AIRBORNE (1993) Filming Locations | Cincinnati, OH & More! THEN AND NOW 2021 | Mapping Nostalgia
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- We recently visited beautiful Cincinnati which I spell correctly about half the time. Cincy has so much history and cool architecture which is really shown off in the movie, AIRBORNE. When I was a kid, I was completely transfixed by the Devil's Backbone race. Never did I believe I would end up getting to visit the locations. This was one we had to do!
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LOCATIONS:
WILEY'S HOUSE
711 Linden Ave
Newport, KY 41071
THE HIGH SCHOOL
Western Hills High School
2144 Ferguson Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45238
ICE HOCKEY RINK
Miami University-Hamilton Parking Lot
39.37755, -84.56008
THE GREENHOUSE
Krohn Conservatory
1501 Eden Park Dr
Cincinnati, OH 45202
MONTAGE (Part 1 - Ramp)
619 Linden Ave
Newport, KY 41071
MONTAGE (Part 2 - Jumping the Kids)
256 Taylor Ave
Bellevue, KY 41073
MONTAGE (Part 3 - Halfpipe)
39.09611, -84.52273
MONTAGE (Part 4 - Staircase Jumping)
201 Dorsey St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
DOUBLE DATE (Part 1 - Riverfront)
39.09046, -84.51188
DOUBLE DATE (Part 2 - Restaurant)
Pompilio's
600 Washington Ave
Newport, KY 41071
ROLLER HOCKEY
235 Gest St
Cincinnati, OH 45203
DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Part 1 - Race Start)
7012 Springdale Rd
Cincinnati, OH 45247
DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Part 2 - The Porch)
4509 KY-8
Hebron, KY 41048
DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Part 3 - Hairpin Turn)
Dorchester Ave & Sycamore St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Part 4 - Jumping the Car)
308 O Fallon Ave
Dayton, KY 41074
DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Part 5 - Pedestrian Bridge)
659 Van Meter St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
DEVIL'S BACKBONE (Part 6 - End of Race)
100 Broadway St
Cincinnati, OH 45202
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Wiley's House
4:03 - The School
5:24 - The Ice Rink
6:37 - The Greenhouse
10:44 - The Montage
13:27 - The Double Date
17:36 - Roller Hockey
19:09 - Devil's Backbone
27:00 - Outro - Zábava
Wow. Never thought someone would do the filming locations for this.
It called to me.
This film meant so much to me as a kid. I still say the scene where they all finally embrace Mitchell and lift him up and apologize towards the end is one of the most uplifting scenes in all of film.
major props to chris edwards who did all the stunts for mitchell goosen. he still skates today and is a legend in the sport.
He's got some gnarly moves in this movie.
@Bubba__Sawyer he's got an interview on jump street podcast about doing the stunts in this film.
I wish they would remake this movie today with all the camera technology and drones the final race scene would be much more exciting
The double date location on the Kentucky riverfront was called Covington Landing. It was a floating structure/barge on the Ohio River that housed several restaurants and bars. It had a railing/boardwalk on the outside where they stood. It is long gone but you were in the correct location. Great job with the video!
That explains a lot! I always wondering why I could quite get the skyline to line up with the bridge properly. Thank you, Toby!
INCREDIBLE VIDEO!!! This movie was my entire childhood! Me & my best friend STILL quote it to this day! The casting, the story, the music, the impact… One of the BEST FILMS of the 90s! Still watching it in 2024!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Same here! Such a good movie! Thank you for watching!
Airborne, RAD and The Last Dragon had the best soundtracks by far
Thanks for the memories, I was one of the stuntguys on Airborne. Being from SoCal ,the local girls loved us there. I have fond memories of that place.
Thanks for checking out the video, Jimmy, and thanks for your work on this childhood favorite for so many. I can’t imagine how fun it must’ve been!
Top 5 movie for me. Got me into extreme inline skating. Movie of my youth. Thanks for doing such a great comprehensive film location for this diamond in the rough movie.
