Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarding’s legendary spots
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- Full pipes, ledges, stair sets, and pools: These are the skate spots that made legends.
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Tony Hawk, the legendary skateboarder, and Iain Borden, an architectural historian, are your guides in this deep dive into skateboarding history via the sport’s most iconic spots. From a giant pipe in the foothills of California's San Gabriel Mountains to a 20-stair set at a high school in Orange County, these everyday locations have become a proving ground for skaters all over the world.
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If you’re interested in watching all the skate videos referenced in the video, I made a comprehensive google doc w/ links and timecode. It’s in the description!
I'm not, but I really appreciate the effort!
No don’t do this anymore. This is the opposite of skate culture.
Same as that v the gamecat guy
While I appreciate this, I feel like it is something you guys should really do in collaboration. Some of the places you've mentioned, such as black hubba in nyc, have been covered in a similar way by Jenkem.
I see enough difference in your video in order to merit its presence as an outsider's journalism on skating. However I think only hitting up Tony Hawk and footage isn't enough to maintain this as thorough journalism, instead it begins to feel like co-opting of a subcilture.
Again, I am a fan of this video, which is why I don't want you guys to think you've got the form down, I think a healthy amount of critique is necessary to polish down the pieces in this series.
That's awesome, I just may do that. I have a copy of Wheels of Fire on VHS. Thanks for the efforts.
Vox really enjoying google earth to get that B roll
Projectile Live kinda sad
I Perry okay Isaac chill out...
It's a style developed by Jon Bois over at SBNation
It's also fast to use Google Studio for these sorts of shots. They're probably juggling so many projects, being able to make something efficiently is important. Can't avoid that watermark with it though.
G roll
As a skateboarder I shed a tear with the quality and time spent on skate culture. Thank you
Yeah that was a very well made piece honestly
You could tell by the end of the video she had a genuine like for skate boarding and could possibly continue to watch skate boarding videos
Fully agree with u my man :,)
For real
When Vox doesn't comment on politics it puts out some quality documentary film that's for sure.
This should be a full documentary .. I could watch hours of this. Awesome job.
Watch love letters. RIP Grosso
The film Dogtown and Z-boys is a really cool doco into the start of skateboarding and covers some of those pool and school spots
One thing most non skaters don’t realize is how skateboarding changes the way you look at the world. The world becomes your canvas and the board your brush, every small obstacle your inspiration. I love skateboarding! There are very few things in life as pure and satisfying as the feeling of landing a trick you have been trying for hours, days or weeks (in the case of some tricks, years).
Yo that hit for real
Speedrunning seems to have quite similar feeling.
martin gonzalez bro what 😂
Yeah I’ve been watching a lot of street skating and skating around my town.. and everything just looks like something to skate on😂
Exactly. I skater 13 years been three since I got my last board can do a few things on it.. but no matter where I go I ALWAYS think wow that would be fun to skate 😂 not many understand
I didn't know skateboarding had this deep meaning...... it's nice to see people having fun in the way they know
You’d be surprised how much a piece of wood with some trucks and wheels can change someone’s life.
We’re a whole culture a piece of wood and some trucks unite us
You should watch love letters to skateboarding
The history's really interesting! The new wheels had a lot to do with the resurgence, but there was the California drought as well, which to save water, the government encouraged people to not fill up their pools. Because there were so many empty pools, people discovered that the emptied pools with rounded edges were perfect for skateboarding! California had surfing culture as well!
If you want more on this, I highly recommend listening to "The Pool and the Stream" by 99% Invisible, it's wonderful!
"Use Google Earth"
"but Sire, the quality!!"
J U S T D O I T
End game reference, nice
@Pol Daniel what's your problem?
@Pol Daniel I feel like your younger than 5
This was awesome. Thank you!
Bring back transworld snowboarding
Yeah, what he said.
Oh hey guys
I agree transworld. And I’m still lugging 100kg of your magazines around with me through life :)
I used to love Transworld magazines
Small mistakes aside, this is one of the most interesting skate docs I’ve seen on YT, you should expand into more episodes or make an hour long version
I have no interest in skateboarding. But I got nothing but respect for these men.
And women!
Nathan K murdy the dawg szzssh
@Nathan K and crocodiles
Ride Goofy and bears
and women.
Man, this brought me back through 20+ years of my life. Makes me sad that my knee is so messed up. I miss skateboarding. 🥺
Thanks for the trip down memory lane Vox.
