Author Topic: Where Are They Now? Ron Knigge (Read 4531 times)

whiteley · « **on:** November 30, 2009, 03:22:29 PM »

There's often a lot of discussion about old skaters from days gone by on the forum- what they did then, where they went after skating, what they're doing now. Early-90s über technician Ron Knigge is one of the many who have been wondered about, and we recently had a chance to catch up with the man himself to get the inside scoop...
http://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1692&Itemid=27

We'll have a few more of these coming before too long, too...

krewkruxklan · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2009, 03:49:22 PM »

good look

the cruz and the ollie late ollie story's fukin funny.

eyesmcgyver · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2009, 03:50:35 PM »

i hope the 'k' in his last name is silent

Commercial D · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:12:00 PM »

YES! Sick article. Thank you Slap.

Jura · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2009, 04:59:45 PM »

NJ represent!

carbonite · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2009, 05:22:28 PM »

I liked Whatever. I can understand why he would be bummed on it though.

"It's not what you know, it's what you can prove"

bandini · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2009, 06:29:57 PM »

Ron's 1281 part has been one of my favorite parts for ages - I'd somehow never seen his Children of the Sun part until now, tho. Man, what a great part. His style got a lot cleaner and more powerful right before he quit.

It always amazes me when guys who were that talented at skating say that they never even skate for fun anymore.

Nice job, guys.

westside skateshop · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2009, 06:37:00 PM »

let's see a come back!

mbcls · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2009, 06:51:56 PM »

i always liked his part in children of the sun. I was bummed that he disappeared after his style got cleaner. Rene Mathysen is another dude that i thought was sick from children of the sun. Dude had a really good style

Commercial D · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2009, 08:47:08 PM »

Quote from: mbcls on November 30, 2009, 06:51:56 PM

Rene Mathysen is another dude that i thought was sick

His Aloha slick was one of my favorite boards I ever owned.

Alan · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2009, 11:42:13 PM »

COTS was such a great video. I only got to see it a few years after it came out but it aged well. I think the white fadeouts had something to do with it.

juja · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:56:58 AM »

Quote from: carbonite on November 30, 2009, 05:22:28 PM

I liked Whatever. I can understand why he would be bummed on it though.

"It's not what you know, it's what you can prove"

yeah i know, i was hella bummed by that .... His part in "Whatever" was like my fav part growing up...i fukin loved it...

"Coz im the best kept secret, so shut the fuck up and peep it"

skating was what it was at that time and i dont think he has anything to be ashamed about, i mean look at this

fukin rippin

alrightythen · « **Reply #12 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:01:23 AM »

More old ads! I have a problem viewing this and many other articles on slap. I use firefox. It worksd in IE but is there any way to view it in firefox? I can see the page but it keeps blinking to white all the time.

juja · « **Reply #13 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:16:13 AM »

Quote from: alrightythen on December 01, 2009, 04:01:23 AM

More old ads! I have a problem viewing this and many other articles on slap. I use firefox. It worksd in IE but is there any way to view it in firefox? I can see the page but it keeps blinking to white all the time.

sorry, i use firefox mine works fine, maybe you need an update??

Mouth · « **Reply #14 on:** December 01, 2009, 05:25:36 AM »

People always talk shit on early 90's videos. But the New Deal videos were awesome.

50% of the shit in them had never been seen before.

At the time, it didn't matter how slow they were going.

juja · « **Reply #15 on:** December 01, 2009, 05:36:38 AM »

Quote from: Mouth on December 01, 2009, 05:25:36 AM

People always talk shit on early 90's videos. But the New Deal videos were awesome.

50% of the shit in them had never been seen before.

At the time, it didn't matter how slow they were going.

Talking shit on the small wheels big pants era is so cool right now...

The funny thing is, at the time, it was the coolest shit ever... Skating and fashion was going places it had never been before... I mean shell toes, clydes, gazelles and shit??? No one wore that shit back then except for skaters, few years later, everyone who was cool was on that shit, biting OUR style...Dont get it twisted, thems days was dope...

SFblah · « **Reply #16 on:** December 01, 2009, 06:35:59 AM »

Thanks Whiteley! I forgot how good his COTS part was. We used to watch that video every day when I was in 10th grade.

blankbutbranded · « **Reply #17 on:** December 01, 2009, 08:26:02 AM »

really cool article.

