Paul Rodriguez | 20 and Forever

[mareo]

[2000]

wonder what his pro eS samples looked like

[Allen.]

Always heard they were the K7’s

[Mean salto]

Always heard they were the K7’s

I think it was the 5s. The runner ish looking one with the hidden midsole.

[Cooner66]

His pro Es’ shoes is what the EOS ended up being

[2000]

Always heard they were the K7’s

xD bruh I heard that too put I can't remember where, I bought some k7s on ebay for like $20 to skate and they sick af but my friend said they remind him of these kmart shoes and I can't unsee it and they been rotting in my closet since xD

[2000]

I also got the prod 1 reissues from 2015 but it's like trying to skate cinerblocks

[Mean salto]

His pro Es’ shoes is what the EOS ended up being

The eos came out before p rod was even on es

[Atiba Applebum]

It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[shouldn't]

It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[Atiba Applebum]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

[shouldn't]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

[Atiba Applebum]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

[close]

yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

I’m kinda thinking like 2006 - 2010.  2003 def doesn’t count as mid in my estimation.   I kinda view it as the early 00s were so goddamn heavy it blew out the rest of the decade.   Like a post Menikmati eS just lost it’s sparkle and blew it making eSpecial a limited release.   Extremely Sorry.   Fully Flared and Mindfield are great in your mind, but both could stand to be shorter (Mindfield cuts are the obvious ones).   Videos were just getting more and more bloated and you eventually go from Real Since Day One to a Pretty Sweet and it all collapses

Dead doesn’t mean nothing good was happening, just a dip in popularity.   Skating has had lulls, but people still rip in those lulls.   Bag of Suck was high light because it was an aberration of what everyone else was doing/over-doing.   

I think skating starts to come back as GT emerges into his own and the internet video part

[Mean salto]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

[close]

yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

[close]

I’m kinda thinking like 2006 - 2010.  2003 def doesn’t count as mid in my estimation.   I kinda view it as the early 00s were so goddamn heavy it blew out the rest of the decade.   Like a post Menikmati eS just lost it’s sparkle and blew it making eSpecial a limited release.   Extremely Sorry.   Fully Flared and Mindfield are great in your mind, but both could stand to be shorter (Mindfield cuts are the obvious ones).   Videos were just getting more and more bloated and you eventually go from Real Since Day One to a Pretty Sweet and it all collapses

Dead doesn’t mean nothing good was happening, just a dip in popularity.   Skating has had lulls, but people still rip in those lulls.   Bag of Suck was high light because it was an aberration of what everyone else was doing/over-doing.   

I think skating starts to come back as GT emerges into his own and the internet video part

I think 06-10 was movie and xgames p rod so pretty easy to miss if you weren't a super fan or going out of your way looking for him (altho he had that good part in that horrible nothing but the truth video)

[Atiba Applebum]

Disclosure - I also hated that era of ams that existed when Yeah Right came out.   It felt like every ender for the top guys was a switch flip or switch heel down a 12-13 stair.  I liked WHL Jereme, but on Girl it never did anything for me.   Classic middle video part stuff.   Shrug

[RichardBarkley]

It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

Yeah I swear I've already seen at least two other ones of these over the years. I mean one is enough.

[fur lined sea]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

[close]

yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

Agreed. P-rod was in the golden era of TWS videos (2002 was a great year for videos). One of the first videos I watched, still probably my favourite P-rod part:



You're not wrong about the ender being a sw heel or flip, though.

[Atiba Applebum]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

[close]

yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

[close]

Agreed. P-rod was in the golden era of TWS videos (2002 was a great year for videos). One of the first videos I watched, still probably my favourite P-rod part:



You're not wrong about the ender being a sw heel or flip, though.

Didn’t say the whole 2000s were bad!   Mid to late 2000s!

[Mean salto]

Mike mo/fully flared ended the am switch flipping stairs trend with an explosion.

[S.]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

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yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

[close]

Agreed. P-rod was in the golden era of TWS videos (2002 was a great year for videos). One of the first videos I watched, still probably my favourite P-rod part:



You're not wrong about the ender being a sw heel or flip, though.

[close]

Didn’t say the whole 2000s were bad!   Mid to late 2000s!

so you mean 2005-2009? Big videos became less frequent then, probably because it was much harder to make money with videos in the Internet Era. The last major video I have spent money on was Manikmati. I bought for 65 Euros on VHS.

Still, there were Bag of Suck and Fully Flared, which came out in 2006 and 2007.

[NoComply180]

I don’t think he’s in my top 10 but it certainly wouldn’t shock me to see him in someone else’s. Dude has been on top of his game for 20+ years now, that’s notable in itself. After the 10-15 year mark a lot of guys go hit the ditches or skate “weird” spots.

Lol at mid to late 2000s being a lull in skating when baker 3, fully flared, mindfield, hallelujah and some other heavy videos came out.

[l1ll1ll1]

Can't really put my finger on it, but Prod just rubs me the wrong way. Even creeps me out a bit. Maybe it's the full blown affirmation of the capitalist bro concept or the unbearable way he presented himself in his "Followed" or I don't know.

