RIP Grosso. We'll miss you brother.

I watched all these skaters so much as a kid that I could tell who they were just by how they skated. Tony, technical, lanky arms flailing. Cab , smooth as butter. Hosoi with that big flair. The 80's skate scene was such a great time to be alive. I miss those simple days.

Dear 1985, please bring me back. I don't want to be here anymore, I want to come home. Thank you,

The 80s and 90s damn I miss those times

These 'kids' were so freakin talented. That original combi is no joke!!! They didn't have videos, dvd's, youtube, etc to learn from. They had a couple of older crew in a couple of parks, the rest they figured out for themselves within a hobby that wasn't even cool. They didn't give a fuck, they just wanted to skate. Respek

awww, little tony hawk

Damn, Hawk was so focused and mature for a kid his age. You just knew that he would shine very early on.

The music the attitude the lack of technology. It’s the perfect combo. And today we aren’t exactly progressing in good ways anymore.

Fucking awesome video!! I got my first board in 1985 for my 12th. birthday, a Powell-Peralta Lance Mountain Future Primitive, w/Indy's & Powell mini-cubics, I loved that board. From the early to mid-1980's when skateboarding really took flight, it seemed like everyone that skated had a Powell-Peralta deck, usually Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, or Ray Rodriguez(Skull-n-Sword). The Bones Brigade was everywhere with Thrasher bringing the latest stories & pics. George Powell and Stacy Peralta really built something special. To me, Powell-Peralta was the best skateboard company, best team(skaters), best boards, with the best graphics, hands down!! Also with Craig Stecyk, the ads. were ahead of their time.

So cool to see all the. Ha ha. Old pro's. My heroes from junior high years. Man we skated every day!! Best years of my life. I want to go BACK!! It was so rad!!

Rip Jeff Grosso. Legend!

Dig the kid with the feathered mullet and Ratt shirt at 6:53... I think we all went to school with that kid.

Smart interview by Tony Hawk to some dumb questions. He had it together even that young.

Random in my suggested videos. I rode here (Pipeline in Upland) as a kid. Many, many summer days spent there. Loved that park!

Love these old skateboarding video s I'm 54 now still got box off my old skateboarding stuff,as I remember there's every type off krip wheels from 70 to 85 ,OG freestyle wheels, there's 3 OG type wheels ,bluebirds,Trucks there's box off them there's 15 decks + two I made in woodwork in school great woodwork teacher there's full set off protective gear had friend bring his friend check everything out come up will some stupid price told him politely go f..k himself as I've go no family I'm goin leave it to friend who used to skate with when we were 12 I used love skateboarding down hills ,half pipes, can't skateboard anymore due to injury s brain says let's go body go no chance great to see these old vides

hearing tony say the pool is hard because it has a lot of vert....it's just so...as the kids say...chef's kiss.

Check out that crowd, there are people from every walk of life, old people, young people, guys and girls. I love that.

I used to live in badlands and still go there bout every month cause i moved , but man i wish i was a teen in the 80’s

hard to believe this was almost 40 years ago. Unreal. Great stuff, thanks for sharing.

Damn Christian got HUGE air on that one after the roll in! 😱💕👍

Jesus Tony Hawk talked like a forty year old back then too

This is amazing. Grosso skating to 'Detroit Rock City' is unbeatable.

That Combi Was Epic. Steep & Deep!

Even when Tony was Young his mind was so sharp and focused.

Been watching Tony Hawk since 85. He was a childhood role model of mine and its great that hes still sk8 till this day 👊😎

I was in 3rd grade man time flies lifes too short

Tony Hawk was 17 Steve Caballero was 21. they we're some young 80s dudes that would become skateboarding legends in the 90s

Tony has a Carlsbad Pipelines surf shop sticker on his helmet. That place is still in business.

I was there!!

I remember begging my mum to buy me a black and a red pair of chucks so I could do the Jeff grosso look lol, she didn't, but I swapped one shoe with a mate.

1985 Was a great year, it had lots of skateboarding and great friends.

It is dangerous thats why we love it till death! Its the passion of being on top of that board... Not many people know that feel and never will understand it

My first board was a Jeff Grosso & I was so proud of it. Still today these guys are childhood-heroes for me! 🛹✊🏼🤙🏼‼️ Thx for uploading this video!!! =]

And they all look exactly the same, amazing!

Man I miss this park. Pipeline in Upland was awesome. I still got a chunk of the coping from this pool, The Combi

Grosso's mismatched Chucks was a cool touch.

Steve Caballero is such an OG

Jeff Grosso frontside carve around the corner has so much power

I bet they all hated these competitions, skateboarding is not about who's best, it's about having fun.

