10 Skaters You NEED to Know

[@dnam727]

It's lame to bash someone because they say Tony Hawk is their favorite skater. I'm 37 and even when I was a kid, skaters would look down on people who bought Tony Hawk Birdhouse boards. Why? The man came up with the best, and at one point, he had no attention at all because street skating had taken over the scene. He played a big role in bringing vert back and popularizing skating overall. Now it's an Olympic sport and widely accepted nationwide. In my day, we were looked at as delinquents and chased out by police. Nobody is a "poser" except one who pretends to skate, but doesn't. And for the sake of this video, my favorite skaters are Daewon Song, Steve Olsen, and Brandon Turner.

[@Reason1024]

I don't think I ever had a favorite skater except maybe bam lol but to shit on people who like Nyjah Houston? Like I haven't skated in 10+ years but I remember chillin at the skateshop watching little 11-12 year old nyjah rippin shit up with his long ass dreads and thinking he'd be insane once he grew taller than 4'5" 😂

[@nathanratermann9204]

Tony hawk was a vulture. There is an Australian skater already nailing the 900. Tas Pappas.

[@diddymelone2265]

Andy Anderson is my favourite, love his style, love that he's wearing a helmet, love his creativity and attitude.

[@djbwren3704]

Andy is a crazy good example of a modern skater making waves.

[@vroomvroom12093]

dude same, by FAR!! the way he mixes his freestyle skills in with street skating is insane. Also, I think he literally has the most inhuman balance out of ANYONE on a board; my favorite examples were when he did a hang ten nose manual, and his one-footed pump track lap. nearly impossible and I haven't even seen other freestyle skaters doing the same. the man's a legend...

[@tomjones3827]

Didn't he force his girl to be vegan??

[@vroomvroom12093]

@@tomjones3827 wait what???? context please?? edit: cant find anything online saying Andy's even vegan or vegetarian, where did you hear about it?

[@natty_christ]

@@vroomvroom12093 The only thing I know about the internet... if someone says something inflammatory about someone else and poses it as a question, it's not true 99% of the time.

[@reeceparriah4772]

I would say Mike Vallely is need to know, since he pioneered east coast skating, and is such a pivotal skater in the 80’s. Plus he is gnarly

[@nolives]

I remember being introduced to him by first seeing him street brawl like 4 dudes at once. Hes a tough mother fucker and awesome skater. Boneless are some of my favorite tricks to variate. Maybe cause Im more old school style, because I like the height I get, or the extra confidence having board in hand, but either way Ill always be grateful to valley for being such a staple in my form. "Technically anytime your board does something its a trick"-Mike Valley

[@ChronicSkater]

And 1st to put out the double kicktail

[@dominicpenalosa5277]

Isn’t he on cariuma now 🤮

[@sofakingbad829]

I have his original farmhouse board

[@TryandCatch]

Cool to hear Jaws is your favorite. I live in Arizona and asked him to sign my Yuk Mouth board on a live stream of his. He met me at the skatepark and signed it. I’ve seen him at the skatepark since and he remembered me. Super cool dude. All the locals see him frequently and love him. He’s my favorite too.

[@rosaparks8688]

He’s one of my favorites. The 25 stair was legendary.

[@LoganKrathwohl]

what part of arizona im from maricopa

[@TryandCatch]

@@LoganKrathwohl North Phoenix, usually at the PV Skatepark.

[@jack_orourke_sb]

Jaws is awesome. He makes massive stair sets look like nothing.

[@howardb.6205]

Jaws is a National treasure! And the people of Chandler Arizona love Aaron and will protect him at all costs!!!! Now GO Sk8

[@tomaskaartinen12]

Don’t forget that Ali Boulala tried the Lyon 25 some 13 years before jaws, if we want to talk about daring.

[@finnmcginn9931]

Ali was rad

[@fancytrash]

Ali has always been my favorite, its too bad he made some of the decisions he did

[@vincenprinsen7141]

It’s so sad to see him not skating anymore, but he stopped for a sad reason, he was taking drugs and was almost always drunk, until one night after a party he and his friend Shane Cross wanted to drive a motorcycle while being drunk, they didn’t wear helmets and crashed. Ali got into a coma and Shane Cross died. It took about 3 months I think for Ali to recover from the coma, he later got in jail for 2 years I think. And that’s when he stopped

[@kc_jones_gaming]

Ali was there when Jaws did it. Makes that moment double iconic

[@vincentsomna57]

Jonny Giger, Sergio Santoro and the skaters of Hopking are very underrated.

[@vagelismusicianandskateboa7774]

The jonny is the master of skateboarding! Look his you tube channel !