Hey man my knee is messed up too (i have Osteochondritis dissecans). Try skating mellow transition really gently. Im 34 and just built myself a 2ft quarterpipe and its a ton of fun. Knee gets a lil sore next day but its well worth it
Bro! Learn slappys. I just turned 40 and am having a blast
“Skateboarders are a constant reminder that our cities can be creative and rich places.” Thank you skateboarding.
I like the prior line even better, “it challenges our idea of public spaces” (as indeed seen by NIMBYs calling it a menace and teens loving it). Reclaiming a public space for a variety of uses instead of just what they were intended for. It’s like remix and mashup culture almost.
Grew up skating and playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games while injured.
Nyjah Houston looking headass
TL bruh
TL 😂
you ready for that remake?
@@fistpump64 ill def play if they release a new one. I still play the old ones in an emulator.
Was expecting to see the footage of Aaron Jaws Homoki land the Lyon 25. Some pretty epic viewing.
there was
it was there, very briefly at the end
timestamp?
It was basically the very last bit of the video.
Aurelien Giraud one upped him since. Did an ollie without grabbing
3:13
Oh dang, I remember this from the Hawaii level in Tony Hawk's Underground.
“Tony Hawk is like the oldest teenager I’ll ever know”
Recycling comments I see
Tony Hawk and Billie Joe Armstrong
@@user-jo2cv1dy1b billie joe just doesn't age at all
Search “Chad Muska”...
Google global truth project and read "the Present" if you want to learn the truth about life/death in just a few pgs. Nothing is more important than checking it is true
I always felt sad when skate spots in my town disappeared. Its literally bringing the concrete to life.
Yeah. Cuz we always have to "improve" everything, by destroying it, right?
As a skater I loved the video but I wish that the iconic love park in Philly was mentioned and a little more about the NYC black hubba
More like: Iain Borden breaks down skateboarding’s legendary spots
Lol, yeah!
Nothing like taking advantage of a (likely) more popular name! Gotta get those clicks! (if you know what I mean)
True but I actually enjoyed the video more because of it.
That wouldn’t make for a very good title would it
Everyone pour one out for the Carlsbad Gap. I remember growing up watching Baker 3 over and over again. Erik Ellington's bigspin and Antwuan Dixon's nollie heelflip over the gap will always be the sickest tricks in skateboarding!
Short version: concrete wave bois become stair bois.
what is bios
@@CrazyRandomLord Bios is an acronym Basic Input/Output System is firmware used to perform hardware initialization during the booting process (power-on startup), and to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs. But bois is bois
@@CrazyRandomLord BIOS has been mostly replaced with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) which supports mouse and better graphics. Kinda like how "boys" has become "bois" slang is an ever-changing culture.
Heath lipslide El Toro, not a boardslide.
Hey Tyler, I never knew you skated? What’s your favorite video? Mine’s probably The Reason from trans world in ‘99.
Also for those who don’t know, a fs lip slide is where you turn frontside 90° to the rail. A Frontside Boardslide is a 90° turn backside to your rail.
@@peytondoesthings A lip slide is when your board goes over the rail/ledge and rotates before connecting.
@@EmSixTeen he clearly knows that...
Cent Sniffa Shouldn’t have said otherwise then :)
@@EmSixTeen he didn't say otherwise, he was referring to front and backside like when you do a 180, not in reference to the rail. An easier way to describe a lipslide is to say that the back truck goes over the obstacle, and on a boardslide the front truck goes over it.
That Guy looks like Tony hawk
yeah.. He kinda does
Really looks like Kareem Campbell to me I mean maybe it's the hat...
no that's eric koston
That's Rodney mulllen
Can't believe they got Danny way for this video and not the hawkster himself. Gotta wonder what he's doing nowadays
This footage and locations brings back tonnes of memories..thank you, Estelle
As a skateboarder for more than 30 years, this is amazing!
For anyone who don't know he is Tony hawk
Me: who doesn't know Tony hawk!! He has the coolest name of all time!!
Eric Sparrow and Bucky Lasek would like to have a word...
follow his twitter, he has lots of stories of people that don't recognize him
Nah. I used to work with a guy called Johnny Rocks. And he did, as it happen, rock.
Hemavati omg yes his Twitter is pure gold 😂
I didn't recognize him by his face. I know him, I've even watched his videos, but I don't care what his face looks like close up
Love the use of Bruce Brown’s footage. RIP to an absolute legend ❤️
This is the best video about skateboarding by a non-skater run CZcams channel, the amount of history and respect for culture is unbelievable for anyone new to research and understand, very well done
We need a tv show where every episode is focused on the history of a different skate spot!
jenkem mags evolution of.. series is basically a shorter version of that, theyre all really good
I get choked up at fail clips, and especially at the Cole footage. Never underestimate the will to overcome failure. It may be the important human attribute.