This is what kids should be watching

I could watch these old school videos all day. Oh wait I have.... Oops

thanks for posting this , takes me back

Still watching in 2018 !!!!!

usually 80s looks extremly cheesy on videos, but in this particular clip it looks pretty chill and cool. glad to see an old vid that captured the 80s in positive way

Fun to watch how many 'Rock-Slide&Rolls' were pulled by these skaters! I did my first one in June, 1980, on my Kryptonics Foamcore deck (had p-Tex on the base, no rails yet/ever), totally by accident by coming into a corner of a Bowl, with too much speed, and trying a Rock&Roll. Mind, you, being from Vermont, I didn't get to Skate Vert much, but I was, the Stoked to have pulled a 'Trick' no one else had (yet) claimed. I expect that others did it, too, b4 me, but, I didn't hear of such in my very-short visits out West. FF a few years, and, Yup, they're doing that as part of their routines. Progress; It's evolution on FF! "PSR"

Oh to be able to go back to 1985 with some Bagel Bites

Probably one of the gnarliest things ever built to skate

I remember running into Cab at a skatepark in San Jose and stopping short thinking "whoa..dudes a legend...".

Boy rockin the 38s, that's authentic skate history for ya.

U see Stevie lives I. His parents garage & saved his money & bought his 1st house when he was in his late 20’s I KNOW HE MISSED that tiny garage sometimes

Damn how much skate contest audience have changed. From grown people to monster energy kids nowadays.

38 this month and still got a board, still love to get the air flowing without walking :D Anyone here regular stance? Push with right foot. Every skater I met was goofy.

I love that part too. It was great timing. He also skated to them during his qualifying runs at Terror in Tahoe.

Grosso.... Legend 😎👊 Greatly missed by many !

Lembro que +- em 1990,ter um shape Hosoi ou Steve Cabalero era um sonho distante ,mas mesmo assim com shapes simples ,até mesmo comprado usado de algum amigo mais endinheirado ,era muito divertido estar com a turma do skate! Época inesquecível!

Not one damn cell phone. Amazing

So awesome! Those we're the best days

are you u kidding me, mcgill and hosoi are the ones who showed hot to skate that pool and air was everywhere

old days is the best days of our lives

Christian kicked ass , dude was silky smooth and clean .

Vision put some of these out on DVD awhile back. It was a set. When I saw it, I almost had a heart attack. You might still find it. But then again a lot is right here for you! :)

Upland…OmG lots of vert. That’s the gnarliest bowl in the world.

3:27 that girl was perfect; hardly any makeup , perfect bone structure….People we’re better looking back in the day

What's better than a young Tony Hawk skating to the Toy Dolls?

THANK YOU!!!

Not sure how the you tube gods got me here?🤷🏽‍♂️but thanks.

Wow.. Hawk was 16 there??!! Looks 12!! And still killing it in 2021!!!

That Steve Caballero has a sweet bunny hop in transition.

Skateboard decks I owned back in the day... Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mark Gonzales, Christian Hosoi, Tommy Guerrero.

Really, who gave this a "thumbs down"?

Quality on these videos are great.

Crowd reaction at the end was great! 😆😆

R.I.P. Jeff Grosso

Christian Hosoi was awesome! I still remember when it came down to him or Tony Hawk winning the extreme games back in the day. One of them was going to become famous. I was actually voting for Christian Hosoi. Tony Hawk still cool, but I was a Hasoi fan first.

Lord please bring back the 1980s

Golden age stuff!

i love how the bowl looks just like vans combi or vice versa

Fausto RIP and Eric RIP - they saved skateboarding so you all can have it the way it is now.

When I skateboarded in high school I was considered a loser and outsider,now if you skateboard in high school you're cool.

Grosso’s inverts. So good

Carlsbad Pipelines sticker on the helmet! Now that is G! Hell ya Tony

scariest thing i ever skated was thst combi pool. coping for sure. big walls too.

In the words of mix alot......THATS RIPPING

Who the heck was judging the contest?! Hosoi shredded it & even the crowd knew it!

I remember wearing G&S and Surfers Alliance in 1988 to attend 7th grade in #PuertoRico

Tony Hawk really is the Babe Ruth of skateboarding 🛹

Hasoi really was good. It looked easy to him.

A big session with the Kiss singing "Detroit rock city".... It will never happen again :(

yo that pool is fucking gnarly its like a vert wall pool damnn

Yeah it looks like Tony hawk was having all kinds of trouble with that pool lol

BONES BRAGADE!!! VISION STREET WEAR, were the days

Tony Hawk at 1:55 - "shit" they're all tough! Awesome footage! Those were the days...

Eddie Reategui videobombing Grosso's interview is entertaining.

This was the glory days of skating . It just doesnt seem like it used to

did you work with argus?

I wish I could have been there

watching DO A KICKFLIP with tony hawk took me here.

This was the second contest in 1985 and the next contest that year was Mt.Trashmore (ramp was white). I think you mean the contest in 86 when he hit the cop (ramp was brown). Hard to pick a favorite. :-) But if I had to today, it would be Trashmore 85.

Chris Miller,Jeff Phillips,and Blender were the best...

Dumb question I'm sure but what's the name of the 2nd song Tony skateboarded to?