Bastien Salabanzi: The Lost Part

It's hard to imagine footage like this getting "lost", but things happen. When Ewan Bowman told us he was working on a never-before-seen part of Bastien we were stoked, but the final product is heavier than we ever could have imagined.

[@justinbutcher811]

If this would've been released 10 years ago skater's brains couldn't of handled it. People would've died

[@toronc1122]

Justin Butcher Not only was this shit amazing. He was fucking 18, Now this dude is 29 and he still killing shit.

[@jussaratasseli5051]

.... ...

[@Rob-in-hood]

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa405 lmao yeah I’d think so he hasn’t passed yet bud

[@LaggingBack]

I wish, for Bastien's sake, his story would've played out a little differently. He definitely deserves to have a SOTY under his belt. Hard to accept that all of this footage went completely unused & UNSEEN throughout an entire era of skateboarding. Makes you wonder how something like that could even happen.

[@BOLTSskate]

+Ryan Drehmann this was the best skateboarding of its time. and nobody knew

[@bebeforian5938]

imagine this if one of the flip videos or something, sure SOTY for him, Salabanzi for ever

[@amyoneil7881]

man i remember him blasting a switch heel up 6 stairs in KOTR. His sorry parts and his STYLE. holy shit. this video and your comment made me think a bit.

[@DickOswald]

Brick Schitthouse he was the fucking best and suddenly nothing from him anymore no parts nothing while he had the footy

[@LaggingBack]

Brick Schitthouse I don't think anyone is saying he should be a current SOTY candidate, but back in the early 2000's there's no question he had good enough years. Those cab flips you see everyone doing now, he was the first person I ever saw hucking them down big shit.. nollie heel back lip down handrails.. I could go on. He was definitely a tech-gnar pioneer & without a doubt SOTY quality.

[@ldred2604]

Been skating for 30 years -this is one of the best part i have ever seen. Bastien came from another planet and he is still up there in the hegemony of skateboarding

[@greensicknesss]

This dude officially owns cab flips. What a beast....

[@nexismfb]

Such a gnarly part! RIP Lewis Marnell

[@shmooper]

This was filmed ten years ago and its still better than 90% of the parts released now

[@crazymarf]

This doesn't live up to today's standard. It's way better.

[@briksoboogeyman]

its kinda scary lol

[@TheRickyp83]

That song was perfect for the part. Music can make or break a video part and this song made this a memorable video part to go along with his next level skating. This seriously could've been brand new footage and it still would've been the best video part to come out in a while. Bastien is an often overlooked legend.

[@K91242]

This was filmed in the 2003-2004 era. To give you proof that his skill was way ahead of his time, Chris Cole and P-Rod were at their peak, Sheckler was still on Almost, Shane O'neill and Nyjah were am, Koston was still on eS shoes, and Nike SB was new and not as popular as it is today. Bastien is a beast

[@foaby]

Would be pretty interesting to se Bastien Salabanzi on Epicly Later´d

[@hantz]

yup !!! vice needs to do a story

[@82PeRK]

welp, got the next best thing kzbin.info/www/bejne/d16WfYikhbRohas THE NINE CLUB

[@Legends]

@@82PeRK the show where skaters talk for skaters!

[@owievisie]

This man did full cab double flips down stairs...

[@cerebro1996]

and double flip front board

[@exscuseme]

people need to take notice on his style, the baggier pants and the way things were...please lets all go back to then for the love of all that is good and pure in this world

[@supernewuser]

Damn, it must be heartbreaking to have a part like this wind up getting 'lost'. I'm hyped for Bastien to have this footage come out finally. I only wish it ended with a 'Welcome back to Flip!' or something.

