These were my childhood hero's. My brother and I used to have an 8' halfpipe in the backyard that Mark Lake and Lonnie Reiter used to come and skate. Our house was 30 yards from the beach so we'd have 20 surfboards, 20 bikes, and 20 skateboards littering the yard in 1984. When we'd get skated or surfed out we'd all pile in the family room and either watch the original Bones Brigade or the Quiksilver's Performers movie. My parents we're very cool to allow this to be board central.
I heard that was so rad that even Stephen Hawking busted out some killer vert tricks too. Damn...some of those skaters havent been seen in years. Brought back some memories. I still miss Savannah Slammin.
What I love about the tricks they do was so much was in the name of style. I get bored watching vert contests today. Every run is about the number of rotations a ala Sean White (biggest bore on vert). This contest brought it all back, the handplants, slides, boneless, etc. Just watch Hawks run. Half those tricks wouldn't make the scoreboard today but damn they look way cooler.
those who gave a thumbs down on this video, don't know what they're looking at! The 80's made History in skateboarding. It was the peak focal point of when skateboarding was Huge, being reinvented with new innovative tricks, which is why the sport became so popular!
no one wants or probably knows how to build vert ramps.in my town theres a decent little half pipe and theres a big park built by spohn ranch and everyone wants to skate the same little rail.probably because its over run with 20 yr old hipsters on scooters.usually about 30 or more.those are for tweens or when nobodys looking.they look dumb riding em how they have both hands below there stomache and feet together in a semi squat position.looks like theyre pushing out a turd.bunch of TURD PUSHERS crowding the skateboard park.theres also a newly built awesome dirt jump track with all skill levels.no one goes there anymore.the city built it. they want to crowd the skatepark because it has little rails.no one wants to do the big stuff.go small and stay home is the Thrasher attitude of newark ohio.bunch of turd pushers sayin shit like STOKED and SICK.lol
Im 15 and i've skated for about 5 or 6 years and im so hyped off this sort of stuff, i think this sort of skating is so much better than what is mainstream today. Ramp For Life!
Love all these guys! Hosoi with the most beautiful power and style, and hawk with such a variety of tricks! Really miss the skate scene of the late 80’s!
I feel so very fortunate to have just been a little kid in the 70s when Stacy Peralta was shredding with the Z-Boys then a teenager in the 80s worshiping the Bones Brigade and Animal Chin. Stuck on the South Side of Chicago so no skating or BMX Freestyling for like 6 months outta the year. We lived and died with the magazines and the VHS tapes via mail order. Really loved seeing Hosoi, McGill, Steadham, and of course the Birdman. Could never repay you all for the wonderful childhood of removing skin and breaking bones the hard way. Wishing you all Peace, Health, and Prosperity.
Grew up watching these dudes. Come on man, it's about the people you remember when you see em, and also the obvious.. Was rad to see Frazier and Hosoi ... Rocket on a 9ft transition?... McGill McTwist ??! .. Hawk with the rad pants.. just so rad.
This was an amazing event to be a part of. I have a lot of Super sick video and pictures on my Facebook page from this. It was awesome being up on the deck for all of it.
The Best event ever, I wish i were in america to go there. I hope you make another all 80's all Day again that i will fly there to see it live! Awesome. Thanks to the person that came with that ideia inside of quicksilver. Awesome!!!!!
PLEASE, PLEASE bring this even back to Orlando, FL. Advertise it here, on ESPN, social media and I bet the place would be SOLD OUT! Turning people away at the door! This is awesome and here in Orlando there's STILL alot of old school skaters now turn professionals that still love to skate.
26 back on board here after 5 year break because injury and other problems, felt old because most of the guys are the park are kids. Only a few never quit. Go back!!!
So EPIC!! Mike Frazier still so awesome in 2019, Andy Mac helmet smack si good, Hosoi still has style for days, ...everyone ripped in the 80s!!! Love it, need more events like this!!...80s skate sesh at Combi would've rad!!
