I was hardcore skater late 70s. Got some intel on some massive pipes at a nuclear plant under construction. Only ridden 1/2 pipes until then. Found them laid in sections ranging from 20 -35 ft. Full pipes alien to us and above vert we were all wiping out. Incredible speed and fun while they lasted.
In Northridge California after the earthquake I was working at the apartment complex called Wood ridge apartments on 19540 Plummer Street. The owner, “Beverly Jones” told me that there were skateboarders sneaking in using the pool. I was totally stoked. Then she told me I need to tell them to leave the next time they show up. Well, when I looked out and seen Alba out there doing an interview, I laughed hysterically and sit down and listen to from a distance. There was no way in the world I was going to kick out one of my idols LOL that being said! #PleaseCarryOn. Needless to say that was a spot that I continued to skate until they decided to fill the pool. One of the people they were looking to kick out was actually a person working there as a superintendent. #Me
First time I have heard Muck mentioned. He was ground zero when it comes to the Badlands. He was older than all the other skaters and used to drive them (Buddy Aldred, Mike Cantu, Lee Gahimer and Tay Hunt) in his van. Steve was a little younger than all those guys, but he was there at the beginning. Thanks Steve for keeping the history of the Badlands alive.
I skated Baldy (quite) a few years ago and it was the highlight of my skateboarding life. For a guy from the UK it was quite a trip, but I went, rode it probably not very well, but loved it. To this day the scariest place I've ever ridden.
Wish that this format could be applied to other things in life! No bullshit, just pure fandom and sincere love and appreciation for something that even the greats still gush over..
Wouldn't it be 'the bomb' to have one of these full-pipe segments parked in your back yard? Ha ha :) Man, I'm thanking God I found this playlist for Jeff Grosso's Love Letters to Skateboarding, they're so intuitive and straight-up - Thank you Jeff !!! {may you RIP}. My skating days were from the early/mid 70's to the early 80's --- living the evolution of the hey-day's of skateboarding was an odyssey that I will cherish in my memory (and heart) for all time... for sure!
Rad moment at 2:54 where Salba is spewing knowledge on dams and the different organizations, and Grosso is looking at him with a smirk that strikes me as a touch of “this man is crazy” but also total respect because this dude clearly knows his craft
I love this series. It shows a lot of the legends are still skating today, which makes you realize how quickly skateboarding developed and continues to change.
Also, I heard (from a friend who got to hang with Tony Hawk for a while) that someone did the loop from The End just before Tony did it, but it wasn't on film (or at least not in the video) since that was Tony's part and he was supposed to be the first one to successfully make it around. Is this story true?
Spencer Johnson I know there's the new 900 controversy now and people are getting all worked up and skewing facts on that. As for the loop, I don't want to call anyone out, I just really want to hear about what I heard because I find it interesting.
I had a friend who knew how to sneak into an air force base that had large jet engine casings laying around, and this was my introduction to full pipe skateboarding and wow, it was fast and took the breath clean out of me.
This was the first episode I watched. Right around the time it was uploaded. It's crazy, it's a real good episode to have started on. Got me drawn to pipes and The Badland skaters. Must make the trip to Mt. Baldy
Gentlemen, You've inspired me to ride a famous pipe. The one from the 1960's film "The Italian Job" where the Minis drive down. It's in Coventry UK and is now a listed building. Only problem is I've only started skating April 2019. Wish me luck and keep up the shit 👍
Now that I got that off my chest, who does that sick ass turn at the very end? Oh yeah, that Olson story slayed me, too. These episodes can't come fast enough.
Love the way Jeff talks about this. I remember when I was announcing at the Maloof Money Cup. There was a moment at the Maga Ramp where I looked over my left shoulder and saw Jeff dropping in. He got right to the end of the drop in or it lifts you to Ollie into The landing area that the virtue into the vert. Jeff slipped out at the last minute and hit the edge of where he was supposed to be landing and then rolling into the vert. When I mentioned this on social media he blocked me on Facebook LOL now that’s comedy.
@@TheMorganMonroeShow He absolutely slayed, and it's inspired me to try to take out my strong emotions in skating. He was a monolith of artistic self expression and we will miss him.
Bout 5 or 6 years ago I found, and was first to ride, a 14ft diameter pipe (super thick epoxy resin) and 24 feet long. It was literally a rocks throw from my front door. I (and Todd Johnson, I think) was working for Buck Smith at the time and we took off early from work the next day, and the next, and the next... Was in some heavy sessions on that thing for a month or so til they put it in the ground as part of a sewage lift station.
