To all the young kids on here saying this is lame and the tricks are easy. This guy (gonz) along with several other great skaters were the best of their time. The tricks that are done in this video were all new and very creative. Watching these videos when the came out was amazing. The same way you young guys see a new skate video today and say " that was sick" . Well that's how we felt back when this came out. Skating was evolving fast and this is one of the guys who made skating what it is today. Respect is due! This skater is in his 50s today and still skates. I personally loved skating growing up. Time flies kids. Enjoy it!
The sections filmed in London at Southbank (opening shots), and the gnarly weird ditch thing under Westway were literally the first time me and my mates had ever seen a pro skate 'our' spots. Changed the way we looked at and skated the space. Loved his style from the beginning, but that clinched it ❤
Anytime I’m bummed on my skating I watch this part and it reminds me why I started skateboarding in the first place. ❤️ Everyone wishes they could skate like the Gonz.
It's so important to look back at the classics. Mark is so damn great! An artist in many categories. Skateboarding is so lucky to have him as part of the industry. Much love, Gonz!!
Hmm for me still the same, never understood the hype and still don't. Also that whole video didn't feel so special to me when Shackle me Not was so much more avantgarde almost 3 years earlier.
@@Steril707 I guess in my own head he was an all terrain rider ahead of his time and he's got the whole artsy skater aesthetic thing down before a lot of other people did. Peak gonz had a pretty eclectic bag of tricks too that a lot of people today still emulate and have a lot of fun doing so, you cannot deny he was pretty influential when it came to early street skating after the vert craze :)
@@Steril707 Your favourite skater understands what you can't understand. Gonz is the truth. He is the heart of street skateboarding and I would say skateboarding at it's essence. Gonz, as a human being, is everything that is good in life. He was the most fun, the most creative, and always the most interesting. I would feel sorry for you but there is no point. You don't perceive skateboarding as an art so you will never understand.
Absolute mad lad. This man is the reason why skateboarding became what it is in the first place. He just makes it look fun and appealing. That's talent, a bit along the lines of Mullen, and to a lesser extent, Kareem Cambell
Pure stream of conscienceness ..totally free form,absolutely amazing.Everyone wishes they could skate this way.thks was like 30 years ago too.Unreal. As much as I love watching Gonz skate street,I think he may have been the best Mini ramp ripper ever as well.Skates so fast no matter what.
the thing I love about this part is not just how big Mark goes but also how he seems to get into some confined spaces that you'd almost have to be a dancer to get out of.
Mark Gonzales is a legend. I used to watch most of video days in slow mo on vhs (mostly Jason lee and Rudy johnsons parts) but Now, seeing Marks part nearly 20 years later, his style is so loose, and he was doing so much switch shit way ahead of anyone, and he's skating transition like its no big deal!
Geez, Mark Gonzales has to be the most well rounded skater ever. He has innovated and inspired and continues to to do so today. Cheers sir! Thanks for it all!
This section never gets old, even 31 years later. My love for it only grows. At release I thought "damn this is incredible but I wish I could get more 80's gonz" but as the sands of time flow, I come to recognize the true greatness, especially with the vert runs and the explosive improvisational lines, making this the perfect part (never mind the 'Trane').
Hey Thrasher.. Instead of just ripping other youtube videos, why don't you upload the full quality transferred from the actual VHS tape. Y'all are big boys, we know you got the funds for it
Your comment reminds me of youtubers that rip off and repost from original uploaders in order to gain views/$$$. All the gain without the labor or trouble of making the product. And it’s funny how some users hate your comment and think it’s okay.
This is my first time watching this video. Wow, Gonz was killing back in 1991. I had just gotten out of the game, so I missed this whole transformation. Gonz was on a whole nother level. Much props Gonz. Thanks for being an inspiration. We love you homie.
Mad respect for Mark . I have footage from 1986 of Mark in Eugene Oregon fucking shredding over Steve Cab, Christian Hosoi , behind the black Angus by the local skate spot (the hobo ditch)
@@SanDiego_VDubLife I might need an attorney if I put it out on blast it's some. Hardcore un - edited footage with questionable behavioural issues at hand with all of us , basically classic gonzo balls out boardsliding random cars and huge ramp to flat ground airs sk8ing circles round the best skaters that year .