I skated vert, quarter, launch ramps, and some street as a kid in the 80s. I never got super good at it but I can tell you that half pipe skating is a high of weightlessness that the other stuff doesn't cut. I liked to surf as well and feels like floating on a cloud, great life. Vert should come back with these modern skaters today, they got the street tricks so they would bring a new style to vert. I had a Tony Hawk board like the one Tony skated here, just different color.
Could watch u for hours, Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek thanks for visiting Adelaide in 1990, some bumpy concrete surface skate park bowls and you guys still did alright tho
Awsome guys thank you for the memories! it's great to see all you guys still ripping it up!! Hey Steve Steadham bring some of your friends when you come to the island!!Peace!
Yeah !!! Amazing video ... Is awesome can see this guys, ... They are Heroes and Legends skateboarding 80´s. Congratulatios all them. Skateboarding 4 Ever !!! Always
how good is this! - all the legends. I salute you all. You have all inspired me to get better at vert. I can't believe i'm gonna get to meet christian hosoi in sweden in 3 weeks time :o)
Good lord. Talk about bringing back some old names that I had forgotten all about. Henry Guittirez (sp, sorry), always liked his deck. Buck Smith and Jeff Hedges! Wow. The eggplant kid from Chin!!! Very fun. I can't believe Hosoi STILL has those shorts! (just watched the Vision contest where Jeff Phillips won)
+Mihály Spenger yeah guys no need to bash skating street or vert. I️ like both styles however I️ think transition and vert is more fun for me personally. I️ just wish the Midwest had a vert ramp. There are a couple of good bowls but that’s it. The closets vert ramp if your from Chicago is in Florence Kentucky I️ believe. So most people skate street around here. Flip tricks require a lot of muscle memory and skill. I️ can respect that. Vert is fast and acrobatic. Both gnar as fuck at high level. Relax. drink a beer. and skate. In that order !!
man that brings back memories.. i remember when i was like 4 going to my dads work in santa barbara which was right next door to a powell peralta shop that built skateboards and they had a halfpipe in the back and i used to watch guys skate it all day long...
Its amazing how good they all still skate but especially Tony and Christian. Absolutely fuckin killing it. Cool how they can do this still compared to people trying to play football or ice hockey at almost 50 years old!
This is so cool - restarted skating a bit last year after 20 yrs pause and it's hard (just sitting in front of the computer with 2 broken ribs and torn meniscus) but will definitely continue... However, I wonder: Why is this looking so stylish? Is it because the wheels are softer and the boards somehow slower, heavier or what?! I almost have the feeling the guys are even longer in the air if you compare it to todays x-games shows or so... Or is it just magic or only in my head... Anyway - very cool...
Hosoi looks just as good as he did back in the day. I love this, all the guys who invented vert, gives me chills.
All these guys were little kids when Vert was invented and saw it like everyone else watching Tony Alva
@@radamus210thats true, i guess was talking more in general terms of these guys laying the foundation of modern vert skating
I know this video is old but so am I but it sure made me feel young cuz those Guys we're heroes.
Same! Would be cool to do it again eh...?
Tony has been kicking there ass for 30 years... all the old guys looked good and thats cool.
Christian Hosoi still has that awesome style. Rides the entire ramp from left to right.
This is so inspirational, I'm 34 and feeling old, not anymore. It's time to get back on the board!
Hosoi flying with the hammerhead/rocket wheel setup !!! Huge rocket air love it !! Wish he would have pulled out the Christ air !!
These were my childhood hero's. My brother and I used to have an 8' halfpipe in the backyard that Mark Lake and Lonnie Reiter used to come and skate. Our house was 30 yards from the beach so we'd have 20 surfboards, 20 bikes, and 20 skateboards littering the yard in 1984. When we'd get skated or surfed out we'd all pile in the family room and either watch the original Bones Brigade or the Quiksilver's Performers movie. My parents we're very cool to allow this to be board central.
I heard that was so rad that even Stephen Hawking busted out some killer vert tricks too. Damn...some of those skaters havent been seen in years. Brought back some memories. I still miss Savannah Slammin.
