I didn't realize how important this series was going to be for skateboarding. Not just this episode but the entire series I think helps people understand skateboarding better. Cant believe the legend is gone though. RIP
Sounds a little corny, but for real the Grossman and the SixStair boys changed my life! Up until the letters I'd never in my life seen anyone so passionate on the level he was. This series was pretty much my introduction into skateboarding and it literally translates the feeling into words. Far easier said than done because it means so many different things to so many different people but Jeff bridged the gap. Fucking amazing skater and fucking amazing dude! I got your rightful cover hanging on my wall Grosso sucks for life!!!!
It goes even further. This series is a testament of the progressiveness in skateboarding as a culture also. It should be accepting everyone. in 2020 we all weirdos and freaks anyways
300+ thumbs down? This is such an important and positive mini doc. I'm absolutely baffled that fans of Grosso would dissaprove of this. What a disservice to all these skaters and to Jeff's memory.
great episode. Jeff is literally the patron saint of skateboarding in my eyes. Things like this help make the world a little less shit. Hopefully there's more footage of Jeff to come out. miss you so much
Her & her brother, Mr. Frank Gerwer. If you know those two, you know how fucking funny they are, & the chemistry they possess. Except Nike/Cons ain't Vans & i think that would be a big conflict, sadly.
Phuk Yu nah fool, nobody gives a fuck about you and your shallow attempts at baiting a reaction from a group of people online. Deadass, dawg, you really need to sort ur shit out and get a life. If being accepting of other human’s choice of gender/sexuality is something you can’t comprehend, skateboarding aside, you suck at life and need to restart ur whole shit asap
I can honestly say having been a skater 40 years i have never seen homophobia at a skate park but it clearly happens now days which sucks . Back in the very early 90s i can remember a guy turning up to the park in a dress to skate . He wasn't being odd or making a big deal out of his clothing its just what he wanted to wear and no one cared . But we could see he was not feeling accepted . So one day as a group we all talked and made the choice to all put on a dress to go skate . when he turned up to the park and saw over 20 grown men skating in Womans clothes he rolled into the park and started to cry . It was at this moment i think he knew his community accepted him . And to this day we are still friends . So i think if we make people just feel accepted and connect in skateboarding who we are as a person matters not
@xaos kuntablast: I have to doubt there is any homophobia at skateparks to be honest. Skateboarding in general is easily one of the most inclusive sports out there. It's the same non-existing bs about how girls don't feel comfortable at skateparks, yet wherever I go to skateparks I see girls and all kinds of people skating not bothering others or having fun together. The whole thing is such a non-issue it's ridiculous to see this narrative being pushed so hard. As a heterosexual I never understood the point of walking around all dressed up as something radically outside the norm. But at the same time I don't agree we should normalise it either. Why normalise anything that isn't statistically the norm? I'm skinny as hell, well outside the 'norm' for my height. Doesn't mean I go around wearing t-shirts demanding 'skinny dude' rights or something backwards like that. Who cares what you are? It ultimately doesn't matter. And people who try to 'make it matter', are literally a part of the problem! It's good when people try to be inclusive, but I feel a lot of this is overly exaggerated bs. Whatever happened to just being nice and not have to virtue signal or stress whatever type of person / sexuality someone is? I really don't get the activism. It only creates us versus them type of hate really. And no, don't mistake my criticism for transphobia or nonsense like that. I literally don't consider it a big deal, even when I would only date real women capable of actually getting kids.
@@PHeMoX I think skateboarding doesn't LOOK inclusive from the outside. I lived through the baggy pant 90's scene and it was pretty jocked out. Skaters were not even inclusive to each other back then. I have always felt that if you're on a skateboard, you're a skater.
He was the living embodiment of what the skate community is and always should be. Inclusive, and welcoming to the other outsiders. We are all the same, skaters! That's why I love skateboarding so much still.