[@nickhippen2850]

Hopking doesn't have shit on Giger

[@vincentsomna57]

@@nickhippen2850 I wasn't comparing them.

[@builtbydiddykins]

I like how Giger does tricks like Mullen used to in his Florida garage in the 80s

[@robertblackmore703]

Luan Olivera, Guy Mariano, Geoff Rowley, Antwuan Dixon, Milton Martinez, Frankie Hill, Mike Carroll, Grant Taylor, Daewon Song, Mark Gonzalez. I could name 20 more but these guys all bring something to table in a big way.

[@suchaverage6430]

My favorites are Jerry Hsu, Louie Barletta, Ave, Chris Cole, and John Rattray

[@Gojiratech1234]

Chris Joslin is my fav. Even won battle at the berrics which was crazy considering he skated stairs and gaps more. Impressive. And even present day he still doing bangers.

[@Uncle_Roadkill]

Mike V is a must know, hands down.

[@djbwren3704]

Mike V & Muska

[@AndySo2000]

little known secret, Mike Vallely invented street skating along with Natas, Gonz, and Tommy G. The guy who makes this video is like 2 years into skating and just learned about it yesterday. He thinks mullen invented street skating but you're wrong.

[@ridhowiranatakusumah6531]

My idol!

[@modelkitbuildtime886]

Answering the nirvana question, lithium scentless apprentice,Mr mustache, aneurysm,and drain you, those are some of my favorites and heart shaped box

[@Ghoulische]

school! no recess!

[@evegasse6999]

I have a soft spot for Lance Mountain, just a cool, chill skater and seems like a genuinely good dude.

[@BiLLY_KaSh]

YOOOO MY GUY IS BACK

[@Ari19904]

I remember my cousins showing me Chris Cole’s legendary tre flip at that school when I was 13. I wasn’t a skating fan before that day but after seeing that I never looked back!

[@0Woodpecker0]

I love aurelien, i have seen his hardflip late 180 life in Berlin. even got a pic with the dude, such an humble and nice guy

[@Grautwok]

This is a good starting point for those getting into skating, and while I might think there are better picks, yours sure as hell ain't bad. Great work!

[@WhatisReal11]

the irony of your last two picks is hilarious

[@ardeleanu7462]

bro your clips are THE GOAT! Keep pushing you`re the best

[@dominicpenalosa5277]

Jaws is kind of a skater that beginners are usually rlly into

[@nickhippen2850]

Yeah, I can see that. All of his tricks are easy to understand. A lot of the time beginners don't understand how difficult some tricks are. But when you see some dude basically jump off of a building everyone knows that's impressive.

[@DreLouieVlogs]

This channel is 1 of them pages once you watch 1 video.. you wanna keep watching more.. good content bro

[@crustophiles]

Jonny Giger is my favorite current skater. But I'm also just kinda into flatland. I also like Jamie Griffin, Ellis Frost, Daewon Song, and Christopher Hiett. I also dig some freestyle dudes like Isamu Yamamoto and Yuta Fujii. I'm sure it's cliche as fuck, but my fav historic skater is Rodney Mullen because, obvious reasons aside, when I first saw his video in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2, I realized that skating was an art form and it blew my mind. It was revisiting his videos last year that made me decide to start skating.

[@mikeybraz915]

Chris Haslam is one of the most insanely technical skaters to ride a skateboard 🛹

[@vincenprinsen7141]

He’s my favorite, so underrated and so creative with his tricks, he even one time did a nose manual with just one foot on the board

[@DonnieWish]

Sammy Baca, John Cardiel, Pedro Delfino , Tommy Guerrero, Jay Adams, Mark Gonzales, Tony Trujillo, Christian Osoi, Jeff grosso, Jamie Foy.

[@jwalk2287]

In no particular order: Gou Miyagi, Patrick Melcher, Mark Suciu, Justin Strubing, Chad Tim Tim, Japanese Super Rat, Jamie Tancowny, Peter Ramondetta, David Gonzalez, Lizard King.

[@hhdhpublic]

Even if its like saying that your fav metal band is metallica or iron maiden, not to say that those bands are bad per se, my fav skater is still mullen. Even if one leaves out all his contributions and all that theres just something about his skating that I find really, really attractive.

[@TRAVisty_James]

I think a lot of people are sleeping on Kilian Martin, he blends freestyle and street in a way you can’t help but admire

[@TheHundredEyes]

Good list, there's a lot of legends to pick from, but you narrowed it down well.

[@juanmiguelalejandrino]

Are we all gonna pretend that Daewon Song did not exist? Him and Mullen were the reasons why I got my first skateboard (fun times). Now my 4 year old son started skating because of JD Sanchez.

