Loveletters Season 9: Tony Hawk | Jeff Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Grosso sits down with Tony Hawk for a conversation that spans their almost 40 years of skateboarding and friendship.
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“Poo Too” by Oneness of Juju
“Somos Nada” Nils Jazz Ensemble
“Big Band Thursdays” Connie Price and The Keystones
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That was really touching Jeff, sometimes you forget that Tony Hawk was a skate rat like everyone else. Another great episode
Super inspiring. RIP Grossman
This is cute, now post the unedited 2 hour version... and I'll go skate later, cause I'm currently stuck at my desk at work.
Stuck at the desk at work while watching LOVELETTERS! HAHAHAHA!! Me too, bud.
Doesn’t sound like you’re working. Money for nothing the American dream?
Grosso biting his lip during the Rodney love, haha
He got real quiet huh lol
@@frondantrieb what episode is that? Did I miss it or they take it down?
@@beemelonhead1 I think it's called "The Freestyle Conspiracy"
He doesnt like rodney?
@@ShnarfKat as far as I can tell he didn't really deny that Rodney invented a lot of shit, I think he just had a problem with the bones brigade documentary where all those guys (and rodney in particular) were acting like they were the only ones coming up with that stuff and not giving any credit to anyone else. he thought it was super corny to just suck yourself off and be like "yup we were the greatest, we started everything" when there were tons of people before and at the same time as them who were just as important, if not more so. but I haven't ever seen him deny that rodney was important
Well done Tony. Had the pleasure to meet u at El Gato classic. U really changed my way of thinking of u from the 80s to now. U were kind and respectful of the history and of me as an old timer. Forever grateful for that. This was a great post.
I love Tony putting it into perspective. He is so honest and well spoken
Yes he is. It's funny what happens when yo don't lean on drugs and flush your life in the toilet. Tony seems cool and better for not following the path of Mike Smith and countless others.
Joe Lopes and John Lucero deserve loveletters. Another great episode!
Lucero on several. Search around a bit.
@@IRgEEK the hippies were the first to take to the air
I was a Tony Hawk kid in the 80's. My first real board and my skate idol for many years. His video parts were always the most mind blowing.
Frank Hawk is the father we should all strive to be.
darthtortugas in the 80’s my dad was always the guy that brought me and my friends all over the place to skate when we were kids because all my friends parents thought skateboarding was for losers. He let me build ramps in the front yard even though the neighbors hated it. He spent a weekend in jail one time for knocking out a neighbor that thought he was going to come and cut the ramp in half while we were skating it with his chainsaw. Now that I’m a dad I can fully understand that he didn’t have to do that stuff for all the kids in the neighborhood. The funny thing about it is Stacy Peralta bought a house down the street a couple years ago.
Sounds like your Pop was your hoods Frank, My best friends Pop was like your Pop lots of weekends spent at his place.
👏👏👏
Tony Hawk is a great guy, I heard stories of him really taking care of people, mad respect
@soberpunk why did Salba and Duane have issues with Frank Hawk?
Tony Hawk is such a cool and relax person.
Good on him for giving Micke Alba props.
That may be the best Hawk bio that i've seen, short though it may be.
Great interview! Relaxed enough so we did not have to hear Hawk repeat the same stories. I got to take a few runs on the Lopes Ramp before. It was cool to skate that ramp knowing all of the legends that had skated it before.
The Great Desert ramp is shown at 11:40 time Mark. A group of us built that in quartz hill,.ca back in 81-82, was on cover and had main story about contest in Thrashed mag ,April 1982 issue.great times.Life was great back then.
So much love and respect for Grosso
Love these... pieces of skateboarding history
Much love and respect to the big hommie -double O G tony hawk
I like the mellow vibe of this episode
Radical, Tony's Indy fakie thruster was sick
Damn this is so good, I could watch hours of them talking.
Very true words from Grosse there at the end!
Man what a great video. Grosso... wish u where still here
Tony Hawk is the best skateboarding human beig ever thus far!
The end of this episode was PURE FUCKIN GOLD.
These loveletters are so fucking awesome i love this shit !