When I first met my friend at the skate park he was really struggling with coming out and it was affecting his life so much,,, till I told him its irrelevant what anyone says about you and if their haters then their opinion is irrelevant and THEY don't matter,,,the way you feel matters, and that's more important ,,,Once he realised this he soon became the person he wanted to be,,,,,,just show love cos it's a beautiful thing
that elissa steamer line about "you can imagine it, if you let yourself, that's what we need to do" blew my mind a little. just a great, simple distillation of what it means to show empathy and learn about people
Such a great episode. Thank you Jeff, you are truly missed.. Please everyone, make skateboarding a welcoming place for all. Our community can be so beautifully loving and supportive. Let's make sure that we're extending our love and support to everyone that wants to be a part of it.
This should be nominated for an Academy Award. Among many excellent Loveletters episodes, this is the best one. Jeff Grosso shows his truest, most beautiful humanity. You could literally see Grosso personally evolve into a great, caring and understanding man over the seasons of Loveletters. This episode is one of his most profound statements. We all lost a great one when you passed. Sadness......RIP Jeff Grosso
Love this episode! God damn I will miss the loveletters! Rip Grosso! Legend And Hero! Best wishes to his family and friends! Keep you head up Oliver I know times are tough. Your father is always with you!
I started skating in 1984. I'm old and I suck at skating. I've said a bunch of mean and stupid things over the course of my life. Eventually I also shut the fuck up and learned better so I could do better. I'm so stoked that in 2020 we're finally at a place in skateboarding where this video exists and only got 33 thumbs down and a handful of stupid homophobic and transphobic comments. Progress is being made and I've seen it in my lifetime and that gives me hope for the future. I'm trying my best to raise my kids in such a way that they don't repeat my mistakes and we get to that mentality Elissa Steamer talked about. Peace and love to all the skate fam!
Just got back from skating a mini ramp! I wrote Phelps on one shoe Grosso on the other and Roach for our buddy that passed and the ramp is actually built in his honor. It was a fun session. My buddy got a old school fish shape Roskop with the face. I'm old AF but any skating is better than none.
2 years late but I don't care. I quit skating back in 2009 because the casual and prevalent homophobia, along with my small town skate crew ditching me after I came out making it feel like yet another place I didn't belong. I wish 18 year old me could have seen this back then and kept skating. Regardless the (quite frankly many) tears of validation shed while I watched it this morning were very real and it makes me even more confident about picking it back up at 31. I've reclaimed I never wanted to let go in the first place and this time around I'm not sacrificing any part of who I am to be here. It's an incredible feeling. Thank you so much for this Jeff, and rest in peace knowing that what you did here along with Unity's movement and message is going to continue making a positive life-changing impact ♥🛹
One thing we all hardly don't admit, is that we skateboarders are also big assholes too. we're not actually always thaaat respectful and open to others as we tryna show all the time.
Skateboarding has people from all aspects of life. From all ethnicities, genders, economic statuses...everybody. We may not all be able to agree on everything but what we can agree on is how beautifully fun and painful skateboarding is. Putting your life on the line without hurting anyone but yourself. It’s a universal language that we can all speak. Stoke breaks through language/cultural barriers.
One hell of an episode to go out on. Grosso was an inspiration. His story was a true redemption story. Grosso is one of the many reasons I will always keep my feet on a skateboard. Miss you Grossman. #grossosucks
As usual Loveleters nailed it with an episode so vitality important. All races, all people, all sexualities and gender. We are skateboarding. RIP Grossman♥️♥️♥️ Props to Rick, Buddy, and all at Vans.
skateboarding has been embarrassingly behind the curve on this acceptance. thank you to Vans and the late great Grosso for putting this episode together and pushing the community
Love yourself, be yourself, f'ing believe in yourself and do what you love. Take over the world. So much respect for you, Vans, and the Grossmann. Miss you Jeff. Thank you for putting it out there.
Need a movement of Ally’s within the community. It’s can make such a big difference in people’s lives, especially teens. I have a subtle = sticker on my car and was thanked at a local park by a guy skating with he boyfriend chilling and watching, sometimes you don’t have to say anything to be supportive and make all people feel welcome at the park.
This was beautiful and important. Jeff did a great job of letting others speak to their experiences & not crowding out the voices that need to shine. Excellent work.
