growing up in SoCal, I was extremely lucky to see both of these guys skate in the wild on a couple occasions. Seeing Julien skate for the first time completely changed my perspective on skating. I had no idea that you could skate that fast and still pull off stuff, and with so much style. I tried to do everything with speed since that day!
@@angrytater2456 Saw Julien in Thousand Oaks, CA. He was there for a demo and he skated a few local spots afterwards. I never seen anyone ollie going as fast as he did. Skated with Natas on a couple of occasions. My buddy actually knew where he lived and we met up with him to skate around Santa Monica. He took us to that place where he does all those wallrides in Wheels of Fire. Some of my best memories!
@@hedshovel Legendary! I remember in the late 80's I called DT skates and talked the Jim Muir(Red Dog). For a kid from N.C. that was the coolest shit ever. Loved the look and feel of that scene in that era.
@@angrytater2456 I was extremely lucky growing up in SoCal and being able to meet and skate with some of these early pioneers of "street skating". To this day, I still get star struck when some of those old pros show up at the skate park.
Excellent footage. It humanizes the skaters, and is more relatable than a video of "wins-only". I love this era too. Street skating went thru different phases in its making, and it's really cool to see what did (and didn't) stick on the journey to what we know as street skating today. Who knows where it will be in 30 years! Cheers! ...JoE...
Best footage from back in the day at Splash Skate Park, in Webster Groves!! This was awesome.. Great memories!! I was there almost every Wednesday nights for open skate!
@E_L1000 You are on point. He talks specifically about this in his BS with TG episode. He sites this as the reason he quit, as well as injuries. He did however make a brief comeback a few years later with Element and was skating amazing.
@@RealSkateStories Interesting. I have never heard this from himself. Will listen to that episode. Also a heavy footed style relies even more than a light footed style on quick reactions. Because when you loose the quick reactions with age the injuries gets more severe than for a light footed style.
After further research, it looks like these outtakes are filmed by Tony Roberts ( Santa Cruz Speed Freaks ). Thanks so much for sharing these amazing outtakes with us Tony!
@@RealSkateStories Thank you. Just found out the story about how you required the Speed Freaks footage. Insane story. Can't imagine the feeling of getting that back after all this time. Thanks for your generosity of sharing it with us.
Skate was dead at this time.....the industry was struggling...... companies were trying to keep skateboarding relevant.....the great Chumping down of skateboarding was right around the corner..... skateboarding would become so gimmick laden it was a joke......they needed new blood in our game.....sales outweighed common sense...... And that's how skateboarding got to where it is today.....
2:37. Natas’ ollies were enormous. Untouched pop for the time.
growing up in SoCal, I was extremely lucky to see both of these guys skate in the wild on a couple occasions. Seeing Julien skate for the first time completely changed my perspective on skating. I had no idea that you could skate that fast and still pull off stuff, and with so much style. I tried to do everything with speed since that day!
Where did you see their sessions?
@@angrytater2456 Saw Julien in Thousand Oaks, CA. He was there for a demo and he skated a few local spots afterwards. I never seen anyone ollie going as fast as he did. Skated with Natas on a couple of occasions. My buddy actually knew where he lived and we met up with him to skate around Santa Monica. He took us to that place where he does all those wallrides in Wheels of Fire. Some of my best memories!
@@hedshovel Legendary! I remember in the late 80's I called DT skates and talked the Jim Muir(Red Dog). For a kid from N.C. that was the coolest shit ever. Loved the look and feel of that scene in that era.
@@angrytater2456 I was extremely lucky growing up in SoCal and being able to meet and skate with some of these early pioneers of "street skating". To this day, I still get star struck when some of those old pros show up at the skate park.
@@angrytater2456where in NC? I’m next to Charlotte.
This made my year ! Thank you for posting . Two of my favorite skaters
Excellent footage. It humanizes the skaters, and is more relatable than a video of "wins-only".
I love this era too. Street skating went thru different phases in its making, and it's really cool to see what did (and didn't) stick on the journey to what we know as street skating today.
Who knows where it will be in 30 years!
Cheers!
...JoE...
This is Splash Skate Park! I skated there all of the time in the late 80s/early 90s! How cool to see this. I went to this demo. Loved Natas.
Raw and uncut, I love it. Thanks for sharing 👍
Best footage from back in the day at Splash Skate Park, in Webster Groves!! This was awesome.. Great memories!! I was there almost every Wednesday nights for open skate!
That little swerve Julian does before he gets to the ramp is so sick.
Thanks for this! Quality footage is also awesome considering the year.
Love the content! Brings me back to my Socal youth.
incredible!
Natas was really heavy footed, which is rare for good skaters.
I wonder what his style would have looked like if he had started skating modern boards.
@E_L1000 You are on point. He talks specifically about this in his BS with TG episode. He sites this as the reason he quit, as well as injuries. He did however make a brief comeback a few years later with Element and was skating amazing.
@@RealSkateStories Interesting. I have never heard this from himself. Will listen to that episode.
Also a heavy footed style relies even more than a light footed style on quick reactions. Because when you loose the quick reactions with age the injuries gets more severe than for a light footed style.
STYLE GODZ!!! 🙏
Natas with short hair!
Amazing footage from St. Louis. Who filmed this?
After further research, it looks like these outtakes are filmed by Tony Roberts ( Santa Cruz Speed Freaks ). Thanks so much for sharing these amazing outtakes with us Tony!
@@sk8session This was rider filmed footy they send to me from their "Cadillac tour" 🤙
@@RealSkateStories Thank you. Just found out the story about how you required the Speed Freaks footage. Insane story. Can't imagine the feeling of getting that back after all this time. Thanks for your generosity of sharing it with us.
crossing my legs watching lord Natas invent the frontside/muska/illusion flip at 0:26
This must have been during Natas's brief dalliance with the "Just for Men" sponsorship.
Looks... Super fun?
2:37 holy huck
are those his signature etnies on natas?
1:07 Julian with a fat chinese ollie
The wheels they are using are so soft and the bearings probably suck because the skateboards barely role.
Loose trucks, 20 pound board...
Skate was dead at this time.....the industry was struggling...... companies were trying to keep skateboarding relevant.....the great Chumping down of skateboarding was right around the corner..... skateboarding would become so gimmick laden it was a joke......they needed new blood in our game.....sales outweighed common sense...... And that's how skateboarding got to where it is today.....
All true...but none of that ever effected what's most important: the feeling of rolling on four wheels and doing the tricks that make one feel good.
@@RealSkateStories and that's what skate is all about.
Worst boards ever.