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Skateboarding => PHOTOS/VIDEO => Topic started by: swellbowed on July 12, 2023, 09:03:17 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXrdZ5kWRqs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXrdZ5kWRqs)
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Love it. Texas Teddy and Bobby should have a podcast.
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I've largely had my fill of early 90's nostalgia pieces but that was really cool. Ted rocks.
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Good stuff. Love Ted.
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I've largely had my fill of early 90's nostalgia pieces but that was really cool. Ted rocks.
I feel you on that. I enjoyed seeing the holes in the bricks from people's axles. That was a nice touch.
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Love it. That's the content that keeps me interested.
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I think Ted found his calling. They 100% need to do many many more of these. LOVE would be the most obvious but there are so many.
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i don't really see how this can be considered 90s nostalgia, given they talk about the spot's history far beyond the 90s and touch on present day skating as well
regardless, this is the best thing thrasher's attached their name to in a very long time
oh you know what I mean. Quit being pedantic.
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Wow. So good. Well done, Ted. Can’t wait for more.
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i don't really see how this can be considered 90s nostalgia, given they talk about the spot's history far beyond the 90s and touch on present day skating as well
regardless, this is the best thing thrasher's attached their name to in a very long time
oh you know what I mean. Quit being pedantic.
EMB's significance to skateboarding is generally associated with the progression of street skating seen in the early 90's. They state this in the video, even. The fact that they went above and beyond that is what sets this video apart from other 90's nostalgia pieces, which there are an abundance of. Therefore, I chose to compliment this video and even included a brief disclaimer that I believe it stands above other similar video pieces.
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i don't really see how this can be considered 90s nostalgia, given they talk about the spot's history far beyond the 90s and touch on present day skating as well
regardless, this is the best thing thrasher's attached their name to in a very long time
oh you know what I mean. Quit being pedantic.
This says more about me and my lack of vocabulary, but this is only the second time I've heard the word pedantic. The first coming from George Constanza on a Seinfeld episode. Nice work
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Yeah ted almost came off endearing in this
I like the break down of why the architects chose the elements and then how the individual tricks and skaters adapted to those elements.
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i don't really see how this can be considered 90s nostalgia, given they talk about the spot's history far beyond the 90s and touch on present day skating as well
regardless, this is the best thing thrasher's attached their name to in a very long time
oh you know what I mean. Quit being pedantic.
EMB's significance to skateboarding is generally associated with the progression of street skating seen in the early 90's. They state this in the video, even. The fact that they went above and beyond that is what sets this video apart from other 90's nostalgia pieces, which there are an abundance of. Therefore, I chose to compliment this video and even included a brief disclaimer that I believe it stands above other similar video pieces.
It's definitely a 90s skateboarding nostalgia piece and it also definitely stands out with its deep dive into the spot's architectural history.
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Amazing how square the edge of the ledge was when Gonz skates it.
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i don't really see how this can be considered 90s nostalgia, given they talk about the spot's history far beyond the 90s and touch on present day skating as well
regardless, this is the best thing thrasher's attached their name to in a very long time
oh you know what I mean. Quit being pedantic.
Just shut up.
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That was awesome, can't wait to see the next episodes.
KQED had an accompanying piece about the series: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931352/skateboarding-san-francisco-ted-barrow-thrasher?
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This is what I’ve been missing from teds retreat from social media . He’s a genuine history nerd and knows a fuck ton about cities he’s lived in skate history beyond the actual skating. He used to post really long stories on the bay areas architecture. If Burnett had any sense he’d pay to send Ted around the world to do a bunch of these .
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Damn he did an awesome job with that video! I love how Ted brings it all home at the end.
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That was great. I finally got the chance to go to SF about 7 years ago. I took the BART from the airport straight to Embarcadero and just walked around trying to remember all the shit I watched growing up skating. Then I walked to Pier 7, China Banks and took an Uber to Wallenberg before going to meet my girl at the time in Berkeley. That shit was way more important
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Thrasher on audiobook college essays
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So fucking good. Ted, we love you and we need more. Please continue to let your freak flag fly <3
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That was a fun watch. Can't wait for the Pier 7 episode.
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https://youtu.be/gKDNl57jh7M
The space that Silas skates in this part was also designed by Lawrence Halprin
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This is what I’ve been missing from teds retreat from social media . He’s a genuine history nerd and knows a fuck ton about cities he’s lived in skate history beyond the actual skating. He used to post really long stories on the bay areas architecture. If Burnett had any sense he’d pay to send Ted around the world to do a bunch of these .
This one came from Tony Vitello talking to Ted, not that ding dong Burnett.
Ted has long been obsessed with EMB, so it would be impressive to have him show this level of detail to other spots. Looking forward to it.
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Absolutely loved this. To be honest I mostly knew Ted barrow from gifted hater videos and found him to be fucking insufferable. Rich kid art school vibe off the charts. This was great though. I hope this series keeps going and maybe I need to rethink my anti Ted barrow stance
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Only note: could have been twice as long
I would love to see an edit of 90s EMB footage post 94 (or whenever the spot died down).
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That was excellent, looking forward to more.
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This is what I’ve been missing from teds retreat from social media . He’s a genuine history nerd and knows a fuck ton about cities he’s lived in skate history beyond the actual skating. He used to post really long stories on the bay areas architecture. If Burnett had any sense he’d pay to send Ted around the world to do a bunch of these .
This one came from Tony Vitello talking to Ted, not that ding dong Burnett.
Ted has long been obsessed with EMB, so it would be impressive to have him show this level of detail to other spots. Looking forward to it.
from some posts I saw on this piece it sounds like there’s more coming eventually.
obviously he has a lot of material to cover in NYC given his time spent there but I was just trying to think of all the plazas world wide he could deep dive into world wide and damn he could honestly have a Netflix show with the level of knowledge and work he’d put into this.
Sick for Tony to get this going with Ted.love this kinda shit .
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I really liked this. Makes me want to do some skate tourism
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That was great. Hopefully it's a series. Was cool seeing the original photo of Henry's November 1990 Thrasher cover (my first skate mag).
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This was awesome! Really deep level of knowledge, but it never felt like a lecture. Great job Thrasher and Ted!
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That was awesome. Loved the detail about the axle marks in the bricks.
Missed opportunity for a Norm Abram reference tho
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This was so good. Love how it gets dark as they're walking around EMB. Like ted was waxing poetic about the spot for hours haha
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That was great. I finally got the chance to go to SF about 7 years ago. I took the BART from the airport straight to Embarcadero and just walked around trying to remember all the shit I watched growing up skating. Then I walked to Pier 7, China Banks and took an Uber to Wallenberg before going to meet my girl at the time in Berkeley. That shit was way more important
Damn I need to do this
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I want to contemplate this sequence some more.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JkTeOrnbol8/Upa4_3NIogI/AAAAAAAAbmY/FX8RmaRDLrQ/s1600/daherlaybackchrome.jpg)
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only went there one time in '96 or '97 and couldn't even skate it because there was a large ice skating rink set up with a prominent police presence
all the action had migrated a few blocks over to Pier 7 by then
also, theres's a trailer up for the season -- looks like there's episodes on Hubba, the Bay Blocks & Pier 7 as well
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m64QTaY0g1g
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they nailed it so hard on this
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Yeah, they really did something special with this one. A perfect combo of skate history, architecture history, and nostalgia for a time that I wasn't even around for. I'm stoked to hear that there's more on the way already.
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I want to contemplate this sequence some more.
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I always trip out that the heyday of EMB was early in street skating's history but the ledges there are actually pretty high. Especially if you're skating the bigger ledge beside the big 7 and of course the stage ledge above. Seems like as skating progressed, the ledges got smaller and smaller. In Virtual Reality they're all skating basically curbs. Early street skating is not exactly synonymous with tricks being popped very high so it's crazy they were skating these legit sized ledges and doing tech shit on them back then.
Also skating with almost no wax. That's fucked.
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Great job, Ted. Loved his analogy to the Giving Tree, "Like an Old Stump that keeps on giving."
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Outstanding piece
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The EMB architectural model cameo in Bullitt is too good. This could've been stretched out to a half hour and I still wouldn't have wanted it to end.
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God this dude is insufferable
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This was great, love this kinda shit.
EMB seems like a wasteland these days, why dont they just put all the blocks back and make it a skatepark?
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Really good nice piece. Keep them coming Thrasher
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This old ledge
Looked so fun
Frontside crook
Then broke my thumb
On a slipped out switch back
Tail I almost died
Came up short
And lost my pride
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I want to contemplate this sequence some more.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JkTeOrnbol8/Upa4_3NIogI/AAAAAAAAbmY/FX8RmaRDLrQ/s1600/daherlaybackchrome.jpg)
Daher did some wild shit goofing around. He did some tailslide ollie Japan air out on a ledge that was mind blowing. Super underrated
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Ted should do video essays on skateboarding
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Ted should do video essays on skateboarding
He does on his patreon
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Ted should do video essays on skateboarding
He should make a spin-off of robs hit MTV series.