I've been pretty well oververt at Baldy, but never in a million years could I ever dream of somebody going all the way around or even trying. Holy shit.
@@buckodonnghaile4309That's fucking unreal!! I'm 56, but I keep all four wheels on the ground nowadays. I just feel blessed that I can still skate with my son.
He right we were there as well. remember waldo from long beach he was the first one that took us there . theres still stickers up there from us. that place roped. Maintown skaters.
for me growing up(43) Lance & Grosso stood out for sure because of Style! ~Grosso~The Letters "Ive been losing to the same bunch of dudes for 30 years" Lance too, but who cares. Look @ Neil @ that contest where he tagged the ramp instead of skating his run.. That says it all.. Grosso & Lance didn't lose shit.. I love my roots
From 4:08 - 4:11 (the 1st is my brother, & the last 2 are of me). Look at my website, those photos were totally poached. I am honored to be included in this EPIC video, just please give me some credit if you use my work...
I'm a street skater....but ever since seeing it in magazines...I've dreamed about skating full pipes. I love bombing hills, skating ditches and all of that shit..anything that isn't in a skate park...skating a full pipe is the next step. Maybe I'll make a trip and skate one sometime.
Lake Berryessa in Winters California has a full pipe. Its the drainage pipe for the Glory Hole. You just need a small boat or a big floaty to get there. Theres a few videos on UA-cam of people riding.
Dogtown can claim they started pool skating (they definitely popularized it) but there's a great photo of Herbie Fletcher skating a pool barefoot on a clay wheeled board in the early to mid 60s. He's just below the coping too.
Vans Maybe a letter to the midwest skateparks back in the day. The turf in Milwaukee and rotation station in Rockford IL. ect. All the pros back then made their way through there back in the 80s.
This is not a critizism of any kind-but i think the internet,and the sponsor-me tapes..,...ruined a bit of the "go to California,to become a pro skater-if you make it",dream-that every skater had until every phone had got a camera,straight online...(...Like i said-this is not critizism of how skateboarding are now-it's just a sentimental thing,i Guess..,....thahahaha....YEAH-AND DO MORE LETTERS-NEED THEM BAD!!!)))
Don't justify yourself, skateboarding nowadays deserves to be criticized because for the big part it has become a shithole. I fully agree, I used to idolize California as the mecca of skateboarding and had the dream going there one day as a kid as well, but now, yeah, times have changed and the whole vibe has been ruined with all the shitstagrams and the over saturation of exposure. Now I can't even identify with nowadays "cali skaters" nor want any affiliation with them. But then again I can't blame the internet itself because it opened the doors for everything I know and has become. I have found out, researched, watched and read so much amazing stuff (mostly from the past that I didn't have the opportunity to have or witness). So yeah, technology goes to an extent, I would be fine with 90's or early 2000's technology these days.
HeHeHe-You got my point,Dude-Thanks!!!And the Nike-"monopoly"-though it has rushed,in the spurt Growth of the "sport",if you like-is gonna/are taking away business,from the smaller labels-who started it all,ending With eating them up,and away( It seems)...I think that is so sad:-(..,...But as you said-times have changed...(... Try to have a great day- bro...)... X .
PS;I can't do more on a sk8board anymore,than 180-360/Powerslides-cause i busted my knees really well for some(beginning to be a while now:-(..)years ago,sadly...I got some kind of Artritis,that really is bugging the HELL out of me 24/7+some chronic muscle cramps,that doesn't seem to go away..,...So i'm back at the start,doing mostly the rolling part of it(can't really Accept that!)...)...Doing some 8-pattern carving,at a bowl,resently(luckily)built,not that far away-and the longboard,in the summertime at night,i really enjoy doing...)...But the Ollie has been gone from my knees,a long time ago=no more "trick"attempts...SHIT!...)...
Gotta give it to hacket for doing it with no nose. That's wild to me. And fuck man you gotta add Chris Cope And Adam Mercado to the best loopers after Bob gnar and Kowalski etc those two dudes though. Today. This second. Shit
I was hardcore skater late 70s. Got some intel on some massive pipes at a nuclear plant under construction. Only ridden 1/2 pipes until then. Found them laid in sections ranging from 20 -35 ft. Full pipes alien to us and above vert we were all wiping out. Incredible speed and fun while they lasted.
Absolutely the Greatest Episode of Grosso's Loveletters to Skateboarding!!!
RIP Grosso! We Love SALBA ❤️ Duane!!!