Thanks for watching! Gonna have to do a Part 2 since I’ve found a few more spots
Fun fact you didn't ask for: Devil's Backbone is actually the name of a super curvy road on the west side of Cincinnati. But none of the footage in the movie is shot anywhere close to that location. Still love seeing my hometown rep'd in movies and the end race scene in Airborne is a lot of fun even though it's not remotely accurate to my internal GPS😁.
You know what, I meant to go to the visit the real one but completely forgot to. Next time I’m in Cincy I’m gonna have to get a picture with the street sign!
It's not that curvy. It was part of my Enquirer route and my old boss lived off it. The road it terminates into, Rapid Run, is much more currier. Especially heading to Addyston and the river.
My grandma story is the opposite; she got me a bootleg VHS copy because she thought I'd like it. My friends and I wore the tape out, and then went and jumped over people's recycle bins and stiff haha. Awesome video man. Tons of work went into that!
Thanks man! Yeah, she was always quick to point out the stunt doubles and everything 😂.
Thank you for doing this.... Airborne was my favorite movie as a kid. You made me watch it today
One of my favorite movies growing up never thought someone would do the locations love the way you line all the shots up brings the movie back to life awesome job man 👍 🎥
Thank you for the kind words, Richard! I watched this movie so many times as a kid, so I had to do it!
I'm new to this channel and just so happen to find this video first. This was one of me and my brother's favorite childhood movies. It's the movie that got us into roller blades/skating. Man, so many memories, i wonder if they've done a reunion with the cast because so many cast members have done so well for themselves. thank you for covering this movie.
There’s talks of a reunion and locations tour happening this year! Checkout @airborne_movie_experience on Instagram!
Literally re-watched this movie last night. My girlfriend's first time after I watched brink with her for the first time lol! Good times! Nostalgia at it's best. 🤘
Haha! That’s awesome! What’d she think??
@@GoingtotheMovies she liked it. I grew up with it though so it'll always be that kinda movie for me
Absolutely love this movie. Just watched this yesterday for nostalgia and just stumbled upon this video today. Thank you so much for this video and I think it's awesome how you match up real shots with the movie! I used to watch Airborne every day after school as a kid. Thought it was so cool to have a movie that took place where I'm from. Funny thing is, Devil's Backbone is 2 minutes from where I live. It's a decently curved/hilly road. Devils Backbone starts off of Rapid Run Rd and eventually turns into a dead end. It also leads to a street called Ebenezer which is pretty curved/hilly also. All of those roads have some crazy cool bends that would have done the job honestly. They could have actually used both of those streets to give a similar outcome honestly. It's only like 12-15 minutes from downtown Cincy. Either way, amazing movie and I'm glad the CZcams algorithm brought me to this video. Absolutely amazing work!!!
Wow thanks for making this video. I’ve always said how underrated this movie was. I’m 34 now and I’ll still put this movie on when it’s a Friday night and I’m just relaxing.
That’s awesome! I agree. Way underrated. Thank you for watching the video!
I am so stoked to have found this....thank you for the effort and for making this. I absolutely loved this movie. I, 41 now and still watch it. Fantastic content, well done!
Thank you!! It was a blast to make and the movie never gets old!
Amazing work putting this together. Thank you for your passion & dedication to do this along with your significant other.
I was also 🤣 @27:24 when you were explaining to your grandma how much you loved the movie. Too funny.
Haha, she was ruthless! Thank you, Zilla Mesh!
Thank you for this video, and all the effort that went into it. Super nostalgic piece, and this was definitely a movie that got me on skates when I was a kid. Still got em today!
Thanks for checking it out! It is definitely an inspiring, go-out-and-skate kind of movie
This got everyone on skates. Won me a state championship on ice
Love this movie! As a kid and throughout my life, I've seen it 5+ times and your video makes me want to watch it again.
I freaking love this movie!!!!!
It’s SO good!
One of my all time favorite movies
What a cool dose of nostalgia! This was a pure joy to watch. I loved this movie back when it first came out and I love it still. Bravo on tracking down all those filming locations! Just wanted to say thanks for posting this video and to let you know I subscribed to your channel. Cheers!