This made me well up. I used to skate pier 7 hubbas and the Embarcadero when I was younger. I could watch hours of this. Thank you.
im the mayor of balboa skate park
Excellent video showing progression and history . Thank you
Your documentaries are the absolut best and have the coolest subjects, keep it up!
As a skateboarder I'm very impressed by this. Well done on your research!
Great little vid. Nice to see such famous spots in a new light/angle
One of the best skateboarding location history videos I've ever seen. Thank you.
"Tony Hawk occasionally chips in on skateboarding's legendary spots"
tony would have provided all the information for the vox person
More views this way. Don’t blame em, still good vid
Love this video. Those skate spots are so iconic.
This video is well crafted. I don't know much about skating, but I am now intrigued by all the the different spots of skating.
Thank you for this, brings back a lot of good memories of my youth skateboarding life 😭😭
When you forget the drone at home:
_google earth_
or you know, coronavirus?
Lee Thurston that would have been a good excuse a month ago but now California is a bit more open, even though they shouldn’t be.
@@punchy77855 Maybe juuuust maybe that the video production was over a month ago and not yesterday you know.
Never caught vox uploading early! My first catch :D
Yup.
Man your life is cool
Never knew anything about skateboarding. But seeing that how it brings together so many people, who want to just get better at it, being so dedicated in it, makes me happy.
Tony, if you see this - I was a huge fan .. i remember you being 6 years younger and still the champ. Those were the days (today I'm 60).
such a great video
Jaws finally making the Lyon 25, such feels.
Hope to see another part for this. So much more to cover such as spots like love park and other plazas that have changed the culture
good job on this one! fantastic representation of skate spots and skateboarding, and you got Ian Borden & tony hawk to top it all off! Skating a proper fullpipe and pool is on my bucket list
i’ve never skateboarded once but this is suuuper interesting
This was awesome, amazing stuff.
Such a well made video with a lot of respect for the scene and culture. Thank you.
This is one of the most see through well documented video. The best one.
The fact that they shot this in Google earth 😅
You do what you gotta do in quarantine!
Great video. Idk how you don’t mention love park when making a video about influential skate spots though. Love park was the east coast embarcadero and inspired a generation of the often overlooked east coast skaters. If you want to talk about public space It is arguably one of the most important plazas in skateboarding and it now has basically been destroyed/skate stopped to the point where it has completely lost its heart and soul.
Spot on, thanks for putting in the time to get it right. We appreciate it.
wow what a message! thanks vox that was one of the best videos ive seen from you guys.
LOVE PARK IN PHILLY ????!!!!?!
Yep, that's probably the biggest thing they missed.
Others like Brooklyn banks oaks are missing too, but it can't feature them all
Hubba hideout and the Davis gap
People who complain about 'xy missing in yz' are annoying
@@maxx1014 I agree but love park is a pretty big one that they should have just stated when they stated the other big spots
Why doesn’t no one never mention the movie “Thrashing” with Josh Brolin? That movie made me start skating..
I'm kinda annoyed that I get all the skate related content after mine got stolen
Lords of dog town did it for me
Its notorious for being corny no shade that's just what I've heard
I remember watching Thrashin in the early 90s when I was probably 9 years old. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen. It inspired me to grab my dad's old 70's banana board and learn to skate. The sad thing is that after a month or two I gave up on it because none of my friends were interested. Oh well.
ZXp3ct3R your what got stolen?
Puts a lump in my throat thinking about the good times skateboarding. I miss it a lot. Especially the comradery between fellow skaters.
very nice video about some very remarkable and memorable skate spots. Thanks for taking the interest in Skateboarding and sharing the sport with the world 👍😎
I thought the title said "Tony Hawk breaks down skateboarder's leg"
Just A Dio Who's A Hero For Fun lol
fantastic content right here baby
LLusion wow! Do you skate or know stuff about it?
Peyton Kontny since i was 6! love the culture beyond belief
LLusion What is your favorite video part?
Beautiful! Skateboarding history is so fascinating.
Easily one of the best videos I've seen on CZcams in years. Keep up the good work
_breathes in_
*_SO HERE I AM_*
Love Park, Brooklyn Banks?
Big oversights.
Agreed!
There are too many to mention. Hubba Hideout, New Spot and CIBC rails in Vancouver, there are tons and tons and tons of spots that are ultra world famous but gone now (though CIBC just got partially uncapped). Love Park is a big one tho for sure.