[@Hardbody94]

supernewuser Flip fucked him hard. He made the same decision as Tom Penny to leave from the US to Europe, but ended getting the boot

[@Beltway]

flip kept his footage hostage, didnt get lost

[@mptypockets344]

We’ll I think we see now flip is nothing without all these guys…lost everyone that was probably the best team ever assembled and they got content…when I think of flip all I think of is those sorry days

[@GoingSkateboarding]

geez. it must really suck having full cab flips as your go-to trick

[@jpthevirgo]

I just watched this for an hour straight, fucking amazing

[@benvirata]

This is fucking WORLDS better than some parts I've seen come out recently. And for this to be filmed ten years ago holy shit he was way ahead of the game

[@LynchZT]

if there was a street league like 10 years ago Bastien would be so fucking rich jeez

[@rickymeza7295]

this guy deserves recognition, this dude has true talent i dont think the skateboarding industry gives this the full credit he deserves

[@PoSscar]

why in the freaking world 3 people disliked this video? have you no idea of what this thing means for the whole world?!?!?! MAN!!!! this is a guy that EVERYBODY misjudged and went MIA for ages and he KNEW there was a mindblowing part of his stocked somewhere in the depths of hell that could've made him have the career of a Nyjah a full decade before! most pros don't compare to this part TODAY, let alone 10 years ago! Beastien Salabangin, you're the shit!!!

[@mathieubagge6284]

I saw so many videos ... for me, this is still the best part i've ever seen I will never get rid of it technical, fast, stylish and powerful !!! impressive !! Bastien, t'es stylé et techniquement impressionnant ! on ne peut se lasser de cette vidéo !!

[@KyleKraus]

That Blizzard flip at 2:43! I hate how Bastien gets ripped apart for "his cockiness." He is so damn consistent and gets really competitive but that's how he entertains the crowd and you can tell he's still having fun. I feel like that's looked down on in Pro-level contests now and judges want to see more people who don't try anything difficult but make it look good. If that's how they want to skate in a video part, fine but I think they need more skaters like Bastien in contests because competitiveness is exciting to watch.

[@EdwinULEH]

the fuck is a blizzard flip?

[@ParkLurker]

Forrest Edwards

[@biilybob1]

***** 360 kickflip

[@GershomEmos]

biilybob1 nope. its a kickflip 360

[@greens294]

I'm pretty sure more people love him for his enthusiasm and excitement during contests than hate on it. I would seriously KILL to watch him win a Street League stop

[@robbaanks]

thats the greatest thing i've ever seen. its a crime this didnt drop a decade ago

[@akitaj2000]

Footage like this isn't "lost", Flip blackballed him.

[@ristoaristov2871]

Do you know why?

[@moballardful]

Bastien says they wanted him to jump down bigger rails and halfway kill himself and he didn't want to. That's all I've heard about the situation.

[@candleankle1805]

It was a combo of factors all of which played a roll

[@jeremyweller6016]

You have a point

[@jeremyweller6016]

Yinns never seen me.

[@willybd2604]

bastian will never snap a deck because he always lands bolts

[@tjg801]

Uhhhh, he broke a board in this very video

[@shayrubino9862]

Still one of my favorite skaters of all time, this video part is still a banger 10+ years later and a lot of pros still cant pull half the tricks he did is this part

[@StorytellerNineteeN]

I had that cab flip front board sequence on my bedroom wall for years and have been waiting to see the footage forever. This made it worth the wait, holy shit that part was amazing.

[@elliottvecchia]

The filming in this is AMAZING

[@ldred2604]

One of the best parts in skateboards history

[@treblarefils]

This era was when I was skating a lot and I loved bastien. Its hard to believe he fell under the radar for how sick he is. Glad he got some new recognition with street league he really deserves it.

[@aaronjones2771]

With out a doubt one of the best video parts I've ever seen

[@pan0cha]

Lewis Marnell and Bastien salabanzi in the same video, DAMN!

[@scottymac604]

Song is by: The Ragid Jubilee "She's Gone"

[@KurtcoBECk]

Bastien is one of the best skaters of all time, this is crazy

[@ChaseRyder1]

Bastien was killing it when Ryan Sheckler was still wearing helmets and doing early grabs in skateparks

[@TaylorsTooTech]

Bastien is older than Sheckler dumbass.

[@prontoshadylane]

Taylor Anthony ??

[@balthorpayne]

Taylor Anthony Wow. Just...wow.

