Author Topic: Where are they now? Frankie Hill (Read 9400 times)

plankskate · « **Reply #90 on:** March 23, 2010, 04:26:10 PM »

He's definitely one of the few guys from that time period that were tech and super smooth.

I've been watching this part a bunch lately:
http://www.slapmagazine.com/images/stories/Features/2010/february/strubing/peterka.m4v

Pushxchange · « **Reply #91 on:** March 23, 2010, 05:12:38 PM »

So stoked on the interview! I use to skate against Frankie in CASL contest's back in 1986 and he skated for Dogtown. So stoked on his guest mod on Krooked!

plankskate · « **Reply #92 on:** March 24, 2010, 02:06:39 PM »

The deck looks good! I want one bad.

Commercial D · « **Reply #93 on:** March 25, 2010, 08:40:08 AM »

Here's a clip of that hydrant blast:

plankskate · « **Reply #94 on:** March 25, 2010, 08:55:52 AM »

Quote from: Commercial D on March 25, 2010, 08:40:08 AM

Here's a clip of that hydrant blast:

Any chance of a link for people that don't use facebook? It looks like you have to login to see it. Is it on youtube anywhere?

Commercial D · « **Reply #95 on:** March 25, 2010, 10:55:25 AM »

Maybe someone with better h4xx0ring skills can figure out a way to wget the flv file and post it up somewhere else but I don't see it in the page source.

rocklobster · « **Reply #96 on:** March 25, 2010, 04:37:57 PM »

pick please mr burns...

imsopredictable · « **Reply #97 on:** March 25, 2010, 09:25:20 PM »

When it comes to skateboarding, I am absolutely a product of the late eighties/early nineties. I must've watched the Bones Brigade vids - specifically Public Domain, Ban This and Propaganda - at least 1,000 times each. We'd get stoked on one of those old VHS tapes every day before heading out to skate. Frankie Hill and Ray Barbee were, and still are, two of my biggest influences. Now Frankie's on the comeback and sporting a guest deck on Krooked, the best company in skating today imo. Long live the old school and all the pioneers that made skateboarding what it is today. Way to go Frankie! Welcome back. PS - is anyone else having a hard time imagining what it would be like to go to the dentist and end up with Frankie Hill cleaning your teeth? Madness. PPS - does anyone else remember the credit card commercial spoof with Frankie acting as the "satisfied customer" because the customer service agent helped find him a new skate spot after a bust? You have to admit those Powell vids were truly original.

imsopredictable · « **Reply #98 on:** March 25, 2010, 09:40:19 PM »

Quote from: bandini on March 19, 2010, 10:53:21 PM

Nice work, Slap. Awesome to hear from Frankie.

God, it's funny - I grew up watching those early powell-peralta vids (the era when stacy was still with the company) and it's hilarious how awful they look now. Not the skating, which is still rad, but the video style. Ugh. Thank god H-Street and World Industries came along to save the day...

LOL. Your comment about the look of the old Powell videos just reminded me of the AWFUL audio. I still love them as the classics that they are, but I swear all of the sounds - wheels rolling, tails popping, wheels hitting the concrete on landings - were all pre-packaged audio clips added in post-production. So hysterically bad by today's standards.

rawbertson. · « **Reply #99 on:** March 26, 2010, 07:39:16 AM »

i especially enjoyed the "railslide" and "grind" batman-esque frames they flashed during the up-and-comers section on ban this (the part with rudy, guy, paulo,gabriel)

imsopredictable · « **Reply #100 on:** March 26, 2010, 09:09:20 AM »

Quote from: industry dickrider on March 26, 2010, 07:39:16 AM

i especially enjoyed the "railslide" and "grind" batman-esque frames they flashed during the up-and-comers section on ban this (the part with rudy, guy, paulo,gabriel)

I have to confess (not that it's a bad thing). I own the box set of the bones brigade video DVD reissues 1-6: Bones Brigade Video Show through Propaganda. I still love em. Probably watch Public Domain and Propaganda more than any others, but you have to love Animal Chin!

bumpnrun · « **Reply #101 on:** March 26, 2010, 09:31:16 AM »

Quote from: bandini on March 19, 2010, 10:53:21 PM

Nice work, Slap. Awesome to hear from Frankie.

God, it's funny - I grew up watching those early powell-peralta vids (the era when stacy was still with the company) and it's hilarious how awful they look now. Not the skating, which is still rad, but the video style. Ugh. Thank god H-Street and World Industries came along to save the day...

H-Street videos, looking back now, were pretty damn bad... the Tony Mag commentary. Brutal! The home made rap "super skate camp". Terrible! Daniel Harold Stewart was a good filmer though. World/Blind/101... the Spike influence made them good.

rawbertson. · « **Reply #102 on:** March 26, 2010, 11:10:19 AM »

Quote from: bumpnrun on March 26, 2010, 09:31:16 AM

Quote from: bandini on March 19, 2010, 10:53:21 PM
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Nice work, Slap. Awesome to hear from Frankie.

God, it's funny - I grew up watching those early powell-peralta vids (the era when stacy was still with the company) and it's hilarious how awful they look now. Not the skating, which is still rad, but the video style. Ugh. Thank god H-Street and World Industries came along to save the day...