Call it “pretentiousness”
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Ted should do video essays on skateboarding
Call it “pretentiousness”
Gosh man. Whoop whoop okay. Go chug a faygo and kiss ur cuh.
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I believe Daher 5.0 layback is in a video. Can't remember which one. 411 maybe.
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Hubba Hideout ep coming Wed
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I wish James Kelch hosted this instead.
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I wish James Kelch hosted this instead.
Only locals would be allowed to watch
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Really enjoyed this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV01JADspNo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV01JADspNo)
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these are so good. they could be 2-3 times as long and I'd still be sucked in.
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Lovely.
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Did the Alcoa building get a fresh coat of black? Don’t remember it being that dark
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Chefs kiss. Nothing less.
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I wish James Kelch hosted this instead.
I know skateboarders seem to hate anyone who graduated high school and went to post secondary, but it’s nice to view some skate content that doesn’t have the phrases “sick” and “you know” every other sentence.
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I was today years old when I learned Hubba was slang for crack
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Ted definitely striking a nice balance between skate nerd and urban theorist. Nailed it again. More please.
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Ted definitely striking a nice balance between skate nerd and urban theorist. Nailed it again. More please.
I’m thinking maybe Pulaski would be a good ep, but it seems like he’s doing SF chronologically, so maybe 3rd and Army?
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Ted definitely striking a nice balance between skate nerd and urban theorist. Nailed it again. More please.
I’m thinking maybe Pulaski would be a good ep, but it seems like he’s doing SF chronologically, so maybe 3rd and Army?
I think i remember seeing pier 7 and the bay blocks in the preview.
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That was perfect. There’s been a lot of stuff about Hubba Hideout but this brought new details and the architectural/urban development history was interesting.
Need an episode about 3rd and Army
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Ted definitely striking a nice balance between skate nerd and urban theorist. Nailed it again. More please.
I’m thinking maybe Pulaski would be a good ep, but it seems like he’s doing SF chronologically, so maybe 3rd and Army?
I think i remember seeing pier 7 and the bay blocks in the preview.
Does ft miley even have a ledge though? Or is it just the pyramid/hip things and the rails?
Either way, some more nice skate media to consume this afternoon.
I definitely saw previews for pier 7 and bay blocks in the trailer but would be cool to see a 3rd and army episode too.
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Ted definitely striking a nice balance between skate nerd and urban theorist. Nailed it again. More please.
I’m thinking maybe Pulaski would be a good ep, but it seems like he’s doing SF chronologically, so maybe 3rd and Army?
I think i remember seeing pier 7 and the bay blocks in the preview.
Does ft miley even have a ledge though? Or is it just the pyramid/hip things and the rails?
Either way some more nice skate media to consume this afternoon.
Based off his IG, I believe it being a “public space” is also part of its remit.
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Yeah, I didn't know how strict the requirements were to conform to the title of the show but the more the better.
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God this dude is insufferable
Thanks for the rather sufferable post!
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I'd love to see this series keep going and include UCI, Lockwood, USC, The Brooklyn Banks, The Wedge (in AZ), Turtles, Eggs, The Venice Pit and Curbs, The Santa Monica Courthouse, Love Park, and so many other spots.
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these are so good. they could be 2-3 times as long and I'd still be sucked in.
Absolutely.
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I'd love to see this series keep going and include UCI, Lockwood, USC, The Brooklyn Banks, The Wedge (in AZ), Turtles, Eggs, The Venice Pit and Curbs, The Santa Monica Courthouse, Love Park, and so many other spots.
For sure, 3rd and Army would be a great episode, the gaps between the ledges which Huf lipslides are probably way longer in person than the videos would have you believe.
I'd gladly pay for a walking / skateboarding tour with Ted to learn the skate / architectural history of these legendary spots.
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This is what I’ve been missing from teds retreat from social media . He’s a genuine history nerd and knows a fuck ton about cities he’s lived in skate history beyond the actual skating. He used to post really long stories on the bay areas architecture. If Burnett had any sense he’d pay to send Ted around the world to do a bunch of these .
This. These are so sick. Love the break down of the architecture/architects.
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God this dude is insufferableformative
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I can't believe I forgot Pulaski Park, Brick Banks (from Glass Carousel), and LA High.
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I'd love to see this series keep going and include UCI, Lockwood, USC, The Brooklyn Banks, The Wedge (in AZ), Turtles, Eggs, The Venice Pit and Curbs, The Santa Monica Courthouse, Love Park, and so many other spots.
For sure, 3rd and Army would be a great episode, the gaps between the ledges which Huf lipslides are probably way longer in person than the videos would have you believe.
I'd gladly pay for a walking / skateboarding tour with Ted to learn the skate / architectural history of these legendary spots.
I got a vague hint the next one is in the neighborhood of 3rd and Army
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This kinda fills the hole left by the end of love letters. I really hope they do other city's and other countries.
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I live for this kind of content tbh, I'm a nerdy and obsessive person so this kind of stuff is like candy to me.
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This was great, love this kinda shit.
EMB seems like a wasteland these days, why dont they just put all the blocks back and make it a skatepark?
it’s not really a wasteland it’s super busy right there
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I'd love to see this series keep going and include UCI, Lockwood, USC, The Brooklyn Banks, The Wedge (in AZ), Turtles, Eggs, The Venice Pit and Curbs, The Santa Monica Courthouse, Love Park, and so many other spots.
I’m not sure that any school spots have enough of the urban planning history he is exploring in these. Tho I guess the OG USC ledges are in a public space and have the modernist aesthetic he is into. Agreed the list could go on and on.
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I'd love to see this series keep going and include UCI, Lockwood, USC, The Brooklyn Banks, The Wedge (in AZ), Turtles, Eggs, The Venice Pit and Curbs, The Santa Monica Courthouse, Love Park, and so many other spots.
For sure, 3rd and Army would be a great episode, the gaps between the ledges which Huf lipslides are probably way longer in person than the videos would have you believe.
I'd gladly pay for a walking / skateboarding tour with Ted to learn the skate / architectural history of these legendary spots.
When I visited 3rd and Army a year or two ago, that was the most surprising aspect of the spot. The gap is pretty hefty, and definitely a little awkward to get the line right. That, and they're a bit taller than I expected, plus have been super rounded off over the years.
Its rad that plaza is still there
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This kinda fills the hole left by the end of love letters. I really hope they do other city's and other countries.
You just reminded me how much I miss Love Letters. I binged it during the beginning of Covid and it made me get back on my board after 10 years off. I really think Ted is doing great job with this new series and I hope he is able to take it world wide.
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This kinda fills the hole left by the end of love letters. I really hope they do other city's and other countries.
I still dig through youtube trying to find episodes I missed/haven't seen.... re-watched the Canada and LGBTQ+ eps last night. Those long cut videos turned out awesome.
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Can you think of any other vids or series that might scratch that itch?
I'm going to be grinding my teeth until the next TOL comes out.
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I would watch full episodes of this. I grew up skating in the bay so I've been to these areas so many times and seen a lot of these landmarks Ted touches on countless times, so it's really nice to finally learn some more history about it. And I love how this series includes landmarks like that aluminum company skyscraper. I've taken so many photos with that building in the background and I've never known anything about it. Keep these coming!
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I’m always in awe of the fact that hubba has be come synonymous with ledge considering they were talking about crack and not ledges. Like every time that comes up I get sidetracked thinking about language and communication pre internet. One of those facts I know, that surprises me every time I hear it again.
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This series is off to a great start, all of the archival footage is awesome and really enjoy the civil development/urban planning aspect that’s intertwined. I think some people have a preconceived opinion of Ted being “insufferable”, but he comes off as genuine and informative in these first two vids. Hope Thrasher makes more of these.
Was gonna say they should do a China Banks one before it gets focused, but the already did.
https://youtu.be/2LBv3XFwHG4
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This series is off to a great start, all of the archival footage is awesome and really enjoy the civil development/urban planning aspect that’s intertwined. I think some people have a preconceived opinion of Ted being “insufferable”, but he comes off as genuine and informative in these first two vids. Hope Thrasher makes more of these.
Was gonna say they should do a China Banks one before it gets focused, but the already did.
https://youtu.be/2LBv3XFwHG4
quick trivia question
anybody know – off the dome – who's skating on the thumbail photo?
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This series is off to a great start, all of the archival footage is awesome and really enjoy the civil development/urban planning aspect that’s intertwined. I think some people have a preconceived opinion of Ted being “insufferable”, but he comes off as genuine and informative in these first two vids. Hope Thrasher makes more of these.