[@DAQ73]

Taylor Anthony Just shut up forever

[@acripplelobster8080]

Don't mind this Brick Schitthouse guy, he seems to be a jelly hater who thinks Bastien wasn't gnarly enough to be SOTY 10 years ago with that level of skating, and no arse, Sheckler didn't do stuff equally as gnarly as bastien did when he was a kid, as a grown up? Sure he did, not as a kid though, which is fairly understable, not gonna hate on Sheckler, he's insane at the game as well :) You are still a jelly kid though :P

[@Landshawkz]

Filmed ten years ago and still next level. Bastien Salabanzi is one of the most talented skaters I've ever seen. I hope continues to be active and put footy out, but even if he doesn't, he's still a legend.

[@andrewfordham3823]

ten years ago! shit, this part could be plan b's ender part its that good

[@robertcesena1925]

Got that right my dude, makes bangers look simple as Fuck

[@JonasRockSong]

he put full cab flip at the gap 2:07 which better than toery's ender

[@beatzandwheels]

lewis marnell & bastien = dream combo. R.I.P. Lewis

[@ddaavvee11]

he gave us a taste of the future

[@MIKE2111ful]

Fr all skaters skate like him nowadays

[@rutlandcitybikes9729]

I've skated for a very long time and seen a lot of footage. This though... He is amazing! Solid and every trick was a banger! Def was the best part ever!!! From every direction about it!!

[@zgray7992]

This was my homies favorite skater in 2007 in high school. We were surfers at the time, but seeing this I can understand where his style came from and his apparel and dreads.Bastien was crushing it for that time

[@Mikey_Darko]

I remember paying like $40 bucks for the Sorry Vhs....shit was expensive back in the day

[@evocarr]

Mikey B yup. we didnt have youtube then

[@kevinso187]

Mikey B it was also the best time to be a skater imo. times are different

[@DickOswald]

kevinso187 yup

[@FedeCavag]

Mikey B Yeah, but I guess it was worth it.

[@flyinpigmusic331]

There was always the one kid who had skate videos. Poor bastard. Everyone always borrowing his VHS tapes.

[@drewie123]

Cool to see some old Lewis Marnell footage in there too! RIP.

[@realdyl19]

This dude was seriously keeping up with present day skating with this part. Amazing.

[@charlie123arthur]

this is INSANE, WTF 10 years ago!

[@thezbreer454]

He was Nyjah good before Nyjah was even pro.

[@sKyWIperzzz]

Nyjah was definitely pro when this was filmed lol

[@signifier]

this was filmed in 2004 lmao

[@patalo299]

Brick Schitthouse Are you drunk ?

[@Beltway]

@@sKyWIperzzz nope

[@karatekkid8314]

thank u

[@collectivestatetv]

Bastien was always a great skater. I wonder what happened to make his career slow up so much...but he's been killing it...

[@StanTheMan709]

***** I dunno chris cole got a kid and he still killed and kills it

[@thepupils209]

talk to much shit on past sponsors (especially ones that have 3 SOTY from the past on em') and no other company's wanna sponsor you if your just gonna run your mouth when the sponsorship is over. Loose lips sink ships, especially in the skate biz.

[@ephinskate]

he was always known as a kook and a cocky little kid and i guess people just didn't get him. I am suprised he slept on all this footy for this time and didn't want some kind of release in the past to good to not show the world

[@backrightp0cket]

Cocaine is a helluva drug

[@markbaker4337]

He went back to France to be with his family and sponsors dropped him as he wasn't in the US skating.

[@andrewadams9948]

I was like 12 the first time I saw flip 'sorry' and first heard of Bastien there. He was only 15 in that part and had already won the European skate championships by then. The man was godly on a board. Skateboard beast!!! One of the true greats!

[@tylerh5k]

Incredible skating. This guy isn't afraid to go for anything. How does anybody dislike this?