Thank you, kornfreak78!! So far, this is the only entry into our “Mapping Nostalgia” series, but I have a couple more planned!
This movie came on HBO all the time when I was a kid and I'd watch it every time.
Every time I go to Cincinnati I make it a point to drive under that bridge and visit it because of this movie
Oh thats a cool angle they took showing up at the house, the movie gave it almost a hallway look
It was hard for me to judge this movie at Face value because I was so dazzled by recognizing so many familiar places that I grew to love while living in Mt Auburn and then, later, in the west side of town. When I was dating my wife to be, we used to go to Covington Landing and Pompilios. After living in Cincinnati for a year, I briefly dated a girl who had a bossy controlling brother so, this movie chimed in with my life in Cincinnati in many ways. I used to live four blocks from Western Hills High and I used to go to Long Worth Hall to use the pre-press imaging service bureau upstairs. So, I love to watch Airborne about once a year for a lot of different reasons.
I poke some fun at it in this video, but this movie really does hold up. The comedy is legitimately funny, the score is like nothing I've heard in any other movie and sets such a cool tone for everything, and the actors seem like they are having a genuinely good time making it. It's got some flaws, but compared to most movies from my childhood - it holds up very well.
Great job finding these locations. I was an extra in the movie & this brought back so many memories. Seeing the ice rink knocked down was very sad. “Travis, you’re out.” Is still my favorite movie line… lol.
An old friend of mine is one of the tall long haired fellas on the left in the school hallway. He always told me he was an extra in this. Cool to see.
It was nice to see the locations. Amazing that you were able to find the sites and match them to the "T"
That's so awesome. I just introduced my 12 year old daughter to the movie this last weekend and she loved it. Last month was The Last Dragon and RAD before that. By far all three are in my top 5
This type of thing is so awesome, I found most of these on google maps too.
I’ve seen a lot of filming location videos and this has got to be one of the best! 🏆🏆🏆
Wow, thank you, Kiki!
Great video dude. Airborne still holds up as one of my favorite films.
Thanks, Zero Kool! I poked some fun at it in the video, but in all seriousness this is a certified GREAT MOVIE
This is awesome!!! One of my all time favorites growing up and still is!!
Same here, Kyle! It was awesome seeing the spots!
I was at the roller hockey filming. 1st time I met Jack Black. Club there on the inside corner was Elis. I knew about filming night before thanks to the owners.
This was super impressive!! I’ve done many attempts on google earth and street view to find these spots and found no where near as many as you have. Amazing! Thank you so much for making this.
Thanks, Leigh! If you haven’t already, you should join the Facebook group “Airborne Movie 1993”. A couple of guys have found a couple more spots in there! We could almost do a shot for shot remake at this point 😂
Thank you for making this video! I grew up watching this epic film and still watch it to this day!
Cincinnati is my home so of course this was exciting for me to see. Thank you for all this. So awesome to see again. 🙏🏻🙏🏻😊😊
Outstanding, thank you for putting this together. This film was one of my favorites and helped push me when it came to rollerskating! Great job, from the heart!
Thank you, Agent Skylorn! Keep shredding!
Wow one of my favorite
Watching this now July 2023. One of my favorite movies as a kid. Now I’m upset with myself I didn’t think at all to visit any of these locations during my Cincy trip over Memorial Day weekend this year. I want to go back now 😢
It's a good reason to go back for another visit! I know Chris Edwards was working on putting an event together for the 20th Anniversary, but I haven't heard anything on it in a while.
so glad you did this! I sent your video to Shane (Mitchell Goosen). He loved it.
Amazing! Thank you for sending it his way. I always hoped he'd end up seeing it at some point!
Thank you so much for doing this for us. This movie still hits for me. What an amazing film! And for you to go on site for us is awesome my friend. Thank you.
Great job. This was my favorite movies growing up. My friend and I rewatched it a couple years ago and died laughing at how corny and dated it seemed. Still one of my faves though.