Was gonna say they should do a China Banks one before it gets focused, but the already did.
https://youtu.be/2LBv3XFwHG4
quick trivia question
anybody know – off the dome – who's skating on the thumbail photo?
could be wrong bc I haven't had my coffee yet but looks like Stranger.
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me neither, and I see nothing but ankles so I'm going stranger too....
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I live for this kind of content tbh, I'm a nerdy and obsessive person so this kind of stuff is like candy to me.
Ditto. That was perfect, sans any mention of Lavar in the Hubba episode.
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I live for this kind of content tbh, I'm a nerdy and obsessive person so this kind of stuff is like candy to me.
Ditto. That was perfect, sans any mention of Lavar in the Hubba episode.
Ted said, if you want a trick list, that’s what the On Video doc on Hubba is for. This is more about the utilization of public space and it’s history (I forgot the better way he phrased it)
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amazing series thusfar. Agreed that the episodes could be way longer and I'd still watch them. Great job to the people involved.
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I live for this kind of content tbh, I'm a nerdy and obsessive person so this kind of stuff is like candy to me.
Ditto. That was perfect, sans any mention of Lavar in the Hubba episode.
Ted said, if you want a trick list, that’s what the On Video doc on Hubba is for. This is more about the utilization of public space and it’s history (I forgot the better way he phrased it)
This is what I appreciate about the viewpoint Ted is covering.
The pictures of the demolishing was a first for me. In addition, glad they didn’t include anything about that hubba recreation the berrics did.
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i miss feedback ts. i still have some stickers i bought when he was still doing it. these videos are great
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i miss feedback ts. i still have some stickers i bought when he was still doing it. these videos are great
I loved the videos about board graphics.
I don’t think he needs a brand, but I’d be curious to see what he would curate as his first drop of graphics for a hypothetical company
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i miss feedback ts. i still have some stickers i bought when he was still doing it. these videos are great
I loved the videos about board graphics.
I don’t think he needs a brand, but I’d be curious to see what he would curate as his first drop of graphics for a hypothetical company
i miss the unhinged 10-slide max video length posts rambling about a kid with a chain attached to his oversized pants skating to loud shitty music. it was just a good way to start my mornings
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcSSQKH1d8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcSSQKH1d8)
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I love this show. I like Ted too. He reminds me of the 80s skaters around Marblehead.
Did y'all know we used to skate with the singer of Crazy Town.
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Stellar. I'm feeling how my grandpa must feel when he watches WWII documentaries.
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I was hoping to see more of Jake’s process on that kickflip fs tail. That trick still makes no sense
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These are so good. As someone already mentioned, I hope they make these even longer and more in depth. The skate nostalgia thing has been done so much lately but these are so well done with history of the spots and the architecture etc. it’s cool to learn something new about places you thought you’d heard everything about already. There’s so many legendary spots that they could really keep doing these for awhile. I hope they do.
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Can you think of any other vids or series that might scratch that itch?
I'm going to be grinding my teeth until the next TOL comes out.
Love Letters to Skateboarding from Grosso holds some gold. It may not be rich kid/parent articulate like Ted’s work is, but the content is on point for the inquiry when you remove the California veneer.
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Can you think of any other vids or series that might scratch that itch?
I'm going to be grinding my teeth until the next TOL comes out.
Love Letters to Skateboarding from Grosso holds some gold. It may not be rich kid/parent articulate like Ted’s work is, but the content is on point for the inquiry when you remove the California veneer.
Having money isn’t a barrier for being able to effectively communicate ideas.
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Another great episode! Those last quotes were pretty damn funny.
Bay Blocks are such a classic spot. Even here in Finland skaters saw stuff like Mike Carroll in Penal Code at the blocks and thought shit we gotta travel to SF to skate those. And they did as seen in Control's 1998 Teens 8:53 etc. , https://vimeo.com/89517699 .
Pretty crazy to think about for something that "cost 1mil and looks like shit".
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Another great episode! Those last quotes were pretty damn funny.
Bay Blocks are such a classic spot. Even here in Finland skaters saw stuff like Mike Carroll in Penal Code at the blocks and thought shit we gotta travel to SF to skate those. And they did as seen in Control's 1998 Teens 8:53 etc. , https://vimeo.com/89517699 .
Pretty crazy to think about for something that "cost 1mil and looks like shit".
$1m for 2.5 miles seems like a very good price though
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Jakes kickflip front tail is still "the trick" that comes to mind when I think about this spot. Are there plans for more of these? Can't recall all they had in the trailer..
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There’s at least one more in SF for pier 7
Hope he flys back to NY to do pyramid blubba and flushing
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There’s at least one more in SF for pier 7
Hope he flys back to NY to do pyramid blubba and flushing
nyc ones are coming i heard
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I'm all about these so far. Great series.
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I keep loving these episodes - he's really went deep into the archives and knows the story of the place!
...so how did Ted become a name in skateboarding? Is he a filmer or something? He's obviously capable of saying something much more interesting about spots than anyone else around.
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I've done work around city planning in the SF bay, funny to hear the city say those blocks are hideous.
Skatestoppers and hostile architecture in general are the worst.
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This series is off to a great start, all of the archival footage is awesome and really enjoy the civil development/urban planning aspect that’s intertwined. I think some people have a preconceived opinion of Ted being “insufferable”, but he comes off as genuine and informative in these first two vids. Hope Thrasher makes more of these.
Was gonna say they should do a China Banks one before it gets focused, but the already did.
https://youtu.be/2LBv3XFwHG4
quick trivia question
anybody know – off the dome – who's skating on the thumbail photo?
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...so how did Ted become a name in skateboarding? Is he a filmer or something? He's obviously capable of saying something much more interesting about spots than anyone else around.
He’s a phd art historian and a legit skater who never broke into the big time, but he had photos in Thrasher and has appeared in multiple videos including a Thrasher video and 411. I think he did the first switch bs tail over the grate at the world’s fair fountain in Queens. Just one of those guys who is really good but not good enough to be big time. I don’t know the guy but that’s my read on him from following him on Instagram.
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Can you think of any other vids or series that might scratch that itch?
I'm going to be grinding my teeth until the next TOL comes out.
Love Letters to Skateboarding from Grosso holds some gold. It may not be rich kid/parent articulate like Ted’s work is, but the content is on point for the inquiry when you remove the California veneer.
Having money isn’t a barrier for being able to effectively communicate ideas.
Agreed.
Not too sure where this was directed to in reference to where I’m quoted (I didn’t make a blanketed or macro statement), but agreed nonetheless.
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...so how did Ted become a name in skateboarding? Is he a filmer or something? He's obviously capable of saying something much more interesting about spots than anyone else around.
He’s a phd art historian and a legit skater who never broke into the big time, but he had photos in Thrasher and has appeared in multiple videos including a Thrasher video and 411. I think he did the first switch bs tail over the grate at the world’s fair fountain in Queens. Just one of those guys who is really good but not good enough to be big time. I don’t know the guy but that’s my read on him from following him on Instagram.
Ah cool - that also explains why he's so knowledgeable of the architects behind the spots and the public confessions of the places. Interesting combination of knowledge!
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This series is off to a great start, all of the archival footage is awesome and really enjoy the civil development/urban planning aspect that’s intertwined. I think some people have a preconceived opinion of Ted being “insufferable”, but he comes off as genuine and informative in these first two vids. Hope Thrasher makes more of these.
Was gonna say they should do a China Banks one before it gets focused, but the already did.
https://youtu.be/2LBv3XFwHG4
quick trivia question
anybody know – off the dome – who's skating on the thumbail photo?
(https://i.postimg.cc/XNr6nwdr/Screenshot-2023-07-26-at-4-31-26-PM.png) (https://postimg.cc/c6GbmtDW)
Thanks for confirming my hungover uncaffeinated brain was correct. Stranger rules.
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Can you think of any other vids or series that might scratch that itch?
I'm going to be grinding my teeth until the next TOL comes out.
Love Letters to Skateboarding from Grosso holds some gold. It may not be rich kid/parent articulate like Ted’s work is, but the content is on point for the inquiry when you remove the California veneer.
Having money isn’t a barrier for being able to effectively communicate ideas.
Agreed.
Not too sure where this was directed to in reference to where I’m quoted (I didn’t make a blanketed or macro statement), but agreed nonetheless.
The rich kid/parent articulate thing just hit a nerve with me but I can see how I misread that
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I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.
Can you think of any other vids or series that might scratch that itch?
I'm going to be grinding my teeth until the next TOL comes out.
If you haven't watched already, Jenkem had a good spot series a few years back.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu4RiFW9tsSngBGkiDgNiIaH7rb4n-HIa
Less to do with the history of the spot with regards to who built it and why, but still fun series to watch.
