Hey kids, at 3:23 pay attention to the way Donny Barley ordered that western omelette at sal's diner. He's a very considerate young man and an excellent example to all of us... Spread the word...

Yeah, finding out that he's actually gay, I had to rewatch this and it's so crazy. Now when they talk about him making excuses for not hanging out, you know why. You know why he was so close with Elissa. You wonder who all knew at the time of this when it was made. His sexual preference has no effect on his skateboarding. In fact, like a lot of them have said. Finding out he's gay makes him more rad. I'm just glad to see that BA can live his life without that weight on his shoulders of having to hide it from everyone and I love the support and feedback he has received throughout the community. Shows just another reason why skateboarding is such an amazing thing.

"He was like man i just wanna smoke this bowl and i was like wo this dudes bummin"

Watching these old videos is crazy now, you would never tell. It's kind of funny when they're talking about him making excuses and now we know why, I'm So glad he's happy now and doesn't have to hide who he is on the inside.

I was about 12 years old hanging out at Groton Skatepark during that rainstorm under the pavilion when donny rolled up to film this. Im behind the cameraman sitting on a bench eavesdropping on all this shit getting my mind blown. Too fucking sick to actually watch the footage now......

BA holds it down for us tall skaters

Damn, I remember an interview with Muska from the 90's where he talked about "throwing rocks at the f****ts" that walked down the strip by his place from a balcony. Small wonder why BA waited to come out.

i love how jerry always has a cameo

I think that skating a memorial keeps it alive. You know the purpose of it from the ground up, the locals will yell at you, yet here you are, young as fuxx.... living your life and enjoying the dream... Skate, because life is meant to be lived.

You can see Ed is still hurt from all them departures

Seeing all that old skating footage makes me realise/remember how much the 90's rocked and were way more awesome then the 00's.

BA is kinda a sleeper. He never gets mentioned with the top guys but you even watch his old parts On tap or yeah Right and that shit would be crazy for today. He does crazy lines with tough spots and on top of that can still feeble a 15 no prob.

I love getting these candid type narrative docs. Keep 'em comin.

Donny Barley seems to articulate BA's persona as skater better than anyone. I love hearing him talk of Brian.

I must have watched Welcome to Hell 500 times.

Always loved Brian Anderson and his varial flips.

My favourite skater ever. Love you BA.

Vice, I love these skate documentaries!!! 👍🍻

i like the way chad muska is still the way i remember him; not one for words, but when it comes to skating he is top quality.

I remember that tour. I skated with you guys at More Skates in Lancaster PA. You guys were totally cool with me joining in the demo. I remember all the locals yelling get off the floor! Ed and Mike were atop a quarterpipe, they were both trying like "nose wheely" (Maldanados Words) tech trick on this flattop long pyramid, and I said to Ed do you care if I skate with you guys, he looked dead at me and said go for it. I was trying a benihana over this hip, at the time the trick wasn't well known, I remember Steamer asking what it was and me not knowing what it was called. It was a blast skating alongside these legends at the time. Thanks for having me, and thanks for making it memorable. Landing that trick and hearing the Toy Machine team going wild cheering was a great moment in an otherwise boring life. Thanks Ed!

After watching this & checkin' out B.A.'s skating. He has now become one of my favorite skaters. Dude is pretty sick! Hope he has some success with 3D.

i gotta alot respect for dudes like brian anderson i watched him and other pro's in the 90's which influenced me to skate in the 90's im still skating now and i always will be a skater

Welcome to hell was a milestone in my life. 12 years old and learning how to skate, WTH stayed in my VCR 24/7. I loved BA's part and His awkward flow that seemed sketchy but actually wasn't because it was HIS style. Man I miss those days.

The San Francisco Streets were so barren back then. Packed to the brim all day everyday now.

Woah barley. I forgot about barley! Anyways, I hope the kids watching this realize how crazy these guys were. I know some of this stuff looks standard nowadays, but these guys kicked the door open for gnarly street skating.

I lived in SF when BA was thriving there. Was always so stoked to see his tall ass skating down mission st.

Crazy looking at the phones and 480p upload quality we had ten years ago!

I basically learned 360 flips watching his part in Yeah Right over and over. They're just perfect, no steeze, none of that bullshit.

Man I was early 2000s skating was still super popular I was watching skating dvds most of which I still have. I can't believe this is 10 years old too.

Brian Anderson so dope yo! He easily one of the best top 100! He is so understated. Feel like he got looked over a lot.

i don't skate but you gotta appreciate all art forms whether it relates to your life or not.. this guy is fuckin' great at what he does.. congratulations to him. knew his dream and made it happen!

The pic at 23:12 was a demo they did in my hometown. I still remember her getting sick... Still the best demo I have ever been to.

One of my favorite epics

Vice has some of the coolest vids ever, why did it take me so long to find these guys?

OMFG Met Brian Today Holy shit best day Of my life BA 4 LIFE!

When hes watching the skate videos in the mirror. Bro I was dying. Lmao.

so much more enjoyable watching this in one shot, thanks pat and vice.

Man def my favorite skater never forget when the hartung bro had him come to my house in the late 90 fuckin awesome!

Love his Steve Alba designed board. One of my influences. Pretty rad.

I was thinking back in 01 when they did the documentary on the hubba & emerica team from the ON video spring issue. Skip almost 11 years later & majority of the people featured on here were on that video, damn time passes quickly, my favorite skaters are getting older & more wiser & I miss the early era of skating when videos made you love to skate more each day.

Being from groton, he came to our skatepark today and just relaxed and skated, completely untouched. Not because it was a popularity issue (because he is god around here) but because it's fucking Brian Anderson, and the only thing better than talking with him about skating, is watching him skate.

