Spot History w/the Dern Brothers

[Neil]

Putting in another plug for the Dern brothers.

When their videos popped up on my algorithm I was immediately dismissive. The titles sucked ("Skating El Toro in 2022!?"), the thumbnails with the Hot Topic looking brother was a turn off, and I'm generally skeptical of siblings who market themselves as "The X Brothers."

There is so much skate YouTube junk out there I assumed this would be the same low quality, low effort stuff with clickbate titles.

I was very wrong.

These videos are lengthy because the brothers are skate nerds and historians who know their stuff and pay homage to every major trick at historic spots. They seem to know every trick even those in obscure videos and welcome their viewers to correct them or add things. They actually travel to the spots, sometimes even skate the spot (drop in at Encinitas Sign!), and get actual interviews with the people that did the tricks. In the Encinitas Sign ep they get a surprisingly wholesome interview with Bam. I could easily see a week+ worth of work dropped into these episodes.

Anyway, I'm a subscriber now and hope they stay at it and the series gets bigger. It's definitely a benchmark series for me.

[D10S]

I back these dudes, they do their research and do a thorough job. I appreciate they include tricks by locals that I'd never seen.

[GauchoAmigo]

Something that bothered me in this video about the UC Davis gap was the story at 5:06



If you're Decenzo and you're trying FS flip...and someone calls you and says stop doing that trick, I'm gonna do a kickflip down it soon....do you actually stop trying for FS flip? Hell no...two totally different tricks. If that story is true (I don't trust much of what the Duffman says) and if it was Reynolds who made that call since he's the one with the kickflip, that would be kooky behavior...speculatin'

[Dick Dastardly]

Just watched a few of these, as someone whose not from California it’s cool to properly see these spots, but god damn does that guy have horrible style, got that Popeye arm thing going on

[bob george]

Just watched a few of these, as someone whose not from California it’s cool to properly see these spots, but god damn does that guy have horrible style, got that Popeye arm thing going on

Just hitting you with a gnar as a big muttley fan.

Not telling you how to live your life, but a laughing muttley gif would be a great avatar for you and i would be glad every time i saw it.

[Dick Dastardly]

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Just watched a few of these, as someone whose not from California it’s cool to properly see these spots, but god damn does that guy have horrible style, got that Popeye arm thing going on

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Just hitting you with a gnar as a bit muttley fan.

Not telling you how to live your life, but a laughing muttley gif would be a great avatar for you and i would be glad every time i saw it.

Good call, nothing like a wheezy Muttley

[D10S]

includes Malto's back-story on the Pretty Sweet intro.

[bohemian]

love these vids

[slippy]

love these videos as well, props to these guys for just doing their thing and putting a lot of elbow grease into each edit!  also at 16 minutes Ryan Decenzo says ashfault instead of asphalt, even heros have faults I guess.

[doyle]

also at 16 minutes Ryan Decenzo says ashfault instead of asphalt, even heros have faults I guess.

I think it's a Canadian thing

[slippy]

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also at 16 minutes Ryan Decenzo says ashfault instead of asphalt, even heros have faults I guess.

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I think it's a Canadian thing

Thank you!  Decenzo still flawless 

[Stu Pickles]

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also at 16 minutes Ryan Decenzo says ashfault instead of asphalt, even heros have faults I guess.

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I think it's a Canadian thing

yes as a canadian i say and hear ash-fault over ass-fault

[KrisJolson]

dechenzo is such a beast, good video

[backside_frontside]

I love that they skate the spot afterwards. So unnecessary to melon an 18-stair but hey why the fuck not.

[Freelancevagrant]

I would enjoy the hell out of these of it they didn’t look and dress the way they do.

[Uncle Flea]

I like the Derns reminds me of my family back in the 90s and 00s.
Before my brother died and we all became perpetual targets of law enforcement.

[Freelancevagrant]

I like the Derns reminds me of my family back in the 90s and 00s.
Before my brother died and we all became perpetual targets of law enforcement.

I can say with almost 100% certainty, the derns probably smell way better.

[Can he read]

I would enjoy the hell out of these of it they didn’t look and dress the way they do.

Damn, harsh lol

[slippy]

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I would enjoy the hell out of these of it they didn’t look and dress the way they do.

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Damn, harsh lol

WHATCHU GOT AGAINST CHEETAH LEGGINGS

[manuduncan]

i like their zero core fashion, it adds to their skate nerdery

also its funny how one of them skates for zero and one of them skates for heroin but their youtube spot videos are way bigger than anything those companies can do

[doyle]

TWO skate for Fallen!

[Buttworm]

Dude that asshvault!

[WPG]

i like their zero core fashion, it adds to their skate nerdery

Agreed, the two brothers look like your average 00's rail chopper and the hot topic bro Destin makes me feel better about my own fashion choices.

Also this is one of if not the best sk8 channel right now. informative and entertaining

[fineslime]

dechenzo has done some of the biggest flip tricks ever. watching these eps too has shown that kanaan has been killing it under the radar for years. is he the only one who's skated the rail against the wall? an 18 stair against-the-wall 5-0 is absolutely trucked up. probably the biggest against the wall grind ever done. I wonder what happened with vans...

what makes this series so sick is that dalton and kanaan actually skate the spots they're featuring, and the spots they feature are gnarly ass spots. its one thing to do a vlog ass video about a spot, but it's another thing to get a trick on the spot too. put some respeck on the dern bros name!

[disgruntledMTAEmployee]

includes Malto's back-story on the Pretty Sweet intro.

lmao whose fucking bright idea was it for raven to ollie an 18. might as well ask malto to do a 10 foot frontside air

[Uncle Flea]

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I like the Derns reminds me of my family back in the 90s and 00s.
Before my brother died and we all became perpetual targets of law enforcement.

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I can say with almost 100% certainty, the derns probably smell way better.

Haha. Better than half maybe. Two younger brothers got fresh era 182ed pop punked.

Definitely done decades less jail than us

[Dick Dastardly]

dechenzo has done some of the biggest flip tricks ever. watching these eps too has shown that kanaan has been killing it under the radar for years. is he the only one who's skated the rail against the wall? an 18 stair against-the-wall 5-0 is absolutely trucked up. probably the biggest against the wall grind ever done. I wonder what happened with vans...

what makes this series so sick is that dalton and kanaan actually skate the spots they're featuring, and the spots they feature are gnarly ass spots. its one thing to do a vlog ass video about a spot, but it's another thing to get a trick on the spot too. put some respeck on the dern bros name!

Someone back 5050s it in the video

[ratking]

I hadn't heard of these guys and don't typically watch much of the YouTubers. No problem with it I just can't keep up with parts as it is. Just watched the oceanside hubba episode and it was awesome. That fuckin slam by Duff will be with me for life.

[Badmeaningood]

Must admit I have a soft spot for Kanaan after his turn as the joker

[somethingmustbreaknow]

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also at 16 minutes Ryan Decenzo says ashfault instead of asphalt, even heros have faults I guess.

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I think it's a Canadian thing

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yes as a canadian i say and hear ash-fault over ass-fault