He is one my favorite skaters ever and I really know all his history and importance.
Dude was years ahead everyone in the mid-90s when he arrived at California from England.
I have seen that Etnies Hi-5 part, the chain ( Rob Dyrdek commented) part and the Menikmati part ( although that was all recycled footage ).
But I dont think he really had a really really mind-blowing magnum opus part ( I could be wrong... ).
Everything was not so video-recorded back then.
Maybe that even gives Penny more real skater mystic ( if you know what I mean ).
I wish he never junped on those S.Dali rocks and never got injured around 2000 because I think if he didn't got injured his part in Sorrry might be his best, most legendary and closing video part like Mariano had in Mouse.
Anyway, He is one of the best ever, untouchable and a absolute skateboarding Legend.
What you guys think??
I completely understand what you mean. I hope this doesn’t come across as cliche but Penny’s magnum opus lies with Penny himself. You’ll hear stories from everyone, literally everyone about Penny. In fact, you hear them frequently a lot in the U.K. as of course, Penny is from Oxford and a lot of the legends here in the U.K. themselves grew up with Penny. I’ve luckily had the chance to film Penny a few years ago on a short lived Supra tour and I can honestly say it was mind blowing.
Seeing him operate, how he operates and how fluid he is, is a completely different level of skateboarder. He’s done a lot of skateboarding off camera and still does to this day. There’s numerous stories of him doing things off camera that were absolutely mind melting. If you look back at his mid 90’s to early 2000’s stage, he started skating vert and would often send flip nosebones and 540’s, a lot of the time padless until he ultimately put a helmet on to shoot his iconic flip nosebone.
Sorry for such a long reply, I don’t think I’ve actually got to the point I wanted to make. I guess the reply I was trying to give is that Penny simply being Penny with the skateboarding he’s done both on and off camera is his magnum opus. He might not have put it into a solid part, or parts over the years - but the fact that he’s a skate rat at heart and will continue to skate solo around his hometown, or wherever he’s currently living in the world at the time speaks volumes. Dude doesn’t need an entourage, he doesn’t need followers, filmers or photographers. More often than not, when he’s back in the U.K. he’ll just go anywhere and skate unannounced for the pure joy of it.
Tom’s magnum opus is quite literally himself and whenever he steps on his board.
A great dude to say the least.