So much heart here, love it.. If you have a problem with someone's sexual identity or how they express their self, it's not them who needs to change. Like Grosso says, be nice to each other and go skate.
So much feels on this one. Thankyou Jeff. Still missed. Thankyou all the rad skaters for being real. Means so much to so many to feel like we're not alone ❤
I remember this spitfire ad with Leo Baker skating with a rainbow smoke flare thing on Instagram and loved it, loved the back story to it but as I was reading the comments, it was a nasty place to be and I realized that a skateboard doesn’t care who rides it or what tricks it will do, the person does and if people hate a type of person that they think shouldn’t be skateboarding I think those comments are from people who hate skateboarding. Luckily reading through these comments are positive and i hope more videos come out and put those hypebeast insta followers to shame because as a skater I don’t care if you can do all the tricks, it’s about personality and style and the way you carry yourself. The skaters In this love letter are definitely legends and I love them so much!
Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a Love letters pop up in my recommendations. Was just getting use to the fact it probably was going to be no more. Great episode, RIP Jeff I really miss ya buddy.
I'm really glad to see a video like this. The topic of LGBTQ+ skaters has been pretty taboo for a long time, and now it seems like skateboarding is becoming more accepting and supportive. And I'm glad Jeff (R.I.P.) was able to be one of the more respected pros to help open up the dialogue by being as open and honest as he was. For that, he won my respect. Seriously, skateboarding needs more videos like this. I think this would encourage a lot of people (skaters or not) to not only come to terms with who they are but to also know that they're not alone.
Love Letters is the greatest ever skateboarding documentary and will forever be responsible for making the legacy of old/new school skateboarding accessible to EVERYONE. To one of the most (if not, the most) important figures in skateboarding, you are heavily missed. Thank you for everything
What a Love Letter! Thank you Vans and RIP Gross. This was huge and hugely needed. I’m grateful he put himself out there and admitted that he had been part of the problem in the past. If you’re a certain age (born in 1978 here), you grew up in a time where homophobia was heavily ingrained in our culture (not just skateboarding). It was actually through skateboarding and playing music that I met the most open and tolerant friends, but these communities also had their share of dicks. I too always thought it was weird and ironic how so many skaters can be misogynistic and homophobic jock dickheads when it was mainly a refuge FROM misogynistic and homophobic jock dickheads. I’m glad things have been coming around in the past several years. Everyone is this video rips, but I especially like Stephen Ostrowski’s, Leo Baker’s and Cher Straubberry’s styles. Peace and love! ❤️🧡💛💚💙 - An Ally
Dann it jeff, my ❤ just got ripped out again watching this. Seeing another episode of what I'll never get again is so sobering. Keep watching over us legend.
I've been outside, skating since the weather started warming up, so I was catching up on love letters...I saw the in memorial...I had to fkn Google it. I'm so fkn bummed. I e been skating since the mid 80s, I'm 44. So I'm a huge fan of his skating. His graphics were awesome and watching him skate in his 40s as a fat guy like me, who got sober after a lifetime like me, really would get me stoked to skate... Just got a new deck in mail today, anti hero, but Robbie Russo was only one in stock. Bought a Natas remake before this one cause I had one in 89...I know what the next one will be. Would've tracked anyone of his down 2 days ago, but was just doing what he says at end of every video...n working, raising kids ... R.I.P. Brother
Amazing piece. So much beautiful people. Embracing community. Jeff was a great dude, this whole Love Letters series, much props to Everyone involved. !
I fuck with this so heavy, I’m in full support for it! They shred, they be having dope ass fits, and most importantly they are nice ass people too. I’m all for it, these skaters are amazing and deserve more recognition.
As a queer person, it's so touching to see the respect and compassion of the skaters I look up to in this video. Skaters are great generally, people treat this sport as a very "dudebro" seeming thing in a way and it's good to see the diversity in it shown so prominently 💖
@@KitchenerLeslieGirlfrien-bv2mmwhy are tou under every comment just being an addhole. if all you can do is sprrad hate i really wonder if you actually have any friends
Thank you for all that you did for the skateboarding community. The show alone made me realize that it was okay at 44 to still be skateboarding. It's my wooden toy. Jeff grosso you will be deeply missed. R.I.P.
