 What's happening guys Shawnee nuts here welcome back to the channel shouts out to all the new subscribers Thank you so much for subscribing to my YouTube channel. It really means the world to me But yeah, let's get into this video for all you people that aren't familiar with who Mark Gonzalez is I'll give you guys a little background pretty much in the late 80s The bird skating kind of took a dive and was losing its popularity a lot of people were skating the street A lot of people thought that street skating would actually die out Which is kind of funny to think about because street skating is like so big now There's a few people that were skating the street that were kind of the first kind of pioneers of street skateboarding If you will Mark Gonzalez being one of them He was dubbed the most influential skateboarder of all time and if you go back and watch his blind video days part You can understand why a lot of the tricks and the stuff he was doing in that part was like ahead of its time Hadn't really been seen before and like I said people didn't think street skating was possible They thought like you pretty much go and skate the vert ramp or you skate freestyle street skating is just kind of to muck around Back in 1989 Mark actually founded a company called blind. I'm sure all of you have heard of this company before It's a pretty big brand name in skateboarding. He started blind back in late 80s from then I think he moved on from blind He actually started another brand in 2002 called crooked another big name in the industry I'm sure all of you guys have heard of crooked for all you kids that were commenting on my last board setup video Seeing user writing crooked boards. This guy owns crooked So I've only come across his YouTube channel recently like the past week I've been watching the clips that he's uploaded recently and it's such a sick thing to see him still skating and still being the Gons after all these years. It's been like 25 30 years and he's still the same character as he was back then Which is so sick and inspirational to see so I figured I'd try out some of the tricks he had uploaded to his channel Bear in mind. I've never done any of these tricks before in my life I pretty much had to learn them on the spot a lot of these tricks may look simple But the amount of board control you need to execute these tricks clean is like through the roof Like you need so much board control and keep in mind. I am six foot one So bending down to grab my board was like super hard for me to kind of bounce and stuff because of my height But anyway, the first trip I wanted to try was the fakie olipop to front side pivot I'm gonna show you guys a clip of Mark doing it And then I'm gonna show you guys how long it took me to learn how to do it And then we're gonna show them side by side. So let's check it out As you can see he rolls in fakie he pops lands his back truck on that curb balances Brings his weight back over and then always back onto the flat simple now Let's have a look at how long it took me to do it So as you guys can see it took me a little while to learn this one I think the hardest part for me was kind of Oli and landing with my weight back from the curb So I wasn't going on top of the curb just being able to hold that pivot without my tail touching and then pulping back in Took me a few goes. Yeah, let's have a look at both those clips side by side All right, so the next trick I attempted was the 360 rock in the street So basically you're rolling in fakie you're popping doing a half cab landing with your board on the curb and then Pivoting out and that's a 360 rock in the street. Let's check out how the guns does it The 360 rock and roll is actually a spiced up version of the original rock and roll, which is what it is Ride out rock it and then roll back in. All right, let's check out how I did this trick I've got to say this trick come a lot easier than the fakie pop Fago pivot just seemed more natural to me to kind of half cab onto the curb and pivot out didn't take me that long to learn All right guys, so this next trick beat the hell out of me like I fell over a lot I had to put a glove on actually because my thumb was getting thumb grip from just grabbing the board so much So this next trick we're gonna look at it's called the early indie grab nose pick not gonna lie This took me forever to learn I slammed pretty hard, but in and I got there. So let's check it out Hi, I'm Mark Gonzalez. How you doing big shout out to my subscribers? Thanks for subscribing to my channel. We're gonna do an indie nose pick early grab indie nose pick And here we go Simple effortless So as you can see I had to really battle for this trick. I got there eventually Let's have a look at the clips side by side the next trick I learned was the front side nose pick chaveau again guys looks quite simple But the amount of board control you need to execute this trick clean. It's a bit took me a little while So we just did in the nose pick now. We're gonna try to do all the different side nose pick shove it off. Here we go I was just skating the mall car park and the security came and I got kicked out So I had to move along to this crusty old Loading dock style ledge place that was only up the road So but after I move on to the new spot. I was able to get it in like five minutes So really happy about that one. Let's have a look at both these clips side by side All right, so this next trick guys is the alley you backside lip on a curve something so simple But so kind of difficult because you're rolling in one way and then you're turning your body the opposite way But let's check out how the gongs does it Approach the curve backside go front side land in the middle of your deck, which is like a lipper Lipper alley you Lipper land like your lip on the lip and then turn off and that is a backside alley you lip slide It's so sick to see him still skating after all these years and still going out by myself to skate a curve Like honestly, how many kids do you know that just head out and skate a curve? It's just so sick to see that skateboarding still exists so strongly inside him pretty much back then There wasn't many skate parks was only Bert Ramps These dudes had to skate the street and a lot of people grew up skating curves like this I grew up skating the curve outside of my house I did my first no slide on the curve at the front of my house. Let's have a look at how I did this trick So as you guys can see it took me a few goes to get this one I landed in and then I kind of wiggled off a little bit I couldn't do it as kind of steasy as the gongs, but who can really skate as steasy as the gongs anyway Before we move on to this next trick guys If you guys aren't following me on Instagram already make sure you follow me at enakism And if you guys are new to my channel make sure you hit that subscribe button go and check out the rest of my Videos, let's move on to this next trick. So the next trick I learned was the sweeper So I'm told this is like an old-school vert trick and like old-school vert skaters used to do this trick So him being able to do it in the street is like so sick. Not only does this guy rip Skateboarding on the street should seem an avert ramp. He's able to skate a vert ramp like he's a street skater Let's have a look at how many goes it took me to learn this one This is probably my favorite trick of the day to be honest and now that I've learned it I can do it at the park and look cool I love how he's so comfortable to skate like anywhere as you can see It's it looks like a busy intersection like his people crossing the road You can hear cars going by and he's just skating like he's in his own world. It's so sick This one took me a few goes There's some funny bales in here. So let's check it out. So as you guys can see I was able to kind of get it In my own way. It wasn't as clean as his one So if you guys haven't seen his part in blind video days, I strongly suggest you go and check it out I'll leave a link to it in the description below Make sure you go and check it out and mark if you do end up watching this video shouts out to you Honestly, you can see why a lot of skateboarders from the late 90s and early 2000s was so inspired by your skating and your Creativity, it's awesome to watch if you guys enjoyed this video and enjoy this style of content Definitely let me know in the comment section below if you guys are new to my channel and you want to watch some more videos There should be a link in the description below to my DIY diary series I built this DIY park with my bare hands and a few other friends But yeah, go and check it out. Make sure you subscribe throw a thumbs up drop me a comment below But until next time guys, thank you so much for watching the video. I'll see you all in the next one