What I love about the tricks they do was so much was in the name of style. I get bored watching vert contests today. Every run is about the number of rotations a ala Sean White (biggest bore on vert). This contest brought it all back, the handplants, slides, boneless, etc. Just watch Hawks run. Half those tricks wouldn't make the scoreboard today but damn they look way cooler.
those who gave a thumbs down on this video, don't know what they're looking at! The 80's made History in skateboarding. It was the peak focal point of when skateboarding was Huge, being reinvented with new innovative tricks, which is why the sport became so popular!
I'm just so bored with street skating, please vert make a comeback!
I like both. it's just that there are more tricks to do when street skating so in skateboard video games I tend to street skate a little more often
xgames bro, still got vert contest
be the change bro
no one wants or probably knows how to build vert ramps.in my town theres a decent little half pipe and theres a big park built by spohn ranch and everyone wants to skate the same little rail.probably because its over run with 20 yr old hipsters on scooters.usually about 30 or more.those are for tweens or when nobodys looking.they look dumb riding em how they have both hands below there stomache and feet together in a semi squat position.looks like theyre pushing out a turd.bunch of TURD PUSHERS crowding the skateboard park.theres also a newly built awesome dirt jump track with all skill levels.no one goes there anymore.the city built it. they want to crowd the skatepark because it has little rails.no one wants to do the big stuff.go small and stay home is the Thrasher attitude of newark ohio.bunch of turd pushers sayin shit like STOKED and SICK.lol
@@wnerko7484 lmao! From now on I'll be calling all of them TURD PUSHERS !!! ./.
I love it, I'm only 15, but I skate pools dominantly and also love some halftime action. Long live oldschool!
This just came up in my recommended, wow, brings back some amazing memories the 80's do.
man. couldn't stop smiling the entire time. Kevin Staab still looks like he's in the band Poison
They really need to bring back another competition like this again with all the old legends! Could watch this forever!
Hosoi , the most beatiful style ever !
Im 15 and i've skated for about 5 or 6 years and im so hyped off this sort of stuff, i think this sort of skating is so much better than what is mainstream today.
Ramp For Life!
Hosoi still skates like he did back in the day. Big Air!
Best who ever lived.
aside from tony hawk
@@roostercockburn4388 Skateboarding would be nothing if it wasn't for Hosoi!!!! Remember that.
That method, all style
Hasoi is just a character. So glad he's back and doing well.
Tony, McGill, the bones brigades! Awesome! Wow love this!
Yeah, Christian and Steve Steadham signed my board at Little Rock in '85...I still have it! This video made my day.
Love all these guys! Hosoi with the most beautiful power and style, and hawk with such a variety of tricks! Really miss the skate scene of the late 80’s!
I feel so very fortunate to have just been a little kid in the 70s when Stacy Peralta was shredding with the Z-Boys then a teenager in the 80s worshiping the Bones Brigade and Animal Chin. Stuck on the South Side of Chicago so no skating or BMX Freestyling for like 6 months outta the year. We lived and died with the magazines and the VHS tapes via mail order. Really loved seeing Hosoi, McGill, Steadham, and of course the Birdman. Could never repay you all for the wonderful childhood of removing skin and breaking bones the hard way. Wishing you all Peace, Health, and Prosperity.
I've been reppin' Quiksilver ever since. I love this group of skaters. My childhood heroes. Good times. Amazing.
pure radness! long life to the 80s!
I MUST KEEP VERT SKATING ALIVE!!!
💯
Grew up watching these dudes. Come on man, it's about the people you remember when you see em, and also the obvious.. Was rad to see Frazier and Hosoi ... Rocket on a 9ft transition?... McGill McTwist ??! .. Hawk with the rad pants.. just so rad.