F/S rock in a pool . Still one of my fav tricks
Jeff, you're a fucking legend man, and I don't need to say anything about Tony Hawk. I LOVE love letters, dude. Thank you so much for keeping this thing going.
Without this guy I wouldnt be skating today
The body language in this is so interesting to watch. Tony is very much sunken in to himself , folding his hands in his lap and gross eventually mirroring his body language. I think tony is a little intimidated surprisingly. It’s so cool to see they had that authentic talk about his father and problems with that.
Grosso's last comment holds true for ALL professional sports. It's a KIDS game. Remember why you started pushing in the first place. Great segment.
Thank Stacey...such a great role model
Let's go Tony Hawk🔥
Tony doesn't get alot of credit from the raw dogs but as I age, I see his traits are way respectable. Seems just like a solid dude and bless his dad for supporting him like that. The other guys were probably jealous their dad wasn't as cool.
Joe Lopes ramp. My hometown. woot. I was too small to ride, but hanging out there was the closest we got to pros back then, until we got old enough to take BART to EMB.
Tony is rad. All his great work with Monsanto/Bayer, and so on..
Haaaa!
The Grossman starts kinda mean here but then softens. Seems that's been kinda the arc of a lot of the "punk" skaters over the decades.
And OMG: that first trick of Tony's !!
thxs tony
Always great!! Thanks guys!!
Awesome Letter.. Would Read Again
Haha the Goo at the end!! Rip on lil dude!!
Tony Hawk is the most professional and most approachable skateboarding icon ever I got graced by his presence in ‘03 it was amazing the birdhouse team came too Kam in BC Canada I actually got too ride in his rental with Bucky Lasek navigating and Jeremy Klien driving it was epic and hilarious at the same time me and my friend from high school at the time gotta ride with Tony Hawk god bless
Ryan Sheckler said Birdman came and did a skate demo at a YMCA for Ryan’s birthday with an appearance fee request of: chocolate cake lol
Love this! Thank you so much!!
Was always more of a Hosoi fan but a fan of Hawk as well... there's no need for hate in skateboarding...we all do it because it's FUN...makes me sad to think of the ridiculous bullshit Tony went through, being spat on etc...I mean what the fuck?!...that says more about those people than it ever did about Tony. I really respect what Hawk has done for skateboarding...whether you like him or not personally his contribution is immense...
Nerding out 👊
Fuckin blunt at the end will never get old
Grosso Forever
Rosso loved skateboarding 🛹🛹🛹!!!!!!!!!
I could listen to Tony Hawk talk skateboarding all day...
Grosso nodding off like a junkie the whole time. Also possible: Grosso geeking out/chilling 'cause he don't have to do any heavy lifting when T. Hawk in the house. Either way: love this shit. Thanks!
Although I always wanted him to beat Christian because I was bones brigade disciple, it wasn’t cool to say you liked Tony. All the wannabes, posers and little kids had his board and loved him. But now, he’s one of my all time favorite skaters and dudes. I respect the shit out of that dude. Shit he was doing 360 shove its over curbs when other pros couldn’t even do 360 shoves.
I always wanted Chris Miller to beat them both (I was a G&S and Schmitt Stix kid), but its nice to see that all 3 of them still rip.
Powell seemed like it was for rich kids or something .
Its like How Bam Margera was in my era however Bam Margera wasnt anywhere as good as Tony Hawk I know its 2 different styles of skating but Tony definently gave a lot more to Skating where Bam was famous for acting stupid.
@@buckodonnghaile4309 Miller was smooth as silk. Style for f*king days.
Today is my birthday great episode
hey vans a bob burnquist episode maybe?
Bucky lasek also!
bucky lasek episode is already on youtube
@@999alex9991 oh shit thanks!! I didn't see that!
Great episode. I guess Tony didn't see the episode where Grosso disses Rodney Mullen
That was dope!
LOVE.
if skateboarding was gonna make someone crazy super rich (he’s the richest skater ever) it couldn’t have been a better person than Tony. Especially when you look at for Tony Hawk foundation and all they’ve done.
