What a fantastic documentary!! I'm 45 now and have lived in Devon and skated Bristol since the 80s. I can totally remember that demo with Cards. It was the first time I'd seen pros skate. I just couldn't believe what was possible on a board. Wainwright ollied from the third bowl over the fence and had a sequence in RAD mag. We used to go there and I remember Spex ollied a whole one of the moguls after I had just learnt to early grad from one to the other then he bombed down and ollied out of the corner at the bottom of the moguls and I was speechless!! He was really friendly and talkative. A true legend!! God bless and long live Bedminster!!!

Sick little film and lovely to see something with heart still standing out from the grey, consumer society that the UK has become the last coupla decades. Bristol is always fucking dope. SM5D for life!

My god!! Just stumbled on this and close to crying. I was 10 and at the skate park the day it opened. My dad lived in Northfield House just behind. My mum had a flower shop on East street...Paulines Florist and we also had a SKATEBOARD SHOP further down in Nelsons Parade. I remember Mark and Steve Galdies, Junior, Gary Holly (Think that was his name). Remember us skating for Bristol and all going up to London for a competition, had a blow out in coach on M4 if I remember. We all went down to see the Hobie team at Ashton Court too. Cooper helmets, ACS trucks, G&S FibreFlex, Belair Snakes.....it's all coming back to me now.

God damn this was a good watch. I wished we had this amount of footage from my old park in Sweden

As a Bristol boy, some of my happiest memories are of weekends and holidays skating the fuck out of Dean Lane, or Bedminster as us north Bristol boys called it. My best mate from those days is actually in a couple of shots in this - the young lad in the Anthrax t-shirt with his little brother in tow. I can vaguely remember him saying there were cameras down there one time. Can't recall where I was, but amazing to see the footage 30 years later. Good times.

So stoked I've got a few tricks in here! Wish there was more Spex footage, but video cameras were so rare compared to today, when everyone has a camera capable of 4K video tucked in their pocket! Miss the old Deaner so much. The snake run (river run) and in particular PLANET ROCK and TOP BANK were so good!

Also wanna add what a seriously good piece of filmmaking this is. So well put together.

Oh my! That really takes me back. I spent so many happy hours there in 1979 when I was supposed to be studying at uni. I was old for skating even back then, but I didn't care cos it was so exciting. Then I left Bristol in and never knew that the scene and the park got bigger and better. I'm even older now - but still skating!

Really good film. I grew up living & skating in Bristol in the 90s and this is a great authentic documentary about an authentic scene. Thanks Thrasher Gods for shining a light on our dirty little corner of earth.

Spex is a legend!! Awesome doc, thanks to everyone responsible for making it.

big up bristol

Great video! That bike slam though has to be one of the gnarliest things I’ve ever seen 😬

This made my evening seeing this. At 40 years old I used to skate this in the early 90s with wes and that. Bumped Into spex years ago at Glastonbury skatepark with his kids and it was the first time I'd ever met him, a mythical legend. His kids were on scooters at the time so I'm glad they've gone into skating. Some amazing memories. Mark from chilled heat actually got me back on board around 1999 when Yate skatepark was being poured, and he jumped the fence to skate it. Talked me into skating again. So if you read this Mark,huge thanks..

Absolute masterpiece, enjoyed every minute of it, thanks! 😁

What a fantastic video. They had/have a great scene there. Skateboarding is a beautiful thing.

So well put together, and its not often you discover a bunch of amazing electronic music through skating. Love that

Thumbs up if you used to skate all day and get a mickey Finns for lunch! Loved this skate park. Specs Ollied higher than Natus I seen it

Being 47 now A real trip down memory lane watching this. Fond memory’s of setting of from my hometown of yate most weekends. Bus into Bristol, up to rollermania, look at all the decks I couldn’t afford .tony coffee watching us like hawks I remember lol. We’d Watch whatever skate video they had playing on the vcr in the window for a bit , then onto to the curbs at college green. Hour or so there and then off to dean lane for rest of the day. Good times and memories.

Amazing! Love the History. Keep killin' it! Thank you Spex and the team for sharing your wonderful stories. One day I'd like to visit your siick skatepark.

