pole jams

[cky enthusiast]

can any old head tell me the first time they saw someone pole jam? i was telling someone a few days ago that i think they’re a philadelphia original but i might be wrong

[IpathCats]

can any old head tell me the first time they saw someone pole jam? i was telling someone a few days ago that i think they’re a philadelphia original but i might be wrong

In b4 "the night i met your mom" jokes.

[Mean salto]

I think Jeff hartsel sma as was the first (documented at least)

[Cool Ceith]

can any old head tell me the first time they saw someone pole jam? i was telling someone a few days ago that i think they’re a philadelphia original but i might be wrong

I definitely picture Matt Reason in 411, but the origins have to be much earlier, right?

[cky enthusiast]

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can any old head tell me the first time they saw someone pole jam? i was telling someone a few days ago that i think they’re a philadelphia original but i might be wrong

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In b4 "the night i met your mom" jokes.

he’ll yea playe r 

[jorge]

Chris Cook used to have Alva ads doing them, this is before anyone else I can remember.

[manysnakes]

Story here from late-80s Venice Beach skaters seems likely to be true.

[doublesteveburger]

the night i met your dad

[Texas_Tone]

I’m sure he wasn’t the first but first one I seen was Donny barley in welcome to hell

[happenstance]

Story here from late-80s Venice Beach skaters seems likely to be true.

I think Jeff hartsel sma as was the first (documented at least)

Always assumed it was Hartsel first, but that's probably because he was the most known of the bunch. But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe it.



Crazy to think that someone backed up into a pole in Venice in the late 80s, probably were very bummed, and totally unaware they changed skateboarding.

Does this also mean the first pole jam ever done involved a nose grab? Interesting.

[SHARPSHOOTER]

Glenn was anti pole jams

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

my friend jordan in 2004

[lemonchicken91]

can anyone else not do them for whatever reason?
my brain just shuts off when I try them
I can grind rails, I can ollie up stuff. idk what im missing

[lurker_and_poster]

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Story here from late-80s Venice Beach skaters seems likely to be true.

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I think Jeff hartsel sma as was the first (documented at least)

[close]

Always assumed it was Hartsel first, but that's probably because he was the most known of the bunch. But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe it.



Crazy to think that someone backed up into a pole in Venice in the late 80s, probably were very bummed, and totally unaware they changed skateboarding.

Does this also mean the first pole jam ever done involved a nose grab? Interesting.

But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe
True - he was there.

totally unaware they changed skateboarding

The Venice guys where absolutely aware and confident they have invented and changed the game called skateboarding.

[BevinKradley]

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Story here from late-80s Venice Beach skaters seems likely to be true.

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I think Jeff hartsel sma as was the first (documented at least)

[close]

Always assumed it was Hartsel first, but that's probably because he was the most known of the bunch. But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe it.



Crazy to think that someone backed up into a pole in Venice in the late 80s, probably were very bummed, and totally unaware they changed skateboarding.

Does this also mean the first pole jam ever done involved a nose grab? Interesting.

[close]

But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe
True - he was there.

totally unaware they changed skateboarding

The Venice guys where absolutely aware and confident they have invented and changed the game called skateboarding.

I believe they meant whoever backed into the pole

[happenstance]

I believe they meant whoever backed into the pole

Correct. That person is an unsung hero of skateboarding. I mean, it would have happened eventually. Poles get bent everywhere, but who knows how longer it would have been until the first.

[smellsdead]

can anyone else not do them for whatever reason?
my brain just shuts off when I try them
I can grind rails, I can ollie up stuff. idk what im missing

put jelly on your shoulder

[lurker_and_poster]

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Story here from late-80s Venice Beach skaters seems likely to be true.

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I think Jeff hartsel sma as was the first (documented at least)

[close]

Always assumed it was Hartsel first, but that's probably because he was the most known of the bunch. But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe it.



Crazy to think that someone backed up into a pole in Venice in the late 80s, probably were very bummed, and totally unaware they changed skateboarding.

Does this also mean the first pole jam ever done involved a nose grab? Interesting.

[close]

But if Jesse Martinez says it was Chris Cook, then I'll believe
True - he was there.

totally unaware they changed skateboarding

The Venice guys where absolutely aware and confident they have invented and changed the game called skateboarding.

[close]

I believe they meant whoever backed into the pole

You are right - didn’t got it.

But every skateable pole jam I bend myself with the
intension to skate it, always had to help to make it happen.

[Banned from the room]

I was definitely thinking SMA dudes.

I kinda saw someone do one up and on to on Jason Philips’ home made wedge rampsummer 1988 at 38 broughton road.

He had a very skinny pipe leaning up the back of the ramp.

I can’t remember when I first saw a real pole jam. I don’t remember my first one. I remember my last one pole jam is my favorite trick.

[Gab]

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can anyone else not do them for whatever reason?
my brain just shuts off when I try them
I can grind rails, I can ollie up stuff. idk what im missing

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put jelly on your shoulder

Lol we used to call em pole jellies. It’s just like riding up a tight ramp or quarterpipe. There’s a reason they call em jams, go fast, stay centered and commit. It’s really all in the confidence. I haven’t done em in years but I’ve done all kind, round, square, steep, mellow, long, short, and it’s always just about staying confident, centered, and jamming through it.

[Mean salto]

can anyone else not do them for whatever reason?
my brain just shuts off when I try them
I can grind rails, I can ollie up stuff. idk what im missing

Steep pole> mellow pole. Don't need to go that fast, just medium speed. Board hits pole, guide it up with front foot, pump up with back foot, suck up legs now you're in the air over the pole like you Ollied it, land.  I think of it less like I'm grinding the pole like a rail and more like I'm jumping over it while guiding the board up the rail with my feet

[FatGuy92]

can anyone else not do them for whatever reason?
my brain just shuts off when I try them
I can grind rails, I can ollie up stuff. idk what im missing

Only tried once at Treasure Island. Slipped back and ate so much shit. Never again.

[somefucker]

can anyone else not do them for whatever reason?
my brain just shuts off when I try them
I can grind rails, I can ollie up stuff. idk what im missing

balls