EMB with Mike Carroll and Jovantae Turner

[fulltimeweirdos]

i remember these days. baggy pants, big board and small wheels. no wonder why everything looked sketch lol.

[tbhsk8boarding]

OH SHIT LASER FLIP!!!

[RIVR2319]

FUCK YES!

[ScagAteHer]

this was like "ground zero" for skateboarding at the time. i wish we still had it

[ABflyersk8r]

Imagine if this was Vx1 Mark 1

[matthewtarango]

Nice lazer flip.

[DeafMuteZombie]

Meat locker.

[culture88]

I'm a dancer and skateboarding is the only sport I can watch (outside of boxing) all the time...its my favorite sport

[714a13x909]

@culture88 wow, i wouldn't really call skateboarding a sport, but yeah...

[Ninjadongslap]

@714a13x909 no its not your right its not a sport its an extreme sport :L

[THCmedicine]

Jovantae was the king of kickflip nose manuals

[TheMykal1995]

damn dude what size board did they ride back then

[SSDecontrol94]

@TheMykal1995 those look about 9.5" by 32"

i skate a 10" by 30"

[EwingPatric]

Jovontae has the best board slam

[TheMykal1995]

jovantae looks like the black dude from american history when he made him bite the curb

[mrretard155]

what caused emb to die

[krysala]

Good memories of good times. Seeing this makes me want to either see if I got an old board lying around or go and build another.

[KingKaiHD]

i love the sound of the wheels on those bricks

[TheBrrp]

jovantae has such a sick style

[alexfranklin]

what year was this?

[metalirocz28]

@alexfranklin 1994 i believe

[mikethaironlung]

if you looked in the dictionary under "kickflip nose manual" you would see a video clip of 4:16 - 4:25

[poiazoo]

that kid at 6:06 has a plan b hat.

[scrambles]

erm... isn't the black guy in the blue top Marcus McBride??!!

[birdman4birdlegs]

@scrambles yeah that's what I was thinking too. Especially after seeing sight unseen with the henry sanchez part where some of these clips were used

[TheEmericaboy187]

i wish i grew up and skated around this time

[jokamund]

Fuck Jovantae Turner lol

[thePhunktOGraphist]

DAMN I MISS THESE DAYS SKATING EMB.,GREAT FOOTAGE....SOME FROM DTS VIDEO RIGHT...I WAS THERE THAT DAY CARDIAL AND WING GOT FOOTAGE FOR THE DTS VIDEO.....THE DAYS OF EVERYTHING

[darkcloud004]

these guys were amazing at flat (:!

[Siskosk8er7628]

This is so sick, it's funny how skating back then was just skating around, it didn't matter if you landed it or not it was just footage either way.

[zshot2188]

skateboarding was so different back then, now its all about looking like a skater than actually being one. i see kids that skate and wear clothes that they think skateboarders should wear. (ex. ultra Skinny jeans, v neck, ear and nose pierced) when actually if you wear just normal shit and are good thats what a skateboarder is than just playing the role of a skater and sucking.

[swedishmailman]

What year was this?

[mokuni]

@swedishmailman 1992

[Harrisabd]

i cant get over his pants

Shpants

[AnonomusKity]

ppl didnt know what switch was huh haha

[Zoddicans272]

@AnonomusKity Maybe you didn't see Carroll's switch big heel down the steps.

[djlouielou]

was that an inward heel at 2:21?

[anarchistatheist]

@djlouielou

pressure flip.

[TheSleazye666]

"hurricane hannah"

[23coffeebreak]

Skateboarding was so cool before it became a "sport".

[SeoulSon51]

When he slammed his board somebody thought it was a gun shot haha

[TheJerS]

was that a fakie bigspin or half cab late shove at 3:31?

[menkins74]

@TheJerS Looked like half cab late shuv, SO good!

[dionstrezlecki]

yeh the best just not giving a fuck skating chilling

[666ThaScarecro666]

thats awesome that carroll was brilliant enough to record this for the future.

[johnjohnkendrick]

omfg i sp remember da days i used to skate there fuck being old

[nawabmevans]

wow...

i totally remember skating this a few yrs back on tony hawks pro skater...

[HatchetFamily]

@Haha yeah! I remember when I saw this place in San Fran for the first time, I was like hey! that's that one place from that one game I always play!

