An off-center, time-lined view, of a recent 'beyond-sport phenomena' that went global.
It had to be learnt and cannot be taught.
by rokma / @rokmatwit
Lots of boring days with no motivations darkness you'd fill with imagination.
Somebody landed it and learnt it, showing his world.
Be there and live it, was the only way of getting it.
Sidewalk surfing.
From surfing to skateboarding!
A person or entity who is among the earliest in any field, enterprise, or progress. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, opening the way for others to follow.
verbTo go before and prepare or open new ways
synonymsPush the envelope | Break new ground
Steve Alba. Skating a Backyard pool, Los Angeles suburbia
Upland Skatepark, Los Angeles
Max Bonassi, one of the founders of Bastard™, perhaps the most successful skate inspired clothing brand out of Italy. Rome.
Etnies™ founder, Pierre Andrè Senizergues, freestyling his way during some european championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Perhaps the first Italian Vert Contest in Viareggio. Fulvio Nelzi
Taking over public spaces...
...and re-inventing them!
Skateboarders are getting busted!
It’s backyard ramp time, for the lucky ones!
Lance Mountain. Carlsbad, California
Kid skating some banked wall in the outskirt of town. Genova, Italy
Jeremy Henderson. Harlem Banks, NYC
Early days of skateboarding videos. Young Mike Vallely wallriding a rusted car found in a ditch near Milano. Italy
Mark Gonzales, early days of the Munster contests organized by Titus™ in Germany
Skaters start to really kick asses.
...ollies, non stop and full speed!
Skaters attaching the sunlight clock monument in central Paris.
Street Skating on some parked car in Rimini, Italy
Carlo Lalumera. Vespa™ Ollie at Borromeo. Milano, Italy
Anything transitioned will be attacked! French skater in Paris outskirts
It’s streets invasion time...
Don’t leave your car unattended or it can be destroyed!
Cooper Union Square attack. Manhattan, NYC
Andrea Paulicelli. Wallride at Muretto. Milano
Alessandro Melle. Torino, Italy.
Alex Esposito, right in front of Duomo cathedral in Milano
Ramps appearing everywhere...
It's hard to stop skaters from taking over public facilities!
Cut, form Ancona, is cool enough to look into the camera, instead to where he’s gonna land. This ramp, built with stolen wood inside a squat, is open and free. Bologna, Italy.
Girls are starting to skate too. Glasgow, Scotland
Giorgio Zattoni, here 13 y.o., skates some miniramp in Italy
Bruno Ferrari skating the freshly built free public skatepark at Gratosolio, Milano
It’s show time!
Young Danny Way skating before abundant media in France
Mark Gonzales during Bercy demo. Paris
Steve Caballero. Demo in Riccione, Italy.
Tony Hawk. Demo at the Eiffel Tower, Paris
Play Tony Hawk videogame!
Skateboarding is going mainstream...
A classic Bodè puppet, a cult icon from the early days of spray can art, today appears riding a skateboard.
Nike™ billboard is using a skateboarder for the first time. Christian Hosoi. Los Angeles.
Tony Hawk, now sponsored by Diesel™, interviewed by national TV after a demo in Treviso, Italy
...yeah, keep skaters away from destroying public property!
It’s about the latest trick and the coolest look...
Chad Muska skating the new free park in Huntington Beach.
Daniel Cardone. Ancona, Italy
Matteo Dinisio. Milano Centrale
Try 'til you film it cleanly landed!
No need to enter competitions to be top...
Mike York filming for the Chocolate™ video in Milano Centrale
Eric Koston. Demo in Rome.
Yo, thanks everybody...
Steve Alba, L.A.suburbia • Upland Skatepark, L.A. • Max Bonassi at Nomentana Ramp, Rome • Pierre Andre Senizergues, Prague • Fulvio Nelzi at Viareggio, Italy • Lance Mountain at Danny Way's ramp, Carlsbad • Bruno Besta, Genova, Italy • Jeremy Henderson at Harlem banks, N.Y. • Mike Vallely at Rho, Milano • Mark Gonzales, Munster • You?, Paris • You?, Milano Marittima, Italy • Carlo Lalumera at Miniduomo, Milano • You? Paris • You?, Cooper Union Square, N.Y. • Andrea Paulicelli at Muretto, Milano • Alex Melle, Torino • Alex Esposito at Duomo Milano • Cut skating a squat ramp during "Isola nel Cantiere", Bologna, Italy • she so aggro!, Glasgow • Giorgio Zattoni, Rimini, Italy • Danny Way in Paris • Mark Gonzales in Paris • Steve Caballero, Riccione, Italy • Tony Hawk in Paris • Bodé at Gratosolio, Milano • Christian Hosoi on a Nike™ billboard, L.A. • Tony Hawk at 55DSL™ demo, Treviso, Italy • Chad Muska at Huntington Beach • Daniel Cardone at Ancona, Italy • Matteo Dinisio at Milano Centrale • Mike Jork, Chocolate™ video in the making at Milano Centrale • filming Eric Koston at a demo, Rome
Oh.. New beginning now...
Just Make it!
愤青 angry youth