I went to school at Long Beach Poly High School in late 80's and we could not wear Natas or DogTown shirts, matter of fact the vice principal at that time took my Dogtown team shirt and keepit until after school and told me not to wear it to school again.
haha 1:40. I agree. The rumor around wellington in 1988 was that Natas could ollie a bus. Fuck knows how we belived it but he was a god so we figured he could do anything.
@LoeyJee 360 pressure flip (or any kind of pressure flip) was one of my best tricks back in the day...I could do a pressure flip to anything. The tails of all my decks looked like Gumby's head, from all the wear-and-tear. lol
I am watching so many memories I had as a kid. the photos, the boards, This was all when I got into skating and it's amazing to see this as an adult now. This guy was so inspiring back then.
god backwards is dog, so that does make religious people dog worshippers? if they were so concern on the spelling of his name, why werent they concerned on the backward spelling of god?
whoa there everyone is saying that kids nowadays suck its just a different take on skateboarding...i mean i hate the kids that just skateboard because its cool but not everyone is like that i only started about 3 years ago and i love the sport...im into all the old skateboarders in fact i dont even watch new skate videos ive been going further and further back on the timeline so please dont generalize...
the most amazing thing is he natas actually looks good doing it. street skaters were sketchy until like 94. when i watch skate videos from the late 80s early 90s. pretty much every one was sketchy like they hadn't mastered it yet no one had style in street skating until like 95 besies natas and the gonz
I dunno about that. Ray Barbie was very smooth and had hella style in the late 80's and so was Eric Dressen, Christian Hosoi, The Gonz, most of the Bones Bergrade.
Most kids that skate nowadays SUCK!!! Wearing TIGHT FITTING PANTS while skating was unheard of back in the day, they'd be called KOOKS! I've also seen them wear these lame RAP MUSIC inspired, baggy-ass GAY GRAPHIC sweat jackets= LAME!!!!! Long Live DOGTOWN!!! SUICIDAL PUNX!!!! NATAS The REAL DEAL rookies.
Yeah man you kids nowadays are awesome! But the boards are different, lighter and more concave. Not saying you guys aren't great just that the scene was changing. You kids these days blow me away like Natas did then.
dude it doesnt matter how high YOU can ollie... who are you? oh thats right a punk kid.
the point is that Natas invented alot of the basics you kids now know as Skaeboarding. the guy is a fucking GURU you are not. HE invented rail slides... you DID NOT.
dam right, i was skating a local park yester day and i mentioned natas to some kids and they diddnt know who i was talking about, they dont even know the basic fucking history of their own sport!!
it's like Dr. J vs Dwight Howard. . Howard can do all that but Dr. J had the vision and pushed it to limits never seen before. The guy 2 below needs to chill, but you should learn your history and pay homage cause you wouldn't be riding a sk8board if it wasn't for them.
80´s...good times! Times of Christian Hosoi and Natas Kaupas, my 2 favourites American skaters in that time. Too, In that time, here in Brazil we had god skaters, like Rui Muleque, beto or die (my favourite brazilian shape- by lifestyle), fernandinho batman, Cupim, Mureta, Alexandre Ribeiro, Sérgio negrão, tron and others. Too, I remember that I had a shape of rob roskop (my favourite), trucks tracker (I dreamed of having a Gullwing) and santa cruz's wheels. (U.S. products were expensive)
80's... In that time, here in Brazil, we only watching on tv, Hosoi and Hawk disputing the hegemony of the global skateboarding, and dreaming to see, in a day, a Brazilian skater in this place. The time has passed and the dream became a reality ... Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias, among many others at the top of the world skating! What a pride! (we can not forget about the older Brazilians skaters that are part of this, too)
soccer = Pelé, basketball = Michael Jordan, tenis = Federer, surfboarding = kelly Slater, skateboarding = Tony Hawk or Bob Burnquist? (For me, is Bob. And for you? Who is the king?)
Hello. I'm from São Paulo-SP, Brazil (the South America's skateboarding capital) and in the 80's I saw the fight between Cristian Hosoi and Tony Hawk for the world hegemony. In that time, sure, we only dreamed, but today, I'm very proud to know that Bob Burnquist is the 'Pelé' (the King) of the skateboarding, like the Brazilian skateboarding is on the top of the world. (unfortuneately it still not happened with the Brazilian surfboarding). PS- Sorry 4 my bad english.
