Classic Skate Photos

[Big Brother]

[BelknappBruiser]

Damn! This is hot!

[carcinisation]

Not really a photo, but I think this goes here.

[fur lined sea]

Always loved everything about this photo.

[spooky electric]

Always loved everything about this photo.

yes! truly powerful position

[Allen.]

Okay. Shit. Someone help me find a photo of someone skating a rooftop(?) with a favela backdrop. It’s not a box, I want to say it was a white marble bench. It’s been on this site before.

[aleksander]

Lurking Chromeball Incident

[QixHexagon]

Probably not yet considered "classic" as it is more recent, but does someone have a picture of Jamie Foy doing a front crook on a rail with his perfect reflex in a glass door below? I remember seeing this picture some 4-5 years ago but I can't find it for the life of me. I remember the photo had some brownish hues and I'm almost sure it was shot somewhere in Europe.

[Weededed]

Lurking Chromeball Incident

[tuesday]

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Lurking Chromeball Incident

[close]

This one is really great. The closer you look at it the better it gets. So much going on in there. I remember to have seen it, but don't remember who shot it. Morford? Anyone has any info on it? Found it on Frank Gerwer's Chromeball Incident.

[Benicio El Toro]

Had this on the cover of my binder in 7th grade for MONTHS before I realized it was switch. And that's how old I was when I learned people did shit switch. 

[Cheshire Cat]

Had this on the cover of my binder in 7th grade for MONTHS before I realized it was switch. And that's how old I was when I learned people did shit switch.

fucking love this shot.
Remember being blown away by it at the time too.

[Jeremykleinsjackrag]

Not quite a classic but thought people in here might find this amusing, a Choppy Omega ad for Gravis in The Face magazine, April 2001

[StormonMormon]

g

In 2000 Tum Yeto rolled threw Calgz , Jamie is a true Gentleman.

[fernando the skater]

Tony Alva, Upland 1977. Photograph by C.R. Stecyk, as is the Natas one above.

[Bald and Embarrassed]

[bokchoy]

Found this browsing online photo archives. Sick

This is actually gnarly considering the ramp, setup, and era.

[fernando the skater]

^ That's Skitch Hitchcock at a demo in the UK. He was one of the very early 70s skateboarders, and I think he might have been the first to ride switch. There's videos of him spinning around and then riding backwards. Not seen anyone doing it earlier than him, and it wasn't a thing till the 90s. Made his own fibreglass decks and produced his own trucks. There was someone of here called SketchHitchcock a while back.

[Cheshire Cat]

^ That's Skitch Hitchcock at a demo in the UK. He was one of the very early 70s skateboarders, and I think he might have been the first to ride switch. There's videos of him spinning around and then riding backwards. Not seen anyone doing it earlier than him, and it wasn't a thing till the 90s. Made his own fibreglass decks and produced his own trucks. There was someone of here called SketchHitchcock a while back.

So cool hearing this, I'd never heard of him before now.
Is this a barefoot gorilla grip jump too? Makes it so much more gnarly.

[Benicio El Toro]

Went to the Woody Guthrie archives yesterday and unbeknownst to me, Glen Friedman had an exhibit in the back. Favorite photo in the gallery, Mullen and Minor Threat

[iuseforskate]

Old-ish photo from dunedin new zealand

[Sketch Hitchcock]

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^ That's Skitch Hitchcock at a demo in the UK. He was one of the very early 70s skateboarders, and I think he might have been the first to ride switch. There's videos of him spinning around and then riding backwards. Not seen anyone doing it earlier than him, and it wasn't a thing till the 90s. Made his own fibreglass decks and produced his own trucks. There was someone of here called SketchHitchcock a while back.

[close]

So cool hearing this, I'd never heard of him before now.
Is this a barefoot gorilla grip jump too? Makes it so much more gnarly.

[AnimalChinaski79]

That's Laban Pheidias they dressed up as Jesus for that Big Brother cover.

[Síota]

There is some great pics in here:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/21/uk-skateboard-scene-neil-macdonald-book-elsewhere

[fur lined sea]

There’s a shop uploading old Thrashers and I found a couple of good ones.

Does anyone know if there’s footage of either these two?

The heelflip looks so random but I’d love to see it.

[Cheshire Cat]

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^ That's Skitch Hitchcock at a demo in the UK. He was one of the very early 70s skateboarders, and I think he might have been the first to ride switch. There's videos of him spinning around and then riding backwards. Not seen anyone doing it earlier than him, and it wasn't a thing till the 90s. Made his own fibreglass decks and produced his own trucks. There was someone of here called SketchHitchcock a while back.

[close]

So cool hearing this, I'd never heard of him before now.
Is this a barefoot gorilla grip jump too? Makes it so much more gnarly.

[close]

Fuck yeah. That jump / ollie over the people laying down looked so good.

[nollieheelnoseslide]

A conversation with Neil Macdonald, Dan Magee, Ben Powell and Percy Dean during the Leeds launch of Neil’s incredible ‘ELSEWHERE’ book that documents the history of UK skateboarding between 1987-2002.

Conversation topics include:

• The first time skate media started paying attention to Yorkshire
• Early skate trips to Leeds, Wakefield and beyond
• The emergence of Yorkshire skateboarders in UK magazines and videos
• The rivalry between Sidewalk Magazine and Document Skateboard Magazine
• The impact of Re-Hab Skatepark on UK skateboarding
• Blueprint Skateboards and the influence of skate videos in the 1990s
• How skateboarding media has changed over the years
• How the Leeds skate scene has evolved from the 1990s to today
• Behind-the-scenes stories from one of the most influential periods in British skateboarding

http://youtu.be/dibaVp9yvvQ?si=1sYXzk8-Qj90NQGd