Thank you for making this. I loved this movie when I was a kid. I too had it on VHS and watched it all the time 😌
Excellent coverage! Airborne and Can't Buy Me Love (1987) are my two favorite RomComs. I first saw Airborne in 1995 on HBO and really enjoyed it. I was trying to figure out where several of the fil.IMHO locations were and just found your CZcams video page,which answers so ma h of my questions. I loved the chemistry between Shane McDermott and Brittney Powell. Thanks again Happy Holidays!
Fantastic job! Great job showing photos of then vs now, and covering so many different scenes from the movie. And I, too, have watched that movie way too many times!
Absolutely fantastic work, really enjoyed it. Thanks for putting this together for some an awesome film
Great video. Seen this movie sooo many times. Thanks for the great tour!
Nice!!! As a rollerblader in my youth… it was also my favourite movie! A cult classic!!!
this is an incredibly well done video! thanks for making this!!
Thank YOU!!! 🙏
This movie is my childhood. Thanks dude much appreciated.
_"As a matter of fact, man, we've got a game today against the preps"_
_"That's right, against the preps!"_
14:30 the newport side was redone since the movie. That is called "Newport on the Levee" which has the restaurants, aquarium, etc.
This is so well done. I appreciate you making this.
Thanks, Anton. It was a blast putting it together!
This video should have gotten way more love then it has, Thank you for this. I love this movie and watch it to this day aswell. Im 36.
That was so awesome! Great video, I really enjoyed it! Thank You
Thanks for checking it out, Brent. Glad you liked it!
man this channel deserves more credit. Extreme detail. great job.
without a doubt one of the best movies of all time! it deserves an incredible filming locations video like this. glad i found it as we celebrate 30 yrs of this masterpiece!
Not sure which is cooler. The fact that you did such an excellent job showing the filming locations of this movie (I forgot that it was based and shot in Cincinnati) or the fact that you are wearing a Radford shirt :)
I absolutely loved this video! Airborne is my favorite 90's blading movie! Thank you so much for sharing😁🤘
Dude, thank you so much for this. You did an awesome job. Here, in SP, Brazil, we also have a lot of fans who grew up watching this amazing movie. Thanks, again, for bring back those beatiful memories from our childhood!
Did a similar hunt years ago but this is way more comprehensive. Thanks for this!
Thanks, Tim! There are still a couple of spots I wish I would’ve hit!
BTW, did you march Scouts at some point?
@@GoingtotheMovies 2002, snare! :) Did you march?
Not DCI. A couple of my college roommates marched Crown. Madison Scouts we’re always one of my favorites!
Great video. Airborne is one of my favorite movies of all time. It got me into rollerblading as a teen, and I still watch the movie to this day. Mitchell's stunt double was Chris Edwards, who was a pro skater for Team Rollerblade in the 90s. He's in a lot of skate videos like Hoax and The Bottom Line.
glad to have found your channel! i LOVE this movie in fact i visited Krohn Conservatory when i was in Cincinnati it was awesome!
I was three or four when this video was filmed about a block away from my house. There is a park on O'Fallon Street on the Bellevue side (when facing the river/north, the right side of the street is Dayton and the left side is Bellevue) and I couldn't play at the park in case of filming! For a 3-4 year old kid, not being able to go to the park was a bummer, haha. Still live in the same house, and still enjoy watching the movie every once in a while. I just went to The Butterfly Show at Krohn Conservatory a couple days ago and I always think of Airborne when I go there. :). Sometimes it's fun to remember what this area looked like when I was really little versus now. New stadiums, buildings, different house colors, but still the same overall. :)
Excellent. Such a fun flick
I agree! I have an unhealthy obsession with this movie, haha!
This is awesome. Thanks for doing this
Awesome job 👍🏼 I enjoyed this episode very much.
Thanks YT1300PILOT!
Absolutely amazing video. The pics/ footage overlap was brilliant. We all sat around a d watched it on our TV as it was our family favourite
PS I sent this the Shane McDermott and Chris Edwards
Thank you so much! So glad you guys enjoyed it!
Awesome! I hope they get a chance to check it out. That would be insane!