This is more than just skateboarding this is the best community I have ever seen

Man this was just what I needed after a stressful day….possibly the best skatepark documentary that I have ever seen but then I am biased because I lived this park. Originally jumping on the train to get there at weekends just after it was built, seeing the changes. Moved to Bristol Southside and saw the first of the demise…there was nothing left at all for long months except that weird triangular metal spine. Even the metal quarter pipe super slide in the wet was gone. That was my sketchy backside air at 2.55 couldn’t believe anyone ever filmed that. Still skating at 55 and Specs, I do still have a picture of you pulling a 5 foot backside air out of that metal quarter Truprint style. Mental. Love the rebirth but I miss that tree.

I’ve watched this a few times now and think it’s really genuinely brilliant. I’d never heard of Dean Lane before but after seeing this I went out of my way when I had to go to Bristol for work a few weeks ago to go and check it out. It’s a really amazing place and I couldn’t believe that it had passed me by for so long. Also, for weeks and weeks now I haven’t been able to stop saying Dean Lane Hardcore in a really heavy Bristol accent. Try it!!

Skating,Art and Music....hand in hand in hand ....forever.

such a sick park gassed it’s finally getting more attention

Skate documentaries are the best

Homie with the dreads at 34 min is amazing

Sooooo good......makes me happy and makes me sad at the same time...I wanna time machine to go back 30 years 🤙🤙

I'm Mike, a skateboader from kenfig hill in south wales. I used to catch a train all the way from Bridgend station to Bristol Temple Meades then skate the rest of the way to bedminster skatepark (deane lane) in 1987 and 1988. It was a very sketchy area but was amazing back in the day. My favourite was the quater pipe at the bottom of the park. Spex was the mind blowing local superstar of the park, when he skated the quarter pipe, loads would gather to watch him, he totally ripped the park stylishly flying and tweaking out of the moguls etc. I skated with 'Box' (looks like he's in this video) and 'Theo'. We used to drag the quarter pipe to the band stand when it was wet. It was the initial training ground for me getting into vert which I ended up becoming sposored and did demos and comps for 10 years. They were the best times of my life.. Hi to Mark (used to skate bath vert skater) and Danny (used to skate worcester indoor vert).

Legendary hardcore Dean Lane, man how I would love to skate that spot

Matt Beach sighting at 35:17!!!! I lived in Bristol from 90-93 skated the park a few times.....Mainly we skated the Lloyds plaza....Man that brought back the feels for me! Love Bristol skate scene!

My favorite part of skating culture is the respect shown to those who came before us, massive props to this doco for documenting this unappreciated aspect of the culture. Skate or Die mutherfuckers.

Rad wee documentary, smashing job everyone involved. Sick to see Greg Davis still skating.

Big up Bristol, Could only dream of having deaner or M32 as me local 👌👌

There's something about skateboarding, graffiti and punk rock that just goes together so well and made me so excited about it back in the 90's. I'm glad to see it's still the same in some places.

SKATEBOARDING'S THE BEST!!!

Absolutely loved skating this place back in the late 80’s at the age of 12-16 we all use to save up our school lunch money through the week to catch the train over from Cardiff on the weekend. So good still see people ripping up the park and awesome that the older guys are keeping it going. Bristol was the main UK skate scene back in the day, we were lucky to be so close to it 👊🏻

no way i met Spex at the surf wave at brizz, didn’t even realise it was him, sound guy

Danny Wainwight! As soon as I saw a piece on Bristol I was hoping he’d be involved. He used to pop around my mates house in Cheltenham back in his Powell days and he was always such a top bloke. So good to see him back in Thrasher again! Just don’t mention the World’s highest Ollie!😂. So good seeing Split Prophets get some recognition across the pond too! Dat Kid, Bil Next, Res & co always on point!

Great doco... was there 85-90's continuously, would be nice to see more. My memory was - ... top bank air at speed, then continuing down to bowl 3 with either a split head or a nice air - then on down to the river run for a little pump, through to the quarter pipe.. repeat repeat repeat until something breaks or gets damaged:) They should have these parks everywhere... best memories and perfect for kids like us who were off the rails with nowhere to go. There was also a small metal quarter/pipe ramp to the left of the top bank which was tops for airing out of the back off - but sadly wasnt there for long.

