1990 - Sk8 TV - Tony Alva

[dantana7747]

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[dantana7747]

this was a fun pool in carlsbad Im sitting in the shallow end , hard to believe it was 23 yrs ago ...

[tysonboy34]

why do so many people troll on youtube??? or dislike a video? obviously your one of three people who have a neggative view on something that is pretty cool. thats nice. keep it to yourself. noone cares. just saying

[daylantin]

When did they start making decks in the shape they are now?

[srarcade]

@daylantin Decks with nose and tail symmetry started appearing around late 92. By late 93 most decks had shapes like today. They started getting a bit wider by the mid 90s and they've stayed pretty much the same since. I think the earliest deck I personally remember to be almost symmetrical was Mike Vallely's barnyard by World Industries

[OldSchoolChinny]

@SmashingKinpumps: The guy at the beginning is Skate Master Tate,a.k.a. Gerry Hurtado,a big presence in skating in the 80's from managing Winchester Skatepark in the dead days of the early 80's,to commentating at most major NSA contests in the late 80's craze daze. Made a few rap records too.

[robinett11]

this guy has the hugest ego i've ever seen

[bumblescum64]

33 here....now 20 or so years later.still skating.

i wish i had not stopped....started again.

2 runs at a local skatepark............first one was fine...second one,wiped out,rolled down a hill.

[concretesurf814]

@EVERYONE.

STYLE IS EVERYTHING. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G

No one cares about the sweet tricks you can do.

So go Find a parking lot, play "skate" for 4 years, think youre the shit because you can stick a few Tre's and then shut the fuck up and quit skateboarding just like all the rest of the kooks. K- thanks

[alexandre15083]

tricks are for fags..Long live Alva and the Z-boys.

These kids suck carving a pool, they just do that shit ass tricks and nothing else.

At least Pedro Barros do like to carve a pool like de good old days

[arthurpunked]

tony alva jay adams stacy peralta foram os pioneiros... queria ter vivido aquela epoca

[SmashingKinpumps]

is that p rods dad in the beginning? it looks like him

[concretesurf814]

@SmashingKinpumps P.RODS dad is a stand up comedian!!!!!!

[thefreedomartist]

...and something else- the mentality of skating on vert was a low, surf-oriented thing. It was a mind set where the wall was like a wave, and you stayed inside that wave and were flowing with it.

Nowadays, kids see the lip differently, they basically stand or pause on it, very uprightly and perform a freestyle manuever, then go back down. The transition is usually not vert, and is something to just get them to the top. A very different mentality...

The surf-style is lower, "inside" the wave.

[thefreedomartist]

Oh, one more thing...I was at a park recently and overheard some young, moderately skilled skaters saying, "I wish I was alive and skating back then, I would have been a pro!" Maybe you've heard the story of Roger Bannister and the 4 Minute Mile? No one could break that 4 minute barrier. Not until Bannister did it. Then everybody started doing it. Nowadays, high schools are going under 4 minutes. T.A. was like Bannister in a way. He was pushing harder and faster to break boundaries.

[thefreedomartist]

I started skating in '72. The mags had a lot of different skaters and I practically memorized them, just from looking and reading them so much. The Dogtowners, and of course T.A. really caught my attention. The photos, the writing...it gave me the same feeling I got when reading good comic books...it made me dream. The stuff of legend and myth. I'm back skating again, and trying to both relearn old things, and add some of the newer tricks. All very challenging. Alva was and is a huge inspiration

[bizzmarky76]

Jesus. Here's the thing now pay attention this might be too much for you 3 flip fumbling groms to handle. THE main reason that you even know what a skateboard is - TA and the dogtown boys. It's that simple. The first wave boom of the late 70's that put pro skating on the map, on tv and in stores-shops is because of them. The first skater-owned company? You guessed it, Alva. TA and Adams, Stacy P don't do the tech?! they pioneered it Numbnuts.

[Flaskater1976]

Anyone can kickturn and carve true, but no one could or can do it with the style and ease like TA.... Your a full on Kook if you can't see the skill level this guy has had for years..... A hand plant? Your kidding right? This is the guy that did the first recognized frontside air with style at the original dog bowl( check the photos... That's a huge air!)

Hands down the God Father of Skateboarding.... A hand plant????

[moldycheesefarts]

If tony alva was so great how come every video is just him doing carves and kickturns?

I mean anyone can do that

[srarcade]

@moldycheesefarts Because he did it before anyone else. He was a pioneer like the video says, he helped invent the sport, so that does make him pretty great. Sure, lots of guys can skate better but only Tony can say "i did that first". Check out the Lords of Dogtown movie.

