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Title: Pat Channita
Post by: El Freegano on October 13, 2022, 02:36:35 PM
Switch fs heel and nollie bs heel killer :) I love his flip and ledge game and it is strange that there wasn't an appreciation tread for Pat Channita. I will start this tread with my favourite four videos of him.
I have been a fan since i saw Second Hand Smoke. His part and of course Jeremy's part have been the ones i watched the most.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rflqy608AnA

Pat's profile in 411 issue 34 is my favourite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6VGWyYqT-o

His part in Powell Magic video is also dope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EvETK5rdpk

The last one i found recently, but i fuckin love it. This is his part from a friends video called Mongo Madness from 2011 or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z5Cfq8nDQ0

He kind of disappeared from the industry spotlight, but it seems he has never stopped shredding, even now at 45 he still has great fun on board :)


Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: radcunt on October 13, 2022, 03:08:38 PM
Pats sick, good tread
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: Maccat on October 13, 2022, 05:21:20 PM
First interview I ever read, was in a skate one mail order catalog. Thought his answers were funny and his skating was insane. The P.A.T!
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: rocklobster on October 13, 2022, 07:26:25 PM
His biggest sin was making everything look too damn easy.

And sticking on Powell longer than he should have.
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: silhouette on October 14, 2022, 01:27:07 AM
First interview I ever read, was in a skate one mail order catalog. Thought his answers were funny and his skating was insane. The P.A.T!

I was just about to mention that, didn't he have a trick tip too? Or was that a different issue maybe? I think I remember a frontside 360 ollie one from him (might have been something else, it's been 25 years). Of course one of those that didn't explain the trick was read just like, pop, spin 360 degrees then land and roll away.

Thanks for making this thread, I binge-watched every part in OP last night, still so good and I had never seen the 2011 one. There's something to be said about his frontside flip over the bench at the start of that one line in Magic, it's literally perfect. One of my first favorite skaters.
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: El Freegano on October 14, 2022, 01:42:38 AM
His biggest sin was making everything look too damn easy.

And sticking on Powell longer than he should have.
He could have been great fit for chocolate/girl but it is what it is.
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: billyerlife on October 14, 2022, 07:04:49 AM
Patch! I was just watching Interface, his part is ridiculous. I can't find it on the interwebs, so you'll just have to come over and watch my VHS. Mom said we can make Kool-Aid and then go jump on the trampoline after.
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: Kenny Powers on October 14, 2022, 01:51:36 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSk5lHwCs_w
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: El Freegano on October 15, 2022, 05:13:43 AM
Here is another one for bones from the good old days, partnering with another favourite ripper - Javi :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twAEcwaPKYc

And the long haired Pat kicking the Revolution for plan b in 97 - everything on bolts :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovMwHvbyXtg
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: ChuckRamone on October 15, 2022, 04:32:19 PM
Damn. So good. He was doing big stairs and rails and tech ledge tricks back then. Pretty advanced for the time.
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: m path on October 16, 2022, 06:56:03 AM
That 411 part is fucked.  Better then the vast majority of dudes now.
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: Steely Daniel on October 16, 2022, 03:19:48 PM
Channita is awesome. Wish I could do some of those heelflip variations. The 411 part is bonkers and the song is sick. Souls of Mischief - Step To My Girl
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: Paul Cicero on November 01, 2022, 06:39:52 PM
I watched the shit out of that 411 part in early high school.. and yeah, the song is perfect
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: funeral_tuxedo on November 18, 2022, 09:21:29 AM
I love Roy Orbison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpIWBxJxDC0
Title: Re: Pat Channita
Post by: Grim Deeds on December 20, 2022, 08:41:41 PM
Over Thanksgiving I met Jeremy and Pat at the Brea skatepark for a session. Both of them are super down-to-earth, real dudes who love skateboarding and still rip. Great to see this thread.