Ocean Howell Flatground Run

They used to do freestyle contests when a bunch of us were coming up as ams, for some reason, we decided it would be fun to skate them since most of the time we were just skating flatground a ton anyways. Now I have a bunch of "freestyle" trophies in my closet. I think that CASL even changed the name of the contests from Freestyle to Flatground after we started showing up and doing well. One ridiculous thing is that the runs were 2 minutes long. Seriously? Did we really need to skate for 2 minutes? I think 30-45 seconds could've done it. So funny.
Self props to me, more props to Ocean for looking so sick on the flat.
He's probably going to be pissed to see this, sorry Ocean. Hopefully you've still got a great sense of humor.

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Sports

Tags:

• Ocean
• Howell
• Skateboarding
• flatground

[FreestyleEr]

Thats pretty cool, Kareem Campbell in a freestyle contest!

Im curious who are you youreself?

[rothy13]

My name is Jason Rothmeyer, I'm friends with these dudes and was pro back in the 90's with them.

[rktsncalnc]

@rothy13 I remember you, Roth! From magazines and videos, mostly. You had a sick style . Who did you skate for back in day?

[rothy13]

@rktsncalnc Skated for Santa Cruz and Foundation for a while, from like 1990-1996 or so. Thanks for checking some of this stuff out.

[3Deditor]

Who was filming this run, scoping out the ladies before deciding to point the camera on Ocean? Hahaha! Those two young gals and the lady standing behind George Duville judging, is my Mom in the red and my sister in the white with blonde hair and her friend on the right with brown hair.

[3Deditor]

@rothy13 How come I don't remember your name? You said you competed at these freestyle contests, probably in a different age group. Your name name sounds vaguely familiar.

[rothy13]

@dondiwhite1 Thanks man. I've got a bunch more footage from other contests that I really need to put up online. I think it's going to go up on here after I give it to Thrasher for their "classics" series. Thanks for the compliments.

[dondiwhite1]

@rothy13 hey man just wanted to say i was a fan of your skating back in the day

Iirc you landed a cab kickflip switch manny, in the 411#1...really enjoyed that and tripped out on it for a long time. Good to see your still into skating...old footy is awesome =p way more soul than the current robotic skating around

[rktsncalnc]

@rothy13 I remember your boards for SC. You must have been on Santa Cruz around the time my friend Mike Rafter was, right?

[clockwork8484]

Ocean Howell seriously got some skills on a skateboard. Styles for miles.

[jonnymcd9809]

0:10 is the sickest trick