Yeah, Man, I love the 80s Guys. Natas, Tommy, Gonzales, Hosoi, Vallely, now singing with Black Flag, Caballero, Ray Barbie. All the Public Domain Era. All those cats. Skater for life. Watch Nine Club channel every week.
Never heard o the Nine Club channel? I don't have cable, but I'll see if there's anything on YT.
Hawk came here for a demo on his own, back in the early 90's way before it became mainstream and the place was packed. The later version of the Brigade came here a year or two after that, and I got to skate with Mountain, Barbie, Frankie Hill, and a couple others. Got to hang out upstairs with them all and talk for a bit, and all very normal cool dudes.
Vallely is a bad ass, but he's more of a surf meets concrete skater than a trickster. Very unique hardcore old school acid drop and boneless' meets smooth flow style kinda guy. You ever seen that vid of him taking on a group of dudes that fucked with him over being a skater? Whoops, wrong dude to fuck with!
Frankie and Barbie took street skating to another level when they came out. Rails, stairs, and no complys (& all the variations) may have never have been a what they are today without them. There's a YT vid about how fucked up Frankie was for a while that's worth a watch. Natas is the fucking ollie king, and there's a good YT doc type vid on him too.
Good times, and good to meet another muscle head that was a skater too.
"Method air, and judo air, and rocket air, now comb your hair" LOL!