Early 2000s San Jose video “Mijos” - Mark Suciu, Peter Raffin, Zach Wallin

[The Big Dawg]

2004ish full length San Jose video, “Mijos”. I hadn’t seen the full video uploaded before on YouTube. This video was in heavy rotation when I was growing up - featuring a very young Mark Suciu, Peter Raffin, Zach Wallin, and a surprisingly good Aaron Kyro part.

[goodatmeth]

Ok wtf I'm gonna need a history lesson on Aaron Kyro.
Ridiculous manual skills

His part starts at 31:26.

[A Not At All Naughty Chemist]

Ok wtf I'm gonna need a history lesson on Aaron Kyro.
Ridiculous manual skills

His part starts at 31:26.

I remember seeing an Aaron Kyro part on Vianouzrips or something, i always liked his skating. I vaguely remember one wheel mannys as well.

He tells his story a bit in this vid

[WavyDavy]

Ok wtf I'm gonna need a history lesson on Aaron Kyro.
Ridiculous manual skills

His part starts at 31:26.

That part is some YouTube skateboard History. Around 2007 you entered skateboard in YouTube and this was one of the first thing that popped up. In combination with the requiem for a dream soundtrack this was some wild shit back then for all of us whose fav skater was Rodney mullen

[goodatmeth]

So did he just kook it from the start or how did he not become a legit pro?

[CossRooper]

Insanely gifted and creative skater. Seems like major goofball so I can't fault him for securing the bag through youtube.

What I can fault him for is literally everything he's done on youtube after approx 2013 -- the pinnacle of grown adults making content and jokes aimed directly at like 12-14 year olds, clickbait, and just a constant content churn. and i'll also fault him for the Scientology. from my POV it's the worst possible arc for someone that used to have quite a bit of buzz

[manysnakes]

So did he just kook it from the start or how did he not become a legit pro?

Seems like he correctly recognized that pro skating is a fool's game where ~100 pros (out of thousands) manage to earn more than $100,000 a year.

[blanketcircuit]

soooo good. on an SJ video binge rn, anyone have any history on this ?

[pedro_mayn]

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Seems like he correctly recognized that pro skating is a fool's game where ~100 pros (out of thousands) manage to earn more than $100,000 a year.

Or like many before (and after him) where he didn't match whatever criteria it is, i.e. can't hang in the van etc.

Seems that's the thing to me. I mean, look at the shit he puts out on his channel.

[mareo]

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Seems like he correctly recognized that pro skating is a fool's game where ~100 pros (out of thousands) manage to earn more than $100,000 a year.

I really doubt around 100 pros make more than 100k a year. Not even 50 I think, but happy to be proven wrong tho.

[Beeda Weeda]

clikced to see suciu, turned off when i saw braile man boy

[GetSnaked]

oh my god dude, i am so happy right now.  watched this about 10 years ago and it kinda re-organized the idea of my cities skate scene.  This was essentially the history that preluded skating as i knew it.  Got a lot of music from this video.  Love all the little montages in between. 

[Abyss1]

I got the ghetto fabulous 3 tape in storage.

[lowline]

bump. used to watch this all the time, hadn't seen in more than a decade. the grom suciu part is so funny.. i remember thinking he wouldn't go very far at the time. got that one wrong

peter raffin and zack wallin's stuff is great

[Garfiled L. Asagna LLC]

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Ok wtf I'm gonna need a history lesson on Aaron Kyro.
Ridiculous manual skills

His part starts at 31:26.

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That part is some YouTube skateboard History. Around 2007 you entered skateboard in YouTube and this was one of the first thing that popped up. In combination with the requiem for a dream soundtrack this was some wild shit back then for all of us whose fav skater was Rodney mullen

The kyro part predates youtube and broadband. It was avaliable on P2P/torrent services like LimeWire. Witch is a story I'd actually like to hear about regarding kyro. Dudes rightfully got the kook status now but I always wondered why he or whoever decided to torrent it way back then. There was a decent amount of full lengths you could torrent but a 1 off solo part was weird and his is the only one that comes to mind.

[conan777]

I really enjoyed that. It gave me a nostalgic feeling even though I'd never seen or even heard of it. This really was the best era of skateboarding for me

[lowline]

yeah it kinda has a similar feel to the tiltmode videos except it was the next gen after. great vibes. i miss seeing jon choi footage but i'm glad jon nguyen is still around and has had a fairly long career.

[jgonzalez]

soooo good. on an SJ video binge rn, anyone have any history on this ?

Figured someone here has to know or was involved.

Found a copy of Geto Fab 5 in a free pile of VHS tapes. Wasn’t sure what it was. I’m curious too.

Kyro part was good ngl. Our boy was smooth widdit but yeah didn’t get no bread and it went to his head.  Twisted ass fool now.

[lowline]

if i'm not mistaken, i think the guy who filmed these videos (richard devera) was ed devera's brother? the nineties ripper that rode for mad circle and real. he's also since passed on it looks like.

there was another vid after this called "future sellouts" that had another suciu part, a jon nguyen part and a peter raffin part where he skates to guided by voices (i think?).. that one was cool too. lost it awhile ago so if anyone has it and wants to upload, that'd be sick.

[Abyss1]

if i'm not mistaken, i think the guy who filmed these videos (richard devera) was ed devera's brother? the nineties ripper that rode for mad circle and real. he's also since passed on it looks like.

there was another vid after this called "future sellouts" that had another suciu part, a jon nguyen part and a peter raffin part where he skates to guided by voices (i think?).. that one was cool too. lost it awhile ago so if anyone has it and wants to upload, that'd be sick.

Eddie and Richard are San Jose legends...I bought one of their tapes back in the 00's.   Was bummed on his passing.

San Jose had a pretty dope scene in the 90s-00s.   Downtown has changed a lot too, but the PGE triple set and kink rail is still there.  SJ state library looks like some sessions still go down on those front ledges, a bunch of spots look like a bust and haven't been to any of the schools since the 00s.

Also don't know when Circle A closed...I drove by it recently and its now a burger joint

[The Big Dawg]

if i'm not mistaken, i think the guy who filmed these videos (richard devera) was ed devera's brother? the nineties ripper that rode for mad circle and real. he's also since passed on it looks like.

there was another vid after this called "future sellouts" that had another suciu part, a jon nguyen part and a peter raffin part where he skates to guided by voices (i think?).. that one was cool too. lost it awhile ago so if anyone has it and wants to upload, that'd be sick.

I think Future Sellouts used to be on YouTube but I can’t find it anymore. Would definitely appreciate an upload if anyone has it!

There was also a bonus Best Of Getofab section on the Mijos dvd that I was able to find the first half of. I watched the Jon Choi section nonstop when I was growing up.