SLAP is the future with that old stuff...that shit is comming back,goofy bwayes everywhere thats sound sick as hell.

i like the 360 shove nosepick nollie 360 shove out.

H8R part 4 · « **Reply #18 on:** December 01, 2009, 10:23:35 AM »

Quote from: juja on December 01, 2009, 05:36:38 AM

Quote from: Mouth on December 01, 2009, 05:25:36 AM
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People always talk shit on early 90's videos. But the New Deal videos were awesome.

50% of the shit in them had never been seen before.

At the time, it didn't matter how slow they were going.

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Talking shit on the small wheels big pants era is so cool right now...

The funny thing is, at the time, it was the coolest shit ever... Skating and fashion was going places it had never been before... I mean shell toes, clydes, gazelles and shit??? No one wore that shit back then except for skaters, few years later, everyone who was cool was on that shit, biting OUR style...Dont get it twisted, thems days was dope...

for reals! everyone in every video was dropping something new.
it was kind of crazy because you were trying to keep up with all the new tricks but by the time you learned something new, a bunch of new tricks were getting thrown down. i think it was like 3 years straight where my jaw stayed dropped. not just from watching videos but seeing the other skaters around me actually trying tricks i'd never seen before.

as far as fashion, for years we got made fun of for what we were wearing.
i think it took like 2 years before everyone was biting our style and i mean everyone!
skateboarding has always remained ahead of the fashion curve/trends.

anyway, i really want to learn ollie late ollies.
the gonz could probably pull it off.

rawbertson. · « **Reply #19 on:** December 01, 2009, 11:02:27 AM »

i always thought the older videos had a lot more creativity... its like, the first videos were real creative, then the closer they got to 2000 they started getting really cookie cutter... now as we fade away from 2000 its getting more like that o.g. shit again

kamltoe · « **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:00:15 PM »

this right here is what the digi-slap is all about. fuck yeah whiteley. the interview was really cool and i've been waiting to hear something from him forever it seems. dude could still do nollie triple flips after just stepping on a board again? crazy. i can't tell you how bummed i was to hear him say he's fully over it though. but to each his own i guess. he seems happy and comfortable, so...

k

1992 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:24:43 PM »

I always wondered what that dude was up to after he threw in the towel. The last thing I remember seeing of him was a photo in 1994. That was a great read. Thank you.

Alan · « **Reply #22 on:** December 01, 2009, 12:46:12 PM »

"It's all in the wrist."

whiteley · « **Reply #23 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:14:14 PM »

glad to see people are stoked. a few more in the works: mario rubacalba, justin girard and... weston correa!

SFblah · « **Reply #24 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:46:48 PM »

Quote from: whiteley on December 01, 2009, 01:14:14 PM

glad to see people are stoked. a few more in the works: mario rubacalba, justin girard and... weston correa!

I hope he mentions a little about being in 411 and Clikitat Ikatowi as well as anything else he's playing in.

Looking forward to what Girard is up to these days.

rawbertson. · « **Reply #25 on:** December 01, 2009, 01:58:28 PM »

any way you could get one going for lenny kirk??

whiteley · « **Reply #26 on:** December 01, 2009, 02:03:56 PM »

^ hmm, maybe. i could start with kalis and see what he's got. let you know if we get anywhere with it.

Narcissus · « **Reply #27 on:** December 01, 2009, 02:59:21 PM »

fakie tre manual was nuts!

The Ghost of BILLY RUFF · « **Reply #28 on:** December 01, 2009, 03:56:23 PM »

Quote from: whiteley on December 01, 2009, 01:14:14 PM

glad to see people are stoked. a few more in the works: mario rubacalba, justin girard and... weston correa!

sounds like good lineup so far. thanks whiteley.

only complaint was "how do you pronounce kingge?" it always baffled us.

now...
how's about...

mike daher

Commercial D · « **Reply #29 on:** December 01, 2009, 04:29:47 PM »

Quote from: The Ghost of BILLY RUFF on December 01, 2009, 03:56:23 PM

Quote from: whiteley on December 01, 2009, 01:14:14 PM
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glad to see people are stoked. a few more in the works: mario rubacalba, justin girard and... weston correa!
[close]

sounds like good lineup so far. thanks whiteley.

only complaint was "how do you pronounce kingge?" it always baffled us.

now...
how's about...

mike daher

Damn that sequence would be jaw-dropping if it were published today, never mind 15 years ago.

Author Topic: Where Are They Now? Ron Knigge (Read 4531 times)

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