Alphonzo Rawls - Lick - 1993

[737REID]

all these kids riding 7.75 still because they say they can do their "street" tricks better.. these were all size 8.75-9.5 decks during this period and look at all the tech that's being thrown down? any more excuses?

[RandomDandomVids]

dudes got rails mounted under his board...small ass wheels ...it was like the beginning of new school!kind of a dead time in skating!

[JonasPolsky]

In the nineties, if your video part didn't have a trick in the Powell Skatezone, you weren't shit.

[RadAlarm]

I learned how to ollie the year this came out. I can't believe I didn't see this part till 2011 cause this dude's trick selection and style are so sick! I'm gonna watch this before I go skating to get inspired.

[JasonMac]

He is a shoe designer and has created ill designs for some of the best companies..

[popnjs]

Man, what I wouldn't give for a box fresh pair of Airwalk Sorrys - best skate shoe ever

[techthis61]

heck ya those were the shit and the sorry 2s

[backin89]

insane stuff, incredible ender, but yeah those are. sketchy ass regular flatground kickflips, even for '92. just look at how Jeremy Klein, Henry Sanchez or Jason Lee was popping and flicking back then

[pompedipossa]

Versatility like this just don't exist anymore. It's more like backsmith a handrail and crailslide a bowl. Not backnoseblunt reverts on vert and groundbreaking techstuff on street like Alf.

I met him in once ca 1998 and he was supercool. I gave him cred for making a bs 5050 on a flatledge in the demo look like the best trick in the world.

[Nate2Skate2]

i dressed like this, everyone pretty much did we cut our shoes and our 40 waist pants and our cutoffs flew threw the air while we skated by the jocks it was what set us apart from the sheep

[aztr0zombie]

@Nate2Skate2 Same here, I loved every minute of looking like that.. lol.

[Nate2Skate2]

@aztr0zombie yeah what about the "fuct" brand shorts that were all big and long and cool colors, Blind pants cut of short on purpose, so rad! Anyway the hip hop kids wearing cross colors started cutting there pants so we stopped..funny right

[aztr0zombie]

@Nate2Skate2 Hell yeah those blind pants were rad, foundation pants came with rubbers in the pockets, never get away with that today.

[dslgunner1977]

@Nate2Skate2 Dont forget about the Jnco's

[dslgunner1977]

@aztr0zombie Yea that was the style back then....huge pants and tiny wheels. lol

[dslgunner1977]

@Nate2Skate2 If everyone dressed like that, how did it set you appart from the sheep?

[DoublePrimo44004]

I owned this video back in the day, 93 actaully. I thought Alf's style was some of the smoothest. Not only that, my boy was killin it on vert too. Ugly flips? It was 93 everyone had ugly flips; remember this was filmed in 91 or 92. It wasn't for about another two years when everyone started focusing on getting hops in their flip tricks. This dude could slide the shit out of a trick. His laid back style reminded me of Ocean Howell in Ravers Suck.

[dickmharter]

best 5050 ever at 1:46

[chrishaven76]

Does everyone notice hoe Old Spice, JCPenny, Mountain Dew, Redbull, etc, are not plastered on anyones ramp, shirt, board, helmet, etc? The skaters and skateboarding since 1995 have been so watered down, commercialized, and pathetic. 1991-1994 the best time in skating history.

[HailTTThief86]

Who could possibly have anything negative to say about this part? Alphonzo Rawls kicks ass. This was 1993, skating wasn't so manufactured. Notice the amount of tricks that are done on curbs. As far as the "ugly flip" comment, you dont have shit on Alf now or Alf from 17 years ago.

[autentyk]

@HailTTThief86 irrelevant of how many creative, timeless or even undoable tricks there are in this part, the "ugly" or "ugliest flip ever" comment just might be right..

[KingAndrew00]

Holy fuck this guy was creative. Them being obnoxious to that Indian (?) guy wasn't cool though.

[jayjayzig]

most ugly flips in the world...

[HACKERSUCK12121212]

CHARLIE BROWN SON !

[alphonzo96]

my name is alphonzo to and i skate :)

[JaiCourvoisier]

@alphonzo96 ...Yor name is Alphonzo, and you're gay.

