther alot how are u gonna tell me. i skate around there.

[maxaltmark]

congratulations TEAMGHS you are the dumbest person ever.

[holysht1212]

Sick man, never seen emb before it's awesome!!!

[jerseyness]

What an amazing time in skateboarding. It is so wonderful to be able to see this and remember how things were back then. thank you so much for posting these videos.

[soadfan978506]

when was this? cause i thot they put up all bring protective bolts on the ledges n the footage just looks old i unno it kinda has that feal [don't ask] n they're having trouble kickflipping, but they have a color camera n it has a fisheye, plus its able 2 b plugged into a computer, n not only that but they're doing tre flips on new school designed boards, so im at a loss, wen was it haha =P

[Mataleone1991]

I believe it was 91

[Mataleone1991]

Wow! To come across this on a random night watching videos on the Internet...What an amazing time in my life! This was an everyday thing at EMB.

PAY HOMAGE RESPECT! You will always see these guys whenever watching skateboarding. It wouldn't be what it is today without them. The whole EMB Crew! Thanks for the memories.

Never lose sight of your goals, desires and dreams. You might not know how close you were to attaining them...

[Psychonig]

Tonys moves are specially ..... where is this spot ??

Nice nice guys

[miguel75219]

ahaha so awesome when tony nails that 360. everyone getting so hype on everyone elses tricks, just a classic session, so much love.

this shit is pure

[badeboom]

sorry, but james kelch was always the most overrated skater with the ugliest style. carroll equals god. hero for ever.

[tht420kid]

at 2:49 on the right side of the screen, you can see the gonz gap really quickly...that fuckin thing is massive!!gino backside heel'd that thing in 1992?!?

[tristans]

look how short the landing is as well!

fucking gnarly

[drjw7]

Lol, that trick @ 1 min 12 ! Lol

[chinanigans]

he was about to smash his board there at the end

[360flips4Life]

sick shit, when is he gonna come back to cincinnati

[mokuni]

you have to put up the rest of the footage man, this is too good, i can watch this over and over again..i said it a million times and i will say it again, this was the best time ever for skateboarding and what better place for this to go down than emb, the greatest spot ever. long live emb

[jacklloyd25]

see the look on sanchez's face after that big flip. he was just as amazed as his homies were. i still can't get over this shit. sometimes whats left on the cutting room floor, can ruin a situation. but for this, it magnifies what really went on in the most insperational way.

[able1039]

You are the sk8 video santa

[AYDEEZY]

so much fun

[jacklloyd25]

that shit was too crazy. carroll, kelch, brenez, who else is in there i see sanchez. footage like this means everything. the old emb crew, just like you imagined it to be. looks like they had more fun than anyone. being that young and so important to the industry. they must of felt like gods.

[RobSteez]

this footage is key

[jaackjames]

kelch is my nigga we be chillin everyday at tha park thrown dubs

[oele]

you rule!!!

[emb4ever]

good stuff man. i linked it up today. man, look at how young York looks. crazy.

[autentyk]

Can somebody pick up my jaw???

[bigdirtyjames]

its late 90, or eal early 91

[schwiggys]

who did the bigspin flip? Mr Sanchez?

and its good to see some decent footage of Mr Kelch. his part in the Real video was...um...had some good music.

[jacob43]

sanch with the bigspin flip board break.

[bigdirtyjames]

as you could tell. i did not worry to much about video parts.

[dtj16]

wtf james kelch?

[bandini]

You rule, man. Great to find some more footage of Kelch and Carroll. What year was this, about?

[jacob43]

This would be 1990 or 91 at the latest. Carroll is riding an H-Street deck and Henry was Pro for Real. So I would say 91.

[jacob43]

Best guess is 1991.

[blahblah6565]

dude u r the greatest for postin this vinatage footy please post more if possible u have made my day wit this one thanks for making a sk8 nerds dream come true

[HenrysDress]

Wow. The good ol' days. I remember writing a Check Out for Tony. I can't remember if it ever got published though.