He probably could have been a great street skater, but I bet he expected himself to adapt in a month. He should have disappeared from the skate scene and practiced all day, every day, for like a year. Why film yourself trying to learn tricks when people are going to have high expectations since you're a well known pro?
Anyway, this is aside from his crime. As a criminal it's all non-relevant anyway.
@thewaterfalloflove Not necessarily. Many vert skaters simply can't make the transition to street skating no matter how hard they try. Tony Hawk is one of the best vert skaters ever but he looks really goofy and awkward at street. However, it's possible he could have learned to street skate but the guy was way too caught up in trying to recapture his celebrity rather than having fun and learning. But as you said it doesnt matter anyway.
What a piece of shit,the majority of his obssesive fans considers him a "legend" when he brutally killed his girl and not to mention the fact he conformed into christianity to seek "help" definatley didn't justify shit at all. You guys are sick in the head if he deserved to be set free,this dude deserves to die. I give no sympathy to him what-so-ever.
When we were young and learning back tails and flips and whatever, this is how we saw old junkies try to skate, and tell us how the old school skting was better. So, skating is for the young ones, just dont be too stupid.
@LxPxRxPunk Naaah... skateboarding is for everyone who loves it. Dont care about what you can or cant do if you just love doing whatever. Buuuut Gator clearly doesnt love skateboarding in this part. Only himself and his ego.
@MrNattkreatur i guess youre right, but we could have done without the old school days were better sermon, thats all (somethin that i try not to do now that im the grown skater). And agreed, this scene is just so sad. A totally distorted ego, which ive witnessed in person in other skaters.
@LxPxRxPunk I think the old school stuff is cool and different. I am tired of watching the same olf flips and grinds being done all over again. I think streetplants are really cool and really hard and they look great. But Gator can ONLY do streetplants. Thats just not enough. He's good at one trick and the rest is shit. Terrible.
Yeah, its awful to see this scene. And people with bad egos can just fuck of. They are only a pain.
@MrNattkreatur hey didnt expect an answer so fast. Im there with you, Im guilty as well of no complys bonelesses and whatnot ive found to be fun. The thing I was really annoyed was the speech: the back in the day we knew what skatin was about. I dont do that to young kids, I try to teach them (when they ask) how to skate and have fun. Bad egos, skating just seems to nurture them left and right.
@LxPxRxPunk Thanks! I like how you think! And Im with you 100%. I was just saying I dont like old school dissing new school and vice versa. Hell man, use it all! :)
Bad egos in skating can really destroy any session any day. And I think its great that you support the kids in a caring way. Skateboard should be unifying. It has really done wonders in my life.
Im confused about Gator. I love his style so much, I hate the person so much. Ah well, suppose I should just look and not think so much :)
@MrNattkreatur well when you think about it, skating is adrenaline-pushed stupidity at its best. When i was a young buck i thought skatin was about landing tricks, going to parties and gettin pussy, now that im older and stuck with it, i realize theres something more to it, and it just brings me happiness. Wheter a backside flip or no comply tail dont matter, im happy. About the wonders skating has brought: countless.
@LxPxRxPunk I can't really describe it either. I'm a musician too. And it feels kind of related to that. With the same kind of creativity "All is possible, do what you want". But with more dirt and blood. It just joy. And we are joyous fools.
@MrNattkreatur joyous fools is just perfect. from the clothes and music you choose to the way you get together with your friends from way back nad look at architecture it really changes you. Well, this was good, im happy and hope i can go skatin just another day (what a corny gayass way to end it, now im sorry, skating sucks). Au revoir.
@netmatrix75 he wasnt bad, he was great at vert, but then the transition from vert to street hit him hard, no body wanted vert for a while, and if you couldnt do street, then you were out
That is gator a 80's vert sensation, That is one of the best for the 80's vert class.
He helped make what skateboarding is today, One of the best of vert ever.
He could not do street because it started in the late 80's and he didnt know
how because he was to skating vert his hole life. Thats why he started doing methamphetamine and faded out of the skateboarding industry and culture completely.
Well at least i got a clear picture on why he gets so frustrated. Like some say, it sucks to be him. Anyway my younger brother still have his very old Vision Gator board.
@jctruant - if by fading out of skateboarding you mean killing somebody, then absolutely. Hosoi had the meth problem tho, not Gator. Gator was an alchy.
Can't believe Vision still sells Gator decks and profiles him on their website. Sickening. Do you think OJ Simpson's sponsors still praise him and feature him in advertising? Gator just got denied parole and he wont get another chance for 11 years. Hope he rots in there, f*ckin ramp riding glamour boy
@Lavern4101 From what I read, and I forget where I read it, the state police that dealt with his case quote "worked hard" on keeping him in there, for some reason. Probably various fuck ups or who knows.
@xxxIronLeexxx Also I bet the family of the victim worked extra hard keeping him in via letters to the courts etc. He didnt just kill this girl, he raped and viciously assaulted her for hours before finally suffocating her.
