VG 04 Puppets of Destiny (1996) 16 Jon Julio

[damon184]

I was 11 and had rollerblade lightnings. Lmao

[olddirt311]

Wow - I even remember the ad's.



[chilly22]

lets get something straight here.. none of us could ever have top acid hubbas hideout back in 1996 lol.. have some respect.

[colinrenteria2006]

I wish I could have been skating at this time. I would have been a legend!!

[mophead684]

@colinrenteria2006 no you wouldnt the only reason your as good as you are now is because these guys paved the way and did all the hardwork figuring out whats possible! i'd like to see you pull a nice long fishbrain on a pair of 1996 majestic 13 tw3lv3s!

[colinrenteria2006]

@mophead684 i've done my fair share of fishy's in m12's bud. been skating for a loooooong time. : )

[reddypops]

@mophead684 so true. We had to come up with the stuff. Kids these days just have to look and learn. They start off by learning true fish -> 360 allyoop fish. The learning curve is much steeper for them, but they dont know what it was like back when we had to skate sticky ledges... Shit we didnt even have H blocks. How many times i stuck on unities because i had no h block. Sliding alone was hard enough!

[chilly22]

@mophead684 couldnt have said it better myself.

comparing yourself now to skating from the early days is just stupid and disrespectful

i was just barely skating in 1996.. but theres no way in hell that i could ever have been this good back then.. it seemed unthinkable to topside acid a ledge like hubbas

shit even now most people would think twice.

i love how julio just cruises for alot of the section.. all style.. something thats lost in todays skating... everyone wants to do the big tricks.

[SPOOKYDONKEY3030]

VG 4 was awesome !

[bfells]

amazing only word that comes to mind

[PtownMoto]

I remember skating when this first came out brings back such good memories too bad once you got into hs skating became gay I ride dit bikes now its much better but man I remember skaing on friday nights in SF wih jon starr julio jason marshll matt andrews tons of OGs at hubbas hideout and mini hubbas

[simza03]

was it number 6 that had the lego men in it?

[tigahwood]

yep toys beneath our feet or somethign. those were the days ...

[00ABBITT00]

Videogroove was SO good...they used to just ooze passion.

[livibam]

oh my this was so sick back in the day, that poor bastard getting suck into the plane got me everytime and thats saying summit as i used to wach this about 3 times a day.

[djdiscover]

best video ever! Tied with hoax 2 that is. This was when it was all about the passion of skating.

[strapt313]

"are you jumping on those banisters?"

one of the most quoted lines in the old school detroit crew. those were the good ol' days.

[csselement]

oh the memories...wow.

[KALANI12017]

Tribe was in the house way before there was Jon Julio.

[L2thaface]

thats funny this last guy says that. im getting back in after 7 years, its difficult, but so worth it to have fun again.

[basslistic]

fuck, this brings me way back...

When ya quit skating the nostalgia kicks in..

No wonder Im getting back into it after almost 10 years.

You guys remember the hoax 1...or 3 where theyre going to different spots around the world..maaan.memories..

[KALANI12017]

I was at Stanford University when all of a sudden this RV pulls up with a Hoax sticker on it and out comes Arlo, Brian Smith, Jon Julio, Brian B Hardin, and all them old schoolers. Best day of my inline skating life.

[illznick]

@basslistic never too late my dude, im geting back into it at 32. just got a pair of valo tv.2 customs in the mail 2 days ago. i doubted at first but man they are some mean skates. i actually posted my setup on valo's site look for Ilitch from the Bronx from NYC  :)

Peace

[paridisegrowth]

This section turned me onto Tribe called quest forever...

Julio's still amazing

[KALANI12017]

skated with this dude a couple of times. 408

[wstsdblks]

Greatest section ever!

[hvf]

Indeed!!! EVER!!!

[dumbtafs]

this man is my god

[HitMan1263]

this is wen inline was blowin up,then we got dissed by other extreme sports and we ent back underground,n i think were ready to resurface again

[deflori]

Damn,what a Classic!

JJ stands for rolling....

Jon:

"thx my sponsors - rociis" haha,so nice

[chilly22]

it was due to jon julio that i got into tribe called quest :P

classic section

he still is the most naturally stylish rollerblader.

[krollah]

jon has such a fresh style. especially like the royale handplant thing at 2:17. great lines in this section.love it.