Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/08/27/natas-kaupas-scenes-from-198.html
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3:38 - I’m guessing he didn’t really ollie over a truck but there was a ramp there that we couldn’t see…
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He is a god.
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I wonder how many pairs of Adidas’ Natas went through in a year?
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Pretty sure this is a re-Boing, but well worth re-Boinging, to be sure.
Your “pretty sure” is “not very good.” This is the prior Natas post.
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Not “Streets of Fire”?
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I remember watching this and just being amazed at how quickly he could change directions. Left right, up down, just snap snap and moving differently
I practiced for weeks, till I was able to switch on the flat of a skate ramp. Mid session. It would freak people out. How did you just…
So cool
Of course now? It looks easy or simple. But back then? Groundbreaking
How do you ride on a freaking WALL? Yeah. That took a lot of practice too
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Awesome movie. Great soundtrack
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I watched this video everyday for a summer. I went through nine of his kitten and yarn decks. I got good enough to Ollie onto a picnic table, but the spinning on a fire hydrant I never could even get started. I think he did fashion for ocean pacific after skating.
He’s still cool. Check out:
Then continue down the rabbit hole and google Rodney Mullen.
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This was the exact moment that I, as a youth, discovered fIREHOSE. Santa Cruz produced so many watershed moments for me in those days…
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