As someone who grew up spending my summers at Kona Skate Park I remember watching hours of videos with these pioneers then stepping outside and trying to learn new trickes. Mark, Rodney and Natas are definitely my three favorite!
That’s some creative Be-bop, Frontside Ollie-up, grindin’, swingin’, 12-Bar, blue note, street n’ 1/2 pipe bucket o’ beans on the Bass, slappy to revert, ride cymbal groove... Bill Evans: Tri-tone substitution, Thrasher funkifying half-Cab, syncopated paradidle stare rail to Five-0, felt on the 2&4 shuffle, many times to Fakie, but blues riff, or Backside air, Tripplelet, Fast plant, 251 turn around the 12 Bar, Inverted frontside, Altered Dominant!!... And YEs the GONZ and Coltrane disciples could pull off with Radical l,lV,V changes.. After salvation Through Christ Jesus.. is there a gift that could trump Skateboarding, Jazz, the Gonz and Coltrane.. I’m just sayin.. Thay’er it BE.. perhaps the finest gifts from above to Mankind👍🙏👋
One word for this part: Pure. This is pure skateboarding. Having fun on any terrain. Also, that Wallenberg gap was insanity at that time. It's still a monster to most of us mere mortals.
Gonz is a monster. Still the smoothest, most badass creative skater period. He took chances, he tried the craziest shit between him and natus and created Street skating as we know it today. He was doing switch shit before anyone was even thinking about it. I'm talking 1990. Haha so insane and I'm so fortunate that I got to meet him in my hometown of Fargo North Dakota when he was on tour with his team and he was the most gracious guy and he was drawing pictures for everyone at the party. I was in awe of how genuine he was and honest. He really didn't like being around a ton of people like that partying and he just sat in a corner and Drew sketches of people for them. And just knowing how much of an impact he made on skateboarding blew me the fuck away.
This is what skating is all about, the Gonz is having fun. I get so pumped watching him, Jason Adams, Louie Barletta. It is so boring to watch all this flip in flip out bullshit, that dominates skateboarding today. I want it to become uncool again.
I wish i couldve been there when this first came out so i could really appreciate it. It was probably awesome for it's time. Not to say it's not good now.
To all the young kids on here saying this is lame and the tricks are easy. This guy (gonz) along with several other great skaters were the best of their time. The tricks that are done in this video were all new and very creative. Watching these videos when the came out was amazing. The same way you young guys see a new skate video today and say " that was sick" . Well that's how we felt back when this came out. Skating was evolving fast and this is one of the guys who made skating what it is today. Respect is due! This skater is in his 50s today and still skates. I personally loved skating growing up. Time flies kids. Enjoy it!
Lame, ?? I wanna see these little haters do just 1 % of gonz part
I'm only 17 and I respect these legends so much. Pioneers fr
The sections filmed in London at Southbank (opening shots), and the gnarly weird ditch thing under Westway were literally the first time me and my mates had ever seen a pro skate 'our' spots. Changed the way we looked at and skated the space. Loved his style from the beginning, but that clinched it ❤
Who the hell would think this is lame maybe like 20 years ago but now people respect skateboardings past
@@notmyname3681nice
Anytime I’m bummed on my skating I watch this part and it reminds me why I started skateboarding in the first place. ❤️ Everyone wishes they could skate like the Gonz.
i wish i could live my life like the gonz lives his.
This segment to me always just defined the heart of skateboarding. Just flowing free. So dope!
Exactly dude, just having fun with it.
Isn't that the core of skateboarding? 😊
Dude he just flows like water...
dude there's this skater.... AND HE RUNS ON WATER MAAAAN!!
Non potable water
haha, I literally just told a friend that the Gonz is on some, "be like water," shit...
@@ChristianBaleNutjob bruh
Woaatahhh
i think the music goes perfectly with his style
I found the music very pretentious and distracting but that's just me.
@@HG-bs3enI think it’s odd to hear smooth jazz over a skate part, but it really does fit Gonz here. Very unorthodox, but very fitting.