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I love anything to do with skate history and diving deep into different spots. Hope this branches out beyond California, even the US for that matter. Southbank would be a sick episode, kids were skating SB and paving the way in the 1970's - and considering it was never purpose built for skating, that's legit street skating history right there.
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That bay blocks one was super interesting, must have been super sick to skate there at night with it lite up and not skate stopped.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcSSQKH1d8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcSSQKH1d8)
Justin Strubing's kickflip at 2.48 should be in the conversation for greatest kickflip of all time.Vastly underrated skater.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcSSQKH1d8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmcSSQKH1d8)
Justin Strubing's kickflip at 2.48 should be in the conversation for greatest kickflip of all time.Vastly underrated skater.
I could not agree more Strubing rules and deserves all the shine.
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
All of SLAP's seemingly contradictory contortions over Suciu can be explained with one simple fact: he's a dork
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
All of SLAP's seemingly contradictory contortions over Suciu can be explained with one simple fact: he's a dork
And that's okay with me! Preferable even. I mean, caring about your wheelbase and who did what on a piece of concrete is pretty fuckin dorky too. So I embrace it. Better than being another party-bro Chad. Slap is a funny place, man.
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
Also
Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
PotY
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
All of SLAP's seemingly contradictory contortions over Suciu can be explained with one simple fact: he's a dork
And that's okay with me! Preferable even. I mean, caring about your wheelbase and who did who on a piece of concrete is pretty fuckin dorky too. So I embrace it. Better than being another party-bro Chad. Slap is a funny place, man.
Disliking Suciu makes someone a party-bro Chad.. lol
Ted is the best. Have been loving this series so much and hope we get many more episodes.
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
Ted’s knowledge is shared and accessible and meant to uplift all. Mark’s is more self-congratulatory and meant to elevate his own sense of worth
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
Ted’s knowledge is shared and accessible and meant to uplift all. Mark’s is more self-congratulatory and meant to elevate his own sense of worth
lol did you scour the records of their psychiatrists? What a bizarre thing to say.
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
Ted’s knowledge is shared and accessible and meant to uplift all. Mark’s is more self-congratulatory and meant to elevate his own sense of worth
I'd love to buy Ted a beer and talk spots, and it feels like he'd be super down to do that with someone, Suciu not so much.
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"The Ribbon cost a million dollars and looks like shit." Amazing, haha.
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...so how did Ted become a name in skateboarding? Is he a filmer or something? He's obviously capable of saying something much more interesting about spots than anyone else around.
He’s a phd art historian and a legit skater who never broke into the big time, but he had photos in Thrasher and has appeared in multiple videos including a Thrasher video and 411. I think he did the first switch bs tail over the grate at the world’s fair fountain in Queens. Just one of those guys who is really good but not good enough to be big time. I don’t know the guy but that’s my read on him from following him on Instagram.
Ah cool - that also explains why he's so knowledgeable of the architects behind the spots and the public confessions of the places. Interesting combination of knowledge!
he's got a pro venture truck at least!
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
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Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
All of SLAP's seemingly contradictory contortions over Suciu can be explained with one simple fact: he's a dork
Also a rich kid...so going to (a good) college (that your parents pay for) isn't that much of a flex
I took a lot of art history and honestly those had my favorite teachers...haven't really met that many interesting people who majored in english literature, smart but often boring types
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@Abyss1 can you link to where Suciu flexes for going to college? Sounds juicy.
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@Abyss1 can you link to where Suciu flexes for going to college? Sounds juicy.
Well he sounded more stoked on college than skateboarding during his nine club... Im not saying he makes everyone in the know that, its that he leaned into it when skating got to be too much for him...he even said he got accepted to a college in France
https://www.northskatemag.com/blogs/north-latest/mark-suciu-interview
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Mark Suciu seems like he can't take a joke
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Another great episode. Still no Norm Abram reference tho
Also
Mark Suciu: got a bachelors degree, reads a few books
Slap: so fucking pretentious
Ted Barrow: PhD in art history gives you a history lecture about a lump of concrete
Slap: so fucking epic
Lol
All of SLAP's seemingly contradictory contortions over Suciu can be explained with one simple fact: he's a dork
Also a rich kid...so going to (a good) college (that your parents pay for) isn't that much of a flex
I took a lot of art history and honestly those had my favorite teachers...haven't really met that many interesting people who majored in english literature, smart but often boring types
You take that back! I’ll take boring but smart, that’s where I draw the line.
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these rule and the series seems like it has legs. NYC, LA, Philly. Go for it Ted - after the feedback TS drama the fact that he found a forum to use his background and passion into a productive form of content is awesome. spreading the knowledge.
NYC - pyramid ledges, sombrero, world's fair, con-ed, columbus park ledges, blubba, the BANKS! I'd watch 'em all!
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Pier 7 this Wednesday
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Pier 7 this Wednesday
(https://i.imgur.com/pp4N0rO.png)
Fuck yeah. To tide you over Ted wrote an article about skateboarding in 1996 for freeskatemag:
https://www.freeskatemag.com/2023/07/31/iannucci-made-me-hardcore/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35Ulo-qaKc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y35Ulo-qaKc)
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(https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C5612AQFIW_kZQ1o_5A/article-inline_image-shrink_400_744/0/1634810771920?e=1694649600&v=beta&t=RAYoQCcZvrwpXzu4WlmCZyfkPGalXGMtLvF3_xytkdA)
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Best series ever. The high school crush analogy was so spot-on. :)
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Any more episodes we can anticipate in the near future? Feel like he covered all that were in the initial trailer at this point
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The big gaps/stairs would be interesting to get Barrow’s architectural background on if there is any like El toro or Davis Gap
Also the cluster of spots where Miles Silvas did that long line in downtown LA could be a good one
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Any more episodes we can anticipate in the near future? Feel like he covered all that were in the initial trailer at this point
he was saying he will be covering some east coast spots as well soon
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Yeah, it seems like this show is a hit and Thrasher is obviously trying to focus on expanding their content beyond "here are some people skating with music behind them", so I expect this will continue for a while.
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Great as always! As much as a kook I think Biebel is, I was surprised not to see any tricks from him in there. He's definitely done some incredible stuff there.
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crazy how much it worn down, looks super fresh here
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probably my fav place and era in skating. Pier 7 is such a landmark.
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a fav pier7 trick
http://youtu.be/Li4_V0_CRKA?t=269 (http://youtu.be/Li4_V0_CRKA?t=269)
(http://boiltheocean.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/busenitz_pier.jpg)
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Really great series. It’s amazing how engaging something is when the presenter is actually intelligent and not some fried old skater / idiot youtuber. Really loved the in depth architectural discussion for the EMB ep.
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Loved it. Drake Jones had so many sick clips at that spot.
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Too much sick stuff has been done at Pier 7 over the years to include it all but I also thought of Busenitz's wild lines in Chicagof (I think).
Also, a missed opportunity to include this little snippet from Thrasher
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Man, I could watch these all day long.
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I can only say that I wish they were longer, like, at least 15 minutes. They're so great and punchy, but they could be drawn out and it wouldn't take away from how good they are.
Skate content of the year. I just want more skate docs, informational and historical pieces. Actual skate parts are only sometimes the exciting content these days. Info will always be exciting!
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Ted and this series could easily be this next generations ON video segments. Absolutely love these and I hope it continues.
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Ted and this series could easily be this next generations ON video segments. Absolutely love these and I hope it continues.
Absolutely feels like the magic of watching ON videos as a youngen!
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it would be cool for him to do it at more spots that have been destroyed/somwhat destroyed. love/brookyln banks/muni/lockwood/chaffey/belmont ledges… e.c.t. i hope this keeps going.
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Love me a nice well-spoken skateboarder. I recall him losing his job a couple years back due to his instagram (I think?) so it would be really dope for him to continue getting that thrasher bag. How many other skaters have PhD's? Only other one I can think of rn is Ocean Howell
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Love me a nice well-spoken skateboarder. I recall him losing his job a couple years back due to his instagram (I think?) so it would be really dope for him to continue getting that thrasher bag. How many other skaters have PhD's? Only other one I can think of rn is Ocean Howell
Things have really turned around for ted since that whole incident. I’m on his berate the birds patreon and it seems like he’s doing quite well both personally and career wise
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I haven’t been looking forward to work recently because I just been getting chewed out by my supervisors constantly, been busy with with life recently so I haven’t been skating much so when I do manage to squeeze in a quick sesh I suck and I feel rusty as hell on my board, I recently found out I gained ten pounds so I feel like a fat piece of shit…… This series is the only thing that I have to forward to these days that make life suck slightly less. Thank you Ted.
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This one was super good. It seems like this series is getting 100K+ views on the Thrasher channel for the past episodes, more than some recently released parts and stuff. Everyone on the forum is hyped, all comments on YouTube are positive, keep this series going. Fly a filmer with Ted somewhere and get them per diem.