I didn't realize how important this series was going to be for skateboarding. Not just this episode but the entire series I think helps people understand skateboarding better. Cant believe the legend is gone though. RIP
I immediately knew how important it would be, and i never stopped watching , even when i ran out of episodes
Sounds a little corny, but for real the Grossman and the SixStair boys changed my life! Up until the letters I'd never in my life seen anyone so passionate on the level he was. This series was pretty much my introduction into skateboarding and it literally translates the feeling into words. Far easier said than done because it means so many different things to so many different people but Jeff bridged the gap. Fucking amazing skater and fucking amazing dude! I got your rightful cover hanging on my wall Grosso sucks for life!!!!
It goes even further. This series is a testament of the progressiveness in skateboarding as a culture also. It should be accepting everyone. in 2020 we all weirdos and freaks anyways
300+ thumbs down? This is such an important and positive mini doc. I'm absolutely baffled that fans of Grosso would dissaprove of this. What a disservice to all these skaters and to Jeff's memory.
How tragically fitting. The episode where Grosso (understandably) just listens is the one where we're dying to hear him talk. Great episode!
💔 think about him every day
dee stranger bye, Felicia
dee stranger in what way is it disgusting? I haven’t finished it yet but please explain
I think he spoke plenty
He apoligised after being introspective. You don't need or use many words for that. But every word being used has a way biggen meaning.
great episode. Jeff is literally the patron saint of skateboarding in my eyes. Things like this help make the world a little less shit. Hopefully there's more footage of Jeff to come out. miss you so much
Who cares.
@@jacksamunster4407 me ✋
You think he got killed?
Y’all are LITERALLY saving people’s lives right now and you need to be proud and deserve all the love in the world!
YES!!!!!
Ridiculous.
@@eval7952 I know it is ridiculous how rad it is!!!
hippywolf if u like pandering and babying individuals is great.
@@dougthealligator I can taste the salt in the air
When this appeared on my feed I couldn't believe my eyes! Another Love Letter? Amazing and a heartfelt topic to top it off. RIP Grosso and thank you!
Grosso loved skateboarding and skateboarders so fucking much. RIP legend
I Vote Elissa Steamer to take the reigns of Loveletters to Skateboarding! (Team Steam Recruit!)
damn--- good idea----
That would be awesome
Only straight skateboards need apply.
Her & her brother, Mr. Frank Gerwer. If you know those two, you know how fucking funny they are, & the chemistry they possess. Except Nike/Cons ain't Vans & i think that would be a big conflict, sadly.
This is so good.
Peace ✌️ you had a wicked run Jeff thats for sure.
I have been skateboarding since 1985. I have watched hundreds of skate videos. This is the most important one I've ever seen.
"I am just a person. Life is gray" are my favorite quotes. Jeff's honesty about his past is relatable. The whole episode shows how we a can grow.
I'm not crying my eyes out hugging my Grosso deck...... You are....... RIP
Me fucking too
tears nearly flowed when Grosso mentioned his son 😞 RIP to da gawd
I teared up too, such a loss man Grosso for life !!!
Same
"Hold on, you're gonna be alright" - that bit got me :(
Feeling that - that really got me 😓
BA said it best, if you don’t understand someone ask some questions to gain understanding and we can all go on with our lives. RIP Grosso.
Someone commented this exactly on insta
I do. So Phuk off
Phuk Yu nah fool, nobody gives a fuck about you and your shallow attempts at baiting a reaction from a group of people online. Deadass, dawg, you really need to sort ur shit out and get a life. If being accepting of other human’s choice of gender/sexuality is something you can’t comprehend, skateboarding aside, you suck at life and need to restart ur whole shit asap
@Phuk Yu question, any tips for opening a pickle jar?
Phuk Yu you didnt make a point
Such a powerful episode. Thank you, Jeff and thank you, Vans. This was a very moving experience.