Coltrane and Gonzo 2 legends in their respective fields
@@HG-bs3enthis is just what sounds good get widdit
So thankful that vert footage is sandwiched in between the street for our viewing pleasure. He kills it.
That transition from half cab to the most stylish backside air in the world plays on repeat in my mind.
Appears to be the most replayed part in the video!
i try to watch this as often as i can
2:50 is so ahead of it's time
Yes it is
With the shove out sheesh yes that was!
Watching Mark skate is like the improv. piano happening right now...just jumping, poppin', switching, gliding and having fun! Pure skating.
It's so important to look back at the classics. Mark is so damn great! An artist in many categories. Skateboarding is so lucky to have him as part of the industry. Much love, Gonz!!
Never understood the hype behind Gonz when I started skating. As I've grown older though...wow. Fucking legend.
Dezrt it’s kind of like listening to jazz music. This video part makes so much sense.
Hmm for me still the same, never understood the hype and still don't.
Also that whole video didn't feel so special to me when Shackle me Not was so much more avantgarde almost 3 years earlier.
@@Steril707 its called style, dweeb.
@@Steril707 I guess in my own head he was an all terrain rider ahead of his time and he's got the whole artsy skater aesthetic thing down before a lot of other people did. Peak gonz had a pretty eclectic bag of tricks too that a lot of people today still emulate and have a lot of fun doing so, you cannot deny he was pretty influential when it came to early street skating after the vert craze :)
@@Steril707 Your favourite skater understands what you can't understand. Gonz is the truth. He is the heart of street skateboarding and I would say skateboarding at it's essence. Gonz, as a human being, is everything that is good in life. He was the most fun, the most creative, and always the most interesting. I would feel sorry for you but there is no point. You don't perceive skateboarding as an art so you will never understand.
Hands down my favorite skater of all time
Definitely top three street skater of all time
Absolute mad lad. This man is the reason why skateboarding became what it is in the first place. He just makes it look fun and appealing. That's talent, a bit along the lines of Mullen, and to a lesser extent, Kareem Cambell
31 years later and this is exactly still how every skater looks lol
Skate Rat Style.
Truth!
i love how wallenberg looks brand new
5:50 - and that's why it was called the "coffin"
Yeah, man... that was scary to watch.
Mark just makes skateboarding look like so much fun.
Legend says he's still cruising around to this day.
Pure stream of conscienceness ..totally free form,absolutely amazing.Everyone wishes they could skate this way.thks was like 30 years ago too.Unreal.
As much as I love watching Gonz skate street,I think he may have been the best Mini ramp ripper ever as well.Skates so fast no matter what.
+jeff dukovac amen to that. That part where he skates the mini, the style is just so effortless and timeless. It's mindblowing!
jeff dukovac that wasnt really a mini...that was a good ten foot vert ramp
the thing I love about this part is not just how big Mark goes but also how he seems to get into some confined spaces that you'd almost have to be a dancer to get out of.
Mark Gonzales is a legend. I used to watch most of video days in slow mo on vhs (mostly Jason lee and Rudy johnsons parts) but Now, seeing Marks part nearly 20 years later, his style is so loose, and he was doing so much switch shit way ahead of anyone, and he's skating transition like its no big deal!
Brings back so many memories watching this. I miss those days..
Geez, Mark Gonzales has to be the most well rounded skater ever. He has innovated and inspired and continues to to do so today. Cheers sir! Thanks for it all!
This section never gets old, even 31 years later. My love for it only grows. At release I thought "damn this is incredible but I wish I could get more 80's gonz" but as the sands of time flow, I come to recognize the true greatness, especially with the vert runs and the explosive improvisational lines, making this the perfect part (never mind the 'Trane').
Hey Thrasher.. Instead of just ripping other youtube videos, why don't you upload the full quality transferred from the actual VHS tape. Y'all are big boys, we know you got the funds for it
Secret Tape I'm cool with this
Wow
Your comment reminds me of youtubers that rip off and repost from original uploaders in order to gain views/$$$. All the gain without the labor or trouble of making the product.
And it’s funny how some users hate your comment and think it’s okay.
Secret Tape get over yourself and enjoy the master you fuckin loser
@@Nirvezz well to be fair its not like the person they ripped the video from owned it either
Probably the most important section ever. Definition of skating
It's weird because when it came out, we all thought of Gonz as already old-school. It's like he transcended temporary fashions.