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H-Street videos, looking back now, were pretty damn bad... the Tony Mag commentary. Brutal! The home made rap "super skate camp". Terrible! Daniel Harold Stewart was a good filmer though. World/Blind/101... the Spike influence made them good.

haha i forgot about that! that skate camp thing someone does some fucking crazy ass trick on that sketchy pvc handrail that they built.

i actually like the h-street videos a lot better than the powell ones... the powell ones seemed too much like they were trying to make a movie... like guys hitting golf balls and shit... h street was more just the raw skating - the filming was a bit crappier, but it was really raw. i really want to watch DTS the video i have never seen that one. keep in mind im just about 24 years old- so i dindt start seeing these videos til i was like 16. it was hard for me to watch animal chin in its entirety, especially that part with the jazz singer. i had a really short attention span back then too.

Mr. DNA · « **Reply #103 on:** March 26, 2010, 11:46:00 AM »

I just watched one of those old Powell videos, Ban This or Public Domain. It had some silly shit in it. Like some the lady says "Da, Weak ollies are a global problem" and then it flashes to a picture of a squirrel and then a clown.

The H-Street videos were so long they would just mentally wear you down after awhile. It was an endurance test once it got to the slow mo skate camp footage in Hocus Pokus. I wonder whatever became of the little 3 rd World kid who sang Can't Get No Satisfaction? Addicted to glue? Joined a paramilitary death squad? Carnivale transvestite?

imsopredictable · « **Reply #104 on:** March 28, 2010, 03:53:36 PM »

Quote from: Mr. DNA on March 26, 2010, 11:46:00 AM

I just watched one of those old Powell videos, Ban This or Public Domain. It had some silly shit in it. Like some the lady says "Da, Weak ollies are a global problem" and then it flashes to a picture of a squirrel and then a clown.

The H-Street videos were so long they would just mentally wear you down after awhile. It was an endurance test once it got to the slow mo skate camp footage in Hocus Pokus. I wonder whatever became of the little 3 rd World kid who sang Can't Get No Satisfaction? Addicted to glue? Joined a paramilitary death squad? Carnivale transvestite?

Yeah, the Powell skits were straight cheese. Most classic in my opinion was the Hawk / Mountain / Saiz golf sketch from Ban This..."The Greater Gutter Open". Yes, I know these vids way too well.

PhillyMetrospective1995 · « **Reply #105 on:** March 28, 2010, 07:39:27 PM »

"Rocket air, now comb your hair."

imsopredictable · « **Reply #106 on:** March 29, 2010, 07:32:01 AM »

"Yapple Dapple!"

whiteley · « **Reply #107 on:** March 29, 2010, 04:08:21 PM »

gonna pull a couple winners at random out of this thread for the krooked/f.hill guest boards in a day or so, just fyi...

layzieyez · « **Reply #108 on:** March 29, 2010, 05:53:26 PM »

Gonna drink a glass of wine and lament my sprained ankle and cross my fingers. I'm guessing the third world kid in Hokus Pokus might have become a celebrity with the stomach rolling skills thanks to that video.

plankskate · « **Reply #109 on:** March 30, 2010, 03:00:11 AM »

Does anyone know where this ditch is that Frankie is skating in the Krooked footage?
http://www.dlxsf.com/spring10/kr/#guests

H8R part 4 · « **Reply #110 on:** March 30, 2010, 05:08:40 AM »

i'd be stoked to win one of frankie boards, i haven't seen them anywhere as of yet.

Beer Keg Peg Leg · « **Reply #111 on:** March 30, 2010, 05:33:34 AM »

whitely i'll send you nudes of my step-sister if you give me a board

imsopredictable · « **Reply #112 on:** March 30, 2010, 06:37:30 AM »

Quote from: Beer Keg Peg Leg on March 30, 2010, 05:33:34 AM

whitely i'll send you nudes of my step-sister if you give me a board

...I'll send my nude step-sister. Haha!

plankskate · « **Reply #113 on:** March 30, 2010, 10:54:20 AM »

Quote from: faster! on March 30, 2010, 05:08:40 AM

i'd be stoked to win one of frankie boards, i haven't seen them anywhere as of yet.

Gonz art on a Frankie Hill deck is a rad combination.

1992 · « **Reply #114 on:** March 30, 2010, 10:56:49 AM »

I'd like one of those boards but I never win shit so I'm not counting on anything.

wuust · « **Reply #115 on:** March 30, 2010, 11:03:02 AM »

wasn't he in peter pan movie?

Alan · « **Reply #116 on:** March 30, 2010, 12:22:23 PM »

Yes he was.

Rutger Hauer · « **Reply #117 on:** March 30, 2010, 01:13:33 PM »

This was such good stuff again.
Got to love the last lines he gave on the TailDevil!

whiteley · « **Reply #118 on:** March 30, 2010, 03:34:23 PM »

winners, chosen at random by post number, are:
mock nugget
phillymetro
and 1992

PMs on the way!

plankskate · « **Reply #119 on:** March 30, 2010, 03:34:59 PM »

tail devil!