[recklessBonez]

dude imagine how crazy jovantae would be shredding right now..is he still skating

[sk8vidsofskaters]

what was that one trick at 2:24?

[RolandTiceSkates]

@sk8vidsofskaters pressure flip

[harimajer75]

I think that's me watching Jovantae sitting on the wave all the way left when I was a wee youngsta at 3.13. I'm pretty sure I remember this day in flashes... I was there a lot until I finally made friends with the EMB cats. I swear I watched these lines.

[joeylarin]

back kid with 1 tooth was cracked out

yo let me get a dolla

[opklnm88]

Man i feel sorry for the skateboard

[SteezyDeez]

jovante and mike were killin it.

[solarpolar11]

nice pants

[iamjasonlol]

wooow that was so fucking killer.. .hah

[stuprint182]

@iamjasonlol i had to reply it lmao!!!!

[axelmchugh1]

thats so cool

[sneakerthekid]

some of that footie of jovantae is in "love child"

[NorthHuffman]

that isnt carroll...is it

?

[Jap001]

100% it is. ;)

[listerfiend510]

the girl at 5:20 gave carrol the clap

[dintendo65]

no way haha that blowss

[titaniumfoot]

hahaha what the hell was at 3:33

[NorthHuffman]

fakie ollie 180

[dintendo65]

fakie late shuv 180

[YoshiClone112]

jesse3097 is right!! is not mike carllo it's MIKE CARROLL!!

[mistyb1268]

mothefucker that is sweet

[frenchwill]

Dope!! so tech, love those long runs

[FTCSK8KREW]

this is real skating!

[jesse3097]

that is notttt mike carllo

[kpdawes]

your dumbass

[FTCSK8KREW]

yeah it is dumbass

[jesse3097]

hey srry i know its mike but my brother got on to my account and ever since he played skate 2 he thinks mike carrol looks like he does in sk8 2. its him not me.

[mokuni]

i cant get enough of this shit, those were truly the fucking days man, i can watch this all day and never get tired of it.

[mokuni]

@mokuni im going to comment on my own comment, one year later, im still watching this, 1000000000 times later....skateboarding needs to be like this again..nothing but fun...

[DOLLINRULES]

i'd rather watch carroll skate around emb like this than watch some guy throw himself down handrails and stairs

[eddie2127]

wat do you think of jovantae turner?

fuck jovantae turner hahaah

[nmhz]

0.57 Hell Yes!

[ozris]

those were sick days. full respect to true EMB skaters. Keep showing us oldschool shit.

[matdoomn]

wow Jovantae owns

[matdoomn]

I've watched Plan B Questionable.Amazing vid like

[naboba]

I am so glad I got to skate EMB when it was all bricked out like this.. They fuckin ruined that place now...

[KERJER111]

OLD SKOOOL!

[kfouria]

Carrol's switch big heel was also super rad.

[kfouria]

I especially liked Jovantae's backside lip to 5-0.

[bigfreeze94]

Is there anything good left to skate at EMB or is it all destroyed?

[mattberry08]

the stairs are still there but all the ledges are gone. and that thing mike carrol tries to manny all the way around on is gone too

[10menonachest]

he certainly likes to throw his board

[dallmeyer]

jovontae "cheats" on inward heels kinda like a mirrored way that lots of people "cheat" on hardflips

[bloodjinn420]

samething with the frontside flip.

[5iftyone]

they are called pressure flips dude, and they are sick...its a lost art. lol

[dallmeyer]

naw dude i know what presh flips are theyre rad. but im talking about when he does a real inward and it goes really vertical

[dallmeyer]

im talking about the one at 2:11 its sorta pressured, its sorta flipped, i dunno

[naboba]

they use to call it the casper flip.

[naboba]

or " pressure flip "..

[fretdancer515]

fag

[dallmeyer]

what an unneccessary comment.

do you know how pointless your life must be?

all you could come up with is fag?

no explanation?

nothing.

just your ignorance displayed for everyones viewing.

[kfouria]

I think he's talking about himself.