I can honestly say having been a skater 40 years i have never seen homophobia at a skate park but it clearly happens now days which sucks . Back in the very early 90s i can remember a guy turning up to the park in a dress to skate . He wasn't being odd or making a big deal out of his clothing its just what he wanted to wear and no one cared . But we could see he was not feeling accepted . So one day as a group we all talked and made the choice to all put on a dress to go skate . when he turned up to the park and saw over 20 grown men skating in Womans clothes he rolled into the park and started to cry . It was at this moment i think he knew his community accepted him . And to this day we are still friends . So i think if we make people just feel accepted and connect in skateboarding who we are as a person matters not
Punk fucking rock
This is really heartwarming and I do genuinely love what you’re doing here alongside this episode, but this story is utter bullshit
@@StolenGoodsAU why would you even both to comment if you think this is fiction ?
@xaos kuntablast: I have to doubt there is any homophobia at skateparks to be honest. Skateboarding in general is easily one of the most inclusive sports out there. It's the same non-existing bs about how girls don't feel comfortable at skateparks, yet wherever I go to skateparks I see girls and all kinds of people skating not bothering others or having fun together. The whole thing is such a non-issue it's ridiculous to see this narrative being pushed so hard. As a heterosexual I never understood the point of walking around all dressed up as something radically outside the norm. But at the same time I don't agree we should normalise it either. Why normalise anything that isn't statistically the norm? I'm skinny as hell, well outside the 'norm' for my height. Doesn't mean I go around wearing t-shirts demanding 'skinny dude' rights or something backwards like that. Who cares what you are? It ultimately doesn't matter. And people who try to 'make it matter', are literally a part of the problem! It's good when people try to be inclusive, but I feel a lot of this is overly exaggerated bs. Whatever happened to just being nice and not have to virtue signal or stress whatever type of person / sexuality someone is? I really don't get the activism. It only creates us versus them type of hate really. And no, don't mistake my criticism for transphobia or nonsense like that. I literally don't consider it a big deal, even when I would only date real women capable of actually getting kids.
@@PHeMoX I think skateboarding doesn't LOOK inclusive from the outside. I lived through the baggy pant 90's scene and it was pretty jocked out. Skaters were not even inclusive to each other back then. I have always felt that if you're on a skateboard, you're a skater.
He was the living embodiment of what the skate community is and always should be. Inclusive, and welcoming to the other outsiders. We are all the same, skaters! That's why I love skateboarding so much still.
one of the best episodes yet. miss you Jeff
This is possibly my favorite episode. Grosso is forever in my heart and all love to our LGBTQ family! ROLL FOREVER!
Out of all the episodes 😂
@@marswillrule2431 - Yeah, out of all of them. Glad I got to hang and skate with him. He was the real shit.
Best 36 minutes and 42 seconds I’ve spent in a long time.
When I first met my friend at the skate park he was really struggling with coming out and it was affecting his life so much,,, till I told him its irrelevant what anyone says about you and if their haters then their opinion is irrelevant and THEY don't matter,,,the way you feel matters, and that's more important ,,,Once he realised this he soon became the person he wanted to be,,,,,,just show love cos it's a beautiful thing
Everybody needs a friend like you. Gives me faith in humanity.❤
Such an empowering video. Thank you for this, Vans.
that elissa steamer line about "you can imagine it, if you let yourself, that's what we need to do" blew my mind a little. just a great, simple distillation of what it means to show empathy and learn about people
oh man. Jeff was a person that cared. His love for skateboarding and skateboarders makes me know we'll be alright.
Such a great episode. Thank you Jeff, you are truly missed.. Please everyone, make skateboarding a welcoming place for all. Our community can be so beautifully loving and supportive. Let's make sure that we're extending our love and support to everyone that wants to be a part of it.
This should be nominated for an Academy Award. Among many excellent Loveletters episodes, this is the best one. Jeff Grosso shows his truest, most beautiful humanity. You could literally see Grosso personally evolve into a great, caring and understanding man over the seasons of Loveletters. This episode is one of his most profound statements. We all lost a great one when you passed. Sadness......RIP Jeff Grosso
"Jeff was so stoked on this one- he cried a record 3 times while shooting it!"
He cried making it so we could cry watching.
RIP Grosso!