[frig deuce]

Gotta fully appreciate PROD. The dude is one of the best ever on a board. Period.

Was he ever my FAVOURITE? No... but he was always top tier and a heavy hitter.

I always enjoyed and looked forward to his parts, even if he wasn't the guy I loved most.

And he's been consistently killing it... for 20 fucking years! That's INSANE.

I mean, just re-watch these...





If you can't at least APPRECIATE this guy, then you definitely have some personal issues around topics of "success", "hard work", and other things of the like which PROD represents.

[Gasstationgarry]

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It feels like every year there’s some kind of Paul Rodriguez retrospective video.   

Is he like the Dr J of skateboarding? Dominant in a time that there was a lull in their sport, remembered fondly but never a
actually ranked high in all-time lists (unless you’re from Philly he’s probably doesn’t crack #15)

Maybe he just annoys me a little because he has a bad case of Dyrdek speaking hands

[close]

how was there a lull in skateboarding in prod’s era? he had a part in yeah right…? he’s also ranked in tws ‘most influential skateboarders of all time’ if that means anything. i understand him maybe not being your favorite or his mannerisms being a bit much in interviews but, he’s definitely not just a random in the crowd by any means. rewatch his forecast/yeah right parts. even that corny plan b one. he was doing nbds left and right back then & still today puts out good footage after being pro for 20 years now with multiple injuries. switch front blunt backside flip on that outledge in the valley is insane, especially at his age with the career he’s had.

[close]

I consider mid - late 00s a little bit of a dead period, just like merge era NBA.   Doesn’t mean you weren’t doing good stuff (Dr j was amazing), but it was a transitional/who cares period talent-wise and interest-wise

I don’t think he’s a random in the crowd - but he has been serially overhyped since day 1.  If you need a reminder - he skated to Guys Video Days song in one of his first parts.   There’s NO doubt he’s great at skating, but like I said, he’s not in the top 10 of all time and I bet you could find a few more you’d place before him after that.   And that is a person who does not need a yearly retrospective piece

[close]

yeah right was 03 though? a year after sorry/wonderful horrible life. same year as mosaic & the dc video. bag of suck & baker 3 a couple of years later & then fully flared/mind field a couple years after that. not sure how that was a “dead period”? those are some of the greatest videos ever. i get it that it may not have been as groundbreaking of an era as when video days or the plan b videos dropped but, skateboarding was definitely still being pushed to new limits in a lot of ways. also when those other videos came out, there was so much stuff that had never been done and so many opportunities for those to become what they did. the 2000s were just a period of pushing those things from the blind/plan b videos to new lengths with bigger wheels/better clothes & bigger spots with better filming. if anything i would say that era was the biggest influence in pushing skateboarding to where it is today.

i can agree he’s not a top 10 of all time and that there are other people who deserve these kind of mini documentaries more than he does. still a great career & has done a lot but, i agree on that. no disrespect either, i just can’t agree about the 2000s being a dead period in skateboarding at all, i understand your point though in a way even though i don’t agree.

[close]

Agreed. P-rod was in the golden era of TWS videos (2002 was a great year for videos). One of the first videos I watched, still probably my favourite P-rod part:



You're not wrong about the ender being a sw heel or flip, though.

[close]

Didn’t say the whole 2000s were bad!   Mid to late 2000s!

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so you mean 2005-2009? Big videos became less frequent then, probably because it was much harder to make money with videos in the Internet Era. The last major video I have spent money on was Manikmati. I bought for 65 Euros on VHS.

Still, there were Bag of Suck and Fully Flared, which came out in 2006 and 2007.

Mind Field in 2009 too which I feel like was a massive deal

[Miller92]

I always thought skating kind of got quiet between like 2010-2015.  post Mindfield to Cherry/IG

[sluggers]

I’ll never get over the praying into his sweaty ass stank lid before every trick during a contest.

Did he have Sylvester Stallone’s Over the Top (1987) on repeat, and said, “Shit, I’m just going to go Overboard.”?

[sluggers]

I do love Paul though, some skaters are skaters favorite skater, but he is one of those skate rats favorite skate rat.

Also, the decision to go from Girl to the revived Plan B is so interesting in the cosmic skate world realty.

[Mean salto]

I always thought skating kind of got quiet between like 2010-2015.  post Mindfield to Cherry/IG

Polar vid and promos, isle vase, emerica made, vans propeller, static 4+5, habitat origin+ search the horizon, pretty sweet, toy machine brainwash, foundation wtf, dekline true blue, zero cold war, deathwish video
There's stuff for every time period but yeah this is definatly the transition from DVD to online years.

[dannyprovolone]

prod is really a genius mastermind alongside being one of the best skateboarders. im a fan for life.

[Roy Machine]

Dude had the most amazing career of all skateboarders ever from a capitalist point of view.

He was on every mainstream super team there was that existed during his career.

He had 10 shoes on the biggest sport brand in the world (and in skateboarding).

I think he was the first skater on mountain dew and target.

He shaped the way of modern skateboarding (single parts,  sls, having Sponsors outside skateboarding) and he is the owner of one of the most successful skate brands right now.

I can't think of anyone that compares to him.