This was really amazing and well done. Been skateboarding for a long time and the history shared in this is one all skaters know and its amazing to see it presented to others in this way. I want more videos about skateboarding please!! There is so much history to share.
im the mayor of balboa skate park
Fantastic editing and content. I'm new to the scene and the history of it is daunting.
My teen years were spent skating and watching skate videos with punk music playing. Good times lol
It’s nice to see outsiders to skateboarding acknowledging that we exist and how we see the world. Vox rules.
Thank you so much for this piece. You've illustrated skateboaring very well in my opinion as a longtime skater. People who just started out have to know the history and culture of skaeboarding. Positive vibes!
This was soooo cool to watch! Please do more of these "hidden culture" videos. It's an amazing feeling to learn about thing like this, which you never knew existed.
Totally agree with this. I'd love to see important 'spots' in other sports I otherwise wouldn't look twice at
RIP Lincoln memorial in Melbourne, RIP Brooklyn banks, RIP all the long and forgotten dead spots
Can you imagine: A whole city, stream and wave like in design. It would be aerodynamic too! A perfect transport system 🤩🤩🤩
Literally all the pavements/sidewalks in Barcelona are banked - ostensibly this is probably an accessibility thing, but also skate tourism is massive for BCN and the curbs mean you can skate from one end of the city to the other and almost never have to pick up your board.
@@ambertapping7919 omg really?! I guess I will visit barcelona after corona. Thanks for the tip 👍👍👍
Don't skate much anymore but ill always enjoy watching the legendary clips from these spots.
This was a great report! Thanks
10:27 it's a front side lipslide
Didn't want to nitpick but not gonna lie this was bugging me too lol
💥 Lords of Dogtown
Very well done vox... as a skater I was pleasantly surprised as to how well informed and researched this vid was.
Wow really good video! Did not expect to learn as much as I did, but you did a really good job on this.
Check out Grosso Loveletters.
Skate history as told by tjose who were there
Tony : 😐
Hawk : 😎
What a wonderful video! Thank you!!
This video is so good, thanks
Amazing! I might go there, with Bill!
Wow, they named a person after a game! Tony Hawk!
Thanks for making this, Vox, Really nails what you can produce with some Rona creativity.
Thank you for this the video was so good
12:36 Amazing. Very well edited and well researched video, and somehow you manage to list four internationally famous locations and mispronounce every one.
8:20 is Tony Hawk's American Wasteland not Tony Hawk's Underground 2
No, THUG2 was a world tour
@@shadebug The level in the clip is Kyoto, which is in both THUG2 and American Wasteland. (But only THUG2 Remix, not the original version of the game)
American Wasteland's classic mode features levels from past games. The clip is from that version. You can tell by the balance meter (THUG2 has a blue and black balance meter) and the skater appearance.
3 weeks ago I started skating again after watching this video. It's been 10 years (haven't skated since I was 16), but I'm starting to feel comfortable again doing some basic stuff like dropping off quarters, ollies and pop shuvits.
Thanks for the awesome inspiring video.
I don't skate but I'm glad Montreal's Big O (a concrete pipe that used to be an entrance to the olympic park) was preserved when the soccer stade next to it was expanded
Neat! Do you know if they intentionally preserved it for the sake of skating?
@@whochairs Yes! People recognized it as an important part of skate history, so all they did was move it a few meters. The old concrete pipe look strange next to the modern buildings but skaters still use it and it's great to see after witnessing all the now lost spots in the video
When, I traveled to Montreal I had to skate it! Iconic spot.
I jumped the gap for the record - Tony Hawk
Lol it’s a huge gap!
One of the sports I wanted to get into
Why don't you now?
@@purplegill10 A lot older now and my health insurance isn't so good that I can afford new injuries lol
@@Chandasouk Ah dang, I get that. I'm disabled personally so I had to stop as well
Fantastic video! Thank you
I love skateboarding so much it’s one of the best things in life and I wish everyone would try it, it will change you’re perspective on the world
Wow, the guy they interviewed looks just like Tony Hawk!
Wonder what he's doing these days
the sport that Marry McFly invented
Right after he wrote Johnny B Goode
rodney mullen invented modern skateboarding
@@JessesAuditorium r/swoosh
@@datrakapo4807 r/swoosh
Very surprised at the quality of the content in this video. Y’all covered some of the most iconic spots and aspects of skate culture that non skate media outlets rarely cover well. Great job!
I got emotional watching this. This hobby is so important to me and learning its history and how important it is culturally. Its amazing.