Author Topic: Tony Hawk vs. Hosoi vs. Lance Mountain. You determine the podium (Read 2643 times)

Gideon Choi · « **on:** February 24, 2020, 11:22:11 AM »

Going back to 1989, Seattle Pro Ramp contest. Originally Tony Hawk got 1st, Hosoi 2nd and Lance 3rd. Rewatch the finals and you be the judge!

smellsdead · « **Reply #1 on:** February 24, 2020, 11:25:41 AM »

i call dibs on being judge reinhold

fang · « **Reply #2 on:** February 24, 2020, 11:29:17 AM »

Quote from: smellsdead on February 24, 2020, 11:25:41 AM

i call dibs on being judge reinhold

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jorge · « **Reply #3 on:** February 24, 2020, 11:30:31 AM »

Chris Miller

dooley · « **Reply #4 on:** February 24, 2020, 11:36:21 AM »

Lance. He did cooler shit and went fakie. Went end to end the whole time too. Tony started strong but fucked up twice, should've been second place. Hosoi last - pulled off one good twirl and a manny but started way too slow.

Skart · « **Reply #5 on:** February 24, 2020, 12:38:22 PM »

Christmas Complete · « **Reply #6 on:** February 24, 2020, 01:06:52 PM »

dooley · « **Reply #7 on:** February 24, 2020, 01:08:13 PM »

Quote from: Skart on February 24, 2020, 12:38:22 PM

Lol

Sleazy · « **Reply #8 on:** February 24, 2020, 03:56:13 PM »

hosoi's run was pretty sick to me. i always liked him better than hawk.

agree with chris miller though

Toadfish Rebecchi · « **Reply #9 on:** February 24, 2020, 04:05:58 PM »

I don’t care if he can McTwist over the moon, after his Nine Club episode, Hosoi is possibly my number 1 kook in skateboarding. Fuck he was a gronk. Nothing he did, or ever does again counts after watching that.

Sleazy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 24, 2020, 04:15:05 PM »

he's a kook no doubt but in the 80s it was really him and chris miller doing interesting stuff on vert to me

yourbreakfsat · « **Reply #11 on:** February 24, 2020, 04:24:38 PM »

Quote from: Christmas Complete on February 24, 2020, 01:06:52 PM

43 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 24, 2020, 04:45:05 PM »

It looks so fun to skate like Hosoi but I never got the hype and he's wearing bike shorts.

On second thought, it looks more fun to skate like Lance and he's wearing normal gear.

Tony did two more rock & rolls than were necessary but he wasn't as robotic as he can be and did use the whole ramp, which was something people talked a lot about at the time.

1. Mountain
2. Hosoi
3. Hawk

dooley · « **Reply #13 on:** February 24, 2020, 04:47:52 PM »

Hosoi did catch the biggest airs, I guess that'd add some pooints.

fang · « **Reply #14 on:** February 24, 2020, 05:44:20 PM »

Lance off the extension is sick

Betaphenylethylalamine · « **Reply #15 on:** February 24, 2020, 05:52:03 PM »

I'd marry lance, fuck hawk and kill hosoi

Xen · « **Reply #16 on:** February 24, 2020, 06:03:06 PM »

Hawk
Hosoi
Mountain

Hawk dropped in switch and proceeded to kill it and wtf was that stale fish to lipslide? lol

Hosoi and Lance, honestly tied Hosoiboi ran out of fucking tricks but had height and style, Lance had tricks and style...

able · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2020, 06:16:45 PM »

Hawk doing some switch was pretty innovative but his run had some fuck ups.
Flawless victory by Hosoi 🏆

1. Hosoi
2. Hawk
3. Mountain

DotGuru · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2020, 06:56:40 PM »

Still Hawk in first--doing real switch tricks on vert in a contest run at that time?
The other two I'd say a toss-up. I like Lance better, though, so I'd say him with the caveat of personal bias.

50mm · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2020, 06:58:16 PM »

Quote from: dooley on February 24, 2020, 11:36:21 AM

Lance. He did cooler shit and went fakie. Went end to end the whole time too. Tony started strong but fucked up twice, should've been second place. Hosoi last - pulled off one good twirl and a manny but started way too slow.

Hosoi's start was just as bad as Tony's axle stall fuck up. I'm with you on Lance.

I find these hard to judge nowadays as someone not from that era. Some of the shit they are doing that looks the sickest is actually like old at that time and not really special. Whereas now it would be like a throwback and is sick just for doing something old school.

sluggers · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2020, 08:39:11 PM »

The answer is Neil Blender.

The answer is always Neil Blender.

dr.prestige · « **Reply #21 on:** February 24, 2020, 11:10:31 PM »

Fred Gall

radcunt · « **Reply #22 on:** February 25, 2020, 03:58:24 AM »

Hosoi looks so good on a skateboard, but Hawk was so bloody progressive for the time.

dooley · « **Reply #23 on:** February 25, 2020, 06:02:18 AM »

Quote from: 50mm on February 24, 2020, 06:58:16 PM

Quote from: dooley on February 24, 2020, 11:36:21 AM
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Lance. He did cooler shit and went fakie. Went end to end the whole time too. Tony started strong but fucked up twice, should've been second place. Hosoi last - pulled off one good twirl and a manny but started way too slow.
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Hosoi's start was just as bad as Tony's axle stall fuck up. I'm with you on Lance.

I find these hard to judge nowadays as someone not from that era. Some of the shit they are doing that looks the sickest is actually like old at that time and not really special. Whereas now it would be like a throwback and is sick just for doing something old school.

Ah you know how it is, it's always rhetorical when OP asks if the judging was kooked. Context in time balanced with the obvious, "Holy shit, how'd Tony win?"

Also not from that era and I never watch competitions/point-based skating, but dissecting and nullifying past comps is good fun. People had little to no access to information/ability to tell the judges to fuck of then, but now the trophies can be taken away. Even if it's not physically, they can easily be rendered worthless by a couple of comments from random dickheads online. Nice move, Gideon.

ClownOfTheDay · « **Reply #24 on:** February 25, 2020, 06:13:46 AM »

I liked it all. I would say I was stoked for Hosoi and Hawk. Lance is rad as well but I don't think I've ever watched Hosoi skate.

606 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 25, 2020, 06:32:08 AM »

The runs were too long, you could tell they were getting tired after a while. Better in the smaller comps in the early 80s with 45 sec runs.

50mm · « **Reply #26 on:** February 25, 2020, 12:42:59 PM »

Quote from: 606 on February 25, 2020, 06:32:08 AM

The runs were too long, you could tell they were getting tired after a while. Better in the smaller comps in the early 80s with 45 sec runs.

Agreed. It seemed like 2 minute runs? 90 seconds?

TD · « **Reply #27 on:** February 25, 2020, 05:31:15 PM »

1. Lance Mountain
2. Fred Gall
3. Birdman (The movie, duh)

soccer mom · « **Reply #28 on:** February 25, 2020, 06:23:44 PM »

Mickey Alba got 4th?? I'd be interested in seeing that run.

Fred Gerwer Frank Gall · « **Reply #29 on:** February 25, 2020, 07:17:14 PM »

Hosoi had a cuppa tea during his first axle stall. Lance did an amazing frontside invert to fakie (but why? so hard, so ugly) and Hawk had a meltdown during some mid-combo axle stall coffee break. They all lose.

Author Topic: Tony Hawk vs. Hosoi vs. Lance Mountain. You determine the podium (Read 2643 times)

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