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Thrasher mag, if you're lurking here like we all know you are, please send Ted on a 1 month skate trip to Barcelona so we can get the scoop on MACBA, Sants and Paral-lel.
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Do people think Ted is pretentious because he doesn't say gnarly or sick every 2nd word or what? To me, he seems to walk the line of being well-spoken without being verbose quite well.
I dunno. It's probably not even worth bringing up since those people seem to be the minority in the thread.
Keep em coming I'm loving the series.
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Gotta echo everyone and add that I really love this series. Super curious what’s next and I imagine with Ted’s knowledge of spots in New York and his experience as a historical city tour guide that the aforementioned “east coast episodes” will be juicy
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Goddamn that big group photo is fucking good. Anyone know who shot it? I would kill for a Dennis McGrath Pier 7 book. A comprehensive Pier 7 photo/video exhibition would be amazing. SFMoMA, MACBA, C/O Berlin; easy peasy.
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Such a dream spot. Parks all over the world have a mandatory “pier 7” manny pad, and I never get bored of them.
This series rules.
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I loved feeback ts's art history deep dives and this is what I find so endearing about this.
Ted has a really interesting way of setting out the artists vision for the space, socio-political factors that influenced the space and how skaters interacted with the space and how the space affected skate culture. Simple, informative and interesting to go outside the bounds of "Yeah man, you would get kicked out super fast".
As pretty much everyone else here has said, bravo Ted Barrow.
He should have a big voice in skateboarding going forward.
Send him to Europe.
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crazy how much it worn down, looks super fresh here
Are you talking about the ledge or Mike York?
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Any excuse to post this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzEJaUNig3c
Last line so sick
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I like that it isn’t a trick roll call video (but I do wish there was a companion part that was a best of by Memory Screen or manolo)
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That would be the perfect companion compendium that would probably satisfy everyone.
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crazy how much it worn down, looks super fresh here
Are you talking about the ledge or Mike York?
Both, time kills everything…
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crazy how much it worn down, looks super fresh here
Are you talking about the ledge or Mike York?
Both, time kills everything…
A friend of mine met him at the Venice curbs and said that he was nice but also very out there and seemed perma-fried. Said he wasn’t skating but just watching and rambling about random stuff.
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crazy how much it worn down, looks super fresh here
Are you talking about the ledge or Mike York?
Both, time kills everything…
York is the man. Definitely a little bitter and maybe somewhat fried (but who isn’t). He’s definitely still skating well, and skating those curbs at a high level. He will heckle pedestrians who show even the slightest hint of attitude, which is pretty hilarious at his age. He’s just a funny and nice dude. Fucking legend.
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The Mostly Skateboarding guys have a really good interview with Ted on This Old Ledge in this episode. Check it out https://open.spotify.com/episode/2c9S8CSKRhGGnkVtuTczEX?si=dvEAU8GeR2aCp3UVVHE9yg (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2c9S8CSKRhGGnkVtuTczEX?si=dvEAU8GeR2aCp3UVVHE9yg)
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The Mostly Skateboarding guys have a really good interview with Ted on This Old Ledge in this episode. Check it out https://open.spotify.com/episode/2c9S8CSKRhGGnkVtuTczEX?si=dvEAU8GeR2aCp3UVVHE9yg (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2c9S8CSKRhGGnkVtuTczEX?si=dvEAU8GeR2aCp3UVVHE9yg)
Really enjoyed this - was good to hear his thoughts in a longer format.
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Came here hoping for a new episode
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Came here hoping for a new episode
Me too ;D
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Does someone remember from what video JJ's kickflip front tail is ?
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Does someone remember from what video JJ's kickflip front tail is ?
Cinematographer Project I believe
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Came here hoping for a new episode
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Does someone remember from what video JJ's kickflip front tail is ?
(at 6:04)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMyMAT5-3UE&t=193s
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I’m not the biggest Ted fan, but of course I can’t be since I’m not Ted.
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Came here hoping for a new episode
He mentioned on the Mostly Skateboarding podcast that was it for this season, I'm still hopeful for a NY / Philly episode, or a crossover one with various crews for each part of California. Like Sk8mafia for SD and Tiltmode / Louie Barletta for San Jose, granted they aren't the most architecturally interesting parts of California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEd1zy4Lqsw
Wish these guys were still at it, they were on to something about how where you skate in the world affects how videos look and feel.
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Union Square?
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thanks @Atiba Applebum / @funeral_tuxedo
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Came here hoping for a new episode
He mentioned on the Mostly Skateboarding podcast that was it for this season, I'm still hopeful for a NY / Philly episode, or a crossover one with various crews for each part of California. Like Sk8mafia for SD and Tiltmode / Louie Barletta for San Jose, granted they aren't the most architecturally interesting parts of California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEd1zy4Lqsw
Wish these guys were still at it, they were on to something about how where you skate in the world affects how videos look and feel.
Wow I never knew this channel existed and am currently heading down a rabbit hole. Good shit.
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Thrasher posted that S2 will be shooting soon in NY
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Union Square?
that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
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that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
Aside from Union Square, the others aren’t public spaces - though I would love a 3rd and Army history lesson
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Thrasher posted that S2 will be shooting soon in NY
If they’re doing NY next they should give upstate some love and talk about Empire Plaza in Albany. It’s not as famous as Blubba or Pyramid ledges but the architecture there is so cool. I bet there is an interesting story behind it all.
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that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
Aside from Union Square, the others aren’t public spaces - though I would love a 3rd and Army history lesson
This post had me curious. 3rd and Army is a public space called the Islais Creek Promenade. Ted has half the episode research done right here, https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep22909.4
Definitely a potential fruitful episode.
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that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
Aside from Union Square, the others aren’t public spaces - though I would love a 3rd and Army history lesson
This post had me curious. 3rd and Army is a public space called the Islais Creek Promenade. Ted has half the episode research done right here, https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep22909.4
Definitely a potential fruitful episode.
Oh cool I remember people saying it was filled with bus fumes so I didn’t think it’d actually be a park but I’ll give that a read
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that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
I agree with all that.
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that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
I agree with all that.
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Know what would be sick. If 18 could find more footage of Sean Young at Union.
Anything would do. I feel like it's a sin that his name doesn't come up more when I talk with the youth.
Sean Young was an amazing skater his name should ring out
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Know what would be sick. If 18 could find more footage of Sean Young at Union.
Anything would do. I feel like it's a sin that his name doesn't come up more when I talk with the youth.
Sean Young was an amazing skater his name should ring out
Forever the Unknown Asshole.
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I skated with Ted a couple times a few years ago by coincidence. The first time it was like I could telepathically hear his feedback voice critiquing my shitty trick selection and tank top in my head.
Great series though.
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Know what would be sick. If 18 could find more footage of Sean Young at Union.
Anything would do. I feel like it's a sin that his name doesn't come up more when I talk with the youth.
Sean Young was an amazing skater his name should ring out
Backed - one of my all time favorites
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that would be good, Fort Miley and 3rd and Army would be good
3up and 3 down would be fun short one.
Aside from Union Square, the others aren’t public spaces - though I would love a 3rd and Army history lesson
This post had me curious. 3rd and Army is a public space called the Islais Creek Promenade. Ted has half the episode research done right here, https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep22909.4 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep22909.4)
Definitely a potential fruitful episode.
Oh cool I remember people saying it was filled with bus fumes so I didn’t think it’d actually be a park but I’ll give that a read
Muni is all electric and biodiesel so bus fumes aren't really a thing anymore but there's definitely a stagnant bay aroma that wafts up from Islais Creek.
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Season 2 Premieres Wednesday ;D
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4GZ58nvsCD/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/C4GZ58nvsCD/)
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Thank you Ted for letting us know that a plaza doesn’t evolve from a tree stump. Truly worthy of his PhD.
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Thank you Ted for letting us know that a plaza doesn’t evolve from a tree stump. Truly worthy of his PhD.
I work with folk that have PhD's that couldn't change a light bulb.
That said stoked there is more episodes.
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Thank you Ted for letting us know that a plaza doesn’t evolve from a tree stump. Truly worthy of his PhD.
Epic roast.
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Thank you Ted for letting us know that a plaza doesn’t evolve from a tree stump. Truly worthy of his PhD.
I work with folk that have PhD's that couldn't change a light bulb.
That said stoked there is more episodes.
Yeah I enjoy the show and have warm parasocial feelings towards Ted, but I thought that was funny.
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Thank you Ted for letting us know that a plaza doesn’t evolve from a tree stump. Truly worthy of his PhD.
I work with folk that have PhD's that couldn't change a light bulb.
That said stoked there is more episodes.
Yeah I enjoy the show and have warm parasocial feelings towards Ted, but I thought that was funny.