[@thevagrantgaming]

Daewon would have made way more sense than Danny Way. Who has been in multiple video games and had several event spectacles for big air tricks and competed in X Games.

[@RoKKr023i]

I like how you showed footage of MY favorite skater during the left outs disclaimer/outro.

[@isaacleung4090]

T funk,ben kadow and lucien genend =my fav skaters

[@ceomontes5831]

Dane Burman. Him and Chris Cole showed up to our local park in City Heights. Every1 was taking pics and videos. I was literally setting up the new skelatal ZERO Burman. Nobody else had any zero boards so when I showed him he was geeking. the board is all black so Dane had to go ask around till he found a white marker. He signed the board "sk8 or die". Burman is Legend.

[@porkaism]

Thank you for pointing out Miles Silvas. Impressive.

[@shelbyhankins7724]

Dude I love your vids you motivated me to skate for my firs time

[@L_E_L_0_U_P]

The OG flip team, mark Appleyard, Geoff Rowley, Tom Penny, arto Saari, etc....

[@eigengrau1]

09:00 *the "12 Step in Germany" is in Cologne; u'll finde some good clips around that spot. Dare the Handrail.

[@SKATESTUFF3]

Thank you for posting today cos the weather is crap where I am

[@SKATESTUFF3]

@text1573 I have send the text

[@GorggW]

Jus got into skating, I'd say natas or Rodney mullen, or Andy Anderson. 3 legends. Rodney basically invited street skating, natas defined it, and Andy freaking crap he's reinvented it

[@Cashrock]

There's a litany of skaters that were groundbreakers, you'd have to have a 2 hrs video. Glad you highlighted Aurelien G though, truly a beast of a skater🤙

[@Albomxnista]

For me, it's Mike Mo. Ever since the fully flared dvd. His style, the way he stomps. He'll always be my fave

[@sschmi07]

Honestly I love Dashawn Jordan. So humble yet so good. Love it

[@Ruckshuk4101]

I love your vids bro never stop

[@TheMegadeth69]

A very smart move... Andy Anderson at the last second!!!

[@kc_jones_gaming]

Marc Johnson was my favorite from the videos I collected. The tech/street with style that made it look easy. To me, he was another Rodney Mullen with a trick selection and style that had a more modern approach

[@agc7765]

Daewon Song was always my favorite..

[@djbwren3704]

Daewon vs Mullen is by far the best series bar none.

[@idontcare4490]

I think it’s perfectly acceptable to say that either Nijah or Tony are your favorite skaters if you feel that way. Tony Hawk is probably the single greatest contributor to skateboarding history and Nijah is arguably one of the best street skaters in the world (at least when it comes to rails). My favorite skaters growing up were Mark Appleyard, Heath Kirchart, Arto Sarai and Tosh Townsend (in the sight unseen video). People are going to like who they like and I don’t think fame or Twitter followers should exclude you from favoritism. That almost happened to Paul Rodriguez at some point but he really used to be one of the best street skaters out there in his heyday.

[@ChrisLKF]

Great video! Didnt know most of them

[@sofakingbad829]

I have to highly recommend you check out natas kapas fire hydrant to this day I still have not seen anybody repeat it

[@The_Joe00s]

My favorite skater is Nathan bev up Ko.

[@justsomeguy3716]

yourrrrr backkkkkk

[@Sab3rKing]

When I click this video I was JUST HOPING You were gonna mention Tony Alva. All Time my Fav Skater no doubt.

[@jameswilliy3100]

I don’t understand why their is so so much Huston hate. He’s great and worked hard to be great. And like it or not he’s one of us

[@Theduck8grapes]

Honestly I love Andy Anderson . Dudes just awesome and I’d love to meet him some day . To get lessons from him would be mind blowing.

[@dnam727]

Miles' line part was not filmed in San Francisco, it was in Koreatown Los Angeles

[@CakeMistake]

I personally feel like Mason silva is underrated cause he just has such great style

[@eigengrau1]

Probs to the Content; Never believed i'd subscribe a "skate/youtube channnel. As usual, nice work bro!

[@BinarySk8]

My fav skater is raven tershey. He is a transition demon and outside of jaws, probably the most miraculous person to spectate on a board

[@pasxK]

My Favorites: Vincent Milou, David Loy, Milton Martinez, TFunk

[@rbubssss]

roughly 2 years ago i went to the skate park got hit by a bike when i was about to drop in got knocked down the ramp and broke my leg and because of that i’ve been finding it really hard to get back into skateboarding due to fear can you help me build up confidence again

[@timojoke1]

Stil looking for my favorite (seemed to be forgoten about) skater "rodney mulan". He was a goat and inspired me as a street skater back in the 90´s

[@Marco.Mahalo]

I’ve been skateboarding for 6 years and I’ve never heard of any of the guys…. Crazy

[@glockdookie5231]

Fucking how?? These are household names amongst skateboarders

[@jotaiutu9338]

hi bro nice vid ,do you know vicent nava ,you shoud give him a video or just take a quick look because his style and his biografy is crazy ,i think that coud be a nice idea for a video ,keep posting your the best bro .