[@severinobertolero8156]

This video is one of the best videos i have ever seen this skater is so crazy good and I never even heard of him and all of this was ten years ago this guy needs to be crowned of some sort of way more because he is one of the greatest skaters to live and all I've seen is this video and I'm saying that this is crazy

[@nathanmoore2689]

best part ive seen all year by far

[@JTSpencer]

Man that's some great footage. I remember skating the Bastien pros from vans in all gray back in the day. Great stuff

[@bradymeredith5355]

This part was film like ten years ago and it's still better than most put out today

[@ZtomeSkateboarding]

In my opinion hes the greatest

[@awesomemaniacs]

Bastien will go do down as one of the greatest skaters in history, at least in my book

[@drewie123]

It's absolutely mind-boggling that this was filmed the 10 years ago. All hail the king of full cabs!

[@jacobmarquez2565]

One of the greatest video parts that will ever be.

[@rudyramirez125]

THE DAYS. I still remember watching Sorry for the first time and thinkin'....this guy.............this guy...... And then his part from Really Sorry!? Jesus...

[@ktornai]

I miss those massive shoes from the time. Those were durable things, not those today's "boardfeel" craps.

[@good4ud]

Krisztián Tornai get some accels

[@maxim9461]

+Harrison Maddox My god dude... ES accel was my shiit! I literly had over 10 pairs in my life... Accels... Accel PLUS with the straps... Suede... Leather... My favorite ones were the Accel Plus black yellow and gray

[@good4ud]

they definitely are the most comfortable shoes i own, got the accel OG when eS re-released them in brown/gum. Havent skated them yet though, i just love walking in them cause they are like feet pillows :)

[@MrDirtypablo]

Seriously, I skate through a pair of the Evan smiths in one day, ONE DAY!

[@MrDirtypablo]

Ryan W I love Evan Smith, just not his shoes. And I’m not one that was in it for the style just thought they looked like a good kickflippin shoe but they almost literally disintegrated after one full session

[@flyinpigmusic331]

I never get tired of watching Bastien. Such an amazing skater.

[@paulhernandez8697]

He got did so dirty imagine if this dropped when it was supposed to? He's been pushing the bar for skateboarding I wish he got the credit he deserved

[@vampirex96]

BASTIEN SALABANZI LEGEND ... RESPECT!

[@HighSockFilms]

Its weird to think that this footage got lost considering how its such a gnarly part for back then and now

[@unadulterated]

it wasn't "lost" he made enemies at Flip. this part was filmed by like 8 different people they ALL lost the footage? lol

[@actionjackson4102]

Facts. Only thing that makes sense

[@mc540flip]

Holy crap! Definitely one of the best. Thanks for posting this

[@dondiwhite1]

His roll away steeze/knee bend when doing stuff off stairs or anything high is so cool looking...unmistakable Bastien that so many try to imitate.

[@michaellupo48]

he took nyjah out he full cab flip lip down an 8 and bastien did it down a 9 and this was 10 years ago and nyjah barely did it 2013....wow speechless! bastien deserves so much respect man!

[@TonySarandrea215]

damn yo, fakie flipping the Santa Monica triple..dude rips

[@Justin-ts4rb]

this footage is almost twenty years old now and is still insane by todays standards

[@jeremylamovsky3669]

This guy was on fire early to mid 2000s. Peak was around the time he won Tampa pro full cab flipping the fun box a hundred times that weekend

[@elementsk84life1]

I could honestly watch him do full cab flips all day

[@codarrison]

so underrated holy shit

[@codarrison]

***** No i know but now a days people barley know of him

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

***** Holy Shit someone else who gets it. When I first started skating the Flip Sorry/Really Sorry team was, and is, the greatest team in skateboarding. Then Bastien literally just vanished. Until 2012 I never knew it was because other pros blackballed him. I was so hyped on him, he seemed stoked just riding a skateboard. As much as I hate Street League, they're to thank for his return to the spotlight. Now if they can bring Colt Cannon back, just promise to leave Tosh Townend working at that VW dealership.

