He is a true icon, along with Jay Adams, Stacy Peralta, Shogo Kubo or the greatly underrated Jerry Valdez. They set the foundations of the sport, but I also suspect that they were incredible "skate-photogenic", and that the photographers were making they job really good. Their pictures were really nice, very artistic, though their skateboard style was somehow simple when compared to what came next (Hosoi, etc.) There are a couple of videos of Alva in SanCosme México that make you cry: sad.
His approaches mark a true turning point in skateboarding history, if not "the" turning point allowing kids of the now generation to choose skateboarding as an off mainstream opportunity to express themselves. Only thing I seemed to have problems with, is him stating skateboarding being a way of transportation in the first place. But, at second glance, he seems right, and how couldn't he. In his earlies it transported surfers to the beaches to surf. Then letting them realize, they could actually practice their moves on the way. Then, when the surf didn't happen during daytime, they could ride banks, later pools to pass time, instead of hanging out bored drinking or using drugs. With poolskating people realized skateboarding having its own soul, and some stuck with it, leading to what we have today. I myself, being into it since 1986, always said skateboards is not for transportation purposes. Or is Kung Fu a way of transportation? And, boy, was I wrong. I'm from Germany and lived in cities all my life, having busses or subway trains getting me around. I lived on Cape Cod for some time, and remembering how tough it was to get around not owning a car or drivers license. Same for youth all over the US. I rode a bike to get to school or nearest town. So kids in California also had to get to school, go surfing, get around. And used skateboards to get them there. So me, being 43 years of age right now and having been envolved in skateboarding more than half of my life, am truly embarassed to not having been able to see this being true until watching this interview. The only thing, that makes my failure acceptable, is, that it needed a true legend like TA to make me change my opinion.
He is a true icon, along with Jay Adams, Stacy Peralta, Shogo Kubo or the greatly underrated Jerry Valdez. They set the foundations of the sport, but I also suspect that they were incredible "skate-photogenic", and that the photographers were making they job really good. Their pictures were really nice, very artistic, though their skateboard style was somehow simple when compared to what came next (Hosoi, etc.) There are a couple of videos of Alva in SanCosme México that make you cry: sad.
i think i like the era where the skateboarding had a lot of surfing elements in it...
weird soundmixing...talk on left, music on right...
Still rips in his 60s
GOD please let me be very old still ripping like this.....my prayer is🙏 outloud so it will come Tru.
His approaches mark a true turning point in skateboarding history, if not "the" turning point allowing kids of the now generation to choose skateboarding as an off mainstream opportunity to express themselves.
Only thing I seemed to have problems with, is him stating skateboarding being a way of transportation in the first place.
But, at second glance, he seems right, and how couldn't he.
In his earlies it transported surfers to the beaches to surf. Then letting them realize, they could actually practice their moves on the way. Then, when the surf didn't happen during daytime, they could ride banks, later pools to pass time, instead of hanging out bored drinking or using drugs.
With poolskating people realized skateboarding having its own soul, and some stuck with it, leading to what we have today.
I myself, being into it since 1986, always said skateboards is not for transportation purposes. Or is Kung Fu a way of transportation?
And, boy, was I wrong.
I'm from Germany and lived in cities all my life, having busses or subway trains getting me around. I lived on Cape Cod for some time, and remembering how tough it was to get around not owning a car or drivers license.
Same for youth all over the US. I rode a bike to get to school or nearest town.
So kids in California also had to get to school, go surfing, get around. And used skateboards to get them there.
So me, being 43 years of age right now and having been envolved in skateboarding more than half of my life, am truly embarassed to not having been able to see this being true until watching this interview.
The only thing, that makes my failure acceptable, is, that it needed a true legend like TA to make me change my opinion.
So insightful
History lesson
+kinetoscopes a very good and coherent
one
have you met him in person??
The ramp riders saved the sport as well as the street skaters
Where's part 2
the growlers rad
SICK!
The growlers music for the opening tho
Tony seems so fucking cool
the man
THE GODFATHER
you've spelt his name wrong
Surf's up! :)
cool
The background noise is annoying it takes from an amazing interview and lesson
Why can't I hear him talk
Ya Evan mccue
i cant imagine all the shit he has done in his life
Hahaha couldn't hear a single word, Rad.
1st!
Trick after trick after trick. Boring. No surf style anymore. Back n forth and trick after trick. It's old.
Stacey should have all the fame
Nope Jayboy