80´s...good times! Times of Christian Hosoi and Natas Kaupas, my 2 favourites American skaters in that time. Too, In that time, here in Brazil we had god skaters, like Rui Muleque, beto or die (my favourite brazilian shape- by lifestyle), fernandinho batman, Cupim, Mureta, Alexandre Ribeiro, Sérgio negrão, tron and others. Too, I remember that I had a shape of rob roskop (my favourite), trucks tracker (I dreamed of having a Gullwing) and santa cruz's wheels. (U.S. products were expensive)
Things are still rad today,I hear kids/younger friends talking as much about video days as "the new baker video",plus people are hyped on skating anything,rails,curbs whatever.
Have to say this to everone did NATAS KAUPAS do the first Handrail or did JULIEN STRANGER I just whant the (truth)I would have to say NATAS but that is Me I do know that they both were on SMA. Thank You
yep. Julian got the frontboard at Everette school in S.F. We used to hit that place up all the time.. Thanks cremefresche, most the time I have to correct everyone on how things went down... nice to see someone else remembers!
It has to be said, your ability to copy VHS video's in the 80's affected your social standing! I was never able to get a good copy from our video and my next door neighbours :)
If it was not for Natas Kaupas there would be no hand rails or big oilles or for that matter rideing up wall's.He put skateboarding on the map for Street and yes also Mark Gonzales.Mullen and Valley was later.
and the audacity of this vid to show "who came next in railslides" starts off with frankie hill in '89. Where's the hensley backside railslide from "shackle me not". And in the same vid, ron allen, ray simmonds, jeff petit, and a very young mike carroll all doing boardslides in '88. Which means in 87 a lot of these guys were probably trying it/getting them down. Don't build up the natas/gonz/jason lee myths. There are so many great forgotten skaters that were right along with gonz and natas.
hensley was doing backside railslides in shackle me not 1988. Probably filmed in early 88 or maybe even 87 for a lot of the footage. So seeing natas falling off a rail at the federal building is sort of laughable. Yeah it's a longer rail but still. Hensley owns!
thats some funky computerized bass lol but yeah natas is just a common name in his parents' old country, but natas played along with the whole satan thing so people started to think he was really a satanist. he even looked evil with his bugged out eyes and ear to ear grin
wow, it was probably in brand new condition tho right? i dont have mine anymore but i doubt it would be worth a penny lol i also heard about santa cruz reissuing all their old decks from the 80s, i like the graphics from that era best
Yeah, the board was in mint condition, in fact, it was still wrapped up in its plasctic cover. Thoses old santa cruz decks are amzing, a must have for anyone who skates.
looool fuck off man now that's just being mean i mean it's not his fault he's name gives satan backwards besides i crack up laughing every time i think bout that lool imagine a priest ''MUTHAFUCKER YOU'RE A BLASFEMY DIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE'' lololololol
ok heres the deal i asked him how come your name is satan backwards? his mom wanted a girl call natasha when he came out a boy they just took the last two letters off
natas is short/male form for/of natasha, not natalja
wurstundbohnen 1 week ago
Mike Valley!
Barrenthevampire 1 month ago
LOL natas skateboards banned cause of his name?
Imagine if Creature or Deathwish were around at that time lol
TheKillgrey 1 month ago
He said Dogtown was a "gang" and no gang attire was allowed........
vistalite1972 3 months ago
I had that Natas board at 3:12 but had no idea who it was at the time.
sikfuk48 5 months ago
I went to school at Long Beach Poly High School in late 80's and we could not wear Natas or DogTown shirts, matter of fact the vice principal at that time took my Dogtown team shirt and keepit until after school and told me not to wear it to school again.
vistalite1972 5 months ago
@vistalite1972 thats bullshit, why?
MrSKATERAT93 3 months ago
Anyone know that song that begins @3:35?
QuikShotJigen 6 months ago
haha 1:40. I agree. The rumor around wellington in 1988 was that Natas could ollie a bus. Fuck knows how we belived it but he was a god so we figured he could do anything.