So sick how well versed Salba is on the subject of pipe construction. He is an awesome person.
In Northridge California after the earthquake I was working at the apartment complex called Wood ridge apartments on 19540 Plummer Street. The owner, “Beverly Jones” told me that there were skateboarders sneaking in using the pool. I was totally stoked. Then she told me I need to tell them to leave the next time they show up. Well, when I looked out and seen Alba out there doing an interview, I laughed hysterically and sit down and listen to from a distance. There was no way in the world I was going to kick out one of my idols LOL that being said! #PleaseCarryOn. Needless to say that was a spot that I continued to skate until they decided to fill the pool. One of the people they were looking to kick out was actually a person working there as a superintendent. #Me
That's awesome. Salba (and Malba) rule.
Rip Jeff! I will never stop watching these epps!!
*RIP Grosso* 🙏🏻
First time I have heard Muck mentioned. He was ground zero when it comes to the Badlands. He was older than all the other skaters and used to drive them (Buddy Aldred, Mike Cantu, Lee Gahimer and Tay Hunt) in his van. Steve was a little younger than all those guys, but he was there at the beginning. Thanks Steve for keeping the history of the Badlands alive.
I skated Baldy (quite) a few years ago and it was the highlight of my skateboarding life. For a guy from the UK it was quite a trip, but I went, rode it probably not very well, but loved it. To this day the scariest place I've ever ridden.
Wish that this format could be applied to other things in life! No bullshit, just pure fandom and sincere love and appreciation for something that even the greats still gush over..
Wouldn't it be 'the bomb' to have one of these full-pipe segments parked in your back yard? Ha ha :) Man, I'm thanking God I found this playlist for Jeff Grosso's Love Letters to Skateboarding, they're so intuitive and straight-up - Thank you Jeff !!! {may you RIP}. My skating days were from the early/mid 70's to the early 80's --- living the evolution of the hey-day's of skateboarding was an odyssey that I will cherish in my memory (and heart) for all time... for sure!
Rad moment at 2:54 where Salba is spewing knowledge on dams and the different organizations, and Grosso is looking at him with a smirk that strikes me as a touch of “this man is crazy” but also total respect because this dude clearly knows his craft
I love this series. It shows a lot of the legends are still skating today, which makes you realize how quickly skateboarding developed and continues to change.
Also, I heard (from a friend who got to hang with Tony Hawk for a while) that someone did the loop from The End just before Tony did it, but it wasn't on film (or at least not in the video) since that was Tony's part and he was supposed to be the first one to successfully make it around. Is this story true?
Anklepants Skate Zine I heard that too! I wanna say Peter Hewitt, really surprised that didn't make it on here
Spencer Johnson I know there's the new 900 controversy now and people are getting all worked up and skewing facts on that. As for the loop, I don't want to call anyone out, I just really want to hear about what I heard because I find it interesting.
I had a friend who knew how to sneak into an air force base that had large jet engine casings laying around, and this was my introduction to full pipe skateboarding and wow, it was fast and took the breath clean out of me.
Great shot of Stan and Jean out front!
Glad i was too lazy to watch these for so long. Now i am hurt, stoned, and watching all these letters vids for the 1st time. Good stuff
This was the first episode I watched. Right around the time it was uploaded. It's crazy, it's a real good episode to have started on. Got me drawn to pipes and The Badland skaters. Must make the trip to Mt. Baldy
The best videos on utube. Grosso is true talent.
Ben Raybourn, KOTR. He does a tunnel, a little sticky at the bottom but he makes it.
Thanks. Let me check with the creative team.
Most entertaining "Letters" episode for me!
Its so nice have these living legends.
Gentlemen, You've inspired me to ride a famous pipe. The one from the 1960's film "The Italian Job" where the Minis drive down. It's in Coventry UK and is now a listed building. Only problem is I've only started skating April 2019. Wish me luck and keep up the shit 👍
Have you skated it
How'd the pipe mission go?
@@indyplant6923 maybe it took him out?
@@Burger-urger maybe the job piped him in the ass
I like what Peters had to say about...wait, Duane said nothing!
best episode. skated baldy twice already
Now that I got that off my chest, who does that sick ass turn at the very end? Oh yeah, that Olson story slayed me, too. These episodes can't come fast enough.
