Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

[joeydollaz]

anyone who skated back in the 80-90s should def give this a look. whata throw back all these old names of skaters and companies. great footage. plus the story of this guys life, most famous skater to wash up to murderer. crazy.

hosoi is in jail for drugs too.

[GINZ]

anyone who skated back in the 80-90s should def give this a look. whata throw back all these old names of skaters and companies. great footage. plus the story of this guys life, most famous skater to wash up to murderer. crazy.

hosoi is in jail for drugs too.

I remember when Gator got arrested. He was one of my favorites as a kid. Guy went bonkers. :yourcrazy

[joeydollaz]

totally lost his cool. its a great doc you should def grab it. i just watched one on dog town and teh z boys too .. it was skater night here LOL

[darius]

this thread makes we want to dig through my parent's attic and find my Powell Peralta board, assuming they haven't tossed it or given it to good will.

any of you ever subscribe to Thrasher?

[GINZ]

this thread makes we want to dig through my parent's attic and find my Powell Peralta board, assuming they haven't tossed it or given it to good will.

any of you ever subscribe to Thrasher?

Thrasher, TransWorld, Big Brother... I had them all.
I was full on into skating until I was 17. I had a real deal mini ramp at my house too.

I always get the itch to buy a new board. Its funny how you can get a skateboard at the mall now. When we were kids it was so hard to find skate shops! I feel weird though thinking about getting on a board again at 30, lol

[joeydollaz]

of course. when i went to get my suitcase last nigth after watchignthis i saw that i still have my signed posters when i met hosio and lance mountain in bloomingdales in teh attic. :chuckle

[joeydollaz]

I always get the itch to buy a new board. Its funny how you can get a skateboard at the mall now. When we were kids it was so hard to find skate shops! I feel weird though thinking about getting on a board again at 30, lol

california cheap skates holler !!

[GINZ]

of course. when i went to get my suitcase last nigth after watchignthis i saw that i still have my signed posters when i met hosio and lance mountain in bloomingdales in teh attic. :chuckle

What the hell were they doing at Bloomingdales?:hmmm
I met Rodney Mullen,Andy Howell and Steve Berra.

[joeydollaz]

ugh i'm trying to remember what decks is had a mcgill was my first real deck with trackor trucks LOL i also had a metalica mini. i had another sweet one with neon gullwing thats got stolen by some nig fomr springfield. and i had to have at least 3-4 more i cant remember.

[joeydollaz]

What the hell were they doing at Bloomingdales?:hmmm
I met Rodney Mullen,Andy Howell and Steve Berra.


actually rodney mullen was there too and scott oster. rodneyt mullen was always at these instores btu who cared guy rode a freestyle deck. thats was so lame LOL

they were there launching teh jimmy z clothing line being sold in bloomies. i met jimmy z also LOL

[darius]

i remember a demo at our area shopping mall waaay back in 86. i got to meet a bunch of the guys from PP . . . cabellero, hawk, guerrero . . . but my personal favorite was Natas Kaupus

[joeydollaz]

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[GINZ]

Public Domain was one of my favorite videos of all time, with Animal Chin and Ban This close behind.

Another reason I get discouraged when I think about skating again is that every kid I see skating now is skating switch stance...I had enough trouble skating the right way...now you have to learn the same tricks backwards!! It doesnt look fun at all.

[mjp22]

I also thought this was a great Doc, I was never a good skater but a big fan its amazing the shit that went on with these kids