You guys do a great thing, I remember the days of our first skateshop in London ontario getting my first Pro (Danny Webber , 'telephone 'ole) from CALIFORNIA BOARDS on Dundas East. Bloody cream..

This is awsome, thanks for posting.

One of the best Epicly Latered

Brian Anderson is an awesome guy I met him when I was a kid. I'll never forget it.

That s the best series ever,love it❤

I fuckin love his style, it's so smooth.

Donny is such a cool ass dude. I live a few blocks down from him. He’s killing it in real estate right now, and still shreds.

Groton, CT!!! Im in the town over! Fuck yeah, I bet he went to the same skate park.

"You see some Bozos skating down the street and you're like, ugh. But for *us* it's different. *We* *really,* *really* *like* *it.*" That's some real talk right there.

B.A has always been skater of the year.

Hes such a momma bear, love it

Ed and his wife where super cool Panama Dan had pop for days I loved Toy Machine their demos the monster board !

Interesting to see him before he came out

Gnarliest dude, huge respect for him!

I love him so much

"If he's gonna be happy, than I'm happy" Ed...so dope ✌🏻💨

My boy aaron and me were obsessed with welcome to hell. I had a pair of sheep skate shoes. The ed Templeton model of course.

i love ed's sincerity

25:45, Jamie is nuts.. barefoot wow. Love this whole episode, Brian's hilarious.

this was great, very interesting

I fucking love these epicly later'd(s)

Hella sweet & seems super down to earth .

I was in the same position as him for a while, not as long but i was about 24.. just like him when i came out it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be.. everyone was still accepted me for who i was reguardless..

I've had the pleasure of meeting BA and I fanned out superhard lol. He's a rly nice, tall, softspoken, scary guy lol

What an amazing story

And ya I know people got sick of stair counting and rail chomping, but these guys also set the nar super high. This is around when skate videos went from casual skating with a few really wild tricks, to no-filler all gnarly tricks.

Do what you love love what you do

Anyone knows wheres u could get that Real - Steve olson board ?

man, im so stoked on this episode. shit was sick as fuck! as cheeseball as it sounds id love to get something autographed by BA

That run at the park was legendary. Anybody knows who the Ben guy he was talking about was, style's pretty awesome? After he talked about Nick Trapasso.

My prime skate Era. I grew up on brian Andersons part in Yeah Right

omg that hubba at the begining is freaking CLASSIC

What a legend

Couldn't give one single fuck about this man's sexual preference. Seems like one of the coolest dudes on the planet. Definitely in my top five pick for best skaters of all time too. BA is the fucking man!

One of the best skaters of all time

love how muska talks down on jason dill being artsy n shit... look at him now tryna be artsy

BA is the Tom Hanks of skateboarding.

"I guess it is pretty disrespectful" lol understatement of the century

Amazing.

He has been my favorite skater since Welcome to hell

props to donny barley for seeing BAs potential and getting him over to the coast and get him on toy machine

BA is just so goddamn cool

great doc! what did he mean by tapered tail that was his 360 flip deck

YES!

respect man

haha regular footed heath! that tripped me out for some reason

His board was my first professional board that I purchased from hillbillies skateshop in the early 2000's, I've searched high and low for the board I bought and it depresses me that I cant find it. It's definitely a huge void for me

23:30 Rancho Alamitos High School that was my old High school wow thats awesome

nobody else out there like BA. dude's the fucking man.

LEGEND

I CANT SMOKE N WALK DOWN THOSE STAIRS LET ALONE FLY ONNA SKATE BOARD DOWN IT💨

Wow,what is that skatepark called towards the end?It looks like the funnest place I've ever seen!!!

brian anderson fucking rips and is an awesome dude. and gat damn he was casually wearing the green supreme bruins.

Seems like Jamie doesn’t like people at first who have talent. Passed up on Malto too.

I love this guy. I feel like this video didn’t get enough views

thanks man. this episode is dope because Brian is a local.-Groton is like 20 mins from my house. And NO i never seen him or Donny Barley. lol--I find it odd & weird that pro skaters DONT save more decks.esp considering they get 20 free decks a month, and most n90's skaters traded decks to eachother at all contest...Epicly Latere'd wishlist~~Steve Saiz--Jeremy Klein-Jovante Turner--Dune~~Eric Sanderson(old powell Peralta/Ban This era--Brian freaking Lotti (gYeah)-all those Hokus Pokus H-street dudes-The Donger,Colby Carter, Ray Simmons etc--RUDY!!! Rudy Johnson...~The Gav! Tim Gavin must be a full episode, Not a CRAPPY Ray Barbee 5 minute turd. that was awfull!~~Collin McKay----Jeff Grosso-Chet Thomas--Spencer Fujimato(sooo much style for a lil kid!)---Probably want Rudy & The Gav To be full episode since BOTH are amazing speakers who are entertaining to listen to..--Porbably cause BOTH are proud of theyre past and just good people...Rudy & The Gav are like posterBoys for my/our 90's way of being skaters with the way they talk etc,,that's probably why i enjoy Rudy on the crail COuch etc...NOt to mention how successful and smart The Gav is..much needed episodes...my bad if you made some of these and im unawares Patrick.....thanks :)

I still have a ripped up old Emerica shoe that Brian Anderson signed for me back in like 01. Cool dude.

That was a great watch. Seems like a stand up dude to boot too.

i was at the LES park once with some friends and he was clearly being way nicer than youd imagine to me and my friends from home. like really sweet on us for some reason. hmmm.