Pighaterskater 6 months ago
im a skater and through this entire video i was " OH MY GOD" naming all the tricks and it makes me wanna go skate!!!!!!!
lonewolfgamer1 6 months ago
Reminds me of the good ole days when skateboarding was fun before the world went to crap
skate2274 6 months ago
It was fun, and it was just pure skateboarding, no corporate cereal box bullshit.
bizzmarky76 7 months ago
I seriously wish that I could have grew up during this era, back when skateboarding was just so much more fun
Footplantman 7 months ago
YEAH WALL RIDES ROCK
kansasoutdoorsnetwok 7 months ago
@kansasoutdoorsnetwok and hurt, ALOT
SSDecontrol94 6 months ago
the days when nothing mattered but high ollies and long ginds
kansasoutdoorsnetwok 9 months ago 8
Natas is a fucking pioneer for the '' you can do them anywhere in the street'' stylish tricks.
Just like Mullen, he revolutionized modern skateboard tricks.Both are awesome
igor4516 10 months ago 2
he reminds me of Laura Palmer's father !!!
mcbofrost 10 months ago
That's fine. These days the Internet lets us play catch-up with things like this.
ibookboyuk 10 months ago
I'm so mad that an ex friend of mine lost my copy of this when I was in junior high
fairlystupidjello 11 months ago
I still have my old Natas Crazed Panther board from when I was a kid.
XITroll13 1 year ago
Wheels Of Fire was one of my all-time favorites.
dslgunner1977 1 year ago
natas its lithuanian name beacouse natas parents is from lithuania
julius24lt 1 year ago
"this is me going down the street,oh dirt"
smirov 1 year ago
What is that trick at 6:54 called?!
evansawesomevideos17 1 year ago
@evansawesomevideos17 It's a 360 pressure flip.
LoeyJee 1 year ago
@LoeyJee 360 pressure flip (or any kind of pressure flip) was one of my best tricks back in the day...I could do a pressure flip to anything. The tails of all my decks looked like Gumby's head, from all the wear-and-tear. lol
dslgunner1977 1 year ago
man natas spins are easy.....on tony hawks underground 2 :)
mrjrob11 1 year ago
Guess what? Santa is SATAN all mixed up. Do we ban Santa now too? No. For some reason he's just like Jesus.
SpyresD80 1 year ago
Guess what? Santa is SATAN all mixed up.
SpyresD80 1 year ago
a minute was a second back then. kewl
rayskate 1 year ago
ban him cuz of his name WTF that is soooooo stupid.
freakoutguitarsolo1 1 year ago
we used to slow mo video looking for turned up bolts but not Natas. Dude, powered all those ollies with those heavy boards.
klars2000 1 year ago
damn i miss those times
mrcoky86 1 year ago
bio gives impression that handrails first went down in 88 - no, it was 86 that they did them
Nominay 1 year ago
Downtown LA at 7:45
skatingballa 1 year ago
board slide at 4:57 i just realized there is no fish eye and how important it is too have a fish eye....haha. also, this guy is the king of street.
dbspaceoditty 1 year ago
kill him! he is the son of satan! the bib,le says the signs will be evident and people will ignore! son of devil!
flyingape11 1 year ago
natas is not a male version of natalia, it's the male version of natasha
AtGiza 1 year ago 2
sick dumptster slide. one of the real gods of street skating.
karatezombie 1 year ago
Natas, Love all the way from Panama city, Panama. Central America my friend.
panamanubian 1 year ago
Where is natas at these days did he dead ?
when she is R.i.P !!
When not Start skating again and show the new school what skateboarding is about !!!
not money or who is the best !!
its about having fun and creativiti !!!
dinesyc 1 year ago
@dinesyc are you on fucking drugs or something?
AtGiza 1 year ago
@dinesyc Natas road by me on a "Fixie" bike about a year ago. It was in santa monica California.. He is alive and well.
Beachcrib 1 year ago
JAKE DUNCOMBE did a natas spins on a pole jam.
chunkymanskate 1 year ago
THanks for posting this series!
freqazoidiac 1 year ago
agreed its so amazing natas is a sick skater
chunkymanskate 1 year ago
gotta get me them shoes!
TheJinZo123 1 year ago
He refers to Pierre Andre as "some French guy," lol.
ConnorBurkeFilms 2 years ago
this guy inspired me o streat sk8 but man was tht sick and 6:10 nest thing ive seen so far!
bizz444sk8 2 years ago
6:10 thats fucking sick!
elgrax 2 years ago
I remember kids in school that didn't skate at all, talking about Natas and the fire hydrant.
worker82 2 years ago 4
Natas = Natanas, Antanas...gaidzhiai.
Rigidyroofless 2 years ago
what?
forkicksandgiggles4 2 years ago
I've seen some videos of other people doing the fire hydrant spin, but Natas' is still the best.