Love this episode! God damn I will miss the loveletters! Rip Grosso! Legend And Hero! Best wishes to his family and friends! Keep you head up Oliver I know times are tough. Your father is always with you!
No matter who you are, if I see you're having fun and enjoying skateboarding, I'm rooting for you!
I started skating in 1984. I'm old and I suck at skating. I've said a bunch of mean and stupid things over the course of my life. Eventually I also shut the fuck up and learned better so I could do better. I'm so stoked that in 2020 we're finally at a place in skateboarding where this video exists and only got 33 thumbs down and a handful of stupid homophobic and transphobic comments. Progress is being made and I've seen it in my lifetime and that gives me hope for the future. I'm trying my best to raise my kids in such a way that they don't repeat my mistakes and we get to that mentality Elissa Steamer talked about. Peace and love to all the skate fam!
Great episode. Love vans for supporting this episode! Skate family forever!
I will now abandoned all responsibilities to watch this. Is this the last one? Miss his videos so much 💔
Samezies!
Just got back from skating a mini ramp! I wrote Phelps on one shoe Grosso on the other and Roach for our buddy that passed and the ramp is actually built in his honor. It was a fun session. My buddy got a old school fish shape Roskop with the face. I'm old AF but any skating is better than none.
2 years late but I don't care. I quit skating back in 2009 because the casual and prevalent homophobia, along with my small town skate crew ditching me after I came out making it feel like yet another place I didn't belong. I wish 18 year old me could have seen this back then and kept skating. Regardless the (quite frankly many) tears of validation shed while I watched it this morning were very real and it makes me even more confident about picking it back up at 31. I've reclaimed I never wanted to let go in the first place and this time around I'm not sacrificing any part of who I am to be here. It's an incredible feeling. Thank you so much for this Jeff, and rest in peace knowing that what you did here along with Unity's movement and message is going to continue making a positive life-changing impact ♥🛹
One thing we all hardly don't admit, is that we skateboarders are also big assholes too. we're not actually always thaaat respectful and open to others as we tryna show all the time.
Skateboarding has people from all aspects of life. From all ethnicities, genders, economic statuses...everybody. We may not all be able to agree on everything but what we can agree on is how beautifully fun and painful skateboarding is. Putting your life on the line without hurting anyone but yourself. It’s a universal language that we can all speak. Stoke breaks through language/cultural barriers.
One hell of an episode to go out on. Grosso was an inspiration. His story was a true redemption story. Grosso is one of the many reasons I will always keep my feet on a skateboard. Miss you Grossman.
#grossosucks
I can't hear the word "forefront" without thinking of Jeff.
Jeff what are you doing? "I don't know, but I'm at the forefront of it." 🖤🛹🛹🖤
Beautiful video, beautiful people 🌈 thank you Grosso #rip ♥️
Be yourself and live it. RIP Grosso!
As usual Loveleters nailed it with an episode so vitality important. All races, all people, all sexualities and gender. We are skateboarding.
RIP Grossman♥️♥️♥️
Props to Rick, Buddy, and all at Vans.
skateboarding has been embarrassingly behind the curve on this acceptance. thank you to Vans and the late great Grosso for putting this episode together and pushing the community
Love yourself, be yourself, f'ing believe in yourself and do what you love. Take over the world. So much respect for you, Vans, and the Grossmann. Miss you Jeff. Thank you for putting it out there.
Skateboarding is for everyone🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
So why add a label to it ?
Kansas Geoff thankfully you live in kansas please never leave🙏
@@Randerson91 No it's not.
It's not for anti-social LGBTQ(more letters to come, including P) label obsessed, attention seekers.
Go home.
Kansas Geoff nope stay over there ya hick✌️
Ben Gordon anti-social attention seekers? You aren’t very smart are you? Poor baby
Need a movement of Ally’s within the community. It’s can make such a big difference in people’s lives, especially teens. I have a subtle = sticker on my car and was thanked at a local park by a guy skating with he boyfriend chilling and watching, sometimes you don’t have to say anything to be supportive and make all people feel welcome at the park.
Such an Important episode, for everyone to watch.