[fretdancer515]

well, i actually don't remember what i was saying "fag" to, or, who for the matter lol, so yeah, i guess that was pointless. but it was probably to someone's comment i thought sounded stupid. fag's kinda rough though lol i highly doubt that person was deserving

[pizzaskate420]

@tombooze25 yeah amen

[chadillac745]

fuckkkkk so old. wish all that shit was still there.

[ghostface411]

looks so fun

[6thCreated]

god makes me miss the good old days at EMB

[AlexDuBray]

0:57 Switch big heel.....nice

[calvintheskater2]

that wuz pretty buttery

[ddrsucks300]

wow.. thats GREG carrol you dumb shit.

[gnarnivore]

every skater should watch thees videos at one point in time. there really tight

[torrent820]

emb seemed so magical back in the day. similar to the small banks in NYC back in the 90s

[Bike253]

this is dope!

they all look so gooooooofy doing it though!

[gnarnivore]

this is sooo tight.

[danielnicholas1]

1:00 nicest switch bigheel eever

[mikeizballin60]

isnt this spot on ea skate?

[misanthropic89]

yes. it would've been cooler if they added the fountain into it.

[mikeizballin60]

wait is this where the gonz gap is?

[misanthropic89]

yes, the gonz gap was from the wave wall to the stage.

[gnarnivore]

yes

[rktsncalnc]

God, I miss this place. It's nothing like it was in the '90's. Either is skating, for that matter.

[BHFadi]

Skateboarding is not the same anymore.. It was better back in the day..

[Houstonskater]

I wasnt even skating back then and i think it was better

[BHFadi]

It was for sure:) My brother has been skating since 1992 :) I've been skating since 98, I think´;)

[horsepuncher]

what the jazz did that french guy say? (7:07)

[DataProds]

he asked that lady what the filmer wanted to do, then he asked the filmer the same thing

(quesqu'il veux faire)

(quesque tu veux faire)

thank you uploader

[piggiedaspig]

damn, i didn't know that people already skated this good back then!

[ERICWENDYBRIAN]

Cool video. I still have a set of 39mm Santa Cruz Pea Shooter wheels in my skate box!

[blahblah6565]

pretty ironic to ask henry sanchez what he thinks of rocco

[BigWormE]

i could do most of the shit there doing, damn it just shows how much skateboarding has progressed

[therealeskimoe]

i wish people were still like this no one gave a fuck what trick was high of the ground fakie whatever it was just chillin and skating and there weere no gay tight pants etc.

[piggiedaspig]

sorry, i gave u thumbs down... i meant thubs up.

that's some true talk

[TheSleazye666]

@therealeskimoe actually they did care. if you didnt have the right clothes or the right style you got 86d by some of these guys. its a subculture that has its own rules and the main rule is to break the rules about every 10 yrs or so. i have a feeling it will come full circle to this.

[anarchistatheist]

@therealeskimoe

yea, instead they had hair cuts like that, and pants that dont even reach your shoes. those short pants or long shorts? neither, there just gay -__-

its called change, get over it and move on. dont like tight pants? dont wear tight pants, simple solution.

[DougglesMagnificent]

@anarchistatheist ya looks goofy now but was the shit back then and i'm sure revisionist history wont be kind to tights either. one dif today is SOME not all kids w skinny gear do so out of lame cultural bigotry based on an idea of the "rock" look being more intelligent, honest, and tasteful than hiphop, a reaction to perception of preps/jocks/etc liking hiphop, w shitty result = "black is dumb, dress loyal to yr race." any image for above reason = lame, but fine if just a personal style pref.

[anarchistatheist]

@DougglesMagnificent

my point exactly, they liked it, thats why they wore it. its only wask when they wear it with alternative motives, such as "makes me look cool" or "the ladys love it" which in a way if fine i guess, you dress how you want to appear, but for me and MOST(not all) of my friends, we just wear what we thinks look good, and what we like, with out any care to what others think.

its just clothe, and they do NOT define a person.

[blakefavre]

Is EMB still a spot? I mean, do people still skate there?

[Cubehead666]

A quake killed it about ten years ago.

[misanthropic89]

Actually, it was torn down by the powers that be in 1999. The Embarcadero still exists, but the stage, stair sets, gonz cap, and the c block are all gone.

