Epicly Laterd - Arto Saari

[iwshilvdnfinland]

Part 1 is up

http://www.vice.com/epicly-later-d

[the_unknown_soldier]

No wonder my family likes saunas so much.

[I Dont Know3948]

legendary.

[e.d.]

this was good
...i miss old flip.

[R. D. Pullman]

this was good
...i miss old flip.

did-fucking-o

[clamy]

the comp footage was crazy.

[LOU.502]

this is gonna be amazing

[Rockin Robbin]

the comp footage was crazy.

everyone was murdering. i said 'what the fuck' out loud at mccranks nollie hardflip.

[cornholio]

this is gonna be amazing

[doomstation55]

The standout skating clip was ed templetons impossible tailgrab than 5050 the bank to bar thingy. Very cool. But this is awesome to see a young arto going to these pro contests and placing pretty high when he didn't even speak english. "Wahh my name is Arto"

[Archers of Chaka]

im only a minute into it and I'm loving it already.

[A MAN]

I'd totally forgotten about how important the Euro contest circuit was back then. It was such a good summer always of 3 big contests in a row with every amazing pro attending and then the 411 Euro video covering it all. Shame that's gone. What killed it off? Recession? Street League/Maloof?

[AfterEight]

i hope they talk about him leaving for AWS and finding his harto on flip

[shit_for_brains]

I'd totally forgotten about how important the Euro contest circuit was back then. It was such a good summer always of 3 big contests in a row with every amazing pro attending and then the 411 Euro video covering it all. Shame that's gone. What killed it off? Recession? Street League/Maloof?

i remember always being so stoked whenever the 411 europe contest videos would come out in the mid to late 90s. it was those and tampa when you would see who the next "big" guys were. was 98 the year BA got SOTY? i think the munster contest was where everyone decided "hell yeah, this is the guy."

there was some interview or video or something, and i forget who said it, but they basically said everyone was over going to those contests because the guy who organized them was a dick and ripping everyone off. there was basically one guy who ran the circuit and he was blowing it and pissed a lot of people off. something to that extent.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

of course this episodes are gonna be awesome.

but i just wanted to mention that i think its amazing that iwshilvdnfinland started this thread.

[DopeMan]

That kickflip backtail in that contest was fucking high as fuck....

[tobey]

cant wait for part 2

[lalala]

^When is it dropping? Can't wait.

[clemsausage]

Oblow was the best part.

[Fongstarr.]

I'd totally forgotten about how important the Euro contest circuit was back then. It was such a good summer always of 3 big contests in a row with every amazing pro attending and then the 411 Euro video covering it all. Shame that's gone. What killed it off? Recession? Street League/Maloof?

And even Daewon skated the contest too.

If any, I really think the X-Games killed off other contest. There was so much focus on that venue and I bet that is when other pros got turned off from doing contest since hardly any of them got the invites. Plus the was when Vert took over contests anyways.

[Citizen on Patron]

Fuck yeah man SOOOOOOOOOO psyched that he got to do this and that I get to watch it!!! This is history in the making, Arto and Penny have always been my favorite skaters


RAAAWL! When does number 2 drop? I need more!

[David Schwimmer]

"It's been one hell of a ride so far"

[darrin lee]

I'd totally forgotten about how important the Euro contest circuit was back then. It was such a good summer always of 3 big contests in a row with every amazing pro attending and then the 411 Euro video covering it all. Shame that's gone. What killed it off? Recession? Street League/Maloof?

i remember always being so stoked whenever the 411 europe contest videos would come out in the mid to late 90s. it was those and tampa when you would see who the next "big" guys were. was 98 the year BA got SOTY? i think the munster contest was where everyone decided "hell yeah, this is the guy."

there was some interview or video or something, and i forget who said it, but they basically said everyone was over going to those contests because the guy who organized them was a dick and ripping everyone off. there was basically one guy who ran the circuit and he was blowing it and pissed a lot of people off. something to that extent.