COME ON HOSOI !! I SAW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPEND IN THE 80S !! I WISH I COULD HAVE SEEN THAT EVENT !!
it makes my heart warm seeing all these guys do this again
especially Hosoi, it's great to see him still shred after everything that happened
This was an amazing event to be a part of. I have a lot of Super sick video and pictures on my Facebook page from this. It was awesome being up on the deck for all of it.
The Best event ever, I wish i were in america to go there. I hope you make another all 80's all Day again that i will fly there to see it live! Awesome. Thanks to the person that came with that ideia inside of quicksilver. Awesome!!!!!
this gave me a really good feeling inside :)
PLEASE, PLEASE bring this even back to Orlando, FL. Advertise it here, on ESPN, social media and I bet the place would be SOLD OUT! Turning people away at the door! This is awesome and here in Orlando there's STILL alot of old school skaters now turn professionals that still love to skate.
Damn, everytime I see an old powell deck, Its so RAD. Tony should rock the pink helmet still. Hosoi is a monster.
holy crap! brought a tear to my eye. these guys can still shred!
amazing!
Skateboarding never dies and never gets old!
NEVER!!
SKT for life...
Hosoi's ramp bails are evening stylish today. .. RAD!!!
Christian Hosoi's style is impeccable.
Man, the 80's were the best!!! ❤️
this is awesome, im 39 and now have three boys that are getting into skating, just broke out my mike mcgill!!
Gary Hubbard I still have mine too
Super stoked to see that. Thanks for doing it , filming it, posting, riding it. Brings back LOTS of memories....
I miss the good old days!
26 back on board here after 5 year break because injury and other problems, felt old because most of the guys are the park are kids. Only a few never quit. Go back!!!
need more of this for sure! still have fond memories skating Kona as a groom and Buck Smith running me over. helped me up and then skated on by.
Love seeing hasoi ripping huge stylish airs of old
Legends
NEXT TIME they have another of these events I AM GOING!!! WOW to see all these guys again. PERFECT!
Right on. Great show. Lots of faces from long ago. Wow.
These guys are true legend.. Still has it..👍
These are the guys that all skaters must look up to.
So EPIC!! Mike Frazier still so awesome in 2019, Andy Mac helmet smack si good, Hosoi still has style for days, ...everyone ripped in the 80s!!! Love it, need more events like this!!...80s skate sesh at Combi would've rad!!
Loved this...Hosoi and Cab are the most stylish skaters ever IMO...my biggest inspirations shame Cab wasn’t there...
nice,im 52 now,I still have my board but not my balance . McGill still kills it
awesome vid for sure....miss Cab in there !!
Great video, inspiring to all skaters, even more to us "older" guys. Vert is NOT dead!
I skated vert, quarter, launch ramps, and some street as a kid in the 80s. I never got super good at it but I can tell you that half pipe skating is a high of weightlessness that the other stuff doesn't cut. I liked to surf as well and feels like floating on a cloud, great life. Vert should come back with these modern skaters today, they got the street tricks so they would bring a new style to vert. I had a Tony Hawk board like the one Tony skated here, just different color.
Hosoi the height king!!!.
I wish more 80's guy's had shown up but what a treat to see who did show up.
Could watch u for hours, Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek thanks for visiting Adelaide in 1990, some bumpy concrete surface skate park bowls and you guys still did alright tho
Love it! Old boards rock!
Dude this is f*cking awesome! Can’t believe I’m only seeing this now. Quicksilver Jamz! RAD!
Awsome guys thank you for the memories! it's great to see all you guys still ripping it up!! Hey Steve Steadham bring some of your friends when you come to the island!!Peace!
Look forward to the all 70's all day sequel.
Wow. Tony Hawk’s skating was so on point. In fact everyone was great here.
Daym they're all pulling out inverts like crazy, I love it!!
Just like the 80’s Tony wins again. Nice to see Hosoi skate again.
Damn....Would of love to seen some more of the greats. Magnusson, Cab, Mountain, Guerreo, Grabke. Man..bring back the 80's
Yeah !!!
Amazing video ...
Is awesome can see this guys, ... They are Heroes and
Legends skateboarding 80´s.
Congratulatios all them.