Kaiser Steel in Fontana Ca. had some 15 foot steel pipes, very fast and smooth. Very fun...
full pipes are a feeling like no other
Love the way Jeff talks about this. I remember when I was announcing at the Maloof Money Cup. There was a moment at the Maga Ramp where I looked over my left shoulder and saw Jeff dropping in. He got right to the end of the drop in or it lifts you to Ollie into The landing area that the virtue into the vert. Jeff slipped out at the last minute and hit the edge of where he was supposed to be landing and then rolling into the vert. When I mentioned this on social media he blocked me on Facebook LOL now that’s comedy.
Jeff Grosso announced at Maloof? Was he the announcer at Maloof on Skate 3?!
No, he did not announce. I announced at Maloof and he was there.
@@TheMorganMonroeShow Oh sorry. Great work by the way.
Yeah! All good man. Jeff was definitely one of those people who were definitely hard-core.
@@TheMorganMonroeShow He absolutely slayed, and it's inspired me to try to take out my strong emotions in skating. He was a monolith of artistic self expression and we will miss him.
Next we create the skate orb
Whoa. Sorry to hear it. Which photos (time-stamp)? By who? Possible it came from a magazine that we recognized in the credits?
Grosso himself back in the day @ 1:40 ... So much style
"one of the Texas guy's", that would be me.
We want our sign back SALBA!
"That is glue huffing shit right there."
Glue huffin’ shit! I love it!
that mic tied to a stick is priceless.
Bout 5 or 6 years ago I found, and was first to ride, a 14ft diameter pipe (super thick epoxy resin) and 24 feet long. It was literally a rocks throw from my front door. I (and Todd Johnson, I think) was working for Buck Smith at the time and we took off early from work the next day, and the next, and the next... Was in some heavy sessions on that thing for a month or so til they put it in the ground as part of a sewage lift station.
2:15 - awesome dig
3:23 grosso happier than ever. I fuckin love that Shiite ! r.i...just get some rest dude ! We love you and miss you tremendously.
I've been pretty well oververt at Baldy, but never in a million years could I ever dream of somebody going all the way around or even trying. Holy shit.
Respect your OG's ..... All Love!
"And Tony's Tony..." yeah he is !
Does anybody know what year Grosso and Hackett did it ? And how old were they ?
Hackett was 56 when he did the loop, so around 2006
@@buckodonnghaile4309That's fucking unreal!! I'm 56, but I keep all four wheels on the ground nowadays. I just feel blessed that I can still skate with my son.
GOD i just cant understand why Jeff Grosso died im so bummed man may god shine love and light on his family RIP Jeff Grosso
He right we were there as well. remember waldo from long beach he was the first one that took us there . theres still stickers up there from us. that place roped. Maintown skaters.
for me growing up(43) Lance & Grosso stood out for sure because of Style!
~Grosso~The Letters "Ive been losing to the same bunch of dudes for 30 years"
Lance too, but who cares. Look @ Neil @ that contest where he tagged the ramp instead of skating his run..
That says it all..
Grosso & Lance didn't lose shit.. I love my roots
Rip grosso this is my favorite episode
Gnarlicious!⛽🔥
From 4:08 - 4:11 (the 1st is my brother, & the last 2 are of me). Look at my website, those photos were totally poached. I am honored to be included in this EPIC video, just please give me some credit if you use my work...
SOME FOOTAGE THAT CANT BE SEEN ANYWHERE ELSO... we all miss grosso.
I'm a street skater....but ever since seeing it in magazines...I've dreamed about skating full pipes. I love bombing hills, skating ditches and all of that shit..anything that isn't in a skate park...skating a full pipe is the next step. Maybe I'll make a trip and skate one sometime.
Ditches and full pipes are in skateparks. The Pipeline would have been one of those skateparks. One of the first built.
Lake Berryessa in Winters California has a full pipe. Its the drainage pipe for the Glory Hole. You just need a small boat or a big floaty to get there. Theres a few videos on UA-cam of people riding.
Awesome stuff! Is the sincronization off by a millisecond, or is my whatever crap?
As a beginner, should I start out on loops?
2:57 I did some research on this "Whiskeytown Lake."
It is in Shasta County, California, about 8 miles from the town of Redding.
indiglo1971 hey, please take this down
Dogtown can claim they started pool skating (they definitely popularized it) but there's a great photo of Herbie Fletcher skating a pool barefoot on a clay wheeled board in the early to mid 60s. He's just below the coping too.
Awesome!!!
Great episode
Add Kevin (the Worm) Anderson . Way early gnar ,when he rode everyone sat down !
Need more letters send more letters have watched them all 10 times
yessss. totally noted.