23trainwrecks 2 years ago 14
@23trainwrecks yeah but i think natas did it first?
ECCY101 10 months ago
@23trainwrecks Not only was he the best. He was the originator!
puppaducka 5 months ago
@puppaducka I know. I'm just saying no one has ever done it as perfectly as Natas.
23trainwrecks 5 months ago
@23trainwrecks ahh gotcha.
puppaducka 5 months ago
I am watching so many memories I had as a kid. the photos, the boards, This was all when I got into skating and it's amazing to see this as an adult now. This guy was so inspiring back then.
WILLJR1973 2 years ago 2
i didn't know he was the first pro shoe on etnies, let alone the first pro shoe ever
Leaffan93rules 2 years ago
natas satan? people are retarded if they ban him for that
chickaberga2 2 years ago 34
and its funny the ban probably got him more attention
ccclllaaarrrkkk 2 years ago
@chickaberga2 my shop has his third pro model. it costs like 500 but they still wont sell it
dbspaceoditty 1 year ago
@chickaberga2 the 80's was a very, conservative time, different from today
Nominay 1 year ago
@chickaberga2 people are retarded tho. sad but true! lol
spynee 1 year ago
@chickaberga2 fuck y fool its like the hardcore version of stanley yelnats
bassinyobooty 1 year ago
@chickaberga2 RIght?!?!? People are retarded. My parents said the same thing in 88. what hypocrites
push71 8 months ago
@chickaberga2 It was the Reagan era and the Christian 'right' had way too much power in this country, they soon lost a lot of it though...
22Angst 6 months ago
6:54 WTF!!!?!?!?!
sku11dude 2 years ago
god backwards is dog, so that does make religious people dog worshippers? if they were so concern on the spelling of his name, why werent they concerned on the backward spelling of god?
KARASCOUSIN 2 years ago 2
FOR ME NATAS SPIN IS A FANTASY TRICK, I MEAN THAT'S TRICK ITS SOMETHING WHAT ITS SO HARDER AND MAYBE IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEone
TitoWasteland 2 years ago
whoa there everyone is saying that kids nowadays suck its just a different take on skateboarding...i mean i hate the kids that just skateboard because its cool but not everyone is like that i only started about 3 years ago and i love the sport...im into all the old skateboarders in fact i dont even watch new skate videos ive been going further and further back on the timeline so please dont generalize...
KickAssAtheist 2 years ago
Look at that F***er go!
KatoPotato900 2 years ago
6:11-6:13 i was all like wtf...
Mariosuper12 2 years ago
damn, first grinds ever and they were long as hell!
Longboarder140 2 years ago
the most amazing thing is he natas actually looks good doing it. street skaters were sketchy until like 94. when i watch skate videos from the late 80s early 90s. pretty much every one was sketchy like they hadn't mastered it yet no one had style in street skating until like 95 besies natas and the gonz
kwballzandy 2 years ago 4
I dunno about that. Ray Barbie was very smooth and had hella style in the late 80's and so was Eric Dressen, Christian Hosoi, The Gonz, most of the Bones Bergrade.
sweatyspaghetti 2 years ago
how bout PAULO DIAZ... Rudy Johnson, Gabriel Rodriguez and Guy Mariano,DANNY WAY,COLIN MCKAY,JOHN REEVES ,kien THE DONGER lieu...
they were sick.. as hell
Rocism01 2 years ago
True, true. Paulo Diaz, Guy...all of them from the 2nd generation Bones Brigade. Diaz is the nollie king!
sweatyspaghetti 2 years ago
even MATT HENSLEY...
Rocism01 2 years ago
Professor Kaupas
Advanced Applied Physics
Teabonesteak 2 years ago 5
Most kids that skate nowadays SUCK!!! Wearing TIGHT FITTING PANTS while skating was unheard of back in the day, they'd be called KOOKS! I've also seen them wear these lame RAP MUSIC inspired, baggy-ass GAY GRAPHIC sweat jackets= LAME!!!!! Long Live DOGTOWN!!! SUICIDAL PUNX!!!! NATAS The REAL DEAL rookies.
aztecwar 2 years ago
I wonder why Natas never entered (or won) one of the high ollie contests at the time? :( Matt Hensley won in Hawaii in 89?
cremefresche 2 years ago 5
the kids now days suck 4 the most part ! i skated from 85 to 97 so f u ! punk kids
crimsondreem 3 years ago 3
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i can ollie that high and im in 8th grade o.o
BIueLettuce 3 years ago
Yeah man you kids nowadays are awesome! But the boards are different, lighter and more concave. Not saying you guys aren't great just that the scene was changing. You kids these days blow me away like Natas did then.
getoutinit 3 years ago
dude it doesnt matter how high YOU can ollie... who are you? oh thats right a punk kid.
the point is that Natas invented alot of the basics you kids now know as Skaeboarding. the guy is a fucking GURU you are not. HE invented rail slides... you DID NOT.