Dude it was funny. I shit you not thou yesterday a post-doc who has worked at mine for almost three years asked me how a rachect driver works...
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Old ledges are the best ledges. I feel like fools use reconstituted ledge material these days or some bullshit.
You ever find a spot and be like oooo brand new blocks. You wax up skate like hell and rippppppppppp! Super slow and the edge looks like crushed in like its a giant sugar cube. Its not fucking granite. Not local at least. The old granite in the sidewalks and in the old spots is second to none and way tougher.
2000s-2010s buildings used that new bullshit
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Came here hoping for a new episode
He mentioned on the Mostly Skateboarding podcast that was it for this season, I'm still hopeful for a NY / Philly episode, or a crossover one with various crews for each part of California. Like Sk8mafia for SD and Tiltmode / Louie Barletta for San Jose, granted they aren't the most architecturally interesting parts of California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEd1zy4Lqsw
Wish these guys were still at it, they were on to something about how where you skate in the world affects how videos look and feel.
Wow I never knew this channel existed and am currently heading down a rabbit hole. Good shit.
Same. That was an amazing watch if you're interested in how geography plays into skateboarding.
I always wondered how conscious filmers/editors were with some of those decisions to make video feel like you were at a place or spot. Some of them seem like it could have been purely circumstantial - everyone in x city always skates x plaza.
I think it would be sick to see something like a video only filmed in Asian megacities were there's a cyberpunk vibe or something. Not exactly geography focused, but some of my favorite videos are probably Colin Read's were they had specific themes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcunKqIih6E
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so good
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never knew those Mindfield tricks from Jake were here, other than the fakie heelflip.
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always a pleasure
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what a treat. every single one of those
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That was great, can't wait for more.
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Already want another one
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcunKqIih6E
I was ready to watch this for an hour.
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So good. The switch flip over it was amazing
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I wonder what spot is gonna be next? Flushing maybe?
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I wonder what spot is gonna be next? Flushing maybe?
tompkins
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Ted is like PBS for skateboarders and I love it
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Any and all footage of the banks is worth watching again.
The only time I ever went to NYC was as a teenager and I remember being very insistent we visit the Brooklyn banks, nobody else wanted to go because nobody else skated, and now it's almost 20 years later and I've never been.
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I wonder what spot is gonna be next? Flushing maybe?
Looks like it could be the Pyramid Ledges, Blubba and the Courthouse. Wouldn’t be surprised with a Flushing ep either.
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That nollie varial flip by Quim Cardona will never cease to amaze me. Great segment.
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Best non video part shit on Thrasher at the moment, could watch these all day. In fact, I could just listen to Ted talk about skating all day, period.
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I’m usually a big fan of short and sweet but I wish these were longer.
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Thank you Ted for letting us know that a plaza doesn’t evolve from a tree stump. Truly worthy of his PhD.
Epic roast.
“Plazas don’t just appear out of nowhere… somebody has to design them!”
Took him 8 years of Uni to figure that one out?
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never knew those Mindfield tricks from Jake were here, other than the fakie heelflip.
That just seems like an impossible thing to not realize… but carry on
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Love these videos. Never knew the Brooklyn Banks weren't in Brooklyn but in Manhattan.
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That nollie varial flip by Quim Cardona will never cease to amaze me. Great segment.
Agreed 1000x. Also that Kalis kickflip done later on in the area. Did Ted call it a ghost kick flip?
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That nollie varial flip by Quim Cardona will never cease to amaze me. Great segment.
Agreed 1000x. Also that Kalis kickflip done later on in the area. Did Ted call it a ghost kick flip?
Yes, which was weird. One of the best kickflips ever IMO.
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That nollie varial flip by Quim Cardona will never cease to amaze me. Great segment.
Agreed 1000x. Also that Kalis kickflip done later on in the area. Did Ted call it a ghost kick flip?
Yes, which was weird. One of the best kickflips ever IMO.
I figured he was referring to the fact Kalis pops spooky-high, like there was a grate/kicker set up... but there wasnt (at least I think that was the final determination after photos were disected and discussed with Kalis)
(http://media4.giphy.com/media/Eb4eRhF9zye4g/giphy.gif)
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Solid segment, mostly for the compilation of footage and less for the historical aspects of the spot itself (I wish there was more, I like that kind of shit).
A neat little addendum piece if anyone is interested:
http://youtu.be/Fm9rLbko3r4
Watched it for the 1st time this weekend after Puleo mentioned it in "This is a Rental" and found it quite enjoyable, Rick and Buddy usually do it up right.
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That nollie varial flip by Quim Cardona will never cease to amaze me. Great segment.
Agreed 1000x. Also that Kalis kickflip done later on in the area. Did Ted call it a ghost kick flip?
Yes, which was weird. One of the best kickflips ever IMO.
Oh absolutely. Coupled with Aquila nollie varial as one of the best looking flip tricks, this was quite the video.
Speaking of Jamie’s long line, was there ever a rumor in your friends group that there was a guy peeing in the basketball court. I swear it looked more believable on vhs
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That nollie varial flip by Quim Cardona will never cease to amaze me. Great segment.
Agreed 1000x. Also that Kalis kickflip done later on in the area. Did Ted call it a ghost kick flip?
Yes, which was weird. One of the best kickflips ever IMO.
I figured he was referring to the fact Kalis pops spooky-high, like there was a grate/kicker set up... but there wasnt (at least I think that was the final determination after photos were disected and discussed with Kalis)
(http://media4.giphy.com/media/Eb4eRhF9zye4g/giphy.gif)
I thought he said goat kickflip
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I love New York
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This and Out There are my favorites from Thrasher rn. I love the historical context and trick compilations. Can't wait for the next one.
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I remember travelling from RVA to NYC on the china bus, planning on doing a full cab, maybe even a cab flip into the large banks. Obviously that didn't happen but I managed to ollie into the large bank and do a wallride on the pillar. This was back when there was a flat rail drilled into the flatground near the big banks. I miss NYC so much, looking forward to visiting again soon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiDtrKhMw2c
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Anyone else here still feel Jenny from the block. Now she's crashed on a distant planet I'm head over heels again.
When I was a kid I watched Salinas like 4x a week. Sister act 2 because I also can't get enough of Lauren Hill doing gospel.
My hairs are on end thinking about it rn.
Idk why this old ledge makes me think about these beautiful and interesting women
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Suciu’s almost make was fucked. I don’t remember seeing that
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Suciu’s almost make was fucked. I don’t remember seeing that
True. That was shocking. He's way tougher than he looks
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You ever noticed how school desks smell like onions? Wake up all foul faced just smelling onions?
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love how he mentioned all three spots. 5 points, dime square, les, two bridges, china town - whatever you call it, it's a skateboarding mecca with so many legendary spots and parks accessible to skate to within a few blocks radius.
surprised that cherry wasn't mentioned. didn't bill call TJ the courthouse kid in some vid?
love this series.
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love how he mentioned all three spots. 5 points, dime square, les, two bridges, china town - whatever you call it, it's a skateboarding mecca with so many legendary spots and parks accessible to skate to within a few blocks radius.
surprised that cherry wasn't mentioned. didn't bill call TJ the courthouse kid in some vid?
love this series.
kinda surprised he didn't mention police plaza as well which is just as close if not closer than columbus park to the courthouse but i guess you can only fit so much in a 10 minute video! this series is incredible and i'm really looking forward to seeing what else they cover during the nyc season.
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I remember going to NYC for the first time seeing the courthouse.....only to notice blubba nearby and had no idea. This was all like pre social media so I had no idea where any of this stuff was.
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cool series. dude raffle maybe too much forced history trivia, but hell, nerds gotta nerd and i salute them.
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cool series. dude raffle maybe too much forced history trivia, but hell, nerds gotta nerd and i salute them.
That's what he does, not forced I think. Also would be pointless without him going full Dr Barrow
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Favourite episode so far, came together absolutely perfectly. Danny Supa's nollie.
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love how he mentioned all three spots. 5 points, dime square, les, two bridges, china town - whatever you call it, it's a skateboarding mecca with so many legendary spots and parks accessible to skate to within a few blocks radius.
surprised that cherry wasn't mentioned. didn't bill call TJ the courthouse kid in some vid?
love this series.
He mentioned TJ’s sea of tricks done into the bank. He didn’t mention what videos the other tricks were from either. He just talks about the skating.
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That was the best one so far
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That was amazing - I'm coming to new york in a few weeks for some days, and I have already planned to force skate history down my gf's throat
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Sick ep, as always. Anybody know why there's a fence around the stairs nowadays?
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Great stuff here.