Love that last line by Grosso...well said
Music at 9:22 please? I searched all those listed above, however I don't feel any had this exact groovy bassline.
majestic UNcasual
Song- Twist
Band - Tones on tail
we need more love letters
Great....I was cracking up at the end.... fucking funny
Do a Grosso episode! Fuck yeah! We love the letters! Thanks for giving a shit about the history of the thing that has kept me and a million other weirdos alive!
Miss ya jeff
I like how they didnt mention about the video games (THPS) and shits... i mean, thats good lets keep it that way 😉
Hawk Rules
I had no idea Tony was a Navy brat! I picked up skating and made so many friends through skating because I was a Navy brat
I smoked pot out of an apple with Tony. Lol
Cool! When was this?
I wish i believed that.
At 3:18 those Hawaiian Island creation jogging pants cab has on are so fucking sick!!!!
Lee Ralph and Gregor rankin footage!!!!
totally fuckin awesome !!!!
finally !
lmao 12:41 I went to high school with that kid he sat next to me in class
The sad thing is I can't name one current pro skater. The only skater's I know are from the 80's. Tony being a little humble when naming everyone influential, he could easily throw his name in there! man, I wish I still had my skateboards from back in the day. (Cab, McGill, Hawk, Alva/Danforth, Gator, Hosoi, Mountain)
sick stalefish tailslide
lenda viva
Song at 34 seconds?
"Shreddi will go fucking ballistic"
grosso seems extra mellow in this one.
Lol Jeff hated Hawk and his crew back in the early vert days, Tony has talked about being intimidated by aggro Grosso. So that's why this episode was distant. Props to Jeff for even showing the Mullins clip, he didn't care for him either.
All Hail the true King
there are people who say don brider was doing locked in smith grinds quite early
It might have started as a kid’s toy, but in the mid 80s every skater on a backyard half pipe look like full grown men! Badass punks. It was intimidating. Young Tony made it ok to be a scrawny kid hanging out with the cooler older dudes
The title says "Jeff Gross" lol
Jeff Gross's 🤣😂
what's the song that comes on at 0:31 ??????
I want to meet Tony now
SICK! 5*
never knew birdman's dad was so involved in skateboarding
good job vans and grosso. you're finally growing up.
only trick i do proper is bean plants
“Pony Tony” needs to be in the next THPS
I hate that guy growing up but now he's so f****** awesome. I was always a street skater
He is a street skater too you goon, probably a better street skater than you. Before you found the board it was just All Skateboarding. You skated anything and everything you could and just called it skateboarding. He has skated/can skate everything (including street) very well. You grew up in the 2000's.....
.....and he was street skating in the 70's. 30+ years before you. You street skate because of guys that skated before you were born. Look up it up
Okay that was a nice reply thank you
@@kipchaa8423 just saying... Learn your history
I grew up in the 80s .
You guess because I could front made me want to learn backside tails and all that
sk8r 4 life
Think we are long overdue for a Jason Jessee love letter.
Yeah ...."so, Jason, let's talk about racism.....".....end of letter .
Grosso : ....Yeah.
🙌
Tony doesn’t try to be cool ; he’s just -Tony Hawk.
The Squeeb needs to make a comeback.
Of course he won't mention the pappas brothers and goes straight to Danny way nice one
Why did this one get posted on the Ride channel first?
Dav Tony owns the ride channel so they most likely agreed on dual publication rights
yes, all that RIDE money... lol
Cos the ride channel is dying slowly so I guess tony is trying to bump up the Channel visits/feign relevance.
Yeah! @@microchrist6122 I heard he made $250,000.00 off this from posting it on the Ride Channel a day early
@@vonslagle yeah from kids telling stories on the internet while hiding behind their phones and computers...
👌
Fuck Yes!
Gotta re-do this one, Mothra. When you're both in the right headspace. Feeling like you didn't want to be there... your own passion is the point of this show... shit I'll be you both could have done a solid, funny hour on Mike Smith alone.
Yeah this one was kind of disjointed. I'm sure Grosso was trying not to embarrass Tony by talking about how influential he's been but this one sells him short. Tony's not going to blow his own horn, and Grosso really didn't tell the real story either.
Any idea how he got the nickname Mothra and what it means?