[TEEETH32]

I wish they would Re-Relese ALL of the old Jovantae World boards he had the sickest grafics and they were funny

[fish52986]

i would kill to skate there right now... dam

[g09h3r]

i come here all the time XD but last week a garbage man kicked me out lmao

[hoops1ed]

jovontae had the best tre flips.

[locomixer]

OMG unedited Plan B stuff. Nice. And Jovontae has always been one of my favorites.

[doonarxxx]

jovantae was/is so fucking good.

[Dedalus0]

Okay, now at 2:44, you'll see that Jovantae and Jacob have entered the Mystery Spot. I don't know if the EMB crew called it that, but that's what my friends and I called it (obviously a reference to the site in Santa Cruz).

It was the Mystery Spot because if you came off the big three block and rolled around to do something on fountain curb, you'd find yourself suddenly going a little faster. But it wasn't an incline. I don't know what the fuck it was. It was just Mystery Spot...

[desincrustant]

too bad jovantae left the scene for so long, but at least hes comin back now. look at how he pushes at 2:48 lol.

[billbobjoe32]

dude u have to post up more of these vids i can watch this footy all day

[jacob43]

I made a DVD with Mike for a limited release Lakai shoe that will come out soon. check the lakai site.

[contractkilla94]

ya i got those they are awesome

[heatfan4444]

thanks for the post i could watch this footy all day!!

[popeyetheskater]

where is emb?

[Masterpunch]

sanfrancisco cali

[chansyjones]

love watching these guy's skate

[searspoint05]

classic, rip emb

[brandon9624]

Thanks for the footage. That's the biggest pressureflip I've ever seen! And he was doing fakie 360 flips in 91 (going by the midtop airwalks)!? Can't believe this shit never made it to Love Child video.

[jacob43]

Some of my tapes were just left in a box, so I am re-discovering stuff daily.

[Dedalus0]

Great footy. Some of that JT stuff was used in Love Child, right?

For the record, these guys along with Henry were changing skateboarding during this period. Were they even 20?

One that that was lame about EMB, however were the vibes and the fact that a lot of the locs were throwing/focusing their boards. To kids like me, growing up poor, I thought they acted fucking spoiled!

[jacob43]

EMB was its own scene and the vibes were there. Mike C is probably 17 here. Yeah, some of the footage was in Love Child.

[hairygorrillaass]

cool footage. they look real young. Is jovantae still skating, I've seen him doing the fixed gear thing in Mash or fatlace lately.

[speakonitgod]

wow wat a great video i love my city san francisco we got tha best weather best weed best bitches best skaters heyyyooooohhh yeaaaaa

[ilovebakers]

i wish skateboarding was as it was back then....

[mokuni]

of course he was sponsored then, he was sponsored even before that! by h street!

[sk8evan415]

fuk i wish they still had this spot

i would be skatin there like everyday

[MethodBoi]

Bring back big pant

[ValleyOfTheDamnd]

Wow they were super good but had bad style back then. That spot is perfect though

[stevieboy4]

why isnt he ever happy???

[las10plagas]

dude, must have been sick these days !

[gregstewart1]

Turner is the KING. So INININ. It's what skating needs again. Pure Gold. Get involved Reemo Soon.

[sk8monkey801]

their boards are so huge. was carrol sponsored back then??

[Nkeno]

Yes, Carroll has been pro for almost 20 years now !! A lot of kids these days just don't realise how good Mike Carroll actually is. His parts in the old Plan B videos were always the best to watch. So ahead of his game back then....

[vacuumnoise]

awesome

[coldimar1]

i dont like how they never end thier livnes

[kpdawes]

0:08, is that josh kalis? it sure looks like him, he used to skate emb all the time with mike carroll and jovantae turner

[kpdawes]

no, that's kelch. my bad, it sure almost looks like josh kalis and i looked up the emb crew and i didn't see josh kalis's name on emb crew. i thought josh kalis was one of emb crew like the trasher said that in emb r.i.p. article and it had picture of josh kalis with emb crew.

[idontpushmongo]

didnt jovantae quit skating?

[veganskater]

I go there alot,yet I've never gotten ticketed.

maybe its my luck,or maybe they somewhat stopped.

I've skated by police cars in the embarcedero,and they never gave me crap.

[KW631]

do u know if they right fat tickets for skating the stairs and if it's bust free