Thanks for the video. I love that people still talk about this movie. I grew up on Springdale rd and went to the school at the bottom of the hill. When they were filming we all got go check out the movie trailers in our parking lot.
Thanks dude🤘 I love this movie 🔥
Great job! Great Movie I always loved growing up!!!
Thank you! Same here!
This is awesome thanks for making it!
Thanks for watching, Anthony! It was a lot of fun to make!
Great! Thank you 😊
Great movie! Actually watched it with my teenage nieces a few months ago they love old movies
You did an amazing job here! Thanks!
Thank YOU, Dennis!
Awesome job! Airborne is one my favorite movies... thank you for this beautiful nostalgia video... cheers from Chile!
Hello, Chile!! 🇨🇱 Glad you enjoyed the video, Juan!
Absolutely loved this!!!!
Glad you liked it, Will!
Awesome, love your work. much love from Australia.
Thank you!! Can’t wait to do some videos in Australia one day!
Thank you for doing this. This is super cool
Thanks for checking it out! We had a lot of fun making it!
That was awesome! You dude an incredible job finding each location and matching up the shots. Bravo! Love that movie... now I will go re-watch it :)
Thanks moon doggy!
Great Movie I was is Cincinnati over the weekend and thought about this movie and filming locations great job
Well done mate. really cool
OMG I forgot all about this! I loved it so much as a kid.
Just wanted to say I really enjoyed your video..thank you kindly for your time and dedication, excellent attention to detail. It was a sick movie indeed 🙂 EXETREME 🤣
Bringing Nostalgia back to life 👍🙏
Thanks, Summer Luvin! So glad you enjoyed it!
Super cool what you did or do with these videos thos my first time watchin loved that movie 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you! We love making these!
I needed to see this today. Good finisher for the evening
Haha! Glad you found it, Matt!
Badass! Thanks for the video.
Thanks, Luis!
Epic job loved this movie
Great video!
Great work Bravo I appreciate it!
Glad you liked it!
One of my favorite movies of all time. And dude, did you go to Radford? I played basketball there from 2012-2016. You’re the man!!
Whoa! Yeah my wife and I both did. I remember you! I used to produce the games on the radio working with Rick Watson from 2014-2016. I can’t remember who we were playing but didn’t we have two back to back crazy buzzer beater wins or something like that?
I was in the pep band my freshman and sophomore years and we would always go crazy for Blake Smith. Good times 😂
Great video. I was born, and raised in Cincinnati. I recognize most of the locations you highlighted. I was only 10 years old when Airborne released. Awesome job man.
Thank you, Antonio! Cincinnati is such an amazing city and the movie is a big part of my childhood, so I loved getting to see the spots in real life. Glad you liked the video!
@@GoingtotheMovies Awesome. If you ever come to Cincinnati to catch a Bengals game, there are a lot of people who tailgate at a place called Longworth Hall. It's actually the huge parking lot where they played street hockey in the movie. You highlighted that location in your video. The buildings in the background are very easily recognizable.
If you're still in that area, check out the Fresh Horses locations. I was an extra in it while in college at UC
Oh, wow, that’s a Molly Ringwald blind spot for me! I will definitely do that. I love visiting Cincinnati! (Had to go back 2 extra times for this video 😂)
Awesome!!! Brink! and Phantom of the Megaplex
I’d love to do those!
Love this movie, It inspired me to buy my first set of rollerblade Lightning’s which were Mitchell’s skates. Love your video!! I’ve seen a lot of filming location videos and this is by far the best I’ve seen! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put in to make this! Awesome
Thank you so much! I’ve found a couple new spots since making this so I may have to do a follow up. Airborne is the best!
Cool video, i lived on O'Fallon in Bellevue, not sure if you can see it, but it was a brown two story on the left side. When we lived there, there was a huge oak tree in front of us. This was the scene when they jumped over the car. I remember being so excited when i saw it in the movie as a kid and mom pointed it out. This movie stuck with me ever since.
It must be strange but cool to see your neighborhood in a movie! Thank you for commenting, KindaHighJedi!