[moldycheesefarts]

@srarcade

Yeh but that dosent mean he has to do the same tricks for 30 years.

I mean he never learned a damn handplant or invert since 1976?

Look theres tony alva doing yet another carve !

[srarcade]

@moldycheesefarts Yea, i've seen him do inverts lol don't worry. Ive been skating myself since 86. For me, the old school moves are the most fun and feels the best. So I can relate. Its just about letting go, flowing with it, not thinking about it, putting your mind elsewhere. I think pool skating captures that best. And thats how Tony rips, it shows in his style. Its not all about technicality or the next big trick for some people.

[moldycheesefarts]

@srarcade

I still dont see how he is a legend just from carving and doing kickturns.

even stacy peralta did 360s

[Pagra101]

@srarcade 'Surf' styled skating is so much better than the skating of today

[xxxIronLeexxx]

@moldycheesefarts I'd have to agree. Tony Hawk could probably slay him in a pool, doing all types of tricks, and he never skates them. Alve basiclly never progressed.

[sooperheep]

@moldycheesefarts once you get old you'll see how much you can do

[RowlandJosh]

@moldycheesefarts his skating isn't about tech skating or tricks its about grinds and carves and putting style in skating.

[alexandre15083]

@moldycheesefarts do you even know how to carve?Have you ever surfed?You probably skate like Ty Page.......What if TA doesnt give a shit about new tricks?Isnt skate just having fun and feeling free?Maybe for you is just for calling the attention of the other boys.......

I know lots of good transition skateboarders that suck pretty bad carving a pool .They just want to start learning the little tricks before even learn how to carve, grind...........

[sclapione]

@moldycheesefarts You wouldn't know any of that, if it weren't for him

So stfu and respect !!

[TheMummy516]

@moldycheesefarts You're an arrogant prick. The thing is, you can't do any of that shit. But secondly, this guy manages a skate company,and he doesn't need to learn new shit, because he's got more style than any street skater you know.

[lavishmcronald]

@moldycheesefarts man I think your totally missing the point of why people skate.

[moldycheesefarts]

@srarcade

why didnt he ever both to learn an invert or just a trick

I mean hes been skating for 30 years and all he does is carve

what a waste

[robinett11]

@srarcade no the documentary dogtown and the z boys

[defdieb]

@moldycheesefarts

You cant carve like him!

[zomgahmike]

@moldycheesefarts all right you MIGHT be able to hit some turns and you MIGHT be able to clear the ladder in an empty pool. but you definitely dont look as good as TA doing it dogg.

[Locker2119]

@moldycheesefarts tony alva was skating before you were born.

[richie649]

@moldycheesefarts SHOW SOME RESPECT DICK!

[mattbpatterson]

@moldycheesefarts you ever skate a pool?

[mattbpatterson]

@moldycheesefarts you ever skate a pool?

Those reverts backside 180s are sick, I bet you'd mess your drawers trying to do that hauling ass in a pool. And he does it with style..get a clue man

[smartijn]

@moldycheesefarts please die, u cock sucker.. hes your daddy, in skating.. go do kickflips dipshit

[MustLoveGames]

@moldycheesefarts u dont get skateboarding at all do u?!

[sclapione]

@moldycheesefarts lol .... he is the original, you idiot

[CobraliciouZ]

whats the name of the song

[srarcade]

@CobraliciouZ This music was made by the shows production team for the segment. Musician Chuck Treece did most of the shows music.

[eees888]

@srarcade This song is "Don't fear the Boogie" by the Los Angeles band Double D Nose back in 1989-90. Why don't you credit 'em?

[srarcade]

@eees888 Sweet thanks for that, I had no idea. I thought this was show produced track. I will give them credit.

[MikeRueter]

@ExtacyOfMorbidDeath ur an idiot

[farmhandfilms]

sk8 tv..that's the best we had back then sort of..idunno...awesome 'nickelodeon' biopic for jay i guess...fucking 500 to 800 pools...that's being rather spoiled I'd say!

[Lainer1]

I recall him and Jay Adams, and especially Glen E. Friedman and Craig Stecyk for their photographic abilities. I followed the Dogtown era while growing up, but more for the photography part. Loved the skating, but I would rather photograph it. LOL!

[srarcade]

@Lainer1 Thats great stuff, i've seen some skate photography exhibits from that era and its really stunning. I have a interview with Grant Brittain from Sk8 TV that i can post up on here, i know its not dogtown days but its cool to actually see a photographer get some attention. Also got a interview with Lance Daws from 411 who ran Slap magazine back in the early 90s, i'll try to find that too.

[STFOMJ]

20 years later Alva still kicks ass

[LANRED80]

i knew tony alva in lords of dogtown, amazing film!!