@LakaiSk83r12 no, technically, he killed his girlfriend's friend (wikipedia this thing)..in any case, his anger is a random precurser to countless angry pro street skaters's who 'can't pull their tricks'...i think the dood deserves parole...'FREE GATOR".
put him on a ramp and he owns up....put him in an environment were hes uncomfortable you see the RAGE....i used to idolize this bloke in the late 80s early 90s....sad to see what he did and how someone can fall so hard.....
You mad Bro?
steadyevy 2 months ago
What a load of horse crap... My nan has arthritus and she can street skate better than this guy...
mouldycarlo1996 2 months ago
could someone tell me just what exactly it is he's trying to do in this video ?
postman981 2 months ago
Gator was one of hell of a vert skater but damn he couldn't skate street for shit.
StraightPunkEdge93 2 months ago
I didn't know he was that bad on street. Yikes!!! I didn't suck that bad. But he was a homicidal maniac and should never get out of prison.
oak71 3 months ago
clean.
xxSABOGxx 4 months ago 3
He probably could have been a great street skater, but I bet he expected himself to adapt in a month. He should have disappeared from the skate scene and practiced all day, every day, for like a year. Why film yourself trying to learn tricks when people are going to have high expectations since you're a well known pro?
Anyway, this is aside from his crime. As a criminal it's all non-relevant anyway.
thewaterfalloflove 4 months ago
@thewaterfalloflove Not necessarily. Many vert skaters simply can't make the transition to street skating no matter how hard they try. Tony Hawk is one of the best vert skaters ever but he looks really goofy and awkward at street. However, it's possible he could have learned to street skate but the guy was way too caught up in trying to recapture his celebrity rather than having fun and learning. But as you said it doesnt matter anyway.
Lavern4101 4 months ago
he killed it on the vert...cant do shit on street
kansasoutdoorsnetwok 4 months ago
i'm being him for Halloween.....lol
SSDecontrol94 4 months ago
Mark Rogowski was/is skateboarding's answer to Mike Tyson.
Great talent, exciting style, tremendous charisma, unable to handle his success, equally self destructive.
WatchVenusSpa 5 months ago
What a piece of shit,the majority of his obssesive fans considers him a "legend" when he brutally killed his girl and not to mention the fact he conformed into christianity to seek "help" definatley didn't justify shit at all. You guys are sick in the head if he deserved to be set free,this dude deserves to die. I give no sympathy to him what-so-ever.
falleinloveshoes7 5 months ago
Vision "Street" Wear...without the street.
Subatomic1000 6 months ago
what a tool
suzuki450ryda 6 months ago
11yearoldscene rides teh cock. Sad.
cassavetes1024 7 months ago
When we were young and learning back tails and flips and whatever, this is how we saw old junkies try to skate, and tell us how the old school skting was better. So, skating is for the young ones, just dont be too stupid.
LxPxRxPunk 7 months ago
@LxPxRxPunk Naaah... skateboarding is for everyone who loves it. Dont care about what you can or cant do if you just love doing whatever. Buuuut Gator clearly doesnt love skateboarding in this part. Only himself and his ego.
MrNattkreatur 1 month ago
@MrNattkreatur i guess youre right, but we could have done without the old school days were better sermon, thats all (somethin that i try not to do now that im the grown skater). And agreed, this scene is just so sad. A totally distorted ego, which ive witnessed in person in other skaters.
LxPxRxPunk 1 month ago
@LxPxRxPunk I think the old school stuff is cool and different. I am tired of watching the same olf flips and grinds being done all over again. I think streetplants are really cool and really hard and they look great. But Gator can ONLY do streetplants. Thats just not enough. He's good at one trick and the rest is shit. Terrible.
Yeah, its awful to see this scene. And people with bad egos can just fuck of. They are only a pain.
MrNattkreatur 1 month ago
@MrNattkreatur hey didnt expect an answer so fast. Im there with you, Im guilty as well of no complys bonelesses and whatnot ive found to be fun. The thing I was really annoyed was the speech: the back in the day we knew what skatin was about. I dont do that to young kids, I try to teach them (when they ask) how to skate and have fun. Bad egos, skating just seems to nurture them left and right.
LxPxRxPunk 1 month ago
@LxPxRxPunk Thanks! I like how you think! And Im with you 100%. I was just saying I dont like old school dissing new school and vice versa. Hell man, use it all! :)
Bad egos in skating can really destroy any session any day. And I think its great that you support the kids in a caring way. Skateboard should be unifying. It has really done wonders in my life.
Im confused about Gator. I love his style so much, I hate the person so much. Ah well, suppose I should just look and not think so much :)
MrNattkreatur 1 month ago
@MrNattkreatur well when you think about it, skating is adrenaline-pushed stupidity at its best. When i was a young buck i thought skatin was about landing tricks, going to parties and gettin pussy, now that im older and stuck with it, i realize theres something more to it, and it just brings me happiness. Wheter a backside flip or no comply tail dont matter, im happy. About the wonders skating has brought: countless.