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Was there really that big of a gap in tricks from the Natiello's ollie to Billy Rohan's nollie hardflip? The way that segment is presented makes it either sound like nothing happened in-between or Ted is just speaking anecdotally about what he remembers (which looking back is the case), because I definitely know that Supa nollied into it before Rohan did the nollie hardflip. I don't know why that bothered me so much, but it was kind of the same thing with Blubba, as I'm pretty sure the first time a majority of us saw that spot was AVE in Photosynthesis, which wasn't even mentioned. I know this is getting into nit-picky territory, but the skate-nerd inside me just wants to scream. But otherwise the segment was great and I especially liked the little insight into the origins of the stones used on the Courthouse and Blubba, from Purple Shoe Lou nonetheless.
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Was there really that big of a gap in tricks from the Natiello's ollie to Billy Rohan's nollie hardflip? The way that segment is presented makes it either sound like nothing happened in-between or Ted is just speaking anecdotally about what he remembers (which looking back is the case), because I definitely know that Supa nollied into it before Rohan did the nollie hardflip. I don't know why that bothered me so much, but it was kind of the same thing with Blubba, as I'm pretty sure the first time a majority of us saw that spot was AVE in Photosynthesis, which wasn't even mentioned. I know this is getting into nit-picky territory, but the skate-nerd inside me just wants to scream. But otherwise the segment was great and I especially liked the little insight into the origins of the stones used on the Courthouse and Blubba, from Purple Shoe Lou nonetheless.
I think this is the case and I'm fine with that, this isn't a Dern Brother's episode. And a Lurker Lou shout was cool, didn't expect that!
I hope they go whole hog with this series and do some LA shit, Paris, Barcelona, and even a trip over to London to do Southbank and collaborate with the likes of PWBC & ex Blueprint guys on all the other British spots (see that Quartersnacks/Lucien Clarke piece on the Victoria Benches last year for example, that was really good content).
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cool series. dude raffle maybe too much forced history trivia, but hell, nerds gotta nerd and i salute them.
Well that’s basically the main point of the show.
This was another great one. I like that they keep episodes in compact ten minutes instead of stretching the lenght into 15+ minutes just mentioning bunch of tricks and skaters.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2C5XLFIicQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2C5XLFIicQ
Another great one. I'm honestly shocked how square/sharp those ledges still are considering how much they have been skated over the years. It has always been such a cool looking spot.
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Another great one. I'm honestly shocked how square/sharp those ledges still are considering how much they have been skated over the years. It has always been such a cool looking spot.
So good..
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Was there really that big of a gap in tricks from the Natiello's ollie to Billy Rohan's nollie hardflip? The way that segment is presented makes it either sound like nothing happened in-between or Ted is just speaking anecdotally about what he remembers (which looking back is the case), because I definitely know that Supa nollied into it before Rohan did the nollie hardflip. I don't know why that bothered me so much, but it was kind of the same thing with Blubba, as I'm pretty sure the first time a majority of us saw that spot was AVE in Photosynthesis, which wasn't even mentioned. I know this is getting into nit-picky territory, but the skate-nerd inside me just wants to scream. But otherwise the segment was great and I especially liked the little insight into the origins of the stones used on the Courthouse and Blubba, from Purple Shoe Lou nonetheless.
I think this is the case and I'm fine with that, this isn't a Dern Brother's episode. And a Lurker Lou shout was cool, didn't expect that!
I hope they go whole hog with this series and do some LA shit, Paris, Barcelona, and even a trip over to London to do Southbank and collaborate with the likes of PWBC & ex Blueprint guys on all the other British spots (see that Quartersnacks/Lucien Clarke piece on the Victoria Benches last year for example, that was really good content).
I don't need a full rundown of all the tricks done on the spot and certainly wasn't expecting that, the chronology just seemed off, as it made it sound like nothing happened for practically a decade.
Pyramid Ledges one was good and I 2nd the interest in the little tid-bits about the expansion of Manhattan, very interesting.
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dude is clearly running out of different ways to say "downtown skate spot with diverse mineral compositions built by architecture"
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didn't know those facts about how lower manhattan was expanded. is it skate stopped right now? haven't been there in a couple months and last time it was.
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Snuck a pic of Fred Trump in there
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didn't know those facts about how lower manhattan was expanded. is it skate stopped right now? haven't been there in a couple months and last time it was.
also wondering this because it appears to not be during the filming of this video, but who knows if that was recent. last time I was there was in August and it was skatestopped then
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Snuck a pic of Fred Trump in there
(https://i.postimg.cc/1XVDjNkc/temp-Image-Rw5-Hzt.avif) (https://postimg.cc/ctZKK64r)
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Obvs they can't include every trick ever but Ryuhei's back rail to fakie manny maybe should have been mentioned if they wanted to show all the different ways people have skated the spot.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwITq5vrUCE/?igsh=cHd1ZzNtbXY0ZXA5
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Obvs they can't include every trick ever but Ryuhei's back rail to fakie manny maybe should have been mentioned if they wanted to show all the different ways people have skated the spot.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CwITq5vrUCE/?igsh=cHd1ZzNtbXY0ZXA5
That’s fucking insane.
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This series is the best thing in skate media since Strongest of the Strange.
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fingers crossed next ep will be on seaport
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flushing has to be next. coned banks or the sombrero next in line. i love this series.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-eRH1P8rrg&ab_channel=ThrasherMagazine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-eRH1P8rrg&ab_channel=ThrasherMagazine)
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No one spoil who’s buried there
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Spot looks so sick, love seeing tricks there
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No one spoil who’s buried there
Damn, I thought Grant Yansura was still running WKND;
R.I.P. Grant
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ok this series is offically dead.
at least for nyc.
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Keep em coming 👍🏻
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been NYC spot favorite since pops nosemanny, this is great too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWALrrJVdys
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Says “beveled” a dozen times but can’t look up that his wife’s name is “Julia Dent Grant”. Audio mixing on this one was especially bad too. Still great and interesting stuff as always. Really love this series. Was expecting a Flushings ep so this was a nice surprise.
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Says “beveled” a dozen times but can’t look up that his wife’s name is “Julia Dent Grant”. Audio mixing on this one was especially bad too. Still great and interesting stuff as always. Really love this series. Was expecting a Flushings ep so this was a nice surprise.
Didn’t appreciate the Grant slander either. A lot of the bad things people think about him, being drunk, and his administration come from Southern slander post-war. I think he was actually one of our better presidents
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How the fuck is Ted 6’3”?
He looks kinda smallish in clips and whatnot.
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How the fuck is Ted 6’3”?
He looks kinda smallish in clips and whatnot.
Nah he's def 6ft3
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I preferred that 'favourite spot' ep quartersnacks did some years ago. This one was kind of a snoozer, i feel like he should stick to more plaza'esque/landmark spots.
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How the fuck is Ted 6’3”?
He looks kinda smallish in clips and whatnot.
Nah he's def 6ft3
Maybe he's 12 ft 3?
The words that come to mind for me in connection with this spot are "Dick" and "Rizzo".
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Never realized the huge mosaic statue in front of the ledge until he pointed it out
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I hope he travels more and goes to Europe etc with this series.
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Enjoyed this one just as much as any of the others. This spot has so much mystique to me I think based on its aesthetics but mostly because it just seems so scary in a unique way. The perfect place for tech skaters to show their cajones
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flushing has to be next. coned banks or the sombrero next in line. i love this series.
I'm not sure there's enough history/ lore to do an ep on the sombrero.
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Never realized the huge mosaic statue in front of the ledge until he pointed it out
Seriously some skate Mandela effect. Never even noticed it before but can't unsee it now, kinda ruined a lot of those clips looking back.
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Never realized the huge mosaic statue in front of the ledge until he pointed it out
Seriously some skate Mandela effect. Never even noticed it before but can't unsee it now, kinda ruined a lot of those clips looking back.
Idk, man. I feel like having that mosaic statue in front of it adds to just how difficult it is to skate the spot. All factors (the ground, bevels, mosaic, drop, etc.) are what make the spot fascinating, imo.
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Another gem. I can't believe Rizzo even tried that bs nosegrind back 180 out the first time with the car basically blocking the rollaway.
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flushing has to be next. coned banks or the sombrero next in line. i love this series.
Will be interesting to see if he got neuralized by the Men In Black or not when doing the Flushing history. We will know if he doesn’t mention Edgar or that those are space ships
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Another gem. I can't believe Rizzo even tried that bs nosegrind back 180 out the first time with the car basically blocking the rollaway.
Thought the same thing, I wish he made that one because I can't even really imagine the rollaway
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Another gem. I can't believe Rizzo even tried that bs nosegrind back 180 out the first time with the car basically blocking the rollaway.
Thought the same thing, I wish he made that one because I can't even really imagine the rollaway
Precisely why he's a pro skater paid to put his body on the line on a regular basis. And I'm just an average Joe who after who after 20 years still struggles with consistent kickflips.
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Frankie Spears has a fan! He has shown up in every episode this season.