Thanks for everything Jeff
Thanks Jeff. You did a really important thing before you checked out. Best episode yet.
THIS couldn't come out at a better time when the world needs more love.
This was beautiful and important. Jeff did a great job of letting others speak to their experiences & not crowding out the voices that need to shine. Excellent work.
So much heart here, love it.. If you have a problem with someone's sexual identity or how they express their self, it's not them who needs to change. Like Grosso says, be nice to each other and go skate.
So much feels on this one. Thankyou Jeff. Still missed. Thankyou all the rad skaters for being real. Means so much to so many to feel like we're not alone ❤
I remember this spitfire ad with Leo Baker skating with a rainbow smoke flare thing on Instagram and loved it, loved the back story to it but as I was reading the comments, it was a nasty place to be and I realized that a skateboard doesn’t care who rides it or what tricks it will do, the person does and if people hate a type of person that they think shouldn’t be skateboarding I think those comments are from people who hate skateboarding. Luckily reading through these comments are positive and i hope more videos come out and put those hypebeast insta followers to shame because as a skater I don’t care if you can do all the tricks, it’s about personality and style and the way you carry yourself. The skaters In this love letter are definitely legends and I love them so much!
Couldn’t have asked for a better person to help get this message out to the skate community. Miss ya Grosso
This was so awesome to watch all my friends that I love so much in this. It really makes me happy! I even got to be in it for a second haha.
This is amazing. Thanks so much for putting something like this together❤
The master keeps sharing wisdom from beyond the grave. Love you grosso.
Great video and some amazing skaters, fitting tribute to Grosso’s memory.
Loved it 🙌🏻
I love skateboarding and also what a quote from Leo "You can only compromise part of yourself for so long"
Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a Love letters pop up in my recommendations. Was just getting use to the fact it probably was going to be no more. Great episode, RIP Jeff I really miss ya buddy.
Literally crying, so filled with joy. ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
This was needed. WE MISS YOU JEFF!!
Thanks Jeff, thanks Vans, and everybody else: keep shredding.
BEST EPISODE! All the Gs! Sheezy, Cher, Marbie, BA, Steamer, Ostrowski, Burton... So HYPED! I'm gonna go skate!
What a great Loveletter. Be an Ally! Thank You Vans. Thank You Jeff Grosso, you are missed; you are a legend. #Grossosucks
I'm really glad to see a video like this. The topic of LGBTQ+ skaters has been pretty taboo for a long time, and now it seems like skateboarding is becoming more accepting and supportive. And I'm glad Jeff (R.I.P.) was able to be one of the more respected pros to help open up the dialogue by being as open and honest as he was. For that, he won my respect. Seriously, skateboarding needs more videos like this. I think this would encourage a lot of people (skaters or not) to not only come to terms with who they are but to also know that they're not alone.
This inspired me to come out to my friends at the skate park, thank you ❤️
I found these late and I can't get enough of them. RIP Grosso
Rick, Buddy, and Jeff knock it out of the park yet once again!!!
Love Letters is the greatest ever skateboarding documentary and will forever be responsible for making the legacy of old/new school skateboarding accessible to EVERYONE. To one of the most (if not, the most) important figures in skateboarding, you are heavily missed. Thank you for everything
Woooo my friend Peach @7:07 is in the video! Love you girl and mad respect!!🤟😎🤟
She's a ripper, all love❤
@@andreasstam1 my boii stammen ❤
This video is a true revolution!! Thank you Jeff ❤️❤️
Damn, y'all skaters are hella chill. Expected hate in the comments and seein nothin but love. Thanks for the support yall.
@aj agency Well,good to see the top comments arent a buncha bullshit anyway
Miss you so much Grosso! R.I.P. . How amazing is this episode!! Love it xxx
I love this!!! Finally some representation!
So much love and hurt and pain and joy watching this. Long Live Grosso.
Incredible episode. 30:28 that was absolutely fucked. Thanks for this Vans! RIP Grosso
I really hope there's a few more love letters after this one, but if not, then this is a perfect last note to leave on. Thank you, Jeff.
