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Street Dreams..

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I've been injured for about two weeks now after getting over a bad cold so thinking about skating has not been fun lately. However, just wanted to post up some stuff of Tom Penny. I just find it amazing that after all these years of being somewhat elusive, we're getting an abundance of good stuff. Psyched on this Skate Sauce vid too;

Oops..

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Small oversight...left out Torey Pudwill's ender from the "Big Bang".. I don't understand what's going on with that creepy dude at the beginning. Is he cleaning Torey's board or talking shit or what??

Top Ten Hard-Flips.

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Been siting on this one for a while. Keep in mind this is subjective but the ones that had the most impact on me are as follows; 1. Daewon. Love Child. Around 3:30 The granddaddy of them all. Slow-mo over a small gap but still, it was difficult to conceptualize what was going on when this first came out. 2. Rick Howard, Goldfish. around :40 First time I'd ever seen it done over anything. Kind of a shocker. 3. Stevie Williams, Tantrum video. About one minute in. Can't remember when I saw it but was just blown away at how effortlessly it was done, while in a line. 4. Richard Mulder, the Chocolate Tour Another one done over something. Super clean style. I kinda' forgot how good this guy was.. 5. Bryan Herman, Stay Gold. Take your pick. Dude has this trick down to a science. Personally I vote for the one over the handrail at about 4:09 6. Sean Malto, And Now.. ..towards the end, down a massive stack. 7. Kris Markovich. Element. Thir...

L.A. boys..

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What's good people? Just a few oldies. Thought I would switch it up as I have been mostly just putting videos from youtube up on here lately. This is from a Powell-Peralta ad (before they became just Powell), from December 1989. What was crazy about these dudes is just how advanced they were. But they got the credit they deserved on Powell. They didn't even spell Paulo's name right!

G.O.A.T.

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Just want to be clear...Mike Carroll is probably the best street skater of all time. Oh no? Don't believe me? Disagree? That's fine. Here is some supporting evidence.. @3:22 By the way, these youtube ads are freakin' annoying..

Damn..

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Had an idea for a post that I will still probably do in the near future but while trolling Youtube for videos I came across these 2 gems; As always, I'm blown away by Mike Carroll's cleanness, and I've never seen this Keenan footage before. Also thought Rick Howard killed it at those demos. In the second clip was just a good refresher at how good Rick McCrank is. That's it for now..

Tangent...

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Just came across this Jesse Silvey part from the "Boulevard" video circa 2005. Also a brief appearance from OG Santa Barbara legend Dylan Gardner. Pretty damn sick.. he's been killin it forever. I remember seeing him at the Powell Skate Zone back in the day. Annoying ass little kid...that could skate better than 2/3 of everyone else. Not sure what he's up to now.