This episode was not as dialed, in my opinion. Between the slander of the mosaic (“weird.. whatever thing”), the dismissiveness of Grant, and the pre-recorded voiceover, I don’t think Ted was much into it.
Lots of impressive tricks in here, for sure.
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I think these are boring and the east coast looks miserable to skate. Fuck these spots.
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I think these are boring and the east coast looks miserable to skate. Fuck these spots.
this guy (https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/surfer_18.jpg)
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Hoping I can bevel into my gf backend afterteds extensive nycspot history
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I think these are boring and the east coast looks miserable to skate. Fuck these spots.
holy fuck that is an inconceivably soft thing to say
the bolded text has to be the most opposite of "totallyradical" i've ever read
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-eRH1P8rrg&ab_channel=ThrasherMagazine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-eRH1P8rrg&ab_channel=ThrasherMagazine)
Absolutely nuts that Rizzo was trying the nosegrind back 180 with that car parked on the rollaway (8:23)
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Another gem but they need to hire a proper audio person, the voiceovers were really bad.
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I think these are boring and the east coast looks miserable to skate. Fuck these spots.
this guy (https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/surfer_18.jpg)
That guy is in better shape.
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Grants tomb is the shit. I need to see it. I would tail drop into it once. Just to see how it feels.
Y'all ever been to harpers ferry WV? I went once. Didn't have my board. I was kinda tripping when I went there but if memory servers right.
It was basically a giant ledge with cobblestone roll away everywhere. We should take the money from this old ledge and try and buy it. Start a ledge skaters retirement community on the Potomac
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Suciu’s little Ollie into the second bank was wild, otherworldly control. Especially when you compare everyone else battling that roll away. I’m loving these eps.
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Frankie Spears has a fan! He has shown up in every episode this season.
This episode was not as dialed, in my opinion. Between the slander of the mosaic (“weird.. whatever thing”), the dismissiveness of Grant, and the pre-recorded voiceover, I don’t think Ted was much into it.
Lots of impressive tricks in here, for sure.
That Mosaic is an abysmal piece of shit, Grant has a pretty hilarious track record of chosing corrupt collaborators. What exactly is your criticism? We should love all art and patriotic presidents? You must not know Ted Barrow very well.. I think he's being even a little too constrained for my liking, would love a more sassy Ted on the public stage.
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You’d think general Grant had a mean switch tre with all the fans he has ITT lol get over it he’s dead
Frankie Spears’s switch pop shuv nosegrind 180 is my favorite trick done on it.
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Of all the reasons I've seen videos nitpicked on this site, dismissiveness of a 19th century president might be the funniest.
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Of all the reasons I've seen videos nitpicked on this site, dismissiveness of a 19th century president might be the funniest.
a nineteenth century president's wife, at that
weird episode to end this run on, not bad but i don't think grant's tomb as as spot has the kind of oomph that the banks or pyramid ledges (or, like many suggested, flushing) has. i know ted is a reformed upper west sider though, so i assume this was more of a pet project for him
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Of all the reasons I've seen videos nitpicked on this site, dismissiveness of a 19th century president might be the funniest.
weird episode to end this run on, not bad but i don't think grant's tomb as as spot has the kind of oomph that the banks or pyramid ledges (or, like many suggested, flushing) has. i know ted is a reformed upper west sider though, so i assume this was more of a pet project for him
More like patriarchy is fucking stupid and the only incorporation or mention of women into this episode was a photo of a scantily clad sex worker and the inability to look up the other persons name who is buried there. Doesn’t matter if it’s intentional or blatant or what, all it does is reinforce the disgusting idea that women are objects. So yeah, do better, it’s basic and not that difficult.
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Of all the reasons I've seen videos nitpicked on this site, dismissiveness of a 19th century president might be the funniest.
weird episode to end this run on, not bad but i don't think grant's tomb as as spot has the kind of oomph that the banks or pyramid ledges (or, like many suggested, flushing) has. i know ted is a reformed upper west sider though, so i assume this was more of a pet project for him
More like patriarchy is fucking stupid and the only incorporation or mention of women into this episode was a photo of a scantily clad sex worker and the inability to look up the other persons name who is buried there. Doesn’t matter if it’s intentional or blatant or what, all it does is reinforce the disgusting idea that women are objects. So yeah, do better, it’s basic and not that difficult.
your super loud faux-intellectual shtick is fucking exhausting, man
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Of all the reasons I've seen videos nitpicked on this site, dismissiveness of a 19th century president might be the funniest.
weird episode to end this run on, not bad but i don't think grant's tomb as as spot has the kind of oomph that the banks or pyramid ledges (or, like many suggested, flushing) has. i know ted is a reformed upper west sider though, so i assume this was more of a pet project for him
More like patriarchy is fucking stupid and the only incorporation or mention of women into this episode was a photo of a scantily clad sex worker and the inability to look up the other persons name who is buried there. Doesn’t matter if it’s intentional or blatant or what, all it does is reinforce the disgusting idea that women are objects. So yeah, do better, it’s basic and not that difficult.
Smash that ignore button if my two posts (loud? lol get a grip) on this episode pointing out his lame shortcomings while simultaneously praising this series is too much for you.
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Of all the reasons I've seen videos nitpicked on this site, dismissiveness of a 19th century president might be the funniest.
weird episode to end this run on, not bad but i don't think grant's tomb as as spot has the kind of oomph that the banks or pyramid ledges (or, like many suggested, flushing) has. i know ted is a reformed upper west sider though, so i assume this was more of a pet project for him
More like patriarchy is fucking stupid and the only incorporation or mention of women into this episode was a photo of a scantily clad sex worker and the inability to look up the other persons name who is buried there. Doesn’t matter if it’s intentional or blatant or what, all it does is reinforce the disgusting idea that women are objects. So yeah, do better, it’s basic and not that difficult.
Wait, I thought based off your username you’d be into that.
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Can’t we all agree Grant is the closest to Fred Gall POtUS is ever going to get?
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Good god there are some proper boot eaters on this forum. Who cares if he disrespected some dead president. This is skateboarding not croquet.
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Absolutely nuts that Rizzo was trying the nosegrind back 180 with that car parked on the rollaway (8:23)
This! Fucking insane thinking of threading the needle switch going that fast. I kept saying out loud, "Why???"
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I'm a little confused why he chose this spot over other more prolific spots like that big round pond thing with the globe in the middle sorry don't know the name. The cellar door thing on village psychic would've made for a super interesting episode maybe co-featuring the author of that article?
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I'm a little confused why he chose this spot over other more prolific spots like that big round pond thing with the globe in the middle sorry don't know the name. The cellar door thing on village psychic would've made for a super interesting episode maybe co-featuring the author of that article?
Yup a cellar door definitely seems like it would fit seamlessly in a discussion about skateboarding in public spaces and how those public spaces came to be
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I'm a little confused why he chose this spot over other more prolific spots like that big round pond thing with the globe in the middle sorry don't know the name. The cellar door thing on village psychic would've made for a super interesting episode maybe co-featuring the author of that article?
Yup a cellar door definitely seems like it would fit seamlessly in a discussion about skateboarding in public spaces and how those public spaces came to be
That's your definition of the series based on past episodes, it's not written anywhere. Also sidewalks seem pretty public to me but not like you're really trying to have a discussion here
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I'm a little confused why he chose this spot over other more prolific spots like that big round pond thing with the globe in the middle sorry don't know the name. The cellar door thing on village psychic would've made for a super interesting episode maybe co-featuring the author of that article?
Worlds fair might be too much work
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I'm a little confused why he chose this spot over other more prolific spots like that big round pond thing with the globe in the middle sorry don't know the name. The cellar door thing on village psychic would've made for a super interesting episode maybe co-featuring the author of that article?
Yup a cellar door definitely seems like it would fit seamlessly in a discussion about skateboarding in public spaces and how those public spaces came to be
That's your definition of the series based on past episodes, it's not written anywhere. Also sidewalks seem pretty public to me but not like you're really trying to have a discussion here
Yeah I’m just basing it off the episodes so far that get into the historical context of the public area - who and why it was created in the specific city while tying that into the history of skaters discovering it and remaking the public space to their own purposes.
Not sure why people fight with this and EL on their clear scopes of what they want to cover vs what posters wish they covered, but the intent of the series or ep is pretty clear
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CBS Mid town would be a great episode.
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Grants tomb is the shit. I need to see it. I would tail drop into it once. Just to see how it feels.
Y'all ever been to harpers ferry WV? I went once. Didn't have my board. I was kinda tripping when I went there but if memory servers right.
It was basically a giant ledge with cobblestone roll away everywhere. We should take the money from this old ledge and try and buy it. Start a ledge skaters retirement community on the Potomac
Huge hill bombs too. Beautiful town. View when you hike to the top of the mountain there is breathtaking. Lots of trains action there too (and ShenJun is nearby also).