Epicly Later'd--Henry Sanchez

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The year was 1992. I was in high school, and I learned from another skater that shorts weren't cool anymore. I also started saying words like "fresh" "hella," and I spent most of my time doing noseslides to "K-grinds." It was like one year I had cargo shorts and rails on my H-Street board, the next I had a World board with a nose that was bigger than the tail, bleached hair, and Blind jeans. I also really liked Souls of Mischief for some reason... sorry, I'm not trying to make this all "Memory Corner." The thing is, looking back, it was as if the EMB crew was sitting on the C-block issuing directives that all skateboarders were compelled to follow or risk being endlessly heckled or ass-kicked. Every little aspect of skateboarding at the time--every clothing trend and trick--began at Embarco and rippled out through the skaterverse. In the course of a single year the whole world changed. Tons of 80s pros were suddenly out of work and left with no respect. For better or for worse, what it meant to be a skater had radically shifted. Henry Sanchez was a key figure in the EMB scene, he invented so many tricks and took switch stance to a whole new level. He pushed skating in technical new directions without compromising the gnarlatude. Looking back now, a lot of skaters from that time seem pretty dated, riding slow and doing crazy triple flips. But Henry's old parts still hold it down.

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[sanchemb]

I can push with whatever foot I want. I was joking in that scene but of course you wouldn't notice cause you're to busy checking me out.

whoever you are, I'm still better than you

[sacsupreme1]

kids who worry about how someone pushes is soo gay. This is what I didn't like about skating. Skating was so unique in styles til the style police turned everyone into robots. Sorry I'm not a clone. I do me and the world could fuck off far as I'm concerned. Just me.

[barkeep25]

mind of mencia

[Ostatebuckeye11]

hey, @2:25, the part where the black dude knocks out the little white kid, what video is that from. I think it was an old mid 90's Spitfire video. can't remember the name. that video had the dopest ending scene with a zamfir-metty song. thanks guys.

[sampleskateboarding]

@sanchemb true dat...

[djskizmarkey]

@pizzaskate420 respect the legend fool!!!HEnry was the shit in the 90s fool!!!and still is a legend,,,

[djskizmarkey]

@sanchemb is this the real henry sanchez!!!????

[pizzaskate420]

@kpdawes i can tell you dont skate just for the fact that you told someone on you tube that your "better" than him. Real OGs dont even think about who is "better" than who that isnt even really a word in skating. Thats me

[pupape]

@cplexroro Their gear...

[rebusd]

the secret was to skate the bricks diagonally. James Kelch bummed 20 bucks off my bros. Heady days.

who ever cares about pushing foot is f)))ed in the head.

[cplexroro]

what does he say at the beginning? he would draw people with arrows pointing to wat was wrong with their ears???

[Skinnyjeansskater]

good ep