[@villiantwo]

still to this day, shit holds weight.. balls out, make it or break it type shit

[@mtripproductions]

I can honestly say he was my favorite skaters back in the day after the Sorry video, always looked for new footy but he was pretty much off the grid. Stoked to see him back on the map these days

[@bricemenaugh4828]

Style is everything... from the simplest skate trick to the greatest. This guy has it all. Blessings

[@garethsmiles]

One day when we look back at skateboarding Salabanzi and Penny will two of the only names worth mentioning when we talk about real skateboarding!

[@LACALLESKATEBOARDING]

10 YEARS AGO? Few humans produce a part of skate as good 10 years ago. King of the "SOTY" One of the best skateboarding talent. Lost recordings or envy?

[@LACALLESKATEBOARDING]

I know the history.. www.jenkemmag.com/home/2011/10/06/squashing-rumors-with-bastien-salabanzi/ Bastien was tired of his sponsors when he was a star when he was just 15 years, the clips of " the lost part" is just before disappearing, when he left his hometown and he disappeared, I'm sure someone did not publish his part to remove of the United States skateboarding scene

[@oullerslb]

Always loved Bastien agressive style...So ahead of his time

[@AlexBiron]

Wow. Thanks for sharing this Thrasher. It's an amazing part.

[@lakaiguy17]

everyone talks about nyjah bastian was doing this shit ten years ago

[@jonis49]

Jup this footage of him is ten times better than Nyah's. Please, Bastien skate like this today!

[@ForeverMovin]

My god this is hands down the best skate part I've seen. "

[@hillpunk92]

thank you just recently picked the guitar back up and been skating more. this was the perfect thing to get me stoked!

[@skateparkour1999]

this is the only part ive seen thats made me tear up. Bastiens skating is everything skateboarding should be

[@calstonjew]

Gay

[@skateparkour1999]

and?@@calstonjew

[@calstonjew]

@@skateparkour1999 Being a cringey genetic dead-end is nothing to be proud of.

[@SupremeKilroy]

So much sick shit. At 4:00 that memorial gap in Miami is scary as shit to bs flip it years ago is insane.

[@luckystar3210]

that spot is at the Melbourne museum not Miami haha

[@FabienFVideos]

He is a legend for me, just as Chris Cole, Andrew Reynolds, Eric Koston, Daewon Song etc. I don't know why he'd never been SOTY...

[@amante104]

Exactly. Have you seen some of the winners they picked over the years? Of course there's some legends that have won but there's plenty that haven't.

[@TheMarkcia]

Seriously some of the best Bastian footage/montage goin around...🎥🎬

[@PleasureAfterWorkKiteVideos]

OMG...so great to see this footage...totally stoked...would have been a shame to be never shown...thanks !

[@slewTV]

now Ewan should release an ERIC FLETCHER lost part!!!

[@Klevaer]

I have a new respect for Bastien!!

[@OfficialFields]

For some reason, him and Jerry Hsu’s skating is something special. Bastien never got his roses, glad he just got that new shoe sponsor!

[@adamax08]

Very strong personality and skating style. The king of cab flips!

[@westsidewhiskers]

RIP Lewis Marnell Bastien you fucking shred like no other

[@nicolasgiraldom]

lewis marnell

[@andyberger4344]

This randomly popped up on my screen and im so happy I watched it one of the best parts I have seen in a while and if it was not lost would be a classic and would have pushed street skating so far ahead of it's time

[@ldred2604]

This thing deserves a million views!

[@TheMyronStube]

so many underrated skaters out here just like cody mcentire

[@AeroGanter]

perfect style

[@LateralMan1993]

Incredible, so happy to see this! Bastien has always killed it, even 10 years back. The funny thing is, is that new kids nowadays think that almost everything crazy they see is a NBD - When in fact a REAL NBD is very very rare, all the legends have done tricks no one could possibly think of, it's crazy!

[@troyisfilming]

So good, one of the best!

[@emespokescats]

Holy fucking shit. This guy.

[@RithyHansen]

Bastien salabanzi is a beast!!!!!

[@azzamatic4190]

King of the Cab Flip, truely a skater before his time and my favouite skateboarder of all time..amazing

[@robertcesena1925]

Damn where is master splinter at! cause I can see the fuckin shredder!