LxPxRxPunk 4 weeks ago
@LxPxRxPunk I can't really describe it either. I'm a musician too. And it feels kind of related to that. With the same kind of creativity "All is possible, do what you want". But with more dirt and blood. It just joy. And we are joyous fools.
MrNattkreatur 4 weeks ago
@MrNattkreatur joyous fools is just perfect. from the clothes and music you choose to the way you get together with your friends from way back nad look at architecture it really changes you. Well, this was good, im happy and hope i can go skatin just another day (what a corny gayass way to end it, now im sorry, skating sucks). Au revoir.
LxPxRxPunk 4 weeks ago
The only thing Gator's riding these days is cock.
cassavetes1024 9 months ago 3
@cassavetes1024 dude shut the fuck up.i think its the other way around fag
11yearoldscene 7 months ago
fuck u
gupinacup 9 months ago
I know how he feels...no really I felt him up in a public restroom
fuckyourmother1960 9 months ago
@sk8ordie8273 you can't rape a dead girl
sfurner 9 months ago
@sfurner - can't kill a dead girl, either.
beavis4play 9 months ago 2
"i suck" - mark rogowski
ryublueblanka 1 year ago 13
I wonder how he got sponsored when he is like...... this bad?
netmatrix75 1 year ago
@netmatrix75 he wasnt bad, he was great at vert, but then the transition from vert to street hit him hard, no body wanted vert for a while, and if you couldnt do street, then you were out
xSOCxGenesis 1 year ago
@xSOCxGenesis ur so lame repeating everything u got from the doc.
ryublueblanka 1 year ago
@netmatrix75
That is gator a 80's vert sensation, That is one of the best for the 80's vert class.
He helped make what skateboarding is today, One of the best of vert ever.
He could not do street because it started in the late 80's and he didnt know
how because he was to skating vert his hole life. Thats why he started doing methamphetamine and faded out of the skateboarding industry and culture completely.
jctruant 11 months ago
@jctruant
Well at least i got a clear picture on why he gets so frustrated. Like some say, it sucks to be him. Anyway my younger brother still have his very old Vision Gator board.
netmatrix75 11 months ago
@jctruant - if by fading out of skateboarding you mean killing somebody, then absolutely. Hosoi had the meth problem tho, not Gator. Gator was an alchy.
dey1dadato 9 months ago
@netmatrix75 hmm idk maybe cause hes a vert skater you ignoarnt fag
11yearoldscene 7 months ago
this mother fucker raped and killed a girl!
tbars23 1 year ago
it was shit like this that brought him down.... dave duncan said he wasnt even that bad at street but vids like this made it look like he was
SKATEPUNKSLIVEON 1 year ago
Can't believe Vision still sells Gator decks and profiles him on their website. Sickening. Do you think OJ Simpson's sponsors still praise him and feature him in advertising? Gator just got denied parole and he wont get another chance for 11 years. Hope he rots in there, f*ckin ramp riding glamour boy
splitboy79 1 year ago
"Fuck this! I'm gonna go kill and rape some innocent girl". He should've stayed a vert skater
lostbutnot1777 1 year ago
He was denied parole feb 7 2011. (Don't believe me? google it) His next parole hearing is in 7 years, when he's 51. He's as good as dead and gone.
xxxIronLeexxx 1 year ago 2
@xxxIronLeexxx Wonder why he was denied parole. Many murderers do a lot less time than he's already done. Is he a fuck up in prison too?
Lavern4101 4 months ago
@Lavern4101 From what I read, and I forget where I read it, the state police that dealt with his case quote "worked hard" on keeping him in there, for some reason. Probably various fuck ups or who knows.
xxxIronLeexxx 4 months ago
@xxxIronLeexxx Also I bet the family of the victim worked extra hard keeping him in via letters to the courts etc. He didnt just kill this girl, he raped and viciously assaulted her for hours before finally suffocating her.
Lavern4101 4 months ago
really sad
MinorMeriwether 1 year ago
GATOR TORE IT UP N VERT!!! MY BAND "FEET FIRST" HAS A SONG ABOUT HIM CALLED GATOR.
MYSPACE FEETFIRSTNYC
PSYCHO SK8 WAS A SICK OLD SCHOOL VIDEO WITH HIM.
UP DA SK8PUNKS!
ELL!S FIRST
uPdApUNkS 1 year ago
I HEARD HE IS ALREADY OUT. HE WAS PAROLED IN 2010.
london1817 1 year ago
@LakaiSk83r12 no, technically, he killed his girlfriend's friend (wikipedia this thing)..in any case, his anger is a random precurser to countless angry pro street skaters's who 'can't pull their tricks'...i think the dood deserves parole...'FREE GATOR".
TrashCanSchool 1 year ago
its painful to watch him street skate..
lackluster75 1 year ago
put him on a ramp and he owns up....put him in an environment were hes uncomfortable you see the RAGE....i used to idolize this bloke in the late 80s early 90s....sad to see what he did and how someone can fall so hard.....
WICKS69 1 year ago 5
sucks to be him
danthaman29 1 year ago 11