[monkadelic13]

rawls is the shit i watched him at the Tampa SPOT coarse he raped placed 5th when i was there

[Brem101]

one of the first hardflips on film at 2:40

[ichibadbad]

is thisbefore daewon song did it in love child?

[ichibadbad]

daewon did it in 1992. and this video came out in 1993 if the uploader was right. but who knows which skater did it first.

[ejj127productions]

big balls alphonzo rawls!!!!

[frogmaster5000]

4:03 people dont even do tha shit these days, and the crail disaster. RAD DARTS

[emerica18]

damn never heard of this dude but he fuckin rips. back when skateboarding was a lot more simplier and less "cool" than it is today

[flyngsnow]

i remember snaking this guy at a demo way back when. he was mad and tried to run me down on the ramp.

[kkrops]

yea wow i cant find this guy besides this video where the fuck is he now might b dead or no longer skatin ?

[Seanistoocool4you]

noo he does graphic designs for the black box brands

[kkrops]

0:32 is like a tweeked nose blunt over the curb

[hoodybeatz]

yeah he got slept on

[krewskater2134]

OMG look at his wheels for street!!!!!!!!!!

[SummertmeBrews]

"just go somevere else" lol @4:20

[Villain1000]

@ 1:24

[Villain1000]

that front to back pivot stall on vert was so innovative.

[Kallisteezie]

first skater to wear the charlie brown shirt.  suck on that sk8mafia!

[Oulatek]

Rad Vert skater with good street skating abilities!!!

[oneloveskateshop]

he is a shoe designer, but i belive he is independent, not working for any company. i did see him on daily habit promoting a line with fallen shoes (i think) a few weeks ago.... and this dude is a legend, on both street and vert, look up the carlsbad rail......other than colin and danny, no one was doing the amount of tech tricks on vert he did...

[jasonshr420247]

what the heck was that at 4:04?  I think it was a cab late back foot kickflip. Thats crazy

[jasonshr420247]

That spine ramp with the parking block looks fun

[galtyyy]

I was at the Battle of the Berrics finals last weekend and I was surprised how much love and respect Alphonso Rawls received from the high profile skaters like Koston, Dyrdek, and Mike Carrol. After seeing this video, now it makes more sense. How insanely advanced and versatile is this dude!!?? I can't believe he did that last trick on the massive YMCA ramp. That ramp is at least two stories tall.

[K3NARM5TR0NG]

0:33 - 0:37 greatest use of such a thing like that

[strawberryjamzs]

hah i know wtf front nose pop over!!! haha

[henryyork]

what company? there's another rad part of his on bobshirt

[karoumy]

song: positive k - night shift.

horrible style, even by 1993 standards. none of his flip tricks leave the ground.

[brettnchls]

Um... most peoples tricks didn't leave the ground in 1993. Look at old school penny from the early 90's (and I don't mean etnies high 5 - before that).

And as to defending his style - pretty much no tic tacs, lands his tricks with speed, and has good pushing style. Maybe his flip tricks don't look the best but look at how smooth all his other skills are.

[mr7clay]

I never knew he skated street. Yeah, 93-era fugly kickflips, but good speed and style for the time. Looks like he skated with Howard a lot.

[brianwalthart]

Look at Daewon's kickflips in Love Child. That's just the way it was then.

[pointblank4]

yo you're obviously some new knowitall dumbass...probably started after u saw your first X-Games...dude from 92-93 flip tricks were just fliped lower, that was the style....poppin your flips and catching em didn't come back in style until 94...stereo video. But in 92-93 everything was baggy low pro...and supper small 38mm wheels...try doin all of that on 38mm wheels

[dunny1977]

dude i loved skating when wheels were 38mm.i remember getting my first set of toxic 39ers.after a few months you were basically riding on your bearings.

[flyngsnow]

yeah i used to refer to wheels as bearing covers back then. living on the east coast it was hard riding around on those little things.

[sekkamester]

whats this song?

nice vid

[Ler627]

jrogers liftin that.

[ponmlk]

4:07... wow. Never seen a backfoot flip on vert before.

[lommadj]

yeah

alphonzo

[Madmanskatevids]

Alf deserved the last part in this video. Chad Vogt had a pretty good part as well.

[Jonasp89]

he designs shoes for fallen footwear nowadays i think.. amazing skateboarder!