I don’t think people understood what they had just witnessed with this part back then 🤯 The whole Video was nuts. So good.
Smooth natural flowing skater from my era.....those were the days.....Gonz was way ahead of his time....
that edit at 3:14 is like stanley kubricks' 2001:
space odeyssey when the ape throws the bone and it becomes a spaceship
gmercado that's a great movie and a great scene
it's called a match cut, in case anyone's curious
Pi
good one
This is my first time watching this video. Wow, Gonz was killing back in 1991. I had just gotten out of the game, so I missed this whole transformation. Gonz was on a whole nother level. Much props Gonz. Thanks for being an inspiration. We love you homie.
Mad respect for Mark . I have footage from 1986 of Mark in Eugene Oregon fucking shredding over Steve Cab, Christian Hosoi , behind the black Angus by the local skate spot (the hobo ditch)
@@kevincalcaterra8628 bro you gotta share that footy
@@SanDiego_VDubLife I might need an attorney if I put it out on blast it's some. Hardcore un - edited footage with questionable behavioural issues at hand with all of us , basically classic gonzo balls out boardsliding random cars and huge ramp to flat ground airs sk8ing circles round the best skaters that year .
@@kevincalcaterra8628 perfect!
I starts with skating 97
when i seen this clip in the movie "kids"
thx "gonz"
Hands down best classic skate video i seen in my teen years
His love for playing in traffic is still there to this day.
It doesn't get much better than this.
THE best skate video ever. hands down.
This is one of the most relaxing videos to watch when you’re high
As someone who grew up spending my summers at Kona Skate Park I remember watching hours of videos with these pioneers then stepping outside and trying to learn new trickes. Mark, Rodney and Natas are definitely my three favorite!
i can confidently say that this is my favorite part of all time
The Gonz! Vision Gonz my first board with rails and schedders!! God bless you Gonz!!!
This is the best skate part of all time. Hands down.
This was also in the 1995 Larry Clark film KIDS.. thanks for sharing this beautiful video
Thought that 5:50 was directly visible in the movie...
I was 3 years old when this was released.... My all time favorite video part... Light years ahead of his time......
one of me favorite skate video parts of all time
The most important video part in skateboarding history. Shaped everything to come.
Bro , in 2019 every skater dresses like Gonz in this part. Those clips with the black pants and shirt looks like today lol
I swear I seen at 10 ig skater have the same colorful striped shirt and do the same tricks as for a video gonz was just ahead of everyone
So ahead of his time. It’s literally crazy awesome.
That’s some creative Be-bop, Frontside Ollie-up, grindin’, swingin’, 12-Bar, blue note, street n’ 1/2 pipe bucket o’ beans on the Bass, slappy to revert, ride cymbal groove...
Bill Evans: Tri-tone substitution, Thrasher funkifying half-Cab, syncopated paradidle stare rail to Five-0, felt on the 2&4 shuffle, many times to Fakie, but blues riff, or Backside air, Tripplelet, Fast plant, 251 turn around the 12 Bar, Inverted frontside, Altered Dominant!!...
And YEs the GONZ and Coltrane disciples could pull off with Radical l,lV,V changes.. After salvation Through Christ Jesus.. is there a gift that could trump Skateboarding, Jazz, the Gonz and Coltrane.. I’m just sayin.. Thay’er it BE.. perhaps the finest gifts from above to Mankind👍🙏👋
As both a musician and fan of skating, you just won me over
Aliens.
lmfaooooo
251 the turnaround the 12 bar has me dead
wot
street, vert, mini ramp……he tears it all up with style.
His style is timeless love ya Gonz
Appearently 0:55 is the first ollie front 360 ever recorded, oh and 3:13 is the best editing ever
I absolutely love the accompanying music.