Spent many a weekend travelling over from south wales in the late 80's Always exciting times making the trip over to Bedminister... everyone use to stop when Specs rocked up just to see his huge airs, flow and style.

32:51 that was brutal!

Big up for Bristol skateboarders and everyone who make possible the Deaner! 🛹🛹

Those bowls bring back some memories from when I was a kid skating down there.

Wow. Most amazing shit I've ever seen. I've skated my whole life and will always love it but I've never seen anything quite like this. Seeing the different decades and how they transformed was so cool.

Only came across this the day before I move back to Bristol. I thinks its time to start skateboarding again

I skated there from the mid 80s to the early 90s. I lived in London but would come down to Bristol every couple of months. There were a bunch of us from the UK hardcore punk scene all skating together. We weren’t that good to be honest but it was just a great place to hang out. I stopped skating when drumming became too important to risk an injury. Shame but got lots of great memories.

Such a great scene! Great video! This is skateboarding!!!!

Well, I never... DJ Die, D&B Legend! Max props too on covering uk skating history. BOOOOM!

All hail cardiel

visiting again this summer!

Skate Muties from the 5th Dimension? Hell yeah!!!

so awesome DJ Die is in this! that DieMantle tune

Great memories, remember when it first opened, remember Specs, great to see him again. Still got the Z-Flex.

Best times of my child hood in the 80s at bedminster Park I remember natas and that, spex with hand plants and one foot airs from bowl 3 it was a brilliant atmosphere and every one made it a top vibe

Fucking awesome. Thrasher needs more of these

Amazing how skating boarding has come💯💯🤙

This was awesome!

More of these types of videos please!

Do one on the SANTA ROSA SKATEPARK in CA! That place is still the same since the 90s

Amazing. Thanks blokes.

DLH!!! Fucking so sick, always a blast, so stoked to see footage from the 2019 fun day!

amazing documentary!

To me its fucking crazy that this vid just came out.. I've only just moved to Bedminster this september just gone and have been lucky enough to skate this crazy janky skatepark! Bombing down the hill from the top to that huge quater feels so sketchy to start with haha, but I've never skated a park quite like it before. Even got a chance to add a cheeky tag when we were down there too. So sick to get an insight on the history of this glorious spot, cheers Thrasher

This was great

Awsome doco! Pure gnarlz!

Thrasher.....you need one of these docs on Southsea!

It's got it all, local legends, legendary visitors, history and DIY! Latest generation looks shit hot too!

Good documentary. Bristol has a few spots.

Awesome!! good job!

45 now; used to go there in the late eighties, or mid 80s , 1991 or so..brings back memories. thinking of getting into it again after 30 years of shite life

Beautiful, I’m a local at my skatepark like most here and this gives me that vibe. Great people, gnarly tricks, weed and of course fucking shit up

Amazing video

So dope to see Spex’s kid Bear getting on Yardsale

Love the Gloucestershire accent in Thrasher Magazine

nuts. i never knew about anything about the bristol scene really. tonnes of good music from there but yeah this is dope as....

So good

6th time I’ve watched this so cool that the skatepark literally up the road from me is on thrasher

That tandem bike slam was so ropey

Banging Big Up the Deaner

29:26 holy shit man haha that was beautiful. This is a great fucking piece, thanks thrasher.

Wicked film - so many faces - so many memories.

Metal - punk and skate in the blood- Reminds me of the 90s here in Maryland

dope film

So rad!

fucking yessssss was wondering when this would be available online

best skate park got so many memory's

This is sick always wondered what the seen was like over the lake 🤙🙌 graf and the shred sled go together 👍

I Love You @ThrasherMagazine

Skateboard passion "it is the THING that catch you "for your whole life"

Grew up skating at deaner,epic times

Hell Yeah Bristol Massive!!

Sick doc!

The funniest thing I saw was the guy wearing the tshirt that read "real men skate curbs". Lmao.

thank you

glad split prophets were in this

This is so rad

Only just started watching but I bloody hole Split Prophets the Mo is on the soundtrack...

Such a sick video.

mind blown, killer doc...

Yo this is sick