Yeah there was the boycott in '96, dudes were super bummed when they showed up and it was the exact same layout as the year prior, same ramps, a really weak prize purse, meanwhile the one dude running it showed up in a lamborghini diablo or something.  There was a video piece on this somewhere, but I can't for the life of me, remember what it's from.  Maybe Mike V's greatest hits or something?  There was also something about Greg Carroll fighting someone on the course, I think.

I so miss those days.  The Europe contests were the true test of who was killing it harder.  No politics, no selective entry, just whoever can pull the best runs, straight up.  Slam City Jam was fucking killer too, so bummed they don't have it anymore. 

I tried to bring this up in that BA hater thread a while ago.  If you were around for those days, there's no fucking possible way you could hate on BA.  He wasn't ever some sort of competition skater that practiced runs and played it safe just to get on the podium.  Dude's a straight up street skater and comes and takes the Munster Mastership two fucking years in a row with really groundbreaking runs.  Switch nosegrind half cab in a run was just unheard of for that shit at the time.  It was unbelievable. 

Of course, Arto coming just behind him as barely an AM was ridiculous.  I could never understand his clear the flat to front board at the '98 Munster.  Holding the shifty for that long and high on your feet solid enough to lock the front board just blew my mind at the time.  Gnar boots!

[Skate Troll]

artos wife kinda fat

[Kim Kardashian]

I'd totally forgotten about how important the Euro contest circuit was back then. It was such a good summer always of 3 big contests in a row with every amazing pro attending and then the 411 Euro video covering it all. Shame that's gone. What killed it off? Recession? Street League/Maloof?

i remember always being so stoked whenever the 411 europe contest videos would come out in the mid to late 90s. it was those and tampa when you would see who the next "big" guys were. was 98 the year BA got SOTY? i think the munster contest was where everyone decided "hell yeah, this is the guy."

there was some interview or video or something, and i forget who said it, but they basically said everyone was over going to those contests because the guy who organized them was a dick and ripping everyone off. there was basically one guy who ran the circuit and he was blowing it and pissed a lot of people off. something to that extent.

Yeah there was the boycott in '96, dudes were super bummed when they showed up and it was the exact same layout as the year prior, same ramps, a really weak prize purse, meanwhile the one dude running it showed up in a lamborghini diablo or something.� There was a video piece on this somewhere, but I can't for the life of me, remember what it's from.� Maybe Mike V's greatest hits or something?� There was also something about Greg Carroll fighting someone on the course, I think.

I so miss those days.� The Europe contests were the true test of who was killing it harder.� No politics, no selective entry, just whoever can pull the best runs, straight up.� Slam City Jam was fucking killer too, so bummed they don't have it anymore.�

I tried to bring this up in that BA hater thread a while ago.� If you were around for those days, there's no fucking possible way you could hate on BA.� He wasn't ever some sort of competition skater that practiced runs and played it safe just to get on the podium.� Dude's a straight up street skater and comes and takes the Munster Mastership two fucking years in a row with really groundbreaking runs.� Switch nosegrind half cab in a run was just unheard of for that shit at the time.� It was unbelievable.�

Of course, Arto coming just behind him as barely an AM was ridiculous.� I could never understand his clear the flat to front board at the '98 Munster.� Holding the shifty for that long and high on your feet solid enough to lock the front board just blew my mind at the time.� Gnar boots!

Munster cheese Held contests??
You know so much about skateboarding Darrin Lee, p.m me and let's get dirty

artos wife kinda fat

That was his Maid you big fat prick, nobody likes your tiny deformed dick skate troll.  

[ricosito]

Tried to find that contest but no luck. Did find this ethan Fowler gem though.

411VM Europe 1998 - Ethan Fowler	Small | Large

[weed420]

artos wife kinda fat

[slappyslap]

artos wife kinda fat

It was not his wife

[kellen]

"fuck school i'm outta here."  that must've been so crazy for everyone just to see some random kid show up and just start destroying that contest.  can't wait for the next episode.

[Cadillac Ranch Dressing]

This is gonna be a great series of episodes. I remember first seeing Arto in Feedback.

Arto Retarto.