Author Topic: This Old Ledge with Ted Barrow (Read 24745 times)

Rasmus · « **Reply #30 on:** July 13, 2023, 04:03:57 AM »

This was awesome! Really deep level of knowledge, but it never felt like a lecture. Great job Thrasher and Ted!

backside_frontside · « **Reply #31 on:** July 13, 2023, 06:12:36 AM »

That was awesome. Loved the detail about the axle marks in the bricks.

Missed opportunity for a Norm Abram reference tho

Andmoreagain · « **Reply #32 on:** July 13, 2023, 06:41:39 AM »

This was so good. Love how it gets dark as they're walking around EMB. Like ted was waxing poetic about the spot for hours haha

ejazzle · « **Reply #33 on:** July 13, 2023, 08:56:12 AM »

Quote from: decoi1 on July 12, 2023, 04:00:16 PM

That was great. I finally got the chance to go to SF about 7 years ago. I took the BART from the airport straight to Embarcadero and just walked around trying to remember all the shit I watched growing up skating. Then I walked to Pier 7, China Banks and took an Uber to Wallenberg before going to meet my girl at the time in Berkeley. That shit was way more important

Damn I need to do this

Frank and Fred · « **Reply #34 on:** July 13, 2023, 09:38:35 AM »

I want to contemplate this sequence some more.

fongool · « **Reply #35 on:** July 13, 2023, 09:39:54 AM »

only went there one time in '96 or '97 and couldn't even skate it because there was a large ice skating rink set up with a prominent police presence

all the action had migrated a few blocks over to Pier 7 by then

also, theres's a trailer up for the season -- looks like there's episodes on Hubba, the Bay Blocks & Pier 7 as well

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m64QTaY0g1g

Pooh Drunx · « **Reply #36 on:** July 13, 2023, 09:58:37 AM »

they nailed it so hard on this

Made In China · « **Reply #37 on:** July 13, 2023, 03:00:57 PM »

Yeah, they really did something special with this one. A perfect combo of skate history, architecture history, and nostalgia for a time that I wasn't even around for. I'm stoked to hear that there's more on the way already.

Watson · « **Reply #38 on:** July 13, 2023, 03:27:59 PM »

Quote from: Frank and Fred on July 13, 2023, 09:38:35 AM

I want to contemplate this sequence some more.

I always trip out that the heyday of EMB was early in street skating's history but the ledges there are actually pretty high. Especially if you're skating the bigger ledge beside the big 7 and of course the stage ledge above. Seems like as skating progressed, the ledges got smaller and smaller. In Virtual Reality they're all skating basically curbs. Early street skating is not exactly synonymous with tricks being popped very high so it's crazy they were skating these legit sized ledges and doing tech shit on them back then.

Also skating with almost no wax. That's fucked.

Cranberry Relish · « **Reply #39 on:** July 13, 2023, 03:59:45 PM »

Great job, Ted. Loved his analogy to the Giving Tree, "Like an Old Stump that keeps on giving."

Banned from the room · « **Reply #40 on:** July 13, 2023, 06:28:24 PM »

Outstanding piece

funeral_tuxedo · « **Reply #41 on:** July 13, 2023, 07:23:36 PM »

The EMB architectural model cameo in Bullitt is too good. This could've been stretched out to a half hour and I still wouldn't have wanted it to end.

DilmDome · « **Reply #42 on:** July 13, 2023, 07:56:46 PM »

God this dude is insufferable

radcunt · « **Reply #43 on:** July 13, 2023, 09:59:00 PM »

This was great, love this kinda shit.

EMB seems like a wasteland these days, why dont they just put all the blocks back and make it a skatepark?

Orangepulp1000 · « **Reply #44 on:** July 13, 2023, 11:47:55 PM »

Really good nice piece. Keep them coming Thrasher

sharkin · « **Reply #45 on:** July 14, 2023, 06:35:28 AM »

This old ledge
Looked so fun
Frontside crook
Then broke my thumb
On a slipped out switch back
Tail I almost died
Came up short
And lost my pride

augustmoon · « **Reply #46 on:** July 14, 2023, 08:18:12 AM »

Quote from: Frank and Fred on July 13, 2023, 09:38:35 AM

I want to contemplate this sequence some more.

Daher did some wild shit goofing around. He did some tailslide ollie Japan air out on a ledge that was mind blowing. Super underrated

brucewillis · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2023, 12:10:53 PM »

Ted should do video essays on skateboarding

swellbowed · « **Reply #48 on:** July 14, 2023, 12:14:30 PM »

Quote from: brucewillis on July 14, 2023, 12:10:53 PM

Ted should do video essays on skateboarding

He does on his patreon

Baglady · « **Reply #49 on:** July 14, 2023, 12:16:56 PM »

Quote from: swellbowed on July 14, 2023, 12:14:30 PM

Quote from: brucewillis on July 14, 2023, 12:10:53 PM
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Ted should do video essays on skateboarding
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He does on his patreon

He should make a spin-off of robs hit MTV series.
Call it “pretentiousness”

Baglady · « **Reply #50 on:** July 14, 2023, 02:07:52 PM »

Quote from: jinn on July 14, 2023, 01:16:34 PM

Quote from: Baglady on July 14, 2023, 12:16:56 PM
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Quote from: swellbowed on July 14, 2023, 12:14:30 PM
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Quote from: brucewillis on July 14, 2023, 12:10:53 PM
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Ted should do video essays on skateboarding
[close]
He does on his patreon
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He should make a spin-off of robs hit MTV series.
Call it “pretentiousness”
[close]
Troll up

Gosh man. Whoop whoop okay. Go chug a faygo and kiss ur cuh.

buffalo hunter · « **Reply #51 on:** July 14, 2023, 02:49:33 PM »

I believe Daher 5.0 layback is in a video. Can't remember which one. 411 maybe.

Atiba Applebum · « **Reply #52 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:24:46 PM »

Hubba Hideout ep coming Wed

PalaceButtPlug · « **Reply #53 on:** July 18, 2023, 07:57:08 AM »

I wish James Kelch hosted this instead.

Atiba Applebum · « **Reply #54 on:** July 18, 2023, 05:42:22 PM »

Quote from: PalaceButtPlug on July 18, 2023, 07:57:08 AM

I wish James Kelch hosted this instead.

Only locals would be allowed to watch

The real veganshawn · « **Reply #55 on:** July 18, 2023, 10:08:13 PM »

Really enjoyed this.

swellbowed · « **Reply #56 on:** July 19, 2023, 09:02:59 AM »

coldbrew · « **Reply #57 on:** July 19, 2023, 09:20:42 AM »

these are so good. they could be 2-3 times as long and I'd still be sucked in.

funeral_tuxedo · « **Reply #58 on:** July 19, 2023, 09:24:17 AM »

Lovely.

Atiba Applebum · « **Reply #59 on:** July 19, 2023, 09:46:03 AM »

I love when skateboarding is combined with knowledge/intelligence.

Did the Alcoa building get a fresh coat of black? Don’t remember it being that dark

Author Topic: This Old Ledge with Ted Barrow (Read 24745 times)

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