Vans Maybe a letter to the midwest skateparks back in the day. The turf in Milwaukee and rotation station in Rockford IL. ect. All the pros back then made their way through there back in the 80s.
gotem on repeat
I sure do miss you dude.
One day, I will ride one of these pipes, Hopefully.
you wanna sk8 ? you have a car? I know where they are, I've been there,
Very informative.
🙌🙌🙌
From where is the video at 8:13?
I love that Salba is giving Duane some shit...that is funny as hell.
3:23 I miss your laugh dude. GODDAMNIT !
Duane peters to me is the most punk rock skateboarder to grace the earth. Even grosso gets nervous around him it seemed
This is not a critizism of any kind-but i think the internet,and the sponsor-me tapes..,...ruined a bit of the "go to California,to become a pro skater-if you make it",dream-that every skater had until every phone had got a camera,straight online...(...Like i said-this is not critizism of how skateboarding are now-it's just a sentimental thing,i Guess..,....thahahaha....YEAH-AND DO MORE LETTERS-NEED THEM BAD!!!)))
Don't justify yourself, skateboarding nowadays deserves to be criticized because for the big part it has become a shithole. I fully agree, I used to idolize California as the mecca of skateboarding and had the dream going there one day as a kid as well, but now, yeah, times have changed and the whole vibe has been ruined with all the shitstagrams and the over saturation of exposure. Now I can't even identify with nowadays "cali skaters" nor want any affiliation with them. But then again I can't blame the internet itself because it opened the doors for everything I know and has become. I have found out, researched, watched and read so much amazing stuff (mostly from the past that I didn't have the opportunity to have or witness). So yeah, technology goes to an extent, I would be fine with 90's or early 2000's technology these days.
HeHeHe-You got my point,Dude-Thanks!!!And the Nike-"monopoly"-though it has rushed,in the spurt Growth of the "sport",if you like-is gonna/are taking away business,from the smaller labels-who started it all,ending With eating them up,and away( It seems)...I think that is so sad:-(..,...But as you said-times have changed...(... Try to have a great day- bro...)... X .
PS;I can't do more on a sk8board anymore,than 180-360/Powerslides-cause i busted my knees really well for some(beginning to be a while now:-(..)years ago,sadly...I got some kind of Artritis,that really is bugging the HELL out of me 24/7+some chronic muscle cramps,that doesn't seem to go away..,...So i'm back at the start,doing mostly the rolling part of it(can't really Accept that!)...)...Doing some 8-pattern carving,at a bowl,resently(luckily)built,not that far away-and the longboard,in the summertime at night,i really enjoy doing...)...But the Ollie has been gone from my knees,a long time ago=no more "trick"attempts...SHIT!...)...
"That's fuckin' glue huffin' shit" - Jeff Grosso
I’m pregnant and can’t skate for the time being but these videos help me cope
RIP GROSSO!!
burnquist's pipe with no top is mental
Hey you guys really should give a photo credit too since you used 3 of my photos, just saying.... Way cool video tho'... Ping!
I'm surprised grosso didn't talk about him breaking his arm in the Texas pipe?
what is dramatized in those clips
Nice
This is the shit. I'm sorry for talkin shit about the backyard ramp Midwest coverage. I love you Jeff Grosso. Full Homo.
Salba is right , I remember. Axel
nice tan
u forgot the footage from the end of the lifeblood video
Did I just see the master of disaster throw a peace sign?
Could Duane peters be Steve'o dad?
Don't hit the pipe before you hit the pipe!
Wow! I was just watching Dew Tour Skateboard Legend and was sent here 8)
Fucking Die Hards > < KEEP ON SKATING!! Thnx for the Vidz
Vans you gotta bring back the tony alva and Stacey paralta shoe
If you don't know your history,
you'll never know your future.
John Motta!
Gotta give it to hacket for doing it with no nose. That's wild to me. And fuck man you gotta add Chris Cope And Adam Mercado to the best loopers after Bob gnar and Kowalski etc those two dudes though. Today. This second. Shit
No Glory hole mention? one of the best in the bay
actually i think that was Chris Senn in it at 8:38?
more damn letters goodlord
Spots
To do what? Huf glue or the full pipe haha
tube vision
Gnarly as Fuck!!!
"Glue huffin' shit..."
2:16 😳 WTF!
Nuke Land!!!!! San Clemente damn my dad always tells me storries of those and i never believed him!!!
Santa Cruz rippers in this video... Salba rips
Best use of tax dollars ever!
To Helen Zass---- no we didn't