Fr I saw this clip mid90s during moter shop when they start to playing that clip on the tv
Some parts were also in KIDS(1995)
I remember when this video came out. I never get sick of it.
this is my favorite classics video thrasher ever uploaded!
this is sick, I love all the half cabs and 180's everything so spontaneous makes me want to skate
I plan on getting a Beamer for my birthday, I’ve always loved how gonz skates and makes it look like the time of his life in each clip. Much respect ❤
Video Days was one of videos that upped the bar and hit you out nowhere. Gonz's skating is just wow...Smooth, flexible and stylish.
favorite trick ever filmed :40
omg soo sick! couldnt imagine how amazing this would have been 20 years ago!
One word for this part: Pure. This is pure skateboarding. Having fun on any terrain. Also, that Wallenberg gap was insanity at that time. It's still a monster to most of us mere mortals.
I'm not of these days, but in can see, there is something about he's style. So confident...
Gonz is a monster. Still the smoothest, most badass creative skater period. He took chances, he tried the craziest shit between him and natus and created Street skating as we know it today. He was doing switch shit before anyone was even thinking about it. I'm talking 1990. Haha so insane and I'm so fortunate that I got to meet him in my hometown of Fargo North Dakota when he was on tour with his team and he was the most gracious guy and he was drawing pictures for everyone at the party. I was in awe of how genuine he was and honest. He really didn't like being around a ton of people like that partying and he just sat in a corner and Drew sketches of people for them. And just knowing how much of an impact he made on skateboarding blew me the fuck away.
I'm pretty sure I left a comment on a forgotten UA-cam account. But this part is still so good.
Ahead of his time
This is what skating is all about, the Gonz is having fun. I get so pumped watching him, Jason Adams, Louie Barletta. It is so boring to watch all this flip in flip out bullshit, that dominates skateboarding today. I want it to become uncool again.
the new stuff seems uncool lol
Grant Smyth agreed 10000%!!
Grant Smyth van wastell was great in this sense
There will always be the tech aspect to skating, and ego shows up in every area of life. Just gotta do your own thing I guess
For real man.. I don't even like 360 flips anymore from it being so overly used..
i love the intro for classics sooooooooooo much. "and now for my next number, I'd like to return to th "-,wick to the"-,wick to the CLASSICS!" XD
EMB, Wallenberg, Benecia and so many other great spots. MG is all about fun and full of life you can tell by watching him skateboard
its so much fun to watch him skate
Gonz looks like this is just how he gets around on his skateboard. Very smooth and stylish. Love this.
I could watch Mark skate all day. His skating's just so natural. You can't fake that shit. A lot of people try...but come up way short.
hes a wizard
Loved this then and even more now, the Gonz in uniquely sleazy
This guy was the real deal. So creative and fluid.
His hand steez at the end of the front board at 4:49 is too cool. Its like hes speaking sign language to the curb
Me and my friends use to dig watching this kat skate down in South Gate CAL. He lived next to the park on Southern Ave. Swell guy.
The jazz accompanies this part well. the free flow, spontaneous, creative energy are traits shared by jazz and skating
so effortless...
I wish i couldve been there when this first came out so i could really appreciate it. It was probably awesome for it's time. Not to say it's not good now.
always gets me hyped to go skate....
ahead of the game. i witnessed these days.
Front shove, f/s 180 switch 50, half cab. One of my favorite lines of all time.
saw this dude still kicking it in NYC
I totally used to skate the Mark Gonzales original board. I had two of them. Miss those days.
My fav skater since I started skating
thumbs up for video days in KIDS!! rip harold hunter
That transfer was huge 😨😨 and the grab going down those huge blocks
Still unbelievable
Best style ever
He’s just out cruising. He is the definition of a sidewalk surfer or a soul surfer
Old timers always talk about how Gonz is the best but then you go back and watch his videos and it’s like he’s even better.
I needed that.
The best shots are the one that follow behind him. What a grounded rider
Such an undeniable flow. This makes want to skate :)
This is filming. Not this zoom in zoom out crap we see now a days. I can actually see what’s going on and see the spot.
Amazing video
One of the best skater in the 80s and 90s with more powerfull style in the streets and vert. Gonz was the best rider in the oldschool history
Natas doesn't get his due credit. Gonz is indeed the 2nd most influential skater (after Mullen), but Gonz didn't create street skating by himself.
this is real skateboarding to the core
A masterpiece by the Gonzfather
What a fuckin legend. I always admire him. Sincerely your fans from Malaysia.