What a Love Letter! Thank you Vans and RIP Gross. This was huge and hugely needed. I’m grateful he put himself out there and admitted that he had been part of the problem in the past. If you’re a certain age (born in 1978 here), you grew up in a time where homophobia was heavily ingrained in our culture (not just skateboarding). It was actually through skateboarding and playing music that I met the most open and tolerant friends, but these communities also had their share of dicks.
I too always thought it was weird and ironic how so many skaters can be misogynistic and homophobic jock dickheads when it was mainly a refuge FROM misogynistic and homophobic jock dickheads. I’m glad things have been coming around in the past several years.
Everyone is this video rips, but I especially like Stephen Ostrowski’s, Leo Baker’s and Cher Straubberry’s styles.
Peace and love! ❤️🧡💛💚💙
- An Ally
thank you for this light on all these beautiful skaters
Dann it jeff, my ❤ just got ripped out again watching this. Seeing another episode of what I'll never get again is so sobering. Keep watching over us legend.
Great episode. Thank you. Sad to think this will be the last letters. ❤️❤️❤️
Miss you forever, Grosso. Great last episode. ❤️
Loved this episode! Thanks for making this happen.
I've been outside, skating since the weather started warming up, so I was catching up on love letters...I saw the in memorial...I had to fkn Google it. I'm so fkn bummed. I e been skating since the mid 80s, I'm 44. So I'm a huge fan of his skating. His graphics were awesome and watching him skate in his 40s as a fat guy like me, who got sober after a lifetime like me, really would get me stoked to skate... Just got a new deck in mail today, anti hero, but Robbie Russo was only one in stock. Bought a Natas remake before this one cause I had one in 89...I know what the next one will be. Would've tracked anyone of his down 2 days ago, but was just doing what he says at end of every video...n working, raising kids ... R.I.P. Brother
I saw this from a ad and I am SO HAPPY I didn’t skip it !!
"At the forefront." Ding ding ding...Grosso must have had a flashback.
Amazing piece. So much beautiful people. Embracing community. Jeff was a great dude, this whole Love Letters series, much props to Everyone involved. !
Thank you Rick Buddy and Grosso for all your work. It will be remembered forever. Rest in peace Grosso
Yaaaas!!! This is such an important message!! Skating is for everyone, we pull together and ride for eachother! ❤
LONG LIVE GROSSO !!!!
FOREVER
@Zeeshan Mukhtiar go throw your skateboard in traffic and quit
Grosso is one of the people that got me back into skateboarding at 48...thanks Jeff!.. Funniest guy!...
Welcome back homie. I'm 41 and still skating. Jeff seemed like a really sweet man.
Cher has the sickest style oh myyy ✨
I fuck with this so heavy, I’m in full support for it! They shred, they be having dope ass fits, and most importantly they are nice ass people too. I’m all for it, these skaters are amazing and deserve more recognition.
Love is the answer❤
Sempre!
I’m so glad I found this video. All the love to all skateboarding.
Love to all this beautiful people, love you all
Couldn’t be more current. Simply put, we miss you Grosso. 🙏🏼💚
As a queer person, it's so touching to see the respect and compassion of the skaters I look up to in this video. Skaters are great generally, people treat this sport as a very "dudebro" seeming thing in a way and it's good to see the diversity in it shown so prominently 💖
None of my friends like gays. Stay out of Kansas
@@KitchenerLeslieGirlfrien-bv2mmwhy are tou under every comment just being an addhole. if all you can do is sprrad hate i really wonder if you actually have any friends
Thank you for all that you did for the skateboarding community. The show alone made me realize that it was okay at 44 to still be skateboarding. It's my wooden toy. Jeff grosso you will be deeply missed. R.I.P.
Thanks Jeff, just what everyone needed 2 hear,atleast thru" love letters" of course!!
I hope this isnt the last episode id rather see one dedicated to Jeff. He was my gateway back to the 80s.
Just received my Love Letters Shirts from Six Stair!
how can I get one?
@@adambravo2353 look up sixstair dot bigcartel dot com.
Nice video really helps people out who dont understand, everyone deserves to be happy. Great skating and great people!!