Skateboarding 4 Ever !!!
Always
that looks like fun.. i wish i was there
I wish they would bring this to Australia.
Thanks for posting
bean plant, sad plant, boneless... all the good old moves!! Love this vid...
how good is this! - all the legends. I salute you all. You have all inspired me to get better at vert. I can't believe i'm gonna get to meet christian hosoi in sweden in 3 weeks time :o)
Andys board switch and Mikes McEgg was the most epic tricks in this video!
soooo cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more VERT
Yeah Mark Lake!!! 80's - Best Skate Era Ever!
Was there ever another Vert challenge like this after 2011? This is SO dope, Id like to see another one from another year!
Good lord. Talk about bringing back some old names that I had forgotten all about. Henry Guittirez (sp, sorry), always liked his deck. Buck Smith and Jeff Hedges! Wow. The eggplant kid from Chin!!! Very fun. I can't believe Hosoi STILL has those shorts! (just watched the Vision contest where Jeff Phillips won)
I'm 43 and still skating vert, wtf is street skating ? Long live pools and pipe's !!!!!!
fuck yea
street skating is when you skate to the store for beer and then go home and drink it, pretty much
DaveCrawlerDave street skating is a lot more popular than pools/vert right now... just because you don't know about it doesn't mean it's bad
+Mihály Spenger yeah guys no need to bash skating street or vert. I️ like both styles however I️ think transition and vert is more fun for me personally. I️ just wish the Midwest had a vert ramp. There are a couple of good bowls but that’s it. The closets vert ramp if your from Chicago is in Florence Kentucky I️ believe. So most people skate street around here. Flip tricks require a lot of muscle memory and skill. I️ can respect that. Vert is fast and acrobatic. Both gnar as fuck at high level. Relax. drink a beer. and skate. In that order !!
Call me Mr. Mini-Ramp! ;]
Mike's McTwists are still money. Fully upside down.
Hosoi literally flies.
44 seconds. that hangup was sick
That was so fuckin' cool! Wish I could have been there to see it. 48 years old (still skating!) and those guys were my heroes back in the 80's.
Bitchin... If there wasn't snow on the ground I'd skate my Turner Summer Ski. 53 here.
This is so freaking awesome!!!!
Steve steadham nice!! Lol rob with the wig, hilarious. Watching Hosoi in action wow priceless!!!!
My first board, steve steadham. Legends
man that brings back memories.. i remember when i was like 4 going to my dads work in santa barbara which was right next door to a powell peralta shop that built skateboards and they had a halfpipe in the back and i used to watch guys skate it all day long...
I wish I was there.
life is short these guys are great still skating
Its amazing how good they all still skate but especially Tony and Christian. Absolutely fuckin killing it. Cool how they can do this still compared to people trying to play football or ice hockey at almost 50 years old!
I can't believe this video ended with tony winning more money over all those guys who didn't make it half as big as him
I love how they have the RV with 'QuickSilver' written all over it..
Cool seeing Guiterez wearing a Dag Nasty T-shirt! Wig-out, man!!
This is so cool - restarted skating a bit last year after 20 yrs pause and it's hard (just sitting in front of the computer with 2 broken ribs and torn meniscus) but will definitely continue...
However, I wonder: Why is this looking so stylish? Is it because the wheels are softer and the boards somehow slower, heavier or what?! I almost have the feeling the guys are even longer in the air if you compare it to todays x-games shows or so... Or is it just magic or only in my head... Anyway - very cool...
Yes, i noticed the same. Some guys have so much style and they seem to float in the air.
+Lazelwood I had the same impression, specialy when Hosoi flew. Damn
q vídeo afude , vê esses caras lendas do skate mundial andado muito ,cada vez eu me encanto mais!!
THUMBS UP MR. HAWK & CREW!
So good man!!!
Whens the next one of these happening? And Hosoi is radddd!
Tony hawk is sooo fucking good, still.. Thumbs up if we need a Tony Hawk Bangin part at the berrics ASAP