[@стивиАнатолиев]

My fav. skaters are T Funk and Sammy Baca ! 🔛🔝

[@Rayzgft]

Peralta is just a complete must know

[@gxvro1]

tiago lemos, luan, tom penny, david and mark gonzales, milton martinez, pedro barros, sergio santoro, dylan rieder, franky vilani, carlos ribeiro, rodrigo tx, etc

[@djprice7235]

Neen Williams? For the heel flips Andy Anderson for very skating

[@mistere71]

Mark Gonzales, Rodney Mullen, Jay Adams, Duane Peters, Steve Olson

[@albertoalmeida3424]

Jaws, period.

[@AIexKilin]

I like Steve caballiero because I rock half cabs. Best vans shoe by far

[@likqzy]

I love yuto horigome, i just love the way he skates and his style in clothes

[@yanglee1432]

amazing vídeo

[@PeterParker-gp8bi]

i’d say you missed torrey pudwill and andy anderson. but i’d say you’re list was basically perfect in my opinion

[@spectral308]

loved the vid

[@bondvt04]

Wow, I know everyone from the list. And I'm skating since 2004. Suddenly realised I'm skater :) Had many hobbies, but sk8 all the time. Football and skate, basketball and skate, martarts and skate, parkour and skate. Wow. I guess it's hardly curable. "Hello" from Ukraine ;)

[@pikachewbacca3638]

Such a good video.

[@averagedude15]

Nakel is my favorite not just cause I love mid 90s but I love him in Godspeed and he’s the #1 faller

[@maddieklayman-holmes1343]

You forgot my boy Andy Anderson.

[@kylefenrick9168]

Gershon Mosley is my favourite skater

[@ashleybrown4754]

A Team

[@HappyBowser777]

Adding Daewon Song, TJ Rogers and Marc Suciu to that list 😇🔥

[@rb_thebarchitect5236]

My all time favorite skater has to be Bastien salabanzi ... Dude can double fullcab flip just about anything 😳

[@Renaudst]

Matthew thomasello. He got me back into skating after being gone for at least 5 years

[@trolli9164]

David Gravette - my favorite skater

[@ohgxley]

loved seeing tfunk in such short video...he needs more spotlight but he don't at the same time. atf

[@2pDuffey]

Everyone on the Powell Peralta team

[@Yaboi-od4vb]

You should make a skate stories on Will Fyock next

[@chriscwikla7558]

I'll be impressed If Jaws is still walking at 40.

[@senditsquad8854]

You should definitely do a video on Andy Anderson

[@vagelismusicianandskateboa7774]

My favourite Skater is the Andrew Reynolds my friend!

[@CaptainOOMAOOMA]

Tony Alva wasn’t “the person that started it all” that was Jay Adams he’s the original seed.

[@djbwren3704]

Elissa Steamer, Ed Templeton, Mike Maldonado, Chad Muska, Jamie Thomas, basically the entire Toy Machine team from the 90s, Birdhouse’s original Team, all making waves back in the day. If you haven’t seen Transworld’s Uno you don’t know skate history.

[@Ruckshuk4101]

Where is Jamie foy?

[@jksk8s]

Yung wavy is one of my faves

[@dermaxinator8041]

i think you should have included legends like luan oliviera, carlos ribeiro, tiago lemos, louie lopez

[@mayandurham7123]

Man we need a vid on big boy foy

[@bgoutdoors802]

I don't really care what people think or say. I've been skating for 22 years and am far from a poser. But nyjah is my favorite skater. Is he the best skater? No. But I give him credit where it's due. He holds the most sls wins out of any skater. And for a good reason. But my second favorite skater is either Paul Rodriguez or Ryan Decenzo. Ishod kills it too

[@finnmcginn9931]

Doug "Pineapple" Saladino deserves a spot on this list.

[@cdxx_503]

Jamie Griffen is absolutely insane

[@dr-sneaks-_-]

Tom Penny, Chad Muska, Jamie Thomas, Eric Koston

[@skel-eton2499]

Me personally my favorite’s/ need to know is Stevie Williams or Jamal smith there style while skating instantly got hooked also Jamal is a legendary meme

[@YoeyYutch]

4:10 Did he break his face on his knee there?

[@Grisu.]

i like Alexander Rademaker