SHOW SOME RESPECT.
RMGANDNAH 3 years ago 6
dam right, i was skating a local park yester day and i mentioned natas to some kids and they diddnt know who i was talking about, they dont even know the basic fucking history of their own sport!!
uber0wn3r 2 years ago 4
your pretty cool man
cheddarhobbit6 3 years ago
it's like Dr. J vs Dwight Howard. . Howard can do all that but Dr. J had the vision and pushed it to limits never seen before. The guy 2 below needs to chill, but you should learn your history and pay homage cause you wouldn't be riding a sk8board if it wasn't for them.
Shadowlily21 3 years ago
Natas is definitely rad, but I got to see Gonz on vert, and he's my fave...
impalapez 3 years ago
when god invented skateboarding he said 1 thing "let there be natas kaupas and jay adams"
almostsk8errrr4lyfe 3 years ago
They make it look like handrail skating was invented in 88, but it was in 86.
Nominay 3 years ago
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80´s...good times! Times of Christian Hosoi and Natas Kaupas, my 2 favourites American skaters in that time. Too, In that time, here in Brazil we had god skaters, like Rui Muleque, beto or die (my favourite brazilian shape- by lifestyle), fernandinho batman, Cupim, Mureta, Alexandre Ribeiro, Sérgio negrão, tron and others. Too, I remember that I had a shape of rob roskop (my favourite), trucks tracker (I dreamed of having a Gullwing) and santa cruz's wheels. (U.S. products were expensive)
ItarareItapeva 3 years ago
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80's... In that time, here in Brazil, we only watching on tv, Hosoi and Hawk disputing the hegemony of the global skateboarding, and dreaming to see, in a day, a Brazilian skater in this place. The time has passed and the dream became a reality ... Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias, among many others at the top of the world skating! What a pride! (we can not forget about the older Brazilians skaters that are part of this, too)
ItarareItapeva 3 years ago
The Kings...
soccer = Pelé, basketball = Michael Jordan, tenis = Federer, surfboarding = kelly Slater, skateboarding = Tony Hawk or Bob Burnquist? (For me, is Bob. And for you? Who is the king?)
ItarareItapeva 3 years ago
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Hello. I'm from São Paulo-SP, Brazil (the South America's skateboarding capital) and in the 80's I saw the fight between Cristian Hosoi and Tony Hawk for the world hegemony. In that time, sure, we only dreamed, but today, I'm very proud to know that Bob Burnquist is the 'Pelé' (the King) of the skateboarding, like the Brazilian skateboarding is on the top of the world. (unfortuneately it still not happened with the Brazilian surfboarding). PS- Sorry 4 my bad english.
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80´s...good times! Times of Christian Hosoi and Natas Kaupas, my 2 favourites American skaters in that time. Too, In that time, here in Brazil we had god skaters, like Rui Muleque, beto or die (my favourite brazilian shape- by lifestyle), fernandinho batman, Cupim, Mureta, Alexandre Ribeiro, Sérgio negrão, tron and others. Too, I remember that I had a shape of rob roskop (my favourite), trucks tracker (I dreamed of having a Gullwing) and santa cruz's wheels. (U.S. products were expensive)
ItarareItapeva 3 years ago
its so sweet that his name backwards is satan
blkcuz 3 years ago
sick boys is being re released btw... on dvd
MattTheGonzGonzalez 3 years ago
what is in a name... fuckin idiots. the media and public is retarded
theqbfan 3 years ago
6:65
DKHproducts 3 years ago
you mean 6:55
DKHproducts 3 years ago
lip sliiiiiideeee.... for suuuuure
MattTheGonzGonzalez 3 years ago
street scott invented the hand rail slide
1969yugt 3 years ago
Things are still rad today,I hear kids/younger friends talking as much about video days as "the new baker video",plus people are hyped on skating anything,rails,curbs whatever.
sw69skate 3 years ago
olds cool.
TheAWExperience 3 years ago
pioneer of street skating
cconnorr4 3 years ago
THE GONZ.
unlimited510 3 years ago
I remember that his board at the time had a higher kick tail than the average skate boards. _____/ o o
capedcrusad3r 3 years ago
damn, he's already doing frontside hurricanes! hahahah Great skating!! Natas rocks
warhammer1 3 years ago
Have to say this to everone did NATAS KAUPAS do the first Handrail or did JULIEN STRANGER I just whant the (truth)I would have to say NATAS but that is Me I do know that they both were on SMA. Thank You
vetec4 3 years ago
im pretty sure it was mark gonxales
Modimodifilms 3 years ago
Natas attempted the first handrail...I think Gonz. actually pulled it....Julien did the first frontside boardslide on a handrail! ;)
cremefresche 2 years ago 2
yep. Julian got the frontboard at Everette school in S.F. We used to hit that place up all the time.. Thanks cremefresche, most the time I have to correct everyone on how things went down... nice to see someone else remembers!
sksb 2 years ago 2
It has to be said, your ability to copy VHS video's in the 80's affected your social standing! I was never able to get a good copy from our video and my next door neighbours :)
richchund 3 years ago
I spent from 1988 to 1993 street skating because of the bones brigade and Natas!
Effing brilliant! What a great way to spend your teens aspiring to be like McGill, Natas, Guererro, Hawk, Mountain et al...
Really glad i'm not a teenager now :)
richchund 3 years ago
Yeah, this reminds me of curb skating and when thrasher mag was good. natas was an innovator.
karatezombie 3 years ago
OMG I never know him before this video.
lipevolcom2 3 years ago
wtf so huge ollie did u see the grind on jeep? :OOO
he is god really
FFsilje 3 years ago
6:55 WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg!!
critikdude 3 years ago
360 pressure flip fast plant
luis12w 3 years ago
3:40 Thats in Benicia California......I used to skate that park all the time...this brings back mad memories
DruNation 3 years ago
What is this video or where can I find it????Holy shit !!!!!This is my aahhhh!!I gotta find this video!!!
BIKERJAKE74 3 years ago
DUCK
SpokenwerD405 3 years ago
people dont do these old skool curb tricks anymore, i remember a high curb was all you needed.
seethootss 3 years ago 2
my friend landed a natas spin on friday i gotta get a vid of him up
bates2781736 3 years ago
I went out and attempted that 2 footed fence plant..... I got a mouthful of asphalt.
squibble94 3 years ago
If it was not for Natas Kaupas there would be no hand rails or big oilles or for that matter rideing up wall's.He put skateboarding on the map for Street and yes also Mark Gonzales.Mullen and Valley was later.
vetec4 3 years ago
mullen did freestyle before natas
MullenandBerra 3 years ago
julien stranger did the first handrail
blinkobssessed182 3 years ago
he did the first frontside boardslide on handrail...I'm pretty sure Natas attempted the first handrail and Gonz actually pulled it..
cremefresche 2 years ago 2
fuck you
bates2781736 3 years ago
natas=god
bates2781736 3 years ago
I wanna see Natas spin on the hidrant without grabin the signpost
Funkatronical 3 years ago
What's the song in the 'Wheels of Fire' section?
pkScary 3 years ago
To specify, I mean in the very beginning
pkScary 3 years ago
The song is "Brave Captain" by fireHOSE
plasticine89 3 years ago
What the frick is that song in "Streets on fire". It is the best song, its stuck in my head
TheTruthishere2stay 3 years ago
and the audacity of this vid to show "who came next in railslides" starts off with frankie hill in '89. Where's the hensley backside railslide from "shackle me not". And in the same vid, ron allen, ray simmonds, jeff petit, and a very young mike carroll all doing boardslides in '88. Which means in 87 a lot of these guys were probably trying it/getting them down. Don't build up the natas/gonz/jason lee myths. There are so many great forgotten skaters that were right along with gonz and natas.
freezazoid 3 years ago
I think i kno wat you mean but im only 13 so ive got no clue
joebloggs9674 3 years ago
hensley was doing backside railslides in shackle me not 1988. Probably filmed in early 88 or maybe even 87 for a lot of the footage. So seeing natas falling off a rail at the federal building is sort of laughable. Yeah it's a longer rail but still. Hensley owns!
freezazoid 3 years ago
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Mike Vallely is SUCH A FUCKING DOUCHE
yo MIKE i would fight you anytime anmywhere you half faggoted fucko
FonghoulaForsure 3 years ago
It's the spirit of dogtown all over again
jmorra 3 years ago
wouw, he's good, i'm not a skateboard fan...
But this is really cool!
Some one has his own skate vid? :D
plz show me :D
love2bedutch 3 years ago
He was the entire reason I wanted to ollie over stuff. He is the man.
podojones 3 years ago 3
pure style...
sleepyhashknife 3 years ago 2
now we don't see videos with static tricks!
wish i lived in 80ies
baldassaredegenes 3 years ago
the ban because of his name is so Ignorant
trajhver2 4 years ago 2
Some of the best times of my life. Thanks skateboarding.
sloanliv 4 years ago 9
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he made etnies i hate him
HIMskater815 4 years ago
satan omg what the hell! lol
iamismehellyeah 4 years ago
Natas' name gives also Santa as an Akronym
Mondaybluz 4 years ago 2
and Tasna too....
huh...wait
lol
baldassaredegenes 3 years ago
LOL - Gonz is interviewed with his pants on his fucking head!
Nominay 4 years ago 3
yeah i thot that shit wuz pretty funny too...fuckin gonz, wut a crazy motherfucker
tht420kid 4 years ago
hes amazing
bozziofan01 4 years ago
rail slide on the truck was way fuckin cool!
OldSkaterGuy 4 years ago 2
One of the true fathers of StreetSkating as we know it.
Graiskye 4 years ago 2
ahahahahaahahahahhaa!! satan from natas and natasha!! what a shithead!! his name is lithuanian. cuz his parents from lithuania.
kingsaiz 4 years ago
thats some funky computerized bass lol but yeah natas is just a common name in his parents' old country, but natas played along with the whole satan thing so people started to think he was really a satanist. he even looked evil with his bugged out eyes and ear to ear grin
screwuguysgoinghome 4 years ago
Yeah, remember when he was on 1O1 and he had that Satanic board graphic as a spoof? He was the man.
drummerboy52587 4 years ago
i had that board! that was a funny graphic
screwuguysgoinghome 4 years ago
Damn, your lucky. That was a classic. Did you know that it went for over $2000 on ebay?
drummerboy52587 4 years ago
wow, it was probably in brand new condition tho right? i dont have mine anymore but i doubt it would be worth a penny lol i also heard about santa cruz reissuing all their old decks from the 80s, i like the graphics from that era best
screwuguysgoinghome 4 years ago
Yeah, the board was in mint condition, in fact, it was still wrapped up in its plasctic cover. Thoses old santa cruz decks are amzing, a must have for anyone who skates.
drummerboy52587 4 years ago
looool fuck off man now that's just being mean i mean it's not his fault he's name gives satan backwards besides i crack up laughing every time i think bout that lool imagine a priest ''MUTHAFUCKER YOU'RE A BLASFEMY DIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE'' lololololol
DB236 4 years ago
jaja, un viejito en patineta xD
yoshimaker 4 years ago
I recall the whole, oh yeah man Natas is a satanist rumor...He was always my favorite skater, probably always will be.
AcidCakes 4 years ago
ok heres the deal i asked him how come your name is satan backwards? his mom wanted a girl call natasha when he came out a boy they just took the last two letters off
slalomone 4 years ago
what kind of name is natas
TNN42 4 years ago
Lithuanian
monetgray 4 years ago
Hey I noticed you like skateboarding videos. You should check out GrindTV - they have a ton of killer vids!
GrindTVdotcom 4 years ago
Check out the 5 minute mark...Hell Curb in Costa Mesa!!! Anybody know if that's still there? I pulled that off exactly once. Ah, the good old days...
equatorgator 4 years ago
Takes me back- now 33 yrs old I remember sayin , Damn how does he ollie so freakin high?
addoolin 4 years ago
Im 33 as well and I remember all of us saying the same thing
cstroud 4 years ago
Im Lithuanian and i saw that he's from there im so proud and inspired. Lietuva tevyne musu.
Laimiux 4 years ago
good for you
Rigidyroofless 2 years ago
Natas Kaupas has given Lithuania a good name. Mainly for the talent that he has achieved and changed the way people saw skateboarding.
midgetmartin 4 